The herald., 1897-09-08


OF ST. and that he had been able tt
collect only SIS of the account, whicl
was for street work. He therefore pro
tested against Clayton's being given an,
more street work until the claim wa
paid. J. B. Mccormack also presented
similar protest, although his claim
was not that Clayton owed him money
He stated in a sworn communication
that he and Clayton had been copart
ners in their street work, anc
that their partnership sill exist.
ed. The assertion that Clayton ha6
secured work for the firm and had ther
refused to make settlement with him
Both communications were referred te
the board of public works. Later in the
day the board took action in the matter
and sent to the council a recommenda-
ton that Clayton be declared an ire
sponsible bidder. This recommendation
was at once approved, and Clayton will
get no more city work for the present
at least.
Mr.. Hutchison presented the following
resolutions:
Whereas. The postmaster general of
the United States has recently counter
manded his order for the employment of
additional letter carriers for the city of
Los Angeles;
Whereas. The official reports of the
postal authorities and the recent CEN
sus of the city of Los Angeles show that
this city has about one-half the postal
facilities of cities of similar size in other
parts of the United States;
Whereas, The present force of letter
carriers is inadequate and the continu-
ance of such a small force of letter car
riers works a great injury to the citi-
zens of Los Angeles; therefore be it
Resolved. That the council of the city
of Los Angeles most urgently and re-
spectfully requests the postmaster gen.
eral of the United States to carry out
his just and timely order of last July,
to increase the force of letter carriers
of this city.
Mr.. Silver suggested that as a reply
had already been received to the several
kilograms that had been sent to Wash
in,gton on this subject, it would be well
for the council to wait and see what
action was taken before the resolution
was passed.
To this Mr. Hutchison replied that the
i've. and insisted upon it's being placed
before the council which was done, and
it was adopted.
ALMOST A CLASH
The following resolution, presented by
Mr.. Grider, caused the only unusual in
cident of the session:
Whereas, there is now pending in
Department Four of the Superior Court
of this county case wherein the South
ern Pacific Company are seeking to Sc;
aside an injunction restraining them
from double tracking Alameda street
through the center of the city, between
Commercial street and Fourth street;
and, whereas, the placing of an addi-
tional or double track on said street be-
tween points mentioned would be a con-
tinual menace to lives Of our citizens
and an irreparable injury to property
lying east of Main street; and, whereas,
the Southern Pacific Company during
the last ten years have on numerous
occasions petitioned the honorable
Council and sought by force to lay an
additional track on said Alameda street,
and have invariably been refused and
prevented from so doing, now, therefore
be it
Resolved, That the public interests
and safety demand and this Council
deem it of sufficient general Importance
to oppose the laying of an additional
track on said street, between the points
mentioned, thereby avoiding the danger
and ann oyance of our people in reach
ing their homes and the various depots,
and the serious depreciation of property
eastward: and be it further
Resolved, That the City Attorney be
instructed to intervene before Depart
ment Four of the honorable Superior
Court on September 25, 1897, and siren
uouSly oppose the dismissal of said in
junction against the double-tracking of
Alameda street."
The last paragraph Of this resolution
caused a general debate among all the
members, some of them being of the opin-
ion that it was reflection upon the city
attorney and that if the city had any in
terest in the case he would look after
that interest without being told to do
so by the council. This was evidently
not MI. Orders purpose or intention,
and he SO stated. and in it he was sup
ported by Mr.. Hutchison. The latter
said he had been informed that GER
tain parties to the action referred to had
been to see the city attorney and had
been informed by him that he had moth
ing to do with the case. He further
urged in support of the measure that ii
was necessary to give Mr.. Dunn such
instructions in order that he might be
guided in the matter. 1t was suggested
that Mr.. Dunn be sent for, and this was
done. When he came in Mr. Silver in
explaining to him the matter under con-
sideration gave him the impression that
Mr.. Hutchison had inferred that he
had not been watching the case as he
ought to have done. This aroused the
ire Of the city attorney and he began tc
make very sharp reply. Before he
could voice the unpleasant expression
which was on his lips, Mr. Hutchison
rose and again stated what he had said
| before, in manner that made it impos-
| sible for the city attorney to take Of
| fense. The other members then ex-
| planned their attitude on the matter. the
discussion consuming fifteen minutes ol
more. Mr.. Dunn stated to the counci
that he had never been asked to take
| part in the case, and as the city was not
one Of the parties to the action he coulj
| not now take part in the effort to com,
| bat the proposed action of the Souther,
Pacific without Intervening in the actor
on behalf of the city. This he said h,
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