The herald., 1894-03-20
THEY WANT MORE CITY WORK.
Council Besieged by Resident
Idle WOrkingmen.
A Talk About Cutting Down Ex-
penses.
The rrAnsiAtinE of the City Archives is
Laid Over Until septsmbsr-soms
Talk About Scrip aud a Bond
Election by the People.

The council met yesterday with Pres
iden. Feed in the chair and lobby full
OF contractors and unemployed working
men.
A motion was offered by Councilman
Munson providing for the employment
Of teams and material for the repairing
OF public streets, and that the board OF
public works have charge Of the work.
Referred to the board OF public works.
The final ordinance for grading, paw
ing and curDing OF Ocean View avenue
between Bonnie Brae and Quebec streets
was passed, as was also the ordinance
for a sewer on Twenty-fourth street be-
tween Main and Grand avenne.
On motion of Mr.. Munson the city
engineer was directed to lay out a new
sewer system west of Belmont avenue
and south of First street. A motion
was adopted to notify property owners
on Broadway, west side, at l29 and 13l
within five days.
Street Superintendent Watson recon-
mended the construction OF sewer on
Twenty-fourth street between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets. Referred to the
sewer committee.
THE CITY ARCHIVES.
The report of the finance COM
mittee was submitted and adopted.
The committee recommended:
In reference to the proposition of
Stephen O. Foster to translate the
ONontah 0sk t. ~ of
$500, he to furnish all paper, stenogra-
pher, and bind the translationa, to re-
ceive S25 per week as the work pro-
crosses, the balance when the work is
finished and accepted, we recommend
that the proposition OF Mr.. Foster be &C.
cepted and that the city attorney be in
structed to prepare and present the nee.
essary contract and bond with Mr.. Fos-
ter for the performance of said work.
Mr.. Munson objected to passing this
matter on the ground that there was no
money available. Action WAS postponed
until next September.
THE UNEMPLOYED.
Messra. Tingstrom, Tilden, Moody and
Miller, representing the unemployed
resident citizens, appeared before the
council. @. M. Tingstrom said:
I'VE represent the heads OF families
and every man on our rolls lie q voter
here in Los Angeles. We have no con-
nection with the army marching on to
Washington. We want to ask the coun-
Gil to devise some means to provide
work for US, and while thousands have
been expended on the army marching to
Washington, nothing goes to the unem-
ployed citizens of Los Angeles. Is it
not possible to devise some means to
tide us over this trouble? The Associ-
ated Charities cannot effectually reach
this matter"
President Teed-We have exhausted
all the city funds at our disposal in aid
ing the unemployed, and while we
would gladly do anything To relieve
you, there is no money that can be used.
| think the merchants should take up q
subscription.
Mr.. Tingstrom-We ask you in the
name OF common humanity to take hold
of this matter. We do not want to live
on charity, but an opportunity to earn
our daily bread. Instead OF expending
money on that vast army tramping TO
Washington, if it had been placed
among the resident unemployed, there
would not be this want and distress
among US today.
Mr.. Munson-The only way we could
raise money is by Issuing scrip or
by vote of the people to issue bonds
City Attorney McFarland-You can
not anticipate next years money. l
think we might dispense with some OF
the luxuriee in the ex peuses OF the city.
We are spending from $4,000 to $4,000 per
month for street sprinkling and about
the same amount for lighting. We
might cut down these expenses one-
half.
Mr.. Munson-We cannot cut down
there, because we are bound by contract
in these matters.
A SAVING SUGGESTED.
City Attorney McFarland-Thp street
sprinkling contractor is ready to throw
up his contract.
Mr.. Munson-How long would it take
to vote bonds?
City Attorney Mcfarland 1t would
take 40 days.
Mr.. Rhodes moved that the matter be
referred to the labor commission. Mr..
Campbell moved to amend bv referring
to the committee Of the whole, which
was adopted.
Mr.. Nickel Il think the citizens
should start a su bscription for imme-
diate relief. Then let the council
scheme out some way to raise money to
pay for work. Let the committee of
the whole stoke the matter up this
afternoon.
Mr.. Rhodes-I think the property
owners on First street should subscribe
toward the work on the First street cut
and the council should call on these cit