The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-27
PARK FORCE DlSMISSALS
Superintendent Meserve Sheds Light
on the Subject
G. J. Howell Tells the Board Thing or
Two-Street Superintendent Howard's
Brother on the Stand

The board of public works, sitting as a
commission, to inquire into the rumors and
charges, that others than employees are
departments, resumed their sitting yester-
day afternoon.
G. H. Howard, the brother to the super
intendent, being sworn, said. 49,
II am the corral foreman at the corpor.
alton yard. City teams only are kept
there. No teams, the property of private
parties, are permitted to be domicied
there. know of no one employed in the
street department who drives a team
other than his own. l own the team
formerly driven by: WEIGH. 1t is not
at work for the city now. I bought
the horses on June 6. last. WEIGH
drove the team for me after that date.
was to get what the team earled. The
city has at the corral twenty head of
horses. WEIGH drew the pay for my team.
He got $3.50 day and 1 the balance.
My brother never, knew anything con-
corning the matter. 1 never kept the
Welch team at the city corral. Horses be-
longing to Perry Howard, Captain Hutton
and Joseph Leveridge are KEEP, there. John
Drains horse was there. but is not at this
time" lni
Superintendent Elmo r. Meserve testi-
fled that Hardcastle was discharged from
the parks by order of the park commission
because he did not own his own team. He
did not know to whom the team did be-
long. jacobson, another witness who tes-
titled last week, had been dismissed be-
cause the park commissioners were salts
fed that Judge Hubbell owned his team.
Superintendent of Streets Howard laid
that so far as he knew there are no teams
in his department at work under the name
of any other person but those SO em-
ployed. He had never owned any interest
in the WEIGH team. and had never heard of
any payments by any one of their earn
ings to any third person. AS soon as he
heard of the WEIGH row he summarily dis.
missed the latter.
c. j. Howell swore that his team en-
ployed in the street department is the
property of the yardmaster of the Santa
Fe railroad. Howard, SO far as he knows,
has no interest in the team. He does not
know any one in the street department
who drives team other than his own.
He doss not pay any one for the prvi-
lege of working for the city. The team
which he drives is on the pay rolls in his
name and he draws The money for its SER
vice. The owner of the team employed
him to work. and not the superintendent
of streets. He is to buy the team. ard mas
SO far paid olt of $225 Sl25 for the pr, ID
erty. The purchase price must be settled
up within six months.
The witness did not look as if he was
telling the facts id they really exist, and
he had to DO constantly prodded and
primed by Deputy City Attorney Crutcher
and Councilman Pessell. Howell's evil
dence was the most important of the in
quiry.
Captain II. Hutton, deputy superintend-
emf of streets, could throw no light upon
the pending Inquiry. An ex-ciiy teams err
by the name OF Joseph Carroll. whom lne
committee wants, is the only witness SUM
moned who has faile,i 10 appear for exam
nation. Carroll has been huuted for hi n
and low for over week, aud is evidently
keeping out OF the way for a purpose which
is at present unknown.
The committee took recess until 10
O'clock this morning.