The herald., 1897-02-02
WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED
The Question Again Before
the City Council
SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED
Qualifications Of City Employees
Further Discussed
THEY MUST BE VOTERS
With q Number Of Exceptions DuIy Set
Forth by the Finance Committee
The Office Force Of the City Engineer Is Ex-
empt From the General Provisions
The Demand of the Garbage Contractors
Hung Up"-As to the Annexed Dis
Embellishments of Officers and
THEY MUST BE VOTERS
With q Number Of Exceptions DuIy Set
Forth by the Finance Committee
The Office Force Of the City Engineer Is Ex'
empt Prom the General Provisions
The Demand of the Garbage Contractors
Hung Up"-As to the Annexed Dis
trict-Reports Of officers and
Committees in General

The rain was coming down in torrents
Yesterday morning at the hour for the
meeting of the city council but the
storm had no terrors for the municipal
| legislators, and a quorum was on hand
| at 10 o'clock. In fact all of the members
were in their seats, except President
| Silver and Councilman Hutchson, who
were evidently waiting for the waters
| to subside The rain also had depress-
ing effect on the regular members of the
third house, for the lobby was only
| about one-third filled, the lightest at
tendance since the first of the year.
LIBRARY TRUSTEE
! Councilman Nickel was elected as
| president protein, and Immediately af-
ter the reading of the journal a message
was presented from the mayor, notify
ing the council that George H. Stewart
had resigned as a member of the board
of library directors, and stating that he
had appointed 1. B. Dockweiler to fill the
vacancy. The appointment of Mr..
Dockweiler was confirmed.
The reports of the board of education,
chief of police, park commissioners and
fire commissioners were read and re-
ferred to the proper committees.
The supply committee reported the
usual requ'sitions and they were ap-
proved. The finance committee reported
the usual demands, together with the pay
rolls of the several departments and Of
fcers salaries, and they were allowed,
Councilman Hutchison getting in just in
time to cast his vote.
BIDS OPENED
The following bids on the Mateo street
electric franchise were opened, read and
referred to the board of public works:
To purchase franchise for street rail-
way on Mateo and other streets:
w. Wordie proposed for the sum of
S201; Z. Groenendyke proposed for the
sum of $257. c. A. Sumner proposed for
the sum of 1920; c. A. Jeffries proposed
for the sum of $1017; ]. w. Hinton pro-
posed for the sum of $1201.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
The finance committee then reported
as follows, the recommendation being
adopted:
In the matter of petition No. los from
E. A. Miller, asking for quit claim
deed to a strip of land in the Marlbor-
ough tract we recommend that the
same be referred to the city attorney.
The second section of the report was
read, as follows:
In the matter of the inquiry of the city
auditor as to the proper construction of
the resolution recently passed by your
honorable body regarding employment
of citizens whose names are on the Great
Register of the city of Los Angeles, your
committee would respectfully recon-
mend that said resolution be so reformed
as to exempt from it's provision court
interpreters, ladies, elevator boys, type
writer's and office force in the city engi-
neers department, and also that it only
be required that names appear on the
Great Register of the county. We also
recommend that the provisions of the
resolution be made retroactive and to
date from January 4th.
Councilman Nickel called Councilman
Ashman to the chair and moved to
amend the report by striking out the
words engineers Office force" and coun-
ty register Mr.. Nickel stated that he
had introduced the original resolution,
and 1t was the intention to only furnish
work to actual residents He did not
favor any exceptions and thought that
there was enough talent of all kinds in
the city to fill all the places.
Councilmen Mathuss and Toll ex-
planned a length why the committee had
made the exceptions. The later gentle
man stated that Mr.. DockWeiler had
urged that he was under heavy bonds
he did not think it was just that he
should be hampered. There was justice
in this demand. In regard to the being
on the register, there were many cit.
zens who had lived in the county, but
whose places of business had always
been in the city, and he didn't think that
they should be excluded He was will
ing to modify the report so as to provide
that they should be on the great regis
ter of the county, but residents of the
city.
Councilman Hutchison vigorously OBJ
jected to making any exceptions. There
are 5000 men out of employment in the
city and they should be given work
whenever it was practicable. If eXcep-
tionS We're made. people would come in
from all parts of the state.
Councilman Toll objected to his col
league making capital with the working
men at the expense of the committee,
but Mr. Hutchison promptly disclaimed
any such intention.
After some further talk vote was
taken and Mr. Nickelrs amendment was
lost by tie vote-4 to 4. The commit
tee recommendation, as modified by re-
quiring all employees to be residents of
the city, was then adopted by vote Of
6 to 2.
Councilman Nickel moved that the
city engineer furnish the city council
with a list of the employees of his Office
and also furnish information as to
whether boys and others were employed
in his office al less than the regular
wages, which motion prevailed.
The following recommendations We're
adopted without objections:
We beg to report that an adjustment
has been made of the claim of 500 against
Mr.. Boyer for his share of the water
charges at the public market by accept
ing $40 in full of all demands to February
/, 1857 We have also advanced the rent
for space used by said Boyer from $40
to $25 per month.
Recommend that the report of the city
auditor for the week ending January %.
1897, on the condition of the funds, be
approved and filed.
In the matter of petition No. 104 from
the God Samaritan Mission ct AL,
Your committee are credibly informed
that other communications of similar
nature will come before your honorable
BODY at this meeting and believing that
better results will be attained by gen.