The herald., 1896-08-25
ConnciImen Explain Their Votes On the
Final Measure
All Favored a Day of Rest, But Not to the
Extent Proposed
Reports Of Officers and COMMITTEES Presented.
The napIe Avenue Protests Denied--The
Tain Street Paving Matter In
New Form-Routine Business

The city council met in regular week
ly session yesterday morning, with all
of the members present. There was the
usual preliminary skirmishing, but the
municipal legislators got quickly down
10 business, and in the course of the day
transacted fair amount of routine busi-
ness, the most important being the de-
feat of the Sunday closing ordinance.
LITTLE GRAB STOPPED
The various acquisitions, demands and
pay rolls of the various departments
were allowed, after which the report of
the finance committee, as published in
The Herald of Sunday morning, was
taken up. The recommendation in the
matter of allowing the boiler inspector
who by the ordinance is to act as sec
retary of the board of engineers, extra
compensation at the rate of So per meet
ing, for special sessions of the board
called forth a vigorous objection from
President Teed. The boiler inspector
is paid salary of $10O month, and to
allow him extra compensation for the
performance of his duties, as Mr. Teed
expressed it, was putting their arms
pretty ueep lHtO llle Clty tledSulS' oli
this objection the matter was referred
back to the finance committee for fur
ther consideration. The recommends
lion providing that the members of the
board of engineers shall receive pay for
but one meeting in each month was
adopted by a unanimous vote of all
the councilmen present.
MAPLE AVENUE PROTESTS
Tho Sflo0ia1 order the further hear
ing of the protests against the accept
ance of Maple avenue, on the ground
that the work has not been done accord
ing to the specifications, was again
taken up. Chairman Munson of the
board of public works said that the
board had made an inspection and that
the street compared favorably with 9TH
er graveled streets, in fact, that the
work was better than that on Los An
geles street. The radius of the curb at
one place had been changed to save
couple of trees belonging to William
Niles. Mr.. Munson said that he favored
saving trees wherever practicable, and
he would rather have the trees than the
curb. They had compelled Mr.. Niles to
take up redwood curb and put in ce
ment, and that gentleman had declared
that he would defend those trees at the
point of a shotgun.
Mr.. Kingery said that he regarded the
street as a good one. A property owner
said that all the people wanted was for
the specifications to be carried out.
Councilman Pessell said that the work
had not been done according to the
specifications. for which reason he moved
that the protests be sustained.
This motion was defeated by a vote
of s to 4, after which the protests were
denied and the action of the street su-
perintendent sustained by the same vote.
COVERING THE BRIDGES
The bridge committee reported, rec
ommending that certain of the city
bridges be covered with wooden blocks
and asphalt, and also that the city en-
gineer be instructed to prepare speci-
1lcations for covering bridges with as
phalt, as It Is believed that it will be
more econoY0ica! to cover some of the
bridges with this material. The recon-
mendations were adopted.
The reports of the sewer committee
and the board Of public works, hereto
fore published In The Herald, were read
and the various accommodations were
adopted.
TO MAINTAIN LIGHTS
Councilman Snyder presented the fol-
lowing motion. saying that it would
work TO hardship on the company but
would be of great benefit rot only to
the company, but to the residents along
the line, and the same was adopted:
That the city attorney, in presenting
Heights franchise, be Instructed to in
clude in said draft q provision provid-
ing that the successful bidder, or the
parties to whom the franchise is award
ed,Will be required to erect and maintain
arc lamps of 200 candle power each at
every other street intersection on the
line coveed by the said franchise, and
that such parties will be required to
keep such arc lamps burning from =.
M to the hour al which the cars are
stopped operating at night. A failure
to comply with this part Of the franchise
shall result in a forfeiture thereof
Councilman Pessell also offered the
following rider" which was likewise
tackled on
That the parties buying the Boyle
Heights franchise shall employ the res
idents and taxpayers residing in the
city of Los Angeles to do all the work in
constructing, building and operating
all parts of this road. Should this clause
not be carried out it shall operate as
forfeiture of the franchise.
President Teed said he had some
doubts abut this provision holding wa
ter. though he thought it was a good
thing, as he understood that some Of thr
car lines operating in the city were
bringing most of their men from Hi
nois,
There being no further business on the
CLERKS desk, a recess was taken untN
~ oNipSh, dI WHICH IlDut the plQS We're
opened.
BIDS OPENED.
The following bids were opened and
referred to the proper committees:
To furnish steam road-roller-P -Parke
4 Lacy company offered lotion Gem
city double-cylinder steam road-roller
for the sum Of $3.50, delivered in work
ing order.
The Enterprise Manufacturine corr
pany offered a Columbian steam roaa-
roller, nominal weight ten tons, actua.
weight about 5000 pounds. FOR the sum
of $3250, delivered at Les Angeles set IN
In operation.
Hawley, King & Co. offered as follows.
one lo-ton columbian steam roller for
$254S; one 12-ton Columbian steam ron.
er for s2843; one l3-ton Columbian steam
roller for $685.. free CA board ct. Los
Angeles.
The 0. $. Kelly company offered as
follows. one l0-ton Springfield steam
road-roller for S34aG: one 12-ton SPRING
ACID steam rodd-io oller for $3.50
baker & Hamilton offered one Buffalo