The herald., 1897-01-26
MUNICIPAL LEGISLATORS
Another Busy Day With
the City Council
MUCH ROUTINE BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Reports of Officers and Com
mitiees Submitted
WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
The Finance Committee Will Wrestle
With the Difficult Problem
Several Protests in the Matter OF Street I'm.
provements Disposed OF
Stratton Of the Second Ward Nominated
For Superintendent of Buildings,
to Succeed Strange on
February 1st.
WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
The Finance Committee Will Wrestle
With the Difficult Problem
Several Protests in the Matter OF Street I'm
provements Disposed OF

The city hall corridors were crowded
long before the hour for the meeting o
the city council yesterday morning. tht
statement that measures for providing
work for the unemployed would prob
ably be considered having attracted F
larger number than usual. Promptly al
10 o'clock the doors were opened. and th4
waiting throng filed into the lobby
President Silver took the chair. and
Clerk HaslSins was in his place, but not
single councilman was at his desk.
A quorum appeared in about five min
utes, and the reading of the minutes
was proceeded with, the other members
coming in before this was concluded.
MAIN STREET APPEALS.
Attorney John T. Jones, representing
the Main street paving contractors, ap-
pearec' and called attention to a defect
in the notice published for the hear1g
of appeals. The notice as published is
insufficient under the law, and he pre-
sented the draft of such a notice as
would cover the points, and which had
been approved by the supreme court
On motion, the former action Of the
NOoitNii III PupilsiiiiAS NiS III - HotiNS
was rescinded. and the amended order
of publication adopted. merely cor
Iecting the former error. The time Of
TIE h4aring is Tuesday, February 20, in
the council chamber
Mr. Jones then stated that as the
time for the completion of the contract
W.u.G expire on Tuesday he asked that
the time be extended sixty days. This,
he said. was merely a precautionary
measure to protect his clients. The
street was open to traffic, and would
cause no delay. On the statement of
the city attorney that this action was
the usual course of procedure in case Of
appeals on motion of Councilman Toll
the extension as asked for was granted.
The reports Of the city clerk and au-
ditor We're read and filed
A POINT RAISED.
communication was read. from the
auditor, asking whether the order of
the council. that all employees of the
city must be American citizens, and on
the Great Pesnater, applied TO court
Interpreters, the lady typewriters. copy
lists. elevator boys under age. and whose
lames We're not on the Great Register
Referred 20 the finance committee.
The annual reports of the library
trustees and City Engineer Compton
were I6CeiNGu anu 1lICu-
The supply committee reported the
usual acquisitions. and they were ap.
proved. The finance committee report
led the demands, and they were allowed
TT IS a NUISANCE.
The city health officer reported in the
matte. of nuisance existing in Boyle
Heights. that the pool of water be-
tween Boyle avenue and State street
on the east and First and Second streets
cn the south, is caused by the filing up
of lots fronting on East Seventh street
The pool is not only dangerous to the
immediate neighborhood. blst to the
public school across the street. There
rs also pool partly on the school
grounds which should be filled up with
earth. The lots fronting on East Sew
enth street belong TO w H. Workman.
Referred to the board of public works.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The report of the finance COMMITTEES,
as heretofore printed in The Herald was
read and adopted, together with the fol-
lowing additional recommendations:
The following entries appearing ne
cessary from the city tax collectors an
rual report we respectfully recommend
that the city auditor be instructed to
charge the city tax and license collecto,.
as follows. to-Wit:
Errors in computing tax on
real property. ty...............S 6loo
Errors in computing tax on
mortgage interest ........ so
Ten per cent on delinquent
on first payment real prop
erty ............;.;;:........ 2145 50
Ten per cent on delinquent
first payment mortgage
interests OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 239 II
- 1884 81
s2l47 SO
Also to credit said officer as follows,
towit:
City errors. corrections etc.
real property ...............S 446 81
City errors, corrections etc.
mortgage interests...... 6 IS
From an examination of the common
school fund your committee finds the
same now overdrawn; that the recu-
lar monthly demands against said fund
aggregate about $520O that the total
amount necessary to meet all demands
against this fund now accrued and TO
become due before the second payment
of current tax levy is large deficiency.
Your committee, deeming it a great in
justice to compel the teachers to regis
ter their demands and either wait an
indennlte period for payment through
the regular channel or eraliZe the cash
by discounting the same. have carefully
considered the feasibility of arranging
by transfer of funds for the pavment
OF these demands upon presentation
We regret, however, that the condition
of the other funds will not admit of
any such arrangement. Being advised
that the school board are looking to
this body for some such solution of the
difficulty, we respectfully recommend
that the city clerk be instructed to
convey in communication to Professor
Foshay the inability of this council TO
provide remedy for the evil we all
80 deeply deplore.
SUPPLY COMMITTEE
The supply committee presented the
following report and the same was
adopted:
Having reference to that portion of
the street superintendent communica-
tion wherein he asks for authority to
purchase gravel to repair streets, we
respectfully recommend that he be
granted permission to purchase such
gravel as he needs for immediate use
Your committee beg leave to report