The herald., 1896-02-02
RATES WILL Be REDUCED
The New Water Ordinance to
Cut Into Things
TEMPER OF COUNCILMEN
Nscrly All Are in Favor Of the Coming
Step
The Fire and Water Committee VIII Begin
Wrestling With the Subject Early This
Week-The Present Schedules

Water and the Los Angeles Water COM
pany wiAsbe the important problem about
the city hall from now on for several
months to come.
The water supply committee Of the coun-
Gil will begin wrestling with tho report of
the water committee, filed on Friday
evening, during the present week. Chair
man MuDson of the committee said
yesterday that he strongly favors a reduce
ton of the present rates, and an ordinance
in keeping with this idea will undoubtedly
be reported to the council. The present
rates, adopted under the ordinance pre-
sented last year, are as follows:
For every tenement or dwelling house of
not exceeding three living rooms, occupied
by eingie family, 65 cents; for every ten
ement or dwelling house of four living
rooms. occup ed by single family, 80
cents; for every tenement or dwelling
single family, 81; for every tenement or
dwelling house Of six living rooms, occupied
by a single family, $l.l5; for every tene-
ment or dwelling house of seven living
rooms. occupied by single family,
| $1:30; for every tenement or dwelling
single family, 81 As; for every tenement
or dwelling house Of nine living rooms. oc-
cupied by single family, $l.6o; for every
tenement or dwelling house of ten living
rooms. occupied ty single family, $l.75 !;
! for every tenement or dwelling house OF
over ten living rooms, and occupied by a
! single family. for every additional room,
| 10 cents; for hotels or boarding bnuses. in
j addition to family rates, for each boaIder,
! 20 cents; for lodging houses. in addition
to family rates, for each lodger. 10 cents !;
| for business blocks, for each office. in addi.
ts<xw.% %.r kc.. L.. ~G be-. F<Su vxV-
| vate fire hydrants, each vi for restaurants
and eating houses, according to daily aver
age of people fed, ior zach twenty-five
people per day, 81; for bath tubs in private
residences. each tub, 25 cents; for public
bath tubs, each tub, $3.50; for. public
so cents; for closets in private residences,
% cents; for public closets. in business
| blocks, 81; for public closets, in stores, so
cents; for public closets, in hotels,
$l.5O; for sprinklipg lawns and
ssrdens, l ., cent per h1 front IT,. foot S.nfe for
for all additional area proportionate
rate shall be charged; provided, that the
sprinkling rata for no yard shall be less
than % cents, also that when the amount
Of lawn or shrubbery, or both, does not ex-
ceed 40 square yards, the minimum rate Of
20 cents shall be charged; for horses kept
for private use, including water for wash
ing vehicles, one horse, rs cents; each adj
ditional horse. 10. .cents; for livery, board.
ing and hack stables, including water for
washing vehicles, for each horse. 40 cents
for feed and sale stables where no wash
rack is used, for each horse, 20 cents; for
each water trough in public streets. VI 80
for bakeries, in addition to family rates,
for each barrsil of -four used, 8 cents; for
barber shops, for each chair, so cents
for boardine schools. in addition "a
family rates, for each pupil, 10 cents;
for each soda fountain, $l.OO; tor steam