The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27

plumbing inspector, $1,000; assistant,
$1,000; assistant superintendent of build
ings, $1,000; supplies, $50. Total, s5340.
The estimates for this office last year
were S4430.
The estimates last year were: AS
SCISSOR, s9l60; auditor, s5215; clerk s7642;
treasurer, S4675; tax collector, SIC, 240; en-
gineer, s23,901; mayors office, s5225; city
attorney, S6220; parks, 1921 city hail.
$500; library, $23, $3.50; police depart
ment. s79,50s; health department, gar
bage and sprinkling, s70,96o; election
expenses, $4,000; city justices. s6O96;
city council s11,225; street department,
$S2,950 schools, 1921 1860; fire department
$SS, 1924; interest charges, $67 1858; bond
purposes, $51 800.
The total last year raised by taxation
aggregated $540,1466o.
The police department this year will
need an addition of between six and ten
men and the fire department will need
apparatus at an increased expenditure.
The collection of garbage is bit lower
than 1t was, and the cost of sweeping the
streets has nearly doubled. Money will
also this year have to be raised for ex-
penditure in the newly annexed districts.
1t looks on the whole as II the tax eaters
are to get in their work this time harder
than ever
The city election this year will cost
pile of money. The estimates above
were in instances slightly scaled by the
council before the figures were allowed
ZANJA WATER BOOM.
There Is boom in zanja water and the
system shows up a net profit of $S400 as
compared to a deficit last year at this
time of $4,000 Over $4,000 has been COL
lected disposing of water to irrigators
during the past two days. The money,
coming at this time, is very much appre-
ciated. as it enables the council by trans
fer to replenish certain of the funds
which need holding up
repairs to the zanja system ate up all
the profits and a great deal more last
year. This season the cause for this ex-
penditure does not exist.
PREPARING TO ENFORCE IT.
Hack and expressmen throughout the
city are busy conforming to the provis-
ions Of the recently adopted hitching or
dinance.
The law will have to be enforced I'M
der set of rules to be adopted by the
board of police commissioners. Permit
blanks granting the holders the right to
occupy stands in front of private prop
erty within the prescribed district will
be out in \ few days, after which the
provisions of the ordinance will be rig
idly enforced.
POSTPONEMENT AGREED UPON
The suit at law testing the validity of
the proceedings which annexed the
southeastern districts to the city was to
have been called for trial on Tuesday
By stipulation of all the parties con-
cerned, the hearing of the case has been
postponed to July 81. M. T. Allen will
assist City Attorney w. e. Dunn in try
ing the case upon behalf of the annexa-
tionists, having been employed by them
as special counsel.
AN TINTJTCKY NIyMPER
Assistant Fire Chief Ed R. Smith has
completed an investigation of the con-
dition of the various fire hydrants in
the city. Out of the 494 hydrants thir-
teen were found to be in damaged con-
dition and unserviceable. The water
company is making repairs in the latter
as rapidly as possible.
CITY HALL FLOTSAM
The committee upon public morals will
meet next Tuesday to consider the ques-
ton of Sunday closing.
A largely signed petition was yester-
day filed for the opening of New High
street obliquely to Broadway at the
northeast corner Of First and Spring
streets.
Yesterday was the last school day of
the present school year. The vacation
will end about September 14th.
An alarm of fire at 1880 a. m. yesterday
turned out the fire department to the
corner Of Marchessault and Olivia
streets. The blaze originated in hay
she'd The loss sustained amounted to
$780,
A still alarm Of fire was turned in
shortly after IL o'clock noon yesterday.
The cause was a grass fire at Seventh
street and Grand avenue. There was
no damage.