The herald., 1898-01-30

to place proper valuation upon them
He would continue his efforts to bring
the matter to a fair issue while he re-
manned in office, even if he was called a
demagogue and an anarchist. (Great
! cheeing.)
APPOINT AN ARBITRATOR
City Engineer j. H. Dockweiler in a
brief address stated that as far as he
was personally concerned with the wa
ter question all preliminary steps taken
| in it had emanated from his depart
ment. If the corporation wished to
challenge the valuation placed upon the
plant by his office it had six months to
do it. The question was, however, When
are we going to get the works? He
agreed with Mayor Snyder that an arbi-
traitor should be appointed now, and all
means should be resorted to. peaceably
if possible, to protect the rights and in
terests of the city.
Councilman NJ. l.. Grider said that
everybody knew his stand on the water
question. He had done everything he
could in the council to bring the matter
to an issue. The speaker referred to
the lack of cooperation which had been
| experienced at the hands of the water
supply committee of the council. 1t
should have appointed an arbitrator but
never did. He pledged himself to take
charge of the water system the day af-
ter the contract expired.
THE MUZZLED PRESS
Milton Carlson proclaimed that the
people had the muzzled press to con-
tend with. CHEERS and Hit 'em again"
from the Call satellites) He deplored
the condition which confronted the city.
After reading Times editorial. he said.
he had not come to burn up the papers.
The city needed purer water and would
construct a system that would be a
credit. The council had now appointed
special water committee that would
not as the last one had done, get lost
in the swamps and brush while hunting
sources of supply. He read resolution,
the sense of which was that the people
in non-partisan mass meeting deprecat-
ed the division of the council on the ques-
ton; that it be requested to notify the
water company that the improvements
placed upon the system beyond what
was absolutely necessary, were con-
trary to public policy as many of these
Improvements do not accord with the
iiibii'iloi Ndttl Sttlll, lHdl the cOuH-
Gil be requested to ask the mayor and
engineer to participate in all negotia-
tions with the water company; that q
permanent committee of one member
from each ward to be known as the
citizens committee on municipal owner
ship, be appointed to act in conjunction
with the council. 1t included also
thanks to the officials who have upheld
the rights of the people and those news
papers, whether published here or else
where, for the aid extended to the peo-
pie of this city. The resolutions were
adopted without dissent.
HUTCHINSON S\HISTORY
Councilman Hutchisdn now addressed
the meeting and revdrted to the an
cient times when Los Angeles was little
village and the water coRlpany invested
$4,000 for system, since( which time it
has mulcted the people otit of anything
it saw fit He ridiculed itA plant. it's pip
ing and the few ponds, In which boys
swim, and which are calQo reservoirs.
For the use of all these $50Q. 900 annually
is paid. The company claims that its
expenses are $500, 900 he said but he be-
lleVed that paying dividends came un-
der the head of running exhenses. The
lack of water when it was most needed
and the excuses of the company on such
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