The herald., 1897-04-27
BOARDOF SUPERVISORS
SPECIAL TAX TO PROVIDE FOR
TRoPICo BONDS
Chief Deputy Holton to Represent the
County in the Rubio Canyon Case
Before the Supreme Court

The Tropico school district having au-
thorized the issuance of its bonds to the
amount of $4,000, and it being necessary
that provision be made for the collection
of the annual tax, sufficient to pay the
interest on such indebtedness as it falls
due, and to constitute a sinking fund
for the payment of the principal within
five years, the board yesterday made
arrangements accordingly by ordering
special tax.
The bonds form a series of five bonds
of the denomination of s400 each. The
chairman was authorized to sign these
bonds and the coupons attached, under
date of May 1st, 1897. 1t was also ordered
that the clerk deliver said bonds to He'll
man and Sartori, the purchasers, upon
the payment of $4,000 principal and $57.I5
premium, the total amount to be depos-
tied in the county treasury to the credit
of the Tropico school building fund.
The petition of Mary A. Kimball ct al.
to vacate certain streets and lots in the
Glendale avenue tract was set for hear
ing on May IL.
On motion of Supervisor Davis, the
bonds of members of the county board of
horticulture were fixed at $1,000, the said
members to assume the duties of their
office on May 1st.
On motion of Supervisor Hanley, ].
B. Lankershim was appointed to repre-
sent Los Angeles county at the pure food
congress to be held in San Francisco on
April 3Oth.
| The petition OF certain citizens that
| the southwestern portion of the Alami-
| tos townsite be includede in the corpo-
rate limits of Long Beach has brought
| out two counter petitions of protest. The
matter has been before the board since
March and was yesterday again contin
ued until May 18th.
HOW SIGNATURES ARE OBTAINED
The matter of the revocation of the
saloon license of ]. ]. Mathos at Cerritos
was continued until May 18th, to permit
investigation. The petition was filed by
a number of reputable citizens at Ger
ritos and it was asked that the liquor
license be revoked on the grounds that
the saloon was a meeting place for lewd
women at night; that men got drunk
and lay unconscious by the roadside;
some got "foolishly drunk and were
guilty of indecencies, and the place is
| demoralzing in its tendencies upon the
| school children who had to pass the
| place.
A counter petition was filed with the
supervisors, however, and the sigma
| tories allege that Mathos has conducted
| an orderly place. One Martin Cruz has
| also filed a statement wherein he claims
| he was invited by ]. V. Lawrence to sign
| a petition for new schoolhouse at Ger
ritos. He did so on the supposition that
| he was asking for increased school fa-
| cilities Not being able to read English
he only discovered that his name was
appended to petition to have Mathos'
| license revoked at later date and he ask
| ed that his name be struck from the pc
| tition as he knows nothing derogatory
| to the reputation of the place conducted
| by Mathos.
| William G. Kerckhoff yesterday filed
| his acceptance of the franchise for
| erecting poles and stringing wires for
| the transmission of electrical energy
| over certain highways between Los An
| geles and Duarte.
| The road commissioners of Gallatin
| and Ranchito road districts were au-
! thorized to have the graveling on the
! old, telegraph road continued distance
| not to exceed 730 yards on condition that
| the gravel be landed at price not in
excess of forty cents per cubic yard.
Payment for the work will be made out
| of the general road fund.
| On motion it was ordered that $100
| be transferred from the general road
fund to the Ranchito road district fund,
| and $100 from the general fund to the
| Ell Monte road fund.
THE RUBIO CANYON CASE
Chief Deputy District Attorney Hol-
| ton was authorized by the board to
proceed to Sacramento and represent
| the county on the case of Rudel vs. the
| County of Los Angeles, now pending
before the supreme court. This is the
suit brought to stop the improvements
being made at the Rubio canyon, and
! is of vast Importance to the fruit grow
ers in that section of the country.
The report of the viewers on the Cate
road was approved. The road begins
on the Whittier road, half a mile west
Of the Pico bridge. running north
] through the Cohen & Prayer lands, and
| thence intersecting the Ell Monte coun-
| ty road about half mile east OF the
| OIQ river DrluSe. l. lie dIuOuHtS, dSSIe-
| eating $3.50, were ordered paid uponpre-
| sentation Of deeds.
The petition that certain roads be
vacated near Pomona was set for hear
| ing yesterday and was continued to
May 9th.
The petition to vacate certain por-
ton Of the Whittier road was granted,
to take effect November 1. 1897, on con-
| dition that the petitioners shall grade
| go feet of width Of the cross road run
ming from the Downey road to the cem-
etery road, and present deeds of right
! Of way.