The herald., 1897-10-23

on side street, which W. be filled witt
express wagons and hacks. would like
to call on Mr. r. W. Burnham, mana.
ger of the Dun Mercantile agency, for d
few words in favor of the passage oi
this ordnance"
OTHER VIEWS
Mr.. Burnham stated that in his posi-
ton he was constantly thrown in con-
tact with more eastern visitors than.any
other business man in the city, and thf
invariable complaint which they had
was the lack of order in regard to in
discriminate hitching on the public
streets, creating also filthy condition
of the paving, which could be nothing
else but unhealthy and an additional
expense to the street cleaning depart
ment. There is no doubt that If an indi-
vidual vote on the question was taken
among the business men of the town
the result would be ten to one in favor
of the passage of the ordinance.
Commissioner j. r. Waters next gave
few ideas on the subject, in which he
said every possible contingency ha6
been looked at and provided for, and that
the greatest care had been taken by
the Merchants and Manufacturers as
sociation to frame the ordinance in such
a manner as to inconvenience the work
ing men, as little as possible. and at tbs
same time do the public the creates
amount of good.
President Frank said that the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
had presented the case as plainly a.
they could, and that they would bt
pleased to hear any objections or sug
gestions that might be offered by tbs
expressmen and others, who had up tt
the present time been against the pas
sage of the ordinance.
THE HACKMEN OBJECT
AT this point B. c. Holmes. watch
man in the employ of the Perry Mil
and Lumber company, bounced into tbs
ring, and commenced an eloquent speech
concerning the worthiness of his variou:
hackmen acquaintances and their friend!
and the money-loving instincts of tht
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation, which was evidently out for the
dough" and nothing else. What die
this association represent? Thirty Ave
one -thousandths of l per cent of tht
population of the city. Think of it, "
downtrodden sons of labor and weep a
the thought. Los Angeles is certainly
not a commercial city, and why the
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation should want to run it is known
only to themselves and the higher pow
ers. Have any other petitions on the
subject been presented outside of tht
one championed by this body of thirty
five generous, noble-hearted dealers IL
dry goods, notions. ETC.? If so, the gen
eral public has not been made acqua int
ed with that fact. The ordinance on tbs
face of it is absurd, and certainly tht
residents of those streets designated as
public hack stands will have good
grounds for kicking when it comes tC
having each side of the street lined
with those same vehicles which have
been declared too dsreputable to adorn
Spring street or Broadway. The pas
sage of this ordinance will benefit the
merchants too much" Therefore, Mr.
Holmes did not think it ought to be
passed.
AN EXPRESSMAN TALKS
Next in line was S. A. Lewis, who did
not claim to represent anyone with the
exceptions of himself the express and
hackmen and the general public at larg(
outside of the Merchants and Manufac
turers association. He claimed that ht
had lived in Chicago, New York, Kansas
City, Philadelphia and Omaha, and he
had never yet seen the liberties of tbs
free citizens of this great and. glorious
republic curtailed ip such a "despotic
monarchical" manner. He was a rea
. eft n q h elf " !,
the luxury of riding in a buggy he al
ways preferred to alight at his destina-
ton, and not have to wax from the out
skirts of an anti-hitching limit.
The next speaker was a short, conse-
quential looking man. who desired to ask
the members of the association one ques-
ton. Permission being granted he sug-
gested that it would be a good thing i
any gentleman who had specific pro
| test against a persistent "hitcher" II
| front of his store would stand UP an:
| explain to those present iu what amoun
| his business had been damaged. Ap
parently none of the members coult
| think at that time of such an offender
for no one moved, and the interrogatoi
| grinned from ear to ear and walked out
IN REBUTTAL
Judge c. C. Wright then rose and ex.
| planned away some of the unTe asona biz
statements made by the protestants
pointing out that some of the annoy.
ances to which the latter had though
themselves subjected, were entirely i'm
aginary, and the position of all concerned
would be the better for being system
atizeG, AS for the statement made BY
Mr.. Holmes that the association hat
been formed for the express purpose o
annoying the poorer lasses, he woul,
merely say that during the times wher
labor was at the greatest discount, tht
association had raised $4,000 and givel
| employment to thousand men withou
any outside assistance to amount 4
anything. AS for the statement that th
petition was being presented by thirty
| five people, he would say that the en-
| ployes of the members of the associate
number 5000, in addition to whom are tn
9S5 members of the chamber of com
merce who had petitioned the council t,
decide favorably regarding the adoption
Of the ordinance.
This closed the discussion, and Coun
Gilman Blanchard stated that owing t.
the absence of Mr.. Ashman, who wa
unable to attend the meeting. 1t woult
be necessary to defer decision until HI
could be seen The boards however
would promise to decide on Monday, 81
that the city council might take the mat
ter up If necessary.
The board adjourned at this juncture
as it was past II o'clock, meeting at
D. m. for the tran sacton of routine bust