The herald., 1897-09-15
STREET SWEEPING
FULLY DISCUSSED AT THE M.
AND M. BOARD MEETING
Steamship Communication With Mex
lean Ports Arranged for-New
Members Elected

AL the meeting VI LIE DOdl " VI oii SNeoA !"
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
association Monday evening, a number
of important questions were discussed.
The principal action taken was pre-
liminary step toward a much needed
improvement in the system Of street
sweeping in this city Secretary Zee
handelaar was authorized to commu-
nicate with the proper authorities and
inquire if any legal objections exist AT
this time for the sweeping of streets by
hand, as an experiment, under the aus
pices of the association. without any
cost to the city.
Yesterday the city attorney was re-
quested by the secretary to furnish the
required information in this matter.
A resolution was also passed by the
board of directors requesting the police
department to enforce the ordinance
prohibiting expectorating on the side
walks and the ordinance known as the
hitching ordinance.
The secretary was instructed to ex-
press the thanks of the association to the
Council of Labor for the courtesies ex-
tended to the representatives of the as
sociation as the guests Of the council
on Labor day.
A report was read from the COMMITTEES.
on transportation that satisfactory ar
rangements had been made with the
Lower California Development company
of Ensenada for direct steamship com
muncation between Los Angeles and
the seaports of Mexico.
New members were elected as follows:
Lee Chamberlain, J. E. Cook Mercantile
company, Morris Cohn & Co., Pacific
Druggists Supply company, Walter L.
Webb, Joseph D. Lynch, Norton-Drake
company, Cosmo Morgan, Los Angeles
Stoneware company. Rowland & Chad
wick, Brownstein, Newmark & Louis.
Southern California Hotel association.
Banning company, W. T. McFie Well
Supply company, Union Hive and BOX
company, E. P. Bosbyshell, D. F. Hor-
gan.
Secretary Zeehandelaar said yester-
day in regard to the proposed. sweeping
of the streets by hand labor: THE mer-
chants of this city are unanimous in
their denunciation of the unsatisfactory
and filthy condition of the streets ow-
ing to the neglect of certain officials
The matter was thoroughly discussed by
! the board of directors, and the opinion
was freely expressed that mething of
| a radical nature must be undertaken at
once to remedy the evil. The whole mat
| ter will be discussed at the general
meeting of the association next Monday
evening.
1--WE have asked the city attorney for
his opinion as to whether there are any
legal obstacles against the associa ton
taking this matter in hand, and as an
experiment putting a number Of men
at work on Spring street for perhaps
| five blocks, to see how much it will cost
and how satisfactorily the work can
be done by hand labor. If this method
| should prove a success, steps might be
taken in the future by the association
to take the contract from the city ani
have the street sweeping performed by
hand labor, on the same plan as in San
Francisco and eastern cities.
while nothing, definite can. be. stated
in regard to this matter, l am justified
in saying that 1 believe that the mer-
chants on Spring street will contrib
ute very literally toward a proposition
of this kind. We have estimated that
two men for one block would be suffi-
cient to keep the streets in a neat and
clean condition and that three carts
would be required during the day to
carry off the dirt"
There will be a meeting of the manu-
facturers Thursday evening for the pur-
pose of considering the next move in the
home products campaign. Plans for a
permanent exhibit will then be submitted i
and generally discussed.
There has been no reply as yet from
the board of supervisors of Riverside
county, nor from the county attorney
in the matter Of the violation of the law
compelling public institutions to use
home products.