The herald., 1896-07-24
BASSETT IS A Director
Still a Memberof the Board
of Education
He WILL resign II NECESSARY
Has Not Given Up His Sixth
Ward Residence
ALTHOUGH HE MAY Do so
Professor Search Has Secured a Job In
the East
A Local Public School Teacher Dies In
ALTHOUGH lie MAY DO so
Professor Search Has Secure a Job In
the East
A Local Public School Teacher Dies In
Ohio
The Board Of Park Commissioners neet In
Monthly Sesslon-Some Sewer Recon-.
mendations and Other Business.
News Of the City Hall

School Director Bassett. who repre-
sents the Sixth ward in he city board of
education. was in town yesterday from
Santa Monica, where he is spending the
summer. In answer to a query from
Herald reporter, he said:
While it is true that have removed
temporarily from the Sixth ward. l
have not. in my present frame of mind
given up my residence there for good
l shall certainly come back to Los An
geles and shall always reside in the
city. If 1 decide in the end to remove
out of the Sixth ward, I will, of course,
resign my position upon the board of
education. At present l am still a resi-
dent there. and, of course. also legally
and rightly a member of the board. l
do not intend to act in my official capac-
ity for ore moment longer than l have
a right so to do"
News has reached this city of the re-
cent election at Holyoke, Mass, of Prof
Preston 3. Search as superintendent of
schools of that city. Prof. Search is we'll
known in Los Angeles, where his at
tempted introduction of the individual
system of teaching and his withdrawal
as the head of the educational depart
ment of this city are sensational epi-
sodes of comparatively recent date.
The board of education yesterday let
a contract to Glencross & Dawson for
adding four rooms to the Seventh street
school building. The price to be paid for
the work will be $500. which is about
half the money usually paid by the
council for a similar addition to the
Union avenue building.
Mrs. Dora Broadwell, one of the teach
ers at the Hewitt street school during
the year just ended. died of consumption
at Mount Vernon, Ohio, a few days ago.
The deceased was well and favorably
known in educational and social circles
in this city. She left here for Ohio last
April.
The biennial convention of city and
county school superintendents of the
state will meet in Oakland August g..
Recommendations for the revision of the
school law will be made. Superintend-
| ent Foshay is on the committee for the
| amendment of school law. He will leave
for Oakland July rs, as his committee
| meets July 80
IMPROVING THE PARKS.
The board Of park commissioners yes
| terday authorized Superintendent Carey
to purchase 5000 eastern deciduous trees,
most of which are to be set out in Elys-
ian park.
The superintendent reported that he
had placed 127 900 new plants in the var
ious parks within the past month
In the matter of the rebate to James
Mohan for the boating privileges in East
Side park, the board decided to allow
the petitioner a credit of 500 upon his
claim against the city, in conformity
with a resolution adopted al a meeting
held October 26, 1894.
Secretary Mendenhall was instructed
to request the Electric Lighting COM
pany to place taller masts in East Lake
park and also in front of Hollenbeck
park.
PERTAINING TO SEWERS.
In the matter of the petition from N.
P. Conrey ct al, asking that a sewer be
constructed on Council street, from Bel
mont avenue to Lake Shore avenue, rec
ommend the same be granted, and the
city engineer be instructed to prepare
and present the necessary ordinance of
intention.
In the matter of the petition from T.
Gordon ct al, asking that a sewer be
| constructed on Flower street, from
| Court to Temple streets. recommend the
same be granted, and the city engineer
be instructed to prepare and present
| In the matter of the protest from NJ
| A. walker ct al, protesting against the
| construction of a sewer on Twelfth
| street, recommend the same be filed.
PROVIDING FOR ROOM
The committee of the council on pub
| lie market has made arrangements for
! the overflow from the present location
| by obtaining from \. G. Bilicke, who
| owns the corner west Of the city's site
a permit to use additional land from
that site which has a frontage of 20t
| feet on Los Angeles. street. The com
| mittee believes the &erfow to be only
| temporary, and that no additional lane
should be secured by lease. Twenty Of
| thirty wagons now occupy the newly
| added space, and these pay Is cents pei
| day for each team. A proportion O
! this. to be hereafter determined, shal
| go to the city, and the rest to the owner
of the land.
CITY HALL FLOTSAM
Ed Smith. assistant chief of the fire de
partment. is home from his vacation il
| Strawberry valley.
An alarm of fire at noon yesterda!
! turned out the department to the cot
| taee of Ed Thomas. at 1884 Templ
i street The blaze was caused by TIL
explosion & gasoline stove. The los
is about $500.
The board of public works went ou
| Yesterday afternoon to look at the Ma
ple avenue pavement recently put in b.
| Contractor Baldwin, against which
| 1,;gnro1Is DrOtest has been entered in tn