The herald., 1896-01-03
UPON A BASIS 0F 100000
How Mortuary Reports Will
Hereafter Be Made
THE MEETINGS YESTERDAY
Several Boards Held Sessions at the
e. City Hall
Recommendations for Scwers-Sweep-
Ing Contract Adopted

The board of health has made new de-
parture with the opening of the present
year by instructing that the monthly NOR
tuary reports issued by Health officer
Steddom be hereafter based upon a local
population of 100000 instead of $4,000
as heretofore. DR.. Moore made the mo-
ton necessary for the purpose at yester-
days meeting, the action taken being
deemed necessary because of the new ter
ritory recently added to the city and be-
cause of the great increase of the school
population.
On account of the report of great
many cases of measles prevailing through
out the city, it was, on motion of DIR.
Smith, decided to recommend to the board
of education that all pupils be excluded
from the public schools where any MEM
ber of family is ill from either measles
or mumps, except such children as have
previously had the disease.
DR.. Steddom requested and was granted
ferther time in which to investigate the
furtilizng works of the city.
On motion of DR.. Smith, it was recon-
meDded that public horse and hay
market be established in the district
bounded by Aemeda and Aliso, Alhambra
avenue and Los Angeles streets, the loca-
ton to be approved 10y the health officer.
The present hay market between ixth
and Flower streets was recommended to
be abandoned.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETS
Chief Walter s. Moore of the fire depart
ment yesterday reported D. W. Brown,
driver of engine No. 3 and Frank
Willaughby, drive of truck No. l L, as hav-
ing been absent without leave, the first
named on November 80 and the latter or
December %. Each man was fined $5.
The bill of Mrs. M. M. Sullivan against
S. B. Hall, callman in the department,
for 1880, for board and washing, was
fled.
The request of the board of supervisors
for permit to place boiler and engine
in the new laundry building at the county
hospital, was referred to the chief.
The motions of the council for fire alarm
boxes at San Pedro and Twenty-eighth
streets, Pasadena avenue and East street,
Pasadena and Park avenues, North Hill
and Ord streets, were turned over to the
chief for disposition.
The protes. of Mrs. M. A. Compton and
others against the granting OF a permit for
the erection of Il planning mill in the block
bounded by Main, Washington, Los Ange-
les and Twenty-frst streets, was filed, no
application for the permit being as yet be-
fore the board.
The applications of j. D. Londermilk
and H. E. Roberts for positions as callmen
were filed.
CHAINGANG NOT WANTED
The park commissioners yesterday au-
thorized the insurance of the new band.
stand at Westlake park in the sum of
$1,000. Building Superintendent Strange
appeared before the board and stated that
the proposed Elysian park barracks would
cost. as prepared from his plans in the
rough, between $500 and $500. The
board instructed Strange to prepare plans
for a building which will accommodate 100
men. The sentiment of the board was
that the chaingang was not wanted for
work in the parks, and the city council is
to be so notified.
1t was moved and carried that the coun-
Gil be requested to adopt an ordinance
aimed to abate anarch!stic and alarmist
nusances at Central park.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SEWERS
The sewer COMMITTEES yesterday acted
upon the following which will be disposed
of by the council on Monday:
Recommend that the bid of A. P. Pu-
sich to sewer Twenty-fourth street, at 7615
cents per lneal foot for the sewer com
plete, he accepted. and the accompanying
resolution of award adopted.
Recommend that the petition from VIM.
Mead, asking that sewer be laid on Macy
street, from New Macy street to Alameda
street, be referred to the city engineer to
present the nece ssary ordinance of inten-
ton If he considers this the best way to
sewer this property.
SWEEPING CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The council yesterday morning in ad-
journed session approved the contract with
VIM. Budinger for street sweeping. The
contract expires October 10, 1896, and
$S. 81 per lneal mile for the work. The
sureties upon Budinger's bond, which is
for $4,000, are John w. Vaughn and E. M.
Mcdonald.
Councilman Savage voted against the ap-
proval of the contract, and Councilmen
Snyder and Stockwell were absent. All
the other votes cast were in the affirma-
tive.
Contractor Budinger is to begin his
duties at once.
On motion of President Teed Water
Overseer Shafer was instruci ed to remove
the zanja wells at present located on JEFF
ferson street between Main and Figueroa.
THE BUILDING RECORD
The record for permits for new buildings
yesterday was $500 worth of permits,
two being for $1,000 or more, as follows:
To Mrs. NJ M. Martin, for a $14OO
dwelling on Washington street near Cen
tral avenue: to j. Il. Hunt, for a $1,000
building on Pico street near Maple avenue.
Superintendent of Streets Howard has
recommended tn The council an extension
of thirty days. time to the contractor who is
improving Ocean View avenue from Bur-
lington avenue to Alvarado street.