The herald., 1895-04-24
The Meeting of the Police Com
missiOners Yesterday
THE SOCIAL EVIL DISCUSSED
Ministers and C0unciImen Are Severely
Ceusured
The Houses OF Hl-Repute on North Main
Street Are Ordered to Be
Removed


RAIDER and Commissioner Pirtle an op-
portunity to be present in the council
chamber during the disposition OF the
bonds. At / 80 the board held a
star chamber session in the mayors inner
office.
NJ. Dicker and L. Horwatt were granted
restaurant liquor license at 40 East
First street, John Singer at 324 South
Main street. Frank Sarnea at 32l Com
mercial street. Gus Keller and p. Maler
at 1857 East Second street, Jacob Finch at
los San Pedro street.
The following communication was read !:
II have this morning addre ssed COM
munication to the chief of police regard
ing the houses of prostitution at No.
3571a North Main street. opposite the
Baker block, and one in the house i'm
mediately south OF the Baker block. over
CARROTS undertaking establishments, and
one of your board has requested me to
also address you on the subject Both of
these houses are filled with Jewd women
who ply their trade openly with an ap-
parent sense of security. The Ba ker
block has been occupied since December
l, 1879, by respectable people and their
sense of decency is daily outraged by the
performances in the two houses and
they threaten to leave the block unless
the nuisance is abated. Mrs. Baker is
one of the largest taxpayers in the city of
Los Angeles and thinks she shouldssbe
afforded some protec ion by the author
titles in her property rights.
For your information | would state
that the - family rent the premises
at 3571a North Main street and Robert
Garrett is the lessee of the building south
of the Baker block and rents the two up
per floors to the women who occupy
them.
.Wbile men are immoral and women
lewd the social evil will in all probability
not be suppressed. AT the same time l
think it should be confined to more OBJ
scure places than one of the leading
thoroughfares of the city.
Trusting that you Will give the matter
immediate attention, believe me yours;
The course of the chief so far was in
dorsed, and he was instructed to take the
necessary steps to remove those houses.
A long resolution was read from the
board of education against saloons. and
Mr.. Pirtle said that the ministers and
board of education are possessed of very
little sense. These people have not read
the papers or they would know that the
board is doing its duty and is doing all
it can to straighten out the saloon ques-
ton. We are also disposing of the cribs,
and yesteid day | went into the council
and found some of its members ripping
and tearing about the cribs. when we
passed a resolution to make them move
a few weeks ago. | am informed that half
of these women have already moved off
of Alameda street. and am told that by
Saturday night all of them will have
moved. When the re- solution was passed
the chief and city attorney went down on
Alameda street and told the owners of
the property that they would have to
close up. When the resolution was passed
and they did not have the manhood to
stand up in the council and say that we
are doing our duty.
Mr.. Field offered the following, which
was adopted:
tResolved, That this board of police
commissioners believe that conviction in
either OF our police courts Of any party
OF the agents holding a saloon License
from this board Of the crime of willfully
violating the ordinance known as the
Sunday closing act of sufficient import
ance to determine said party holding said
license to be wholly unfit to conduct a
saloon business in the city, and that his
license shall be Immediately revoked.
The resolution sent down from the
school board was again taken up an d Mr.
Pirtle moved that it be referred back to
the council and that they pass an ordi-
nance Us prayed for in the first part of the
resolution, to the effect that no saloons be
permitted within 500 feet TO of any school
house. Adopted.
Mr.. Prtle said that he would like to
test the good faith of the council and he
offered the following:
Resolved, That the city council be re-
quested to repeal the restaurant liquor
ordinance and amend the so-called Sun
day closing ordinance SO that it will read
that all saloons shall close their doors on
SUNDAYS and at 12 O'Clock y. m. to 5
o'clock a. m. during week days, and that
any saloon that shall violate this, either
by owners or employees. upon conviction
thereof their license shall be revoked by
the police commission. The resolution
was unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Pirtle moved that when the uni
forms arrive the men be compelled to
wear them. and that the chief also pro-
cure a uniform and be requested to
wear it.. tst
Mr.. Pirtle-You don't object, chief,
do you? ~ ,frs.f
Chief Glass-No, sir. Il am willing to
do whatever you wish done for the benefit
of the force.
Mr.. Pirtle said that week would have
to be given the chief before his uniform
was ordered. He was not sure whether
he should be a major or colonel.
The chief smiled, but could not tell
what kind OF regalia would most become
his station.
The matter of the chiefs regalia was
referred to Mr.. Field, who has had a
military training.
Mr.. Pirtle said that he had visited the
Vienna Buffet and objected to the admis-
sion of children who are allowed to sit
nightly in the gallery and see things and
hear language not nit for them. He moved
that the chief of police notify Mr.. Ker-
kow that hereafter minors must not be
admitted. Adopted.
Charges having been preferred against
Officer Lee for drinking on duty, he was
suspended pending the hearing of the
charges. r -
The chief reported that Officer Bates
had returned from San Francisco, where
he went to have his eyes treated, and
that he has not improved and is nearly
months salary out OF the pension fund.
The chief requested that the city. attor-
ney be requested. to defend him in a suit
brought by Alex Mcmillan to recover 1876,
600 for false Imprisonment. Mr.. Pirtle
moved that Mr. Dunn be requested to de-
fend the chief. Mr.. Dunn was called in
and said that he would be delighted to
defend the chief and that no motion was
necessary. Mr.. Dunn started to discussing
the social evil and he was good naturally
thrown out.
The Paisano Let Down Easy
Trinidad Burrue, who stole a chicken
in 1892 and a goatskin in 1895, was in
dancer of heinp sent tn San Oueutin or,