The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-30
Will she PROTEST
AaAr1sr THE OPENING OF NEW
eT1nHTs m HEAvENa
WARM TALK BEFORE COUNCIL
The Alley Behind Mueller Block, From
Fourth to Fifth Streets, Will Have
No Arcades Over It

Attorney Landt, representing the inter-
ests Of Mrs. Eliza Wilson. must go on rec
ord as the longest-winded protestant yet
anpea ring before council. He talked for
a straight two hours yesterday. and then
had TO be gagged by ruling Of the chair.
The matter under consideration was the
projected alley from Fourth to Fifth streets
between Broadway and Hill. The protests
have all been up before the public IN one
way or another a number Of times. and 1t
would be superfluous to give them again IN
detail The principal protestants are Mrs.
Eliza Wilson and James Moses. whose ef-
forts are not directed against the alley itself
but against the report Of the commission
ers and the assessments. Attorney Dillon
addressed council first in behalf OF Mrs.
Moses. His objection is made on the
ground that the assessment OF $5l00 wnlcn
his client is asked to pay is much more than
the benefit derived. -, Mr.. Moses property
Is on the corner. Of Broadway and Fourth,
and he claims that 1t not only has its own
alley. but is leased by Messrs. Hallett
& Pirtle for period of fifteen years from
1895. For the latter reason Mr.. Moses
wants relief from an assessment which he
says will benefit the lessees for the next
twelve years. Another objection to the
report of the commissioners is their recon-
mendation that Messrs. Rindge & Osborne,
owning corner property, should be allowed
to build an arcade over each end of the
alley. Where the commissioners found
authority for any such recommendation
Is difficult to ascertain.
Mrs. Wilson'S chief cause Of complaint
ID on the ground that she owns lot 'front.'
Ing on both Broadway and Hill and con-
street to another. She therefore claims
this to be of especial value, and that in d.
viding it by the alley she should be al
lowed a substantial sum for the injury to
her property by the destruction of It's
entirety. Mr.. Landt's method Of pre-
senting the protest. besides being a eu-
logy on Mrs. Wilson, "the philosophical
sagacious benefactress," resolved itself
into charge against Mephisto
the Improvement. Landh frequently
referred to him as a schemer with
Interior methods, and stated that he origi-
mated the alley proposition just as soon as
he found that Mrs. Wilson had purchased
the Hill street frontage to the Broadway
lot she owned.
Mr.. Marks did not relish the appellation,
"schemer," and when Landt finished the
offensive speech, he made q few words Of
explanation. He positively denied that
Mrs. Wilson owned the Hill street lot when
the council was first petitioned for the al
ley. On the other hand, he claimed she
FASTENED to buy the lot and build a $4,000
building on the part where the alley would
run just as soon as she learned of the pro-
ject. Mr.. Marks commended that Mrs. Will
son is sagacdous. but is not public bene-
factress by any means. He believed that
Judge Lamme had called the turn" when
he remarked last week that "if she goes to
heaven when she dies she will protest
against the opening Of any new streets in
the New jerusalem"
A lively tiff would have resulted had not
council interfered at this point. After dis
cussing the matter among themselves. a
motion was made by Mr.. Toll that the
matter be referred back to the commission