The herald., 1897-10-06
POMONA

POMONA, Oct. 5-Regular Correspond
ence) The session of the city council
this afternoon was a busy one. Having
knowledge that at todays meeting an Or
dinance giving hotels of twenty-five or
more rooms the privilege of serving liquors
with meals would be presented, an array
of temperance women of the city was pres
ent to protest against the measure. Rev.
II. II, Rice acted as spokesman of the pro-
testants, and presented d petition or 40
names asking the council not to grant the
hotels in question the right to dispense
liquors. Besides Rev. Rice, Mrs. j. E.
McComas and j. A. Owen also protested.
After the reading of the proposed ordl-
nance, which, if passed. will impose Ii
cense of S. per quarter to be PAID by the
hotel men. and call for the serving OF
liquors at meals only, and the sale of Cali
forna wines by the bottle, those present
who desired that no such ordinance be
passed expressed themselves as being
pleased with the restrictions Incorporated
therein, though neither the ordinance.
nor the principle of it, met with their ia
vor. The ordinance as read was referred
to the city attorney, and the matter will
come up for final action at next Tuesdays
meeting.
The next matter of f1.tefest was the re-
quest of Councimen Raynes' colleagues
that he reconsider his resignation and
withdraw the same. which he did. Raynes
deavors of the past few months to have 1t
otherwise.
A delegation of business men appeared.
asking that heavy license be imposed
on the coming into the city of bankrupt
stock sales and solicitors for orders of
grocery, clothing and other stores of out
side places. City Attorney Fleming was
instructed to meet with the business men
and prepare an ordinance to their liking
for presentation to the council for adop-
ton.
Several of the insurance men of Pomo-
ma came before the board on a similar mis-
sion, asking that outside insurance mem
doing business in Pomona trasiently be
charged a license. The matter was laid
over until the next regular me..ting in
November. w. A. Lewis represented the
insurance men, and G. A. Steffa =. j. Tarr
n Cohn and A. S. Avery the business men.
The residents living near block 12S petit
toned the council to abate the steam car
pet cleaning establishment located in the
block, declaring the same to- be nuisance.
The same was referred to the proper COM
mittee.
petition was presented signed by over
100 business men, asking for the adoption
of an ordinance in Pomona similar to the
Santa Ana ordinance. prohibiting splitting
on the sidewalks. The councilmen seemed
to consider the proposed measure a
ecker prepared expressly for the occa-
sion but placed the same on file for fur
ther hearing.
The city attorneys opinion regarding the
conditional acceptance of the paving of
Second street was placed on file for fur
ther action.
The street committee was instructed to
purchase road grader and two scrapers.
to be used here on the streets this winter.
A. l. Stewart protested against the COM
mittee's being empowered to purchase the
same as he claimed that there was reso-
luton already in existence on the minutes
of the board whereby he was to furnish
the street superintendent with any neces-
sary team or teams and tools for the i'm
provement of the streets here. A some
what heated discussion between Contractor
Stewart and Superintendent Martin fol-
lowed, Martin claiming that the teams he
was at present hiring could do more work
in one day than Stewards teams could do
in a day and a half. Stewart retaliated
by saying that it was because Martins
SON was employed to do the work
The fun began all over again when the
question of awarding the bids for street
sweeping came up. A. /. Stewards bid
called for So per night and to use the pat
ent sweeper which picks up Its own dirt.
President Patterson thought that the
streets ought to be swept by hand for a