19160418 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
REGULAR MEETING.
A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of
Vernon I Oounty of Los Angeles, and State of Californial was held
on the 18th day of Apr il , 191 6, at 2 0' olock P. M. of
said day at the regular meeting plaoe of said Board in said city
of Vernon, whioh said time and plaoe is the time and plaoe fixed by
ordinanoe for regular meetings of the said Board to be held.
There were present at such meeting Trustees, Furlong,
stevens and Kniffin,
There were absent from such meeting Trustee, Durbin and
Leonis.
President Trustee
presiding.
Furlong
The minutes of the meeting
were read and approved.
held on April 4th, 1916
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Action in regard to decreasing the number of feet from
paved streets for the erection of oil tanks to 50 feet as per
request of the General Petroleum Company was deferred until
all the members of the Board of Trustees were present.
Thereupon the fOllowing letter from E. J. stanton & Son
was read by the Clerk:
"Los Angeles, Cal.,
April 18, 1916.
Board of Trustees,
City of Vernon,
Vernon, Calif.
Gentlemen:
We wish to ask you to appoint !lr. H. F. Ricketson, and Wm.
Allen, special officers in the City of Vernon, and wish to say
that this Company will be responsible for all damages which may be
incurred tr~ough them as special offioers.
Trusting that pur re~uest may be granted and thanking you
in advance for your corts ideration, we El..re,
LHB/ AF
Very truly yours,
E. J. STAUTON & BON
(Signed)
By LeRoy H. Stanton,
Manager."
Thereupon by reason of the promises and agreements set up in the
letter and at the request of the said Stanton Lumber Company, H. F.
Ricketson and Wm. Allen were thereupon duly and regularly appointed
Special Deputy and Police Officers with the usual powers of such
Special Deputies.
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An application from the South Los Angeles Water Company
for germission to lay a water me.in in Santa Fe Avenue was recei ved
by the Board and the same was granted to said company.
The American Can Company applied for permission to install a
sewer:
Said applica,t ion was in words and figures BS follows, to-wit:
ffAMERIOAn CAN C01JIPA1JY"
IlInvestment BUilding,
Los Angeles, Cal.
c. J. Gordan,
Local Sa,les Manager.
April 11th, 1916
Honorable Board of Trustees,
City of Vernon,
California.
Gentlemen:-
The undersigned, owning the following described property:
"That portion of the northwest quarter of section fifteen
(15) township, two (2) south, ra,nge thirteen (13) west, S. B. M.
in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California,
described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the East line ~' said quarter section,
distant, southerly fifteen hundred fifty nine and six tenths
(1559.6) ~ from the northeast corner of said quarter section,
thence south eighty-nine degrees (89) ninetf~en )j}inutes (19') twenty
seconds (20") southwest, nlong the northerly line of the twenty
two ancyifty hundredths feet (22.50') strip of land conveyed to the
Santa Fe L~nd Improvement Company by deed recorded in Book fifty
seventy five (5075) pa.ge one hundred fifty nine (159) of deeds,
five b~ndred ninety feet (590'); thence north nine (9) minutes west,
parallel with the east line of said quarter section, two hundred
ninety three e.nd foi:ty eight feet (293.48'); thence north, eighty nine
degrees, (89) nineteen minutes (19'), twenty seconds (20") east,
five hundred ninety feet (590') to the east line of 8Bid quarter
section; thence south nine minutes (9) ee,st (C),long east line, two
hundred ninety three and fatty eight hundredths feet (293.48')
. h from the above described
to the point of beginning, exceptlng, owever,
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premises to the eBst forty feed (40') thereof included within the
lines of Santa Fe Ave."
being 293.48' on the West side of Santa Fe Ave. between 48th
and 49th streets, petitions you for a 14" sewer in Santa. Fe Ave.
with proper manholes and connections from its plant, now being erected
on said premises North to the main sewer in Vernon Ave. to be put in
and paid for by the undersigned and provided that any future connec-
tions into said sewer be upon the condition that the perty connecting,
refund the prorata cost of said sewer to the undersigned and that such
corillection does not interfere with or prejudice the use of such sewer
by the undersigned.
AMERI CAN CAN C OMP ANY
(Signed) C. J. Gordon,
Local Sales Manager."
Thereupon the Board granted to the American Can Company permission
to construct such sewer but referred the matter to the City Attorney
with instructions to him to draw up the agreement between the City of
Vernon and the American Can Company, by reason of the fact that the
American Can Compa,ny desired a lateral main instead of a surface
sewer.
Thereupon the following vouchers were audited and ordered paid:
Abbott Printing Company, envelopes for prisoner's belongings
H. A. Fretz, Services as election clerk
Fred Harris, Salary for March, 1916
Gesner Williams, Salary etc. for March, 1916
Frank Morrison, repairs on municipal barn
J. B. Weil, Salary a.s Auditor and Clerk of Recorder's Court
for March, 1916
T. W. Garr for la~n mower
John Alvarez, street sweeping
Abbott Prin;ing Co., Applications for permits
F. J. Volz, Services as Election Inspector
Consolidated Lumber Co., lumber
J. S. Colton, Inspector,
Howard McCurdy, City Engineer
Neuner Co., supplies
Lawrence Andrews, Services as Election Inspector
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$15.50
10.00
150.00
69.00
3.50
48.00
7.50
5.00
41.00
10.00
7.31
2.00
117.75
44.75
10.00
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T. W. Garr, Salary for March, 1916
$10.00
62.00
12.50
14.50
1.70
33.60
10.00
9.00
10-'.00
13.00
1.25
9.00
80.00
E. R. Peralta, Services as Election Judge
W. W. Webb, Inspector,
Herman Scheider, Salary for March, 1916
T. W. Garr, Board for prisoners,
Grimes-Stassforth Co., Supplies for Engineer
T. J. Furlong, Salary etc. for March, 1916
Mrs. Zelma Harris, Services es Clerk of Election
D. Castro, 4 days work clea.ning streets @ $2.25
Wa.l ter E. Edgar, Services as Judge of Election
Helen J. Canby, Typewriting minutes etc. for March, 1916
D. E. Latham, Me~ing jail key
C. Montijo, 4 days work cleaning streets @ $2.25
The 2nd day of May, 1916 being a legal holiday by virtue of its
being the general election day for the election of delegates to the
National Convention, and said day being the first Tuesday in the month
and the regular meeting time for the Board of Trustees. thereupon the
meeting adjourned to meet again on the 3rd day of May, 1916 at 2
his ..L.l:...de:y a~ 1916.
nt of the ~Truste'-s
City of Vernon, California.
Bo ard .
o'clock p. m. at the regular meeting
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