The herald., 1895-01-24
NAMED A NEW CITY ELECT RICIAN
Ira j. Francis the Choice of the
Commission.
A Secret Session Was Admitted by
the Commission.
Will Try to Make the City water Oem-
pany Repair Fire Hydrants-A
Rink Project Injured.


yesterday morning. There was no
secret session of the commission pre-.
vious to the open meeting and the cleo
ton was not q cut and dried affair be.
fore the votes were counted or nomins-
tions made.
Mr.. Francis was the nominee OF Com.
missioner Vetter and on tbs second bal.
lot received the votes of Commissioners
vetter, Belts and Mayor RAIDER. Mr..
Thye. the incumbent, was nominated
by Commissioner Kuhrts and received
the votes of Commissioners Kuhrts and
Order.
W. F. Griggs. who. as agent of the
Interstate fire alarm system. aold the
city the boxes which were used pre-
viously to the introduction OF the press
emit Gamewell system in the central
portion OF the city, appeared before the
commission on q mission which he said
was of great Importance.
The interstate boxes, he said, have
been removed from the central portion
OF the city and placed in the thinly"
populated districts and the numbers
changed. 1.-THE changing OF the num-
bers has made these boxes useless" he
said. "The boxsu cannot possibly do
the work required of them after being
changed, and as the goods were sold un.
der q guarantee. this makes the aitua-
ton q complicated one."
Mr.. Thye, the electrician of the city.
= Id
boxes were doing the work, and that
the change had not affected them. He
produced one of the boxes and demon
affected the work OF the box in the least
Mr.. Griggs stated that it was an cleo
trical and mechanical impossibility to
change the numbers OF the boxes and
have them work. and then, when
asked what should have been
done, he said they should have been
sent to the factory and the changes
made by the skilled electrician there.
After Mr.. Griggs had retired, Mayor
RAIDER spologizsd to the commission for
allowing the gentleman to appear before
the meeting, ss it was evident that the
intention was to injure Mr.. Thye's
chances of reelection.
Commissioner Kuhrts strongly urged
the selection of Mr.. Thye, stating That
the department had always been Grip
pied in its electrical system until the
present electrician took hold of it. and
that it had been in perfect working order
ever since. He objected to experiment.
ing with new man.
Two other names, VIM. Morton and
A. G. Huff were read by the clerk as
applicants for the position OF electrician,
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ceived the vote OF Mayor RAIDER.
A SKATING RINK PROJECT.
F. @. Howes appeared before the COM
mission in favor of allowing Messrs.
Walton, Thompson and Pierce to place
O wooden floor in tent on Broadway,
near the armory, to be used as skating
rink.
Mr.. Howss owns the lot and stated
that the gentlemen behind the skating
rink project are tenIerfeet and had pros
cesded to erect their tent in ignorance of
the city ordinance forbiding wooden
structures within the fire limits. He
cited the toboggsn slide, the Mile
Christine tent and the Ferris wheel as
instances where the ordinance had been
violated and urged the commission to
grant permit to the skating rink man
ayers. The commission, however, de-
cided that it could not order violation
of the ordinance.
The commission granted Walker. Rust
& Hunt permission to bore for oil in the
oil district near Second street.
The annual report of Chief Morirty
for 1894 was received aud referred to a
committee composed OF Commissioners
Kuhrts, Vetter and Order.
AN IRIsHMAN's REPLY.
The council, through its Are and
water committee, sent in communioa-
ton asking how many more fire alarm
boxes are needed in the city.
Commissioner Kuhrts. in replying to
this to Councilman Stock we'll, chairman
of the fire and water committee of the
council, made it appear that the COM
mission would have to know how many
fire alarm boxes the councilmen will
order before the question asked by tha
council can be answered. In other
words, that the propounder OF the
conundrum will have to give the ans wer,
Rs the commission gives it mp.
The city has a contract with the
Gamewell company now whereby boxas
can be purchased at 500 each if 100 boxes
are purchased in year. Not half this
number has been purchased yet, and &C.
cording to Chief Moriarty the city needs
at least 80 more boxes to complete the
system.
APPLICATIONS.
The application OF William Lacy, jr.,
for permission to place tank under
the walk on Alpine street between Main
and Alameda was referrsd to the chief.
The tank is to be used for storing oil to
be burned in the boilers at tbs Pacific
Brass works.
The application of J. w. Sosr TO BIS
allowed to erect derrick and sink an
oil we'll at this corner of State and Ho-
bart streets was referred to tia chief.
A request from the council for q fire
alarm box on Temple street wac referred
TO the chief.
The application of II. W. Dolegs to
be allowed to erect wood and CORFU
gated iron building for carriage and
blacksmith shop, on the corner OF Main
and Eighth streets, was referred to the
chief.
The application of the Los Angeles |
box factory to be allowed to run gas
engine in che factory. on Wall street,
between Fourth and Fifth streste, was |
referred to the chief.
LOOKING FOR PLACES.
Appliassions for positions on the force
were received, as follows: M. Nc