The herald., 1896-04-11
Cash FUND Way BEHIND
A SERIOUS SITUATION cONPRONTS THE
CITY GOVERNMENT
An Old Anti.fiItching Ordnance Has Just
Been Discovered - Does Not Include
Broadway Proposed Boyle Heights Road
May Mean . Whittier Road


total of $12S45.S4 the total amount au-
thorized and expended being 1929, ,491.55
The total amount allowed for cash fund
purposes during the past nine months
was $112.500. including the amount of
the overdraft to date aggregating $16,-
S9155.
The above figures are taken from the
records. Herald reporter having spent
several hours yesterday digging out
the facts.
The majority of the members of the
council have for several days been
suspecting that things were again
wrong, despite the extraordinary wave
of municipal retrenchment of three
months ago. going very much wrong,
and strong effort has been made to
keep the facts as they exist below the
surface, at least until such time as a
relief measure of some sort could be
provided for. everything tobe then made
public simultaneously.
The finance committee will today, In
extraordinary session, seek to agree
upon some plan for relief. Councilmen
say there can be no further reduction of
employees in the various municipal de-
partmentS, as the last extraordinary
cutting off of employees has seriously
crippled several branches of the city's
service. The total amount of demands
allowed in January was $11 .543.79 In
February it was s14,6S9.1S, and in March
s12,2O4.01.
A LAW ALREADY EXISTS
The recent business mems agitation
for an ordinance which will in some
manner regulate the indiscriminate
hitching of horses and vehicles upon
the main streets of the city has re-
suited in the discovery by the city at
torney's office of an old law upon the
subject which has been in existence
since the 21st day of September. 1886.
1t was adopted during the administra-
tion of Mayor E. f. Spence. The law is
entitled an Ordinance regulating the
use Of the public streets Of the city,
and is as follows:
1t shall be unlawful for any person
to use the public sidewalks for the dis
play of merchandise, boxes, barrels.
trucks or other articles upon the pub
lie streets of the city of Los Angeles.
described as follows: Los Angeles
street from Arcadia and Also to First.
Main street from the plaza to Third;
Upper Main from Marchessault to the
junction Of Alameda; Spring street
from Temple to Seventh; First street
from Fort broadway to Los Angeles;
Second street from Fort broadway
to Main; Requena street from Main to
Wilmington; Arcadia from Main to Los
Angeles; Commercial from Main to AL
ameda.
All merchandise placed on the side
walk of the streets described shall be
Immediately taken into the stores or
removed by the owner thereof.
1t shall be unlawful for any person to
use any of the sidewalks or cutters of
the portions of the streets described
for the purpose of packing or unpaci-
ing merchandise.
1t shall be unlawful for any person
between the hours of 1880 am. and
pm. to leave any horse standing un-
htched for longer period than one
hour on any of the portions of the
streets described or to leave any ex-
press wagon, truck, hack, herdic, de-
livery or other wagon backed up
against the curb of any portion of the
public street in the district described,
except when the same is being actually
used for the delivery or receiving of
passengers.
The penalty provision in the above
is a fine of 5000 or six months imprison-
ment for violation of any of its provis-
ions.
The board of public works will today
amend this old ordinance, which is
number 253, in the old series, so as to
take into the prohibited section Broad
way from First to Seventh streets. The
former was residence street when this
ordinance was passed, hence it's omis-
sion. The hours of prohibition will also
be somewhat amended The amended
ordinance will be reported for adoption
on Monday.
- WORKMAN'S HARD BATTLE
Ex-Mayor Workman was before the
Board of Public Works yesterday to
again argue in favor Of the advertising
of the proposed new Boyle Heights cleo
trio road franchise. Some of the men,
bers Of the board oppose the granting of
a franchise if the route takes in Sixth
street They want Seventh street sub
stituted. There are, however. no formal
protests against the granting of the
proposed privilege. The franchise when
sold WILL it is expected, be bid in by
either the Hooks or by Messrs. Sher-
man and Clark. whose next electric ven
ture will, it is said, be to and from
Whittier.
The board yesterday acted upon the
following:
In the matter of the proposals to i'm
prove Thompson street, from Adams to
Twenty-third streets, we recommend
that the bid of NJ. S. Cummings at 81
cents per lineal foot for grading and
graveling complete, % cents per 1ineal
foot for curb and s1.45 per lineal foot for
crosswalks be accepted and the resolu-
ton of award adopted.
Recommend that the petition OF
William Mead, asking that Santa Fe
avenue, between Seventh and Ninth
streets. be graded, graveled and curbed
with redwood. be granted and the city
engineer be instructed to prepare and
present the necessary ordinance of in
tenton therefor.
Recommend that the petition from
John Bryson ct al, asking that Union
avenue, between Sixth and Orange
streets, be graded, graveled. curbed
with cement curb, sidewaked with ce-
ment sidewalk six feet wide, be
granted and the city engineer instruct
ed to prepare and present the necessary
ordinance of intention therefor.
Recommend that petition from S. c.
Hubbell, asking that he be granted six
ty days additional time within which
to complete the work under ordinance
No. $3.50 new series) be granted.
Recommend that the petition from w.
A. Horn ct al, asking to have the side
walks repaired in front of 500 and 5O2
Downey avenue, be referred to the
street superintendent with instructions
to attend to the matter.
Recommend that the petition from
Cordelia Mallard ct al, asking that the
grade of Ninth street from Pearl to
Alvarado streets be changed and estab-
lished so as to conform to the present
improvements upon the street, be re-
a majority of the frontage affected is
represented thereon, and If so to pre-
sent the necessary ordinance of inten-
ton.
Recommend that the petition from
E. A. Miller ct al, asking that Oak
street between Washington and Twen-
ty-first streets be sidewalked with ce-
ment five feet wide, curbed with cement
curh oud uradad and PraVplad he