The herald., 1897-02-09

| nue. and Little street. Passed unuer sus-
pension of the rules
In regard to instructions to present
| ordinance to improve Court street De :
| tween Lake Shore avenue ana Belmont
avenue the engineer reported that there
| is as yet no grade established. Filed.
WANT POLICE PROTECTION
The petition of the Northwest Inn
provement association for police protec-
| ton for the northern and central portions
| of the Second ward was referred to the
| finance committee.
The contract and bond Of D. N. Lit
] tie to construct the Kuhrts street foot
| bridge were approved.
| The bids on changes to be made in the
| trcasurer's and assessors offices were
read and referred to the building COM
| mittee.
| The matter Of the proposed change of
| the line Of Sixteenth street at Magnolia
| avenue by abandoning the old street was
| referred to the board of public works.
MOTIONS
Councilman Hutchison moved that the
| Electric Lighting company be instruct
| ed to repair sidewalks where they have
| erected poles. So ordered,
! Councilman HutchiSon also moved
| that the city attorney be directed to
| prepare an ordinance forbiddirg the dis
| elimination against the wearers of hats,
| bonnets, and other hea6gear in theaters
| and other places Of amusement because
| of the sex of the Wearcrs.
Councilman Hutchison also moved
| that the Southern Pacific Railroad COM
| pany be instructed to properly I'LL in
between their tracks on Alameda street,
| from First to Also street. So ordered.
| Councilman Blanchard moved that the
| street superintendent be instructed to
| fill two small washouts on Boyle Heights.
| SO ordered.
Councilman Mathuss moved that the
chair appoint a committee of three to
investigate the amount of service per-
| formed by the garbage contractors in
| the annexed district. and the actual
| work required. So ordered, and Messrs.
| Mathuss, Nickel and Grider were ap-
| pointed as such committee.
On motion of Councilman Grider. the
| water company was instructed to lay a
| four-inch main on Central avenue from
| Twenty ninth street to Slauson avenue.
The usual petitions were read and re-
| ferred to the proper committees, with
| the exception of that of the Southern
| California Railway company for an ex-
| tension of time for the laying of a side
walk on West Second street, which was
| granted for thirty days.
FORMAN MAKES A STATEMENT
| A lengthy communication was
| received from General Forman,
chairman of tn commission on
| revising and changing street
| names, in reference to the change of the
name of Georgia Bell street to Nevada
| street, which was filed with the other
papers in the case to be considered next
| Monday afternoon. General Forman' S
statement is substantially the same as
| that published in The Herald. He re-
pudiates the insinuation that he took
| advantage of his position to secure the
| change, and points out the inaccuracies
| in Major Bells statement. He says that
| he does not seriously object to the street
being called either Bell or Georgia street.
| but he does object to it being: saddled
with both. General Forman says that
| the people who favor the name of New
| ada street largely outnumber those who
| want it called Georgia Bell, and that they
own property on the street, whereas
Major Bell has none.
An ordinance forbidding any person
| from taking water from the sprinkling
hydrants, except the employe or agent
Of the city, passed under suspension of
the rules.
The president announced Messrs.
|, Nickeh, Toll, Grider, Hutchison and the
president as the committee to investigate
the needs Of the various departments OF
the city government, after Which the
council ad3ourueA