The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-12
IT WAS A VERY BUSY DAY
City Council in Regular Weekly
Session
A REPORT FROM w. E. DUNN
The City Attorney Quotes Law for the
Ministers
Councilman Asbmen Wants City Employees to
Be Protected From Money Sharks.
Kingery and the Crowded Jail

The protests of the Los Angeles Trac-
tion company and others against the re
port of the COMM ssioners for the opening
of Georgia Bell street finally came up be
fore the council at the regular weekly ses-
sion yesterday, and after the arguments
on the matter had been made, the protest
was ordered denied and the assessment
was confirmed and adopted. The appeal
from the assessment for the grading oil
Beaudry avenue was denied and the dia-
gram as presented was confirmed. In the
appeal against the diagram,h assessment
and warrant for the sewering OF Maple
avenue, the same was sustained and a
new assessment allowing thirty instead of
forty cents for sewer connections was or
dered. The draft for the contract for the
grading of Bellevue avenue was adopted.
All of the recommendations of the city
clerk suggesting the passage of final or
dnances for the improvement of the
list of streets published i'll Sundays Her
aid were adopted.
The various recon- lamentations of the
board of public works. the sewer, supply
and finance comm tees as heretofore
published, were adopted, With SUCH eX-
ceptions as are elsewhere noted.
W. Il. Movers presented petition that
the council advertise TOR bids selling to
the highest bidder another electric light
ing franchise and the same was referred
to the board of public works.
Health Officer Steddom appeared before
the council in the afternoon and reportsd
progress in the attempts to abate tho
nuisances known as oil refneries, located
IN the Second and Eighth wards. DR..
Steddom reported that both places are
undoubtedly nuisances of the rnnkest
kind, and the health department is doing
all it can to abate both rehDerles. a
large delegation protesting against both
of the refineries had appeared before the
council to complain during the morning
session. Councilmen Snyder and Mum
son have both always been in the lead
lighting these nuisances.
Council Imam Ashman yesterday intro
duced q resolution that city employees
be hereafter paid twice instead CT once
per month, for the purpose of keeping
them out of the hands OF money sharks
ana the same was referred to the finance
committee; and Councilman Kingery
introduced resolution that the police
mission be empowered to secure ad
ditional Jail room for the purpose of ac-
com modating the large jail population,
the present quarters for which are mad
equate. The resolution was referred to
the building committee.
The health officer was instructed TO
forthwith remove the two oil refineries
referred to above, outside of the city
limits.
The following was MED:
Your special committee on schools beg
leave 10 report as follows: In the matter
of the report OF the board of education,
submitting plan of seating for the new
school buildings, we recommend that the
city clerk be instructed to notify the Cax
ton company to furnish seats and rears
under their contract as per the schedule
submitted by the board Of education,
which is attached hereto and made u part
of this report. The ABOVE was adopted.
The bridge committee filed the follow
ing:
In the matter of the report of the city
engineer on the condition of the bridges
of the city, which report goes into minute
details of the condition of all the bridges,
after a careful examination by your COM
mittee. we would recommend that the
actually necessary repairs be made at the
present time, as follows:
Seventh street bridge We recommend
that large IRON plates be put under the
floor beams that indicate weakness, and
also that the bulkhead al the west end of
the bridge be Strengthened, at an elti-
mated expense of S225.
First street bridge-We recon mend that
a new floor be put Oh the level portion
of this bridge, south of the car track, at
an estimate of $3.50.
The Summit avenue and Pleasant
street culvert-We recommend that two
new floor josts be placed in this culvert,
at an eEtlma leu exp Ol N-D.
Also street, near Pleasant street
bridge-We recommend that one new pile
or post be placed on the south side of
this bridge, at an estimated cost of sos.
Macy street bridge.-We recommend
that the diagonal which is broken be
taken out and new timber put in, and u
new floor placed on this bridge at an ex-
pense not to exceed $500.
Trestls bridge on Macy street near Ca.
lardo-We recommend that the floor of
this bridge be repaired at cost not to
exceed $50.
Buena Vista street bridge-We recon-.
mend that the brick pier at the east end
OF this bridge be repaired as recommend
ed by the city engineer, at cost not to
exceed $25.
Kuhrts street bridge-We recommend
that foot bridge be constructed on this
bridge.
All of the above sections were adopted,
with the exception of the last, which
was referred to the city engineer.
Yhe action of the board of public works
awarding to William Peterson the dead
animal contract was re-refarred, the su-
pervisors having strongly objected to the
location OF the Crematory for tn purpose
ut any point outside of the city, as con-
templated. Tho board of pnbllc works is
instructed to confer with the supervisors
upon the subject.
The rules were suspended and Herman
de Lagunas telephone franchise was
finally adopted, President Tesd voting
aye, explaining that he thought De La
guna should have tie other day publicly
given the names OF has hackers in the
proposed enterprise. as he had been re.
qussteu to do.
Councilman Stockwel movsd that the
sum of 5000 be transferred from the
sewer to the bridge fund, but withdrew
his motion upon suggestion from Presi-
dent iced, who thought that the proper
recomm endation in the matter should
come before the council through the
finance committee.
The sections in the finance committee
report repayinR to certain purchasers OF
tax titlss the money they have invested
were Te-referred, so that they can be at
the next session adversely reported.
n statement from the city clark during
the afternoon session, that tho city attor-
ney did not like TO ne burdened with re-
quests Tor trivial legal opinions. brought
from Councilman Snyder the statement
that that was what the city attorneys
office is for. President iced defended the
City attorney ana his two assistants as
being hard working and conscientious
public servants.
The street superintendent was instruct
ed to present q new warrant OF assess
ment Tor the seweriAg OF Maple aveHue.
The ordinance OF intention to sewer
Breed street between Nj ichigan and First
was ordered to De presented ami the CITY
clerk WAS instructed to again advertise
for a lpca tion for an engine house near
the present location OF chen zeal compsnv