The herald., 1895-11-19
A STAB MADE At ECONOMY
Some Salaries Reduced by the
City Council
ONE PLACE IS ABOLISHED
Resolution in the Interest OF Business
Methods
Municipal Expenditures to Be Kept Within
the Appointment Short Council
Session Held Yesterday

In the council yesterday President iced
moved that the aggregate amount OF re-
QUESTIONS allowed monthly by the supply
committee. added to the regular amounts
aut lofzsd by ordnance or contract, be
limited to Sl2. 100 month on the city's
cash fund and the clerk be required to
keep an accurate account of the same for
repart on the last NE ting of each month.
Tho above, which is intsnded to keep
the expen iitures OF tao city within its
known income, was unanim 1usly adopted.
Another step in the interest OF NUM-
cipai economy taken sterdsy was the
adjustment o. the position of ianitor 1T
the old police station, and reducing the
salary of the two drivers of the patrol
wagon from $50. SO s TO $50 per month.
The janitor Is work will hereafter be per
formed by city prison TRUSTEES. Council
man Bl .nchasd opposed he first section
of the motioa on tle ground that be uld
not believe in leeislAting any citizen out
of Office FIR the purpose OF creating so
berth for some vihlator oil the city laws.
The council yester"ay received the peti.
tions for the proposed nes annexation
ell ctions and they weIs referred to tn,
land committee for check ,ng.
The report OF tns water oversaer, show
ing the sum OF Sl2i7.50 to have been col
lie ted in his department during Octup,r,
was filed.
The recommendation of the board or
health at all public watering troughs
be provided with waists pipes connected
with thu sever that scrubbing ont OF
stores and windows to tbs sidewalk be
Prohibited between ~ midnight and "a.
IN. and that all swili ne removed with.
in fire districts only between midnight and
a. m, were all adopted and the neces
sary ordinances were ordered to bs pre-
pared Tor the purpose.
The tender OF Mr.. Scott and wife Offer
ing the city certain lands towards the
proposed Westlake- Elysian boulevard, was
referred to tue board of public warks.
The oommunirat on from the library
directors declining to close the library ut
8 Instead Of $50, as had been requested,
was hlsd without comment. On mu-
ton of Councilman Munson, the street
railway companies Interested were re.
quested to station private police Off RS
at the following points: F,r-t and Spring
streets, First and Main, Third and Main,
Spring and Temple. Spring and Main.
New bids for public marx I site were
ordered to b. ivsrtised, AMI the various
re lamentations OF the board of public
works. sewer en- uittes. finance COM
mittee and city clerk, as herstofore pub
lisnel in these columns, w,re adopted ex-
ce,t as is esswere adopted.
The protest agains the sewerng Of
Fourternta and other streets was adopt
ed, and the IN. iIeers map OF the pro-
posed husn TANKS at st. James park was
"lprovei.
Among the etit 'ons presented be sides
tho.e already ieferre to was one ffom
Mrs. francesca Jesu um ask ng inat fran
chiso 10. "a electric road be advertised
10 sale running from FIRST and Man
sire Is t. Filln street, and to Wolfskill
a " n top yae raf n fh.,h n nd
If pablo works; from the Wiltshire com-
psny requesting that Seventh street be
sidewalk d aad improved from Park
View avenue tn the western city limits.
an also that the street in the AubarG
Lake tract adioiain flake be vacated,
I'll of which wre referrei to the board
OF bubble works.
The Woodman petition for franchise
for an electric road through Boyl ieighls
was referred to the board of pubic works.
The bids for str ct swept we're or
dsreh to be reaivertsed and the uead
animal cons act was finally awarl ed to
vi liam Pete son.
The following proposals we're received
opened, ex mined and lubilciy declared:
10 construct asphalt Gro s-walks: CJn-
rad Scherer proposed as follows: On prav
elsd s.r.ets, for the sum of 10 cents per
square foot; ungravsled, IL cents per
square foot
A. IL. Austin proposed: Crosswalks on
grsveled sire Is, 10 cents per square foot;
uner .velei, Is cents per square foot
h Union Paving com lany prop osed
at 1917 cents per linenl foot. he pro-
posals were referred to the BOARD OF pub
lie works.
The Los Angeles Paving company pro
posed rs follows: Cross walks com plate,
showing "a feet wide, per square I, OF,
is cents; snoxing four feet wide, Is %
cents Per square foot; showing six feet
wide, 10 % cents, which proposal was re |
jected.
The request of City Assessor George
Hull for an additional deputy 10 Janu- |
afy LIST was referred to the supply com
mttee.