The herald., 1896-12-09


the construction of macadamized streets.
Filed.
For your approval, map of Stevenson
avenue sewer, map of Vignes and Lyon
street sewer and map of Eighth and
Golden street sewer. tiied.
The annual reports of the city officers
were presented and referred.
Ordinances were passed under sus-
pension Of the rules allowing the South
ern California and Terminal railroad
companies to make certain changes nee
essary to straighten their tracks.
The report of the board of public works
was read and the various reo4mmenda-
tions, as heretofore published, were
adopted.
Recess until o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The council met at 2:30 O'clock when
the bond and contract with the Babcock
company to furnish hook and ladder
truck, was approved. The commission
ers for the widening of San Pedro street
presented a demand for services rem
dered to the finance committee. Pro-
ceedings for the improvement were
abandoned, but no provision was made
to pay the commissioners.
The usual petitions and communica-
tions were read and referred to the
proper committees.
Councilman Kingery called up the
Eighth street from Grand avenue to
Hope street, which has been pending
for something over year. The COM
missioners presented a report, which
was referred back to the commissioners
without instruction, and it has since
been hung up" On motion, the whole
matter was referred to the board Of pub
lie works.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT
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lowing report:
An ordinance appointing e. r. Threl-
keld as commissioner for the widening
of Seventh street between Hoover and
Vermont avenue; adopted.
Also an ordinance granting a fran
chise to the Southern California Railway
company. and one to the Los Angeles
Terminal Railway company, i'm accord
ance with petition No. 1880; adopted.
Also, l have prepared contract with
the Fire Extinguisher company for the
purchase of hook and ladder truck,
and the same is now in the hands of the
clerk; approved.
In the matter of the title to Central
park on Central avenue, l would report
that in accordance with your instruc-
tions 1 have brought suit against E. F.
kysor on behalf of the city to quiet title
to the same fled
In the matter of the suit of w. Fl. Chap
man against the city to quiet title to lot
IA in block "D' of the johnson tract, 1
recommend that disclaimer be filed
as the city makes no claim to this prop
erty; so ordered
Iwould also make the same recommen-
dation in the matter of the suit of Jo-
seph KurtZ against the city to quiet
title to strip of land twenty-five feet
wide lying between Main and New High
streets; so ordered.
In the matter of the petition of Mrs.
M. ]. Wright and Mrs. Olive Turner in
regard to a refund of certain sums paid
by them to connect with the Hill street
sewer, L report as follows: The prop
erty of these petitioners is situated on
Eighth street, and they have built a
sewer in Eighth street which connects
with the sewer on Hill street, and am
of the opinion that the money should be
refunded In the event they turn over this
lateral sewer to the city to be used as a
public sewer; so ordered.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
| The finance committee presented the
| Following report, which was adopted.
with the exception of that in regard to
tne Clark demand, which was ordered
! stricken out:
Recommend that the reports Of the
| city auditor for weeks ending November
29th and Both, 1896, be filed.
Recommend that the demands of
Charles e. Bernard for 5000, and John
| Clark for $542, be denied.
| Recommend that the city treasurer
and city auditor be instructed to make
| the following transfers to the central po-
lice station fund: From the tax fund of
1S91-92. $3.50; from the tax funds of 1892
| %, $5.37; from the tax fund Of 1894 -95,
$107.14; from the tax fund of 1886
$754.7O; from the city hall fund, SIS; from
the salary fund, $50; total, $945.O1.
The finance committee also reported
| recommending that the license ordi-
! nance be so amended as to impose IL
! cense of $50 per month on all wagons
used in peddling meat by persons not
having shop in the city. The object of
| the amendment is to shut out irrespons-
| ible peddlers who have been selling in
| ferior meat. The amendment passed by
! a vote of to 2.
| The city engineer presented ordi-
| nances for the construction of a cement
sidewalk on Pleasant avenue and Or
| ange street. The first was adopted and
| the second went to the board of public
! works.
The city engineer also presented an
ordinance changing the grades of Pa
! Iona, Fourteenth and Pico streets, and
| the same was adopted, after which the
| council adjourned to meet again on
| ton vote.
| ODDS AND ENDS.
| The petition from the street superin-
tendent, asking for a copyist in his Of
| flee, was referred to the supply commit
| tee.
| On motion of Mr. Snyder, permission
was granted Mr.. McKoon to extend the
| six-inch sewer pipe seventy-five feet
south on the alley between Temple and
| COrtez streets.
An electric light was ordered placed at
the corner of Hill and Seventeenth
| streets
| The water company was instructed to
lay six-inch water pipe on Seventeenth
street from Union avenue to Toberman
| street.
The motion of Mr. Munson that Fifth
street be swept every night between
| Olive and San Pedro streets was refer
red to the board of public works.
| Mr.. Ashman called attention to water
in the gutter OH Ninth street. The street
superintendent was instructed to abate
| the nuisance.
| VITAL STATISTICS.