The herald., 1896-02-16
The City Attorney Will be In.
structed to Collect Money
JOHN DRAIN DECLINES 1T
He Will Not Serve as Street Sweeping
Inspector
Old Fir. Department Requisitions Ordered
Cancelled. and the Engineer Given
Sinews of War

In the matter OF the report of the city
attorney on the alleged overcharges and
expenditures of the commissioners for
opening streets, the finance committee
will tomorrow recommend, in accordance
with the suggestion of the city attorney,
that the commissioners on Thirtieth street
be instructed to file a supplemental report
of their proceedings on this street and pre-
sent the same to the council for their ac-
ton, and that in all other streets the city
attorney be instructed to take such action
as he deems necessary and proper to re-
cover the amounts which he found were
collected in excess of the amounts allowed
by law.
John Drain, superintendent of street
sprinkling, objects to serving also as
street sweeping inspector. the position to
which he was recently elected by the coun-
Gil, without any extra compensation or
emoluments of any kind, and has filed
with the council the following communica-
ton explaining his position:
Under the instructions of your honora-
BILE body it became my duty on the 1st
of the present month to take charge of the
inspection cf the street sweeping, under
the contract therefor, in addition to the
duties heretofore provided for me as su-
perintendent of street sprinkling.
l would request your honorable
body to relieve me of the duties
of superintendent of street sweeping,
az find it impossible to properly look
after the duties of both positions. Should
your honorable body fail to relieve me of
this duty. it will be necessary for me to
neglect the duties of one or the other po-
sitioii, and endeavoring to cover too much
ground make failure of both.
The supply committee has filed the fol-
lowing:
In the matter of the report of the chief
of the fire department. presenting certain
acquisitions approved prior to December l,
1875, we recommend that these requisi-
tions be Cancelled.
Your com nittee has delivered certain
supplies to the captain of the chain-gang
and to the engineers of the city hall,
which supplies were received from the
street department, and have taken receipts
therefor, which receipts are attached hereto
and made part of this report.
TIE OFFICIAL CALL
BY virtue of the provisions of ordinance
No. 339S new series) Of the city of Los
Angeles, approved February IL, 1896, and
act of the legislature of the state of Cali
fornia, approved March 10. 1889, the city
clerk gives notice that special election
will be held on Saturday, March 2lst, for
the purpose of submitting to the electors
of the city of Los Angeles and to the quail
ified electors residing in territory to be an
neXed the question whether such territory
shall be incorporated in and made a part
of the mum icipal corporation OF the city of
Los Angeles.
The polls at the election shall be opened
at sunrise and will close at O'Clock on the
dav of the elec ion.
The ballots to be used at the election
will be in the form provided by the laws of
the state of California and will read ''for
annexation and against annexation"
and the qualified electors of the municipal
corporation of the city and the qualified
electors residing in the territory proposed
to be annexed are invited to vote upon the
proposition by placing the stamp tN) re-
qulred to be used by the provisions of the
election laws of the state upon their bal
lots after the words ''for anneXaton'' if
they desire the territory described to be-
come annexed to, incorporated in and
made part of the city. and after the words
"against annexation" if they do not desire
the territory before described to become
annexed to, incorporated in and made part
of the city.
The election will be conducted in the
manner provided for In the laws of the
state. For the purpose OF the election the
nine wards of the city as described in the
charter of the city are 10 be divided into
nine precincts with the boundaries and
voting places. and the offers of election as
has already been published in these col.
umns.
The supply committee at its last meet.
ing yesterday decided to recommend to the
city council the approval of tue reqrlisi.
ton for about $4,000 to defray the ex-
penses OF engineer Compton in securing
information to be used by the city in the
suit which has been brought against it by
Messrs. Pomeroy aad Cook to condemn
the lands which the city proposes to use
for hesdworks for water system.
THEY WANT RELIEF
A large number of the property owners
and residents of the East side have filed
with the council "a petition which alleges
that the Los Angeles Railway company in
reducing the car service to their section of
the city by the withdrawal of every other
car over the Buena Vista and Pasadena
avenue route. are giving to the people of
that section under the most favorable cir.
cumstances, only fifteen-minute service,
but by frequent mishaps. delays and the
heavy travel, the time between cars is fire.
quently extended to twenty and twenty
five minutes.
1t is also alleged that the Pasadena and
Pacific road is absolutely refusing to stop
their cars going west for the purpose of
taking up passengers at the corner of DAILY
street aud Pasadena avenue or at any point
on the road west of that locality. The
complaint continuing says:
believing that we a. taxpayers and citi-
zens of tine city have rights that should
command some respect, we, as such, do
most earnestly protest against the reduc-
ing of the car service to the East Side by
the Los Angeles Railway company, and
also to the using of the public streets of
any portion of the city of Los Angeles by
any electric or other car company unless
the privilege of using said cars is granted
all who may desire to use them.
I'VE also call your notice to the fact that
the Los Angeles Railway company, who
own the franchise to the city limits, refuse
either to carr passengers to any point east
of DAILY streeV and Pasadena avenue, or
give transfers for the same. to which we do
most solemnly protest. We therefore ask
your honorable body to investigate these
matters and compel the respective COM
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