The herald., 1897-09-28
hand upon certain streets therein mem

hand upon certain streets therein men,
toned. and
Whereas, an emergency might arise
by which the said city council IL unable
to pay for said work when done.
Resolved. That the members Of the
Merchants and. Manufacturers 'associa-
ton hereby agree to take in payment the
warrants issued by the proper authori-
ties of this city for work done in sweep
ing the streets by hand at their face value
for any articles that holders of said war
rants may desire to purchase on the lines
of their respective members. provided
that the payment Of said warrants shall
be guaranteed by said city council"
Mr.. Wright also read the following: I
have the honor to transmit herewith
a copy of the resolutions passed. by the
board of directors Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association in compliance
with the action of the general meeting Of
the association held on Monday. the 20th
inst:
Whereas Section II Of the specifica-
tions under which the present street
sweeping contract is let provides as fol-
lows: "The city shall have the power
and hereby reserves the right, and by it's
of the contract, notify the contractor to
suspend the work upon any and all Of
the streets to be swept hereunder, and
instruct the health officer to Immediately
commence sweeping said streets by
hand. upon twenty-four hours notice to
said contractor, and in event OF said
city, by its council, as aforesaid, electing
to sweep said streets by hand, as herein
provided, said contractor shall not re-
ceive any pay hereunder, nor shall said
city be bound to pay any sum, or sums,
to said contractor during the time which
said streets are swept by hand by said
city as aforesaid
And whereas, the present system of
street sweeping has proven unsatisfac-
tory and inadequate, and is injurious to
the health Of our citizens and detrimental
to the best interests Of thiscity;
Resolved That the honorable city
council Is hereby urgently requested to
abrogate the present street sweeping
contract as far as it relates to the streets
hereinafter mentioned, and to substi-
tute in lieu thereof the sweeping by hand
as an experiment, upon the following
streets: Main street from Temple to
Third Spring street from Temple to
Third; Broadway from First to Third;
First, Second and Third streets from
Broadway to Main.
A LENGTHY PETITION
Judge Wright then presented one Of
the longest petitions that has been, filed
with the council in months. It was an
appeal for street sweeping from 33S
business men, and when unrolled
| reached half way across the council
chamber An extract from the article
in the current number Of McClure's s
magazine by Col. George e. Waring,
chief Of the New York street cleaning
bureau. was read and compared with
the conditions here. The many advant-
ages of this city over others were point
ed out and an earnest appeal was made
to the council to try the experiment.
President Silver stated that he was
sure the members of the council were In
hearty accord with the view Of the mat
ter taken by the association, but pointed
to their inability under existing circum-
stances to provide the necessary funds
for the work. He said he had expected
| a more definite proposition as to the pay
ment for the proposed work.
Mr.. Toll pointed to the fact that the
council was now s1O67 behind financially
| for the first quarter and asked If the
work could be performed at the same
| cost as the present work, s59S per mile.
1t was agreed that it could not.
| Mr.. Burnham asked what would be
done in event Los Angeles had to meet
an emergency like that now being ex-
perienced at New Orleans. He asserted
that an epidemic Of typhoid fever here
was threatened and thought it could in
a great measure be obviated by clean
streets. At the suggestion. Of President
Silver the matter was referred to the
finance. committee and board of public
works to report if possible at the af-
| ternoon session.
REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
The weekly report Of the city auditor
which was referred to the finance COM
mittee, shows the following:
Treasurer's balance, overdrawn
September 8........................$1 .$14, $685. 3,
Treasurer's receipts to September
| 20 ........................ 697. 6;
4otdl VA, ,Z9U. Y
Demands audited to September 25.. 2,567. q