Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-17
President Theodore Summerland Casts Deciding
Vote. Action Commits Municipality to Build
on North Main Street Site
for the acceptance of the gift that any
of the promoters had thought of.
Says Broadway Is Not Benefited

for the acceptance of the gift that any
of the promoters had thought of.
Says Broadway Is Not Benefited
THE business men on Broadway do
not want the city hall where it is
now located" said Mr.. Holmes. 'It
is detriment to business to have 1t
do not care much which way as long
as the property in which the municipal
offices now are can be converted into
a large business house. AS 1t now
stands the city hall makes a wide
gap in business on Broadway, and with
big store and office building on the
site, more business would be drawn to
this section"
j. II. Spires. secretary of the Hill
Street Improvement association and
M. Lisner, secretary of the Spring
Street improvement association repudl-
ated Mr.. Holmes statements and
fought valiantly to have the city hall
remain where it is. Both stated that
1t would probably be but a short time
until the city and county governments
would be consolidated and that in this
event a new building could be erected
on the present court house grounds
in which city and county officials could
be accommodated.
They denied that the property con-
veyed to the city was worth the $780,
900 which the promoters claim as It's
value, and stated that there was
scarcely fifty square feet more room OH
the new site than on the old.
Joseph Mesmer made the concluding
address for the promoters, and stated
that the property was worth every
cent of the value at which it had been
appraised. Mr. Lisner wanted to know
what the promoters had paid for it,,
and Mr.. Mesmer emphatically stated
that is was none of Mr.. Lisners busi-
ness.
Will Help Fourth Ward
When the city attorney presented the
ordinance accepting the site, two
changes were made from the original
contract which the promoters had pre-
sented to be signed. One was the
clause referring to the completion Of
the building in a stipulated time. AS
sistant City Attorney Goudge explained
that while a building might be prac-
tically completed and occupied, the
original plans might not have been
carried out in detail and by super
technicality the title might be forfeited.
Another change was that the sale of
the present city hall was not made
condition as the city might choose to
raise the money by some other method
dllIouSH d 'ldusS was dPpeilueu W Ihe
ordinance providing for the sale of the
old building. These changes were
gladly accepted by the promoters, and
the ordinance passed.
After the ordinance had been passed
by Mr.. Summerland's vote, the pres-
dent Of the council stated that it would
cost the other members of that body
a good deal for privileges for the
Fourth ward.
TN going to make it cost them all
I can and the Fourth ward will profit
by it, asserted Mr. Summerland, 81
don't know whether we will get the
five-acre park or not for I don't see
just where the money is coming from,
but 1 am going to try for it. and there
are several other things that my con-
stituents want that this council will
have to grant them for my action in
this case"