The herald., 1895-01-01
YEAR THE END OF ITS LAB02S.
lie Council Holds Its Last
Regular Session.
win Have an Adjourned Meeting on
Friday Next.
yesterdsy's Clcan-up of a Large Amount
of Routine business Hsld Over
From TINS to Tim.

Yesterday's couEcil session was ls-
borious one, from the fact that it ia the
last regular session the preaent council
will hold, and thare was large amount
of minor business which 1t was desr cd
to have cleaned up.
An adjourned session will be held on
Friday afternoon, and alter that the
council of 1S03-94, as an active body,
will be thing OF the past. On Monday
OF next week the new council will take
the reins OF city government.
Very few matters which could be
called important were handled yester-
day. The proposition TO give the prop
erty owners in the Hill street se wer-d is
trics boost in the payment OF their
assessment OF $4,000 was killed very
dead as far as this council is concerned.
The recommendation OF the board oi
public works for q large number OF cross'
walks throughous the city was unanlnl-
ously adopted, and the councilmen have
hopeR that the new street tEupsrlntendent
will find it possible to put them in.
Councilman Rhodes, at ths conclusion
OF Shs business OF the session, spcke OF
the crowded condition OF the city jail
and advocated some measure OF relief,
but no action was >takan beyond ths
suggestion that the incoming council
should build q workhouse.
The cover committees report to the
council occasioned the only exciting
feature OF the morning session. The
Are. recommendation was as follows:
We, your sewer committee, to whom
was referred the report Of the finance
committee, recommending that certain
sums of money be transferred to the
Veners! sewer fund and thereafter it be
paid to the property owners OF the Hill
street sewer district, would recommend
shat the report be referred to the incom-
ing council.
Mr.. Rhodes made stubborn fight to
have the present coancil handle the
matter, but lost the fight, and the new
council will have it to DO il it is done at
all, The recommended of the sewer
committee was lost.
Rhodes them moved that 900 be
appropriated from some available fund
to tbs property owners in the district.
Pessell amended to read that $4,000 be
appropriated for the Maple avenue dis
trict. Strohm moved to amend the
amendment to read 10000 for the Ala
mada street district.
The amendmen to the amendment
erd the amendment were lost, and then,
after spirited argument, in which 1t
wsa asserted by Mr.. Nickell that the in
coming council ought to have the say as
TO whather $40. 600 should be taken from
the street laborers and given to the
property owners, the original motion
was lost by vote Oh to 4.
The balance OF the sewer committee q
report was adopted, as follows:
That the petition of @. d. Plank ct al.
protesting against the sewering of East
Second street, in the Workman & Hol-
lsnbeck tract. and also petition No. CTS,
from A. Workman. be referred to the
councilman from the Ninth ward that
petitions No. 837, No. 260. No. SO, No.
305 No. 424. No. 459, No. 605 No. 6l8.
a No. 426, No. 278. No. 438 and No. 655 be
tiled that petitions Nos. 800, 67S, 677
and 956 be also referred to the incoming
council.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The report of the city clerk regarding
the custody of certain papers belonging
to the city was referred to the finance
committee of the incoming council.
message from the mayor returning
the demand of G. H. Afford without his
signature was sent to the finance com.
mittee.
The street superintendent reported
that the work on Moore and Sixth
streets, which was reported to be below
the grade, was done according to the en-
gineer's official grade. Also, that I. J
Grant had assigned his contract fol
work on Second street prior to the
orders OF the council. The report was
filed.
The free labor bureau reported appli
cations received, 98; positions secured
go.
The report OF the fire commission or
locations for chemical engine houses, ct
already published was adopted, and the
clerk instructed to advertise for bids to
be received in two weeks. The Leases
are for period of five years.
The police commissioners referred
back the petition OF Banta & Cooper
for rebate OF saloon license, and it was
sent to the finance committee OF the
new council.
The report of the supply COMMITTEE
recommended cutting down the de-
mands for extra street sprinkling tC
one.third of the amounts demanded
The report was adopted.
The supply committee recommenda.
ton that the tiling on the floors of tht
city hall be repaired at an expense moi
to exceed $l5 was adopted.
deed from j. Sulif for property or
Boyle Heights, to be used by the city
for an alley, was referred to the lana
committee.
Tho bond of Conrad Shserer and con
tract to furnish granite biocka were
approved.
All matters regarding the contract o
H. @. Register for the construction of {
zania were filed.
The demands OF L. E. Hewlett, fol
street sweeping, were passed Upon the
statement that L. w. Luitwsiler, one o
the bondsmen, has taken charge of the
sweeping and that it is now being done
according to contract. Hewlett hal
gone into retirement at Oakland.
Specifications for pipe line on route
three of the South Side Irrigation com
pany was referred to the sewer com,
mttee.
The city engineer presented a supple.
mental report on the Main street storm
drain, which was referred to the in
coming council.
PETITIONS AND PROTESTS.
The hearing of the protest on thl