The herald., 1897-06-15
Santa Catalina
remarked that 1t was appar

Dcckweiler remarked that 1t was appar-
emily a clear attempt to beat the con-
tractor The contractor, L. Brodie, de-
MED that Batcheller owned the land but
that it was assessed to julius Fl. Mar
| tin Batcheller claimed that he did own
the land, and that the six inches had
been conveyed to a man named Allen,
The contractor said that Mr.. Martin
had told him that he was holding the
strip for a purpose. The purpose was
apparent to the council and the appeal
was denied by unanimous vote.
| The street superintendent was in
structed to purchase 5000 yards of gravel
at Court and Flower streets at 191. cents
yard. The request to purchase 1000
yards of gravel on Washington street
at 40 cents a yard was referred to the
supply committee. ,"e
On the report of the street superin-
tendent, Con Scherer was granted thir-
ty days extension on his contract for
the improvement of Second street, be-
tween Hill and Olive.
CHAIN GANG QUESTION
The board of public works reported.
recommending that the chain gang be
put to work on the boulevard between
First and Sixth streets, as asked for by
! Councilman Mathuss.
Councilman Grider moved as an
amendment that the chain gang be put
to work in Elysian park after July 1st,
under the direction of the park COM
missioners.
| This amendment seemed to arouse the
| ire of Mr.. Mathuss, who excitedly jump
ed to his feet and said, II don't see why
my colleagues are fighting me on this
matter. You promised me not to fight
this thing at the dinner hour. 1 don't
like to bring up old matters. but I am
determined to have my rights and to see
this thing out. If 1 can't get them by one
way, I will by another, and wiN make a
clean breast of this whole business"
| Whether this threat had any effect or
not, after considerable talk back and
forth Councilman Grider changed his
motion so as to make the date July 18th
instead of the 1st, and as amended it was
adopted by a vote of s to 1, Mr. Hutchi-
son, who entered vigorous protest
against putting the chain gang in the
park.
| The market inspector sent in lengthy
communication, again urging that more
| SIOuHu Dc pIOCuIeu IOl illdIhet puIpOSSS,
which was referred to the land commit
| tee.
| Councilman Hutchison again brought
up the matter of the railroad crossing at
First and Alameda streets and the re-
paving of Alameda street, and, after
some talk, the motion ordering the re-
moval of the crossing was again passed.
| A number of routine motions were pre-
sented and referred to the proper COM
mittees.
I THE CHINESE QUESTION
Councilman Hutchison offered his reso-
luton for the removal of the Chinese
from the Eighth ward, as published in
The Herald last Tuesday morning, and
Councilman Mathuss moved it's refer
ence to the city attorney Councilman
Hutchison spoke at considerable length
in favor of his resolution, saying that If
this curse was in any other ward it would
not be permitted to exist for moment.
He thought that this was an important
matter, and he thought that his col
leagues should sustain him in his fight.
The motion to refer was passed by vote
of to 4.
| THE WATER QUESTION
Councilman Glider brought up the
water question by asking when the city
engineer would be ready with his report
on the plans and estimates of the water
company, which, it was thought, would
take about three weeks when the work
was ordered.
Mr.. Dockweiler> said that his report
would be ready in about month. He
was going about the work very carefully.
as he wanted it to be thorough. He did
not propose to do any guessing. He was
determined to give the facts based on