The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-01
End of the Fight Over Naming
the Meat Inspector
WON BY A NARROW MARGIN
Will Name the Man and Have Exclusive
Control Over Him
An Assistant Building Inspector and Manager
Eof the Free Labor Bureau Named
by the Council

The Board of Health has won its fight
with the Council and will appoint the
meat inspector. and have sole charge of
that officer from this time on. The fight
was a hard one but not bitter one.
There was a lot of talk, great many
crooks and turns, and it took a long time
to accomplish the desired result, but the
Board of Health and the Health Officer
went at the matter resolved to win, and
when it came to the point five members
of the Council voted i'll favor OF the mo-
ton of Councilman Snyder to call for an
ordinance giving the Board of Health
power to appoint and control the Meat
Inspector.
The Council met at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. 1t was a special meeting called
for the purpose of electing a manager of
the free labor bureau, an Assistant Build
ing Inspector and Meat Inspector. The
ordinances creating these offices had been
passed on Monday and signed by the
Mayor on Tuesday.
Before the voting began the Council re-
considered the action taken on Monday
and granted Contractor Goucher twenty
days additional time to complete his
work of grading lngraham street.
The announcement then came that
nominations lor IL iEtildSer OF llie Tree
labor bureau were in order. iced NOM
mated G. L, j. White, Ashman nom
mated J. J. Murat Stockwell nominated
Daniel Jones, kingery nominated j. J.
Walsh; Snyder seconded j. j. Murat 5
nomination; Savage nominated f. }. Carr,
Munson nominated Henry Glaze. iced
made a second nomination and named A.
T. George, the incumbent. Three ballots
were required and on the third E. j.
Carr was elected, having received five
votes, those of Pessell, Savage, Snyder,
Stockwell and Ashman.
For Plumbing Inspector, iced nomi-
mated Mr.. Darcom Savage nominated
James Mulrane, kingery nominated E. l..
Burgoyne. iced nominated as his second
choice 4. D. Chapman. 1t required four
ballots to secure choice this time, and
then Burgoyne was elected by the votes
of Blanchard, kingery, Snyder and Stock
we'll.
When it came to the nomination for
Meat Inspector, Munson moved that the
Board of Health be asked to recommend
a suitable person. This motion was car
red.
Snyder moved and Savage seconded that
the Board of Health have the appoint
ment and control of the Meat Inspector.
Then the old fight was on gain. The
motion was lost
Dir. Kurtz of the Board of Health said
that several of the best veterinary sur
geons OF the city had offered tp accept the
position.
iced offered resolution to the effect
that the Meat Inspector should devote his
whole time to the duties OF the office.
The resolution was adopted and a recess
taken for ten minutes, during which the
Council chamber was like a beehive. DR..
Kurtz had mentioned Drs. Morrison and
Blackington as two well-known veterina-
rians who would accept the position.
President iced called for order again
and asked for nominations. Before any
were offered, however, Blanchard moved
to reconsider the vote by which Snyder's
motion was lost, and upon Il vote being
taken the reconsideration carried.
Snyder's motion was then made to read
that the City Attorney be instructed to
prepare an ordinance granting the Board
of Health power to appoint and control a
Meat Inspector and the motion carried by
five votes, Savage, who would also have
voted for it being absent.