Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-04
SQUATTERS GIVEN
LEASE TO LANDS
THIRTEEN MADE CERTAIN OF
THEIR PROPERTY
All Trustees Not Being Present, a
Number of Applications Were
Held Over a Week for
Consideration
Especial 10 Tne Herald.l

SAN PEDRO, Aug. S.--The city
trustees held a long session today, the
principal business being in relation tc
the squatters' leases at East San Pedro
Louis Mascolo was granted a lease
for 80 years at 81 rental per year on
lot SO East San Pedro, and twelve other
squatters north of the salt Lake depot
including S. NJ. Batell, Smith, Crosse,
Tucker, Dolly Redford, Dan Becker
Crescent Wharf & Warehouse company
j. A. Anderson, Philip Real, A. b. Cook
and NJ. MershOn, received a lease, the
president of the board and the city
clerk being instructed to sign same
at the usual terms of 81 for each squat
ter per year for 80 years.
The application of Fl. E. Carse for
a lease on a claim, $50 by HOO feet,
was laid over until all members of the
board were present and the application
of Margaret NJ. Feete for a similar
lease for 1855 acres with a verbal APP
pIcation of L. T. Snyder for an ad-
joining piece ware likewise laid over
for a week.
Attorneys Tilt
A lively tilt between Attorn-~ s.iner
p. Goodrich. Attorney Post and City
Attorney Henry Sueglitz ensued in
considering the Fette lease. Goodrich
said the Fette property had been deed
ed to Mrs. Hamilton and had been al
lowed by the courts to the Salt Lake
railroad which he represented, and was
later decided in trust to j. A. Anderson.
Stieglitz held that the lease at 81 per
year from Long Deach to the railroad
was now invalid, as the city of Long
Beach never had jurisdiction.
The board decided to lay the matter
.1.,sY,
hard to unravel and they did not con-
slider the council chamber a proper
place to render supreme court decis-
ions. Mayor Walton afterwards eX-
pressed himself as favOring leases to
individual squatters of single holdings,
but against interests getting leases at
nominal figures for much larger hold
ings.
The application for a lease by Charles
Wack was laid over for a week. The
application of 4. Bessolo and z. I.
Troxler for a restaurant liquor license
was granted today after favorable
report by City Attorney Henry Stieg-
litz.
Franchise Ordinances Read
The ordinances granting the fran
chises to the eight applicants for ths
Outer Harbor Dock and Wharf com.
pany were placed on their first reading
after the surety bonds of the eight
applicants for So each had been ap-
proved. Attorney E. T. Welsh for
the Miner people and the Union Oil
company stated that later the company
would desire to substitute bonds for
the surety bonds offered.
The final granting Of the franchises
viii be Tuesday, when the board will
listen for a full hour to the reading
of the ordinances granting the twenty
year wharf franchises for $50 TO the
eight applicants of the Union Oil com
pany
The petition of Ed Rice for n res
taurant liquor license at East san
Pedro was laid over for a full board
meeting, Peck and Fulton being alb
sent.
Architect ]. NJ. Safeu was granted
his request that his plans for the city
hall be returned to him.
The demand of NJ J. McDermott and
Richard Quinn for $4,000 damage for
the grading Of the streets in front of
four lots in the Grand View tract was
referred to the city attorney.
The city assessor reported having
collected $165.T in personal property
taves, while the marshal reported hav-
ing collected $2159 in licenses in July.
Lights for East Side
In catering to the eastsiders, the city
electrician reported twenty-three incan-
descent lamps necessary there and
they were promptly ordered. The city
engineer reported having completed
the survey of L. S. avenue, said he was
working on Taft avenue. He sug-
gested that in granting leases to the
squatters a reservation be made al
lowing for the Widening of L. S. ave-
nue. to thirty feet and Taft avenue to
eighty feet.
The street superintendent reported
SS36 30 having been spent in his de-
partment in July and called attention
to the fact that he had turned into the
city treasury $12 the past month for
house moving permits and oilng con-
tracts. "a notable occurrence in the his
tory of the city he said, 'Never before
had any money come from this de-
partment or the engineering depart
mcut for fees collected"
The council took recess until Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock, at which
time the Southern California Wharf
franchise will be up for sale
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