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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-10

Public notice is hereby given that on
Monday. the 18th day Of Septe,mnpers
Los Angeles did, at it's meeting on sald
day, adopt an Ordinance of Intention
numbered 11,615 (New Series), to nave
the following work done, to W.T. Unns+r,o+-
90 - SOW 4VENUE FoRTY-oNE
from Pasadena avenue to A. L; & s; Fe
Ry., between the points, on the lines,
at the elevations and on the grades as
are designated on the plan and PRONE OF
said sewer on file in the office of the CITY
file being numbered 1854 in the records OF
said office; said sewer, shall be built
across such street or alley Intersections
and with such manholes, junction cham
bers, fiushtanks, iron covers, steps and
buckets, and other appurtenances, as are
designated upon said plan and profile.
Said Improvement shall be constructed
in accordance with said plan and Profilei
ir accordance with plans Nos. "a, 74S and
25, 453 on file in the office of the said
City Engineer; and IN further f accoraaF ace
in the office of the City Clerk of said
city, said specifications being. entitled
Specifications for the construction of
sewer in Avenue Forty-one from Pasa-
the City. of Los Angeles" and which
specifications were approved by sa 1S
1905, which said plan and profile, said
plans and said specifications are hereby
referred to, for more particular descrip-
Sec. z That the said contemplated
work Of Improvement, in the opinion of
said City Council, is of more than local
or ordinary public benefit, and said City
Council hereby declares that the district
in the said City of Los Angeles benefited
by said work or Improvement, and to be
assessed. to pay, the costs and expenses
thereof is described as follows:
geles included within the following de-
scribed exterior boundary line, to wit:
Commencing at the most southerly cor
ner of lot of Map of the Albert Phelps
Tract, as per map recorded in Book 60,
page 81 Miscellaneous Records of Los An.
beginning westerly and parallel to the
southerly line of Avenue Forty-one to the
most westerly corner of said last men
toned lot; thence southwesterly in d.
rect line to a point on the easterly line
of lot 10 of said last mentioned map and
corner of said last mentioned lot; thence
westerly and parallel to the said souther-
ly line of Avenue Forty-one to the east
erly line of the Right of Way of the
Southern California railway thence
northerly along said last mentioned line
tersection of the said easterly line of the
Right of Way and the northerly line of
Avenue Forty-one; thence easterly in a
direct line and parallel to the said north
erly line of Avenue Forty-one to the
westerly line of Pasadena avenue; thence
Pasadena avenue to the point of begin
Reference is hereby made to said ordi-
nance Of Intention for further particulars.
JAMES l1ANLEY,
1O-s-14 ct Street Superintendent,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-10


An Ordinance declaring the intention
of the Mayor and Council of the City OF
Los Angeles to establish the grade, Of
Morgan avenue, from Twenty eighth
The Mayor and Council of the City
of Los. Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section !. That it is the intention
geles to establish the grade of
MORGAN AVENUE,
from Twenty-eighth street to Thirty
eighth, street, in accordance with the
following elevations:
At the intersection with Twenty
eighth street the grade shall be 201.S0
at the southwest corner and 10000 at
lished on Twenty eighth street.
At the intersection with the first
angle south of Twenty eighth street
the grade shall be 2O1.3O on the west
At point on the west side 599,61 feet
north of the north line of Thirty eighth
street the grade shall be 1890 and
1880 at point on the east side oppo-
At the intersection with Thirty
eighth street the grade shall be 1920
at the northwest corner and 1874 at
llshed on Thirty eighth street.
And at all points between said desig-
mated points the grade shall be estab-
lished so as to conform to straight
line drawn between said designated
points.
elevations refer to the top of the
curb. are in feet and are above a plane
which is $50 feet below City datum
plane.
Sec 2 The CITY Clerk shall certify TO
the passage of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published for ten
days in the Los Angeles Herald and
thereupon and thereafter 1t shall take
effect and be in force.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was adopted by the Council
of the city of Los Angeles at it's meet
ing of Oct. 2, 1905.
H. ]. LELANDE,
City Clerk
Approved this 9Th day of October,
1905.
1O-10-19 lot Mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-10
Notice Inviting Proposals for Lighting
the Streets of the City of Los Angeles

Notice Inviting Proposals for Lighting
the Streets of the City of Los Angeles
proposals will be received by the City
Clerk of the City of Los Angeles up to
II o'clock a. m. Monday. October 16,
in accordance with specifications there
for adopted by the City Council at it's
meeting of October 2, 1905, on file in
the office of the City Clerk.
Bidders will be required to file with
their bid certified check drawn to the
order of H. ]. Lelande, City Clerk, in
that the bidder will enter into a con-
tract with the city in conformity with
bid and give a bond for the proper
fulhllment of the contract as provided
in said specifications,
Council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids
BY order of the Council of the City of
Los Angeles. -.,
10-6-14 lot City Clerk.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-10

proposals will be received by the city
Clerk of the City of Los Angeles up to
II o'clock a. m. of Monday, October 16,
geles with steel or steel lined covered
dumping garbage wagons; also alter
native bids for furnishing steel or steel
lined covered dumping garbage wagon
beds.
Bidders to submit samples or draw
ings of the style and character OF
wagons or beds to be furnished
any or all bids.
By order of the Council of the City of
Los Angeles.
II. ]. LELANDB,
10-6-14 lot City Clerk,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-10
Proposals for Furnishing Voting Ma
chimes for the City of Los AngeIea.

chimes for the City of Los Angeles.
Notice, Is hereby given that sealed
of the City of Los Angeles up to ii
o'clock a. m. of Monday, October 18TH
1905 for furnishing voting machines to
the City of Los Angeles, said machines
to be of the style and kind heretofore
approved by the California State Com
mission mi on Voting or Balloting. Ma
period of five months from the date of
the contract entered into by the sue
cessful bidder
Each bidder shall, prior to the date
of the opening of said bids, place on
exhibition, in the Council Chamber of
the City Hall. for a period of one
W. Wee H. FOR public test a voting machine
and the successful bidder will be re-
CURED to enter into a contract with the
City Of Los Angeles in the form to be
accordance with the terms of the ac-
cepted bid. Said contract shall contain
guarantee that said machines will
period OF five years from the date of
said contract, and shall also contain a
condition holding the said city harm
infringement of patent rights, or al
legged infrjngements of same And the
successful bidder shall furnish a bond
in the sum of ten thousand dollars, to
be approved by the City Council, con-
ditioned for the faithful performance
of the terms and conditions of the con-
tract.
Each bid must be accompanied by
certified check in the sum of five hun
dred $500. dollars, made payable to-
the order Of the City Clerk, as a guar
antee that said bidder will within ten
days from the date of award enter into
a contract satisfactory to the City
Council, IL the same be awarded to him
By the order of the Council of the
City of Los Angeles, California, made
October I'd, 1905.
II. j. LELANDE,
10-5-14 lot City Clerk.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-10

Everything you want you will find in
the classified page-a modern encycIo-
pediaS One cent word,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-10

H. J. LELANDE,
City Clerk and ex-Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles.
1905.
OWEN McAIEER,
1O-1O-ll 1t Mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-10

IT. ]. LELANDE,
City Clerk and eX-offcio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles.
Approved this 9Th day of October,
1905.
OWEN AIcALEER,
10-10-11 IT Mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-10

City Clerk and ex-Offcio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles.
Approved this 9th day of October, 1905
OWEN McALEFR,
10-10-11 ct Mayor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02
Lam basting Uncle Sam.

If our neighbors to the south are lit
tie uncertain about our intentions toward
them have we anybody to thank but our
anti-imperialist friends? Are not they CIV
ing their best energies to the Impeachment
of the national character? When foreigners
In their newspapers or public meetings
speak of Uncle Sam as a bully, who has
quite lost his head and is swinging big
stick purely for the brutal love of the
thing, feeling of warm resentment sweeps
over the country. But, to employ a famil-
lar phrase, there are Americans who can
give foreigners cards and spades in this
business. Uncle Sam is today nowhere so
mercilessly excoriated as right here at
home, and by men who are in his pay and
claim to be representatives of the national
sentiment. AS one result Of this the min
lister of friendly power residing at this
capital seeks official assurance that we
do not mean his country any harm, and is
gratified to receive the assurance desired.
1t is fortunate for us that we have our
Hays as antidotes to our Hales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02

mileage" for the hypothetical journeys to
and from Washington during the con
structive recess" Mileage" has a sweet
sound to the congressional ear. In some
dictionaries of Congress it stands as synon-
ymous with ''perquisite." It bears joyous
relationship to the domestic purse.
The inartistic economist, in the eircum-
stances, would have refrained from taking
mileage for trips that were never run. dur
ing recess that lasts an infinitesimal frac-
ton of a second. That would be the crude
country. But stern duty sometimes de-
mands sacrifices of principles in order that
a greater principle may endure. Should the
House ignore or violate solemn law which
commands the acceptance OF mileage for a
recess, simply because 1t has stood reso-
lutely in the way of new schemes for
squandering the public funds? There was
the law and there. despite the deficiency.
was the money. And there. Enthusiastically,
was the recess. while the Speakers gavel
travelled up and down from the tap that
declared the extraordinary session of the
Congress closed to that which announced
the opening of the first regular session.
This is a sublime spectacle OF self-sacri-
flee for the sake of a vital element of good
government. The two go admirably to-
gether. the resolute refusal to raise the SAL
aries of plutocratic pedagogues and the
equally resolute acceptance of a law-dic-
tated compensation for constructive jour-
ney. The country is saved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02

Every house in Washington should dis
play an American flag Saturday. The ex-
pense of such scheme of decoration would
not be great to the individual and the ef-
feet would be beautiful. In a city like
this, with the majority of the residences
grouped in rows. the hanging or draping of
a flag from each house front would give
the visitor an impression of a well-planned
and well-executed scheme of decoration
covering the entire capital.
On such occasions the decorations should
not be confined to the business section,
where the crowds chiefly congregate. The
tens of thousands of people who are now
assembling for the Inauguration will scat
ter throughout Washington. They will be
domiciled in every section, on every street.
They will wander from one end of the city
to the other to view the town. to obtain
an impression of the general aspect of the
community. If the decorations are for
their benefit they should be spread through
out Washington.
But there is a responsibility in the case be-
yond even the desire to please and impress
the visitors. The inauguration of a Presi-
dent is a great national occasion. in which
the people of all parts of the country take
a keen interest. 1t rs furthermore the chief
local celebration of the whole stated calen-
dar of events, and every Washingtonian is
under obligations to mark the occasion in
some manner by means of house trimmings,
the only visible means of participation in
the great majority of cases.
For a house decoration there is nothing
quite so appropriate satisfactory as a
good-sized American flag. either hung from
staff from window or artistically draped
on the walls if a staff is mpracticable.
The bunting is immune from weather in
jury and no matter what the elements may
do for Washington Saturday these flags will
remain mute testimonials of the patriotism
and the artistic taste of the people. Those
householders who have not yet thus trim
med their walls should do so today or to-
morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02

conflict raging between the operating AID
the engineering departments of the rail-
road. PUT up stronger bumpers demand
the Commissioners. "Our bumpers are
strong enough. but out locomotive drivers
are not careful with Them cries the en-
cheering department OF the road The
bumpers are mere matches stuck In che
ground and are not fit to back coal cart
against viii doubtless be the answer OF
the locomotive drivers through their OFF,
ciaI representative Of the operating depart
ment.
The truth is the bumpers are totally In
adequate, and It Is also true that the train
crews are reckless in handling the cars.
And furthermore, in all likelihood, the
whole trouble Is rooted in the fact that 1t
is the fundamental rule of railroading to
get the greatest number Of freight cars on
a given stretch of track. calling for th3
sharpest squeezing. freight train being
virtually inelastic something has to give
way when the track is overtaxed, unless
the bumper is stout, which those at Eek
ington clearly are not.
The Commissioners should pay no heed
to controversies between the engineers and
operatives of the railroad, but hold STRICTLY
to the demand that the freight yard be
made secure and the public relieved of the
menace that now threatens the traffic on
the adjacent street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02
Smoke-Law Relief in Sight.

The action of the District Commissioners
in Withdrawing from their former position
against any amendment of the smoke law
whatsoever and asserting to the enactment
of a two-minute provision to prevail for an
experimental year will meet with hearty
public approval. The absolute necessity for
some change from the practically unen-
forceable law already on the books, regard
less of its administrative Interpretation,
had been demonstrated to the satisfaction
of the business community. The Senate
passed a bill which in some respects went
beyond what many of the conservative
critics of the existing law had asked. The
House District committee refused to con-
cur in the provisions, despite the Houses
past record in favor of an even more liberal
and too liberal provision for unpunishable
smoke emission. There was virtually no
hope of securing relief at this session from
the burden of prosecution for unavoidable
offenses when the Commissioners agreed to
reopen the matter, and after a conference
with representatives of the business inter-
ests they have consented to acquiesce, by
their silence, in recommendations which
may row result in action. since the House
District committee has already approved
the proposed amendments. The new
proposition is d compromise, a two-minute
period of permissible emission with maxi
mum of twenty minutes in all during the
twenty-four hours. This Is to remain in
force for one year, in which time it will
be possible to ascertain the practical re-
suits of a doubling of the period of un-
punishable smoke now granted by the
health officers dictum. If at the end Of the
| year it is found that the new law. works
well these amendments should be and prob
| ably will be given permanent force. The
| prospective outcome of the controversy is
| the more satisfactory for the voluntary
| decision of the Commissioners to meet the
| reasonable propositions of the majority of
| the business men of the community, SO far
| as is possible without weakening the power
| of the authorities to cope with the smoke
| nuisance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02
The Economists.

The Congress now closing will perhaps be
known to posterity as the champion OF fed
eraI economy and of obedience to law. Es-
peciaily has the House OF Representatives.,
which will go out of existence at noon next
Saturday, made glorious record for saw
ing the peoples money and upholding the
dignity of government. With a national
treasury deficit in plain sight 1t has labored
zealeusly to keep the appropriations within
bounds. curtailing expenses right and left
and cutting off schemes for spending tens
and hundreds of thousands on such useless
works as river reclamation and building
construction. 1t has looked longingly at
the pork bar'f' and its mouth has water
ed, but it has refrained from tasting the
tempting morsels. When the District Com
missioners came forward and asked for d
change of the pay scale that would give the
District of Columbia teachers extrava-
gantly high wages, even higher than those
paid to charwomen and day laborers. the
House. though bewailing the necessity. re-
fused to grant the petition. The teachers
must wait. il said. They could live on what
they were getting. and it is a good thing
even TO live. nowadays.
And now this same House has to put a
finishing touch, an artistic Climax to its
career of rigid economy. sterniy faced Sc
rious duty and discharged 1t. AT the psy
Biological moment. in these last hours of the
aae one whispered the magic word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02
Bumps and Bumpers.

The Commissioners have notified the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company that rs
lexington freight tracks are unsafe. the
bumpers being unreliable. NOW comes an
official of the railroad. representing the
engineering department. declaring in The
course of a letter, described In the Eews
columns today, that the bumpers are all
right and the engineering department is in
no wise to blame If accidents have oc-
curred-and it is to the credit of the en-
cheering department that 1t does not deny
the fact--it is the fault of the operating
department. The bumpers are now being
reset in concrete. and If they cannot stand
the hard knocks given to them by the rude
and reckless operators. nothing batter ear
be found. This is open to question, but
for the present interest centers o. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02
The District Bill.

Although there many reasons Tor re-
GREETING the shape in which the District ap-
preparation bill finally passed Congress-
there are also causes for qualification. Inc
measure does not carry as large totai
as that for the current year, and In some
respects the District ceases to progress IN
it's advance toward the goal of its ambi-
tons to become perfectly equipped mu-
ncipality At the same time the total Is
by no means meager and with the same
wise administration that has marked the
District government in the recent past the
funds allotted should go far toward work
ing out the local problems.
Chief among the items for which this
measure l. noteworthy is the allowance of
an additional $4,000 for the construction
of the municipal building. Had that item
not been adopted by the Senate. or had it
been dropped by the conferees the bill
would have been a disappointment 1t
would in effect have committed the Com
missioners to the construction of a second
class structure, wholly out of keeping with
the capitals requirements. Now that 1t
has been written into the law, however, 1t
will be possible for those in charge to pro-
coed confidently with the execution of the
plans In a material that will yield an or
namental and a satisfactory result. For
that increase alone is the session OF Con-
gress worthy of grateful memory
In some minor matters the bill gives the
Commissioners a measure of desirable lee
way in the conduct of District affairs. A
few needed salary increases are granted,
although the teachers pay scale remains
practically the same as before. The provis-
ion for a bridge across Piney Branch per-
mits the extension of 10Th street and funds
are granted for the work on the Potomac
highway bridge and the reconstruction OF
the Anacostia bridge. These three items
are definite advantages.
There has been no curtailing of the scale
on which the public works now in progress
are being executed These permanent Inn
sDrovements will advance systematically and
the funds for them to be supplied by the
District Will be drawn, as heretofore, out
of the federal treasury under the former
arrangement which. however unsatisfactory
in some respects, nevertheless has its adj
yantages in that it guarantees continuous
construction without waiting for the accu-
mutation of local funds. 1t was hoped that
this bill would carry a better project of
financing the indebtedness to the United
States, putting it definitely on long-term
basis. But inaSmuch as Congress will not
heed the reasonable demand for this ad-
justment the District must be satisfied with
the execution of the works under the eX-
listing hand-to-mouth scheme.
Despite the failure of Congress to ap-
propriate as much this year as last the
District has not gone backward. Much of
the work done in connection with the bud
get at this session has been educational and
has laid the foundation for satisfactory leg
islation next year and in the years to fol-
low.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02
Investigating the Railroads.

Senator keans proposition that the SEN
ate committee on interstate commerce sit
during the recess, investigate thoroughly
the question of railroad rates, and report
by bill or otherwise at the beginning Of
the next session has everything to COM
mend it. The excuse offered for MONACO
ton at this session was that the Senate
did not feel sufficiently informed; that the
question was too big and far-reaching to
be disposed of on short notice. That trou-
bic may now be remedied. Even if Con-
gress should be called together in extra
session in October there will be at least
six months for the Investigations suffi-
cient time for the whole subject to be
probed. The Senate is no more anxious
for information than the country at large
and the reports Of the meetings when held
will be widely read.
We may be very sure that the railroads
will take lively interest in this matter
and have their side of it presented in the
best possible form. Their position is not
as clear as might be at this time. Some
of them are represented as heartily in ia
vor of the Presidents policy, and willing
to assist in bringing about reforms. In
effect they confess Judgment But some
how the country has not been altogether
favorabIy impressed with these statements.
and they have not mitigated the popular
demand that the railroads be brought to
book.
The Senate's whole course in this bust
ness, both in the investigation and in the
legislation to grow out of it, Will be
watched closely. One need not indorse the
charges in repeating them. but it is a fact
that the Senate is accused of having very
warm side for the railroads. Their inter
ests are far-reaching, and they have been
known to concern themselves most earnest
ly with senatorial elections. The term
railroad senator has been banded about
in our political discussions for many years
The present movement, however, is not
for the punishment of railroads so much
as for holding them to account as common
carriers. The public has rights which the
railroads should be forced to respect, and
where force is necessary the desire is to
apply it in effective form, and for the ben
eft of all, the railroads themselves il
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