19160620 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
REGULAR MEETING.
A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the city of
Vernon, Oounty of Los Angeles, and State of California, was held
on the 20th day of June , 1916, at 2 o'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 suoh meeting Trustees, Furlong. stevens
and Kniffin.
There were absent from suoh meeting Trustee' Leonis and Durbin.
President Trustee
hrlong
presiding.
The minutes of the meeting
June 6th.
held on
1916 , were:laid over.
ordinance No. 169. entitled an ordinanoe granting to the
Amerioan Can Company permission to construct a 14 inch sewer in
Santa Fe Avenue, with proper manholes and connections from its plant
Borth to the main sewer in Vernon Avenue, was introduced, read and
passed its first reading.
The City Clerk stated that he had received a letter from the
Nicholls-Loomis 00.. in words and figures as follows, to-wit:
"NICHOLS-LOOMIS CO."
"Los Angeles, Cal.
June 1, 1916.
Dr. '1'. J. Furlong,
55th & Alameda sts.,
Vernon, Oal.
Dear Sir:-
We enolose application in triplicate for an ordinance asking
tor a S. P. spur traok across 25th st.
We would like to have this come up at your next meeting, as
we are anxious to start building on the property.
Any expense that there is conneoted with this. if Y011 will
let us know, we will mail you oheck.
Trusting that this is satisfactory, we are,
Yours truly
Nioholls-Loomis Co.
(Signed) J. E. Loomis, Seo."
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Thereupon Ordinance No. 170 entitled an ordinance granting
to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, j.ts suc-
cessors and assigns, the right, privileges and permission to lay,
construct, maintain and operate a railroad spur track aoross 25th
Street in the City of Vernon, was introduced, read and passed its
first reading.
The Clerk further reported that he had received a letter from
the Southern Paoifio Railroad Company, in words and figures as
follows, to-wit:
"Los Angeles, may 13th, 1916.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OJ' THE CITY OF VERNON:
Gentlemen:-
The undersigned, Southern Pacific Railroad Company, hereby
makes application for franchise to construot and for a period of
fifty years operate and maintain railroad traoks over, upon,
along and across that portion of Alameda street, in the City of
Vernon, lying west of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's
existing right of way and between the northerly and southerly boun-
dary lines of said City of Vernon; together with the right to con-
struct and for a period of '..Y fifty (50) years maintain and
operate all necessary switohes and cross-overs between said tracks
and all spur tracks turn-outs that may be necessary properly to
serve BBt a~ and all property lying west of said portion of
Alameda Street; and together also to construct and maintain such
other appliances and apparatus as may be necessary to properly equip,
operate and maintain such railroad tracks.
A map showing in shaded red the aforesaid portion of Alameda
Street is hereunto annexed and made a part of this applica~ion.
WHEREFOR, petitioner prays that said franchise be granted as
herein applied for.
SOUTEERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COllPANY
By H. V. Platt,
Assistant General Manager."
Thereupon Ordinance No. 171, entitled an ordinance granting
a franchise to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation,
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its successors and assigns, to construct and for the period of fif~
years to~erate and maintain railroad tracks over, along and upon a
portion of Alameda Street, in the City of Vernon, California, was
introduced, read and passed its first reading.
The reports of the Treasurer and Auditor were referred to the
finance committee.
The following warrants were audited and ordered paid:
J. B. Weil, salary for May, 1916
Howard McCurdy, City Engineer,
Howard McCurdy, City Engineer,
J. B. Weil, salary for April, 1916,
Joe Nieman, burying dog,
Kellow & Brown, printers,
T. J. Furlong, salary for May, 1916
Herman Scheider, salary for May, 1916
T. W. Garr, salary for May, 1916
Gesner Williams, salary etc. for May, 1916
M. Majich, special police work,
Fred Harris, salary for May, 1916
Helen J. Canby, typewriting minutes etc. Kay, 1916
$48.00
158.50
12.00
48.00
1.00
22.40
30.00
20.00
80.00
54.00
'7.00
150.00
2.00
T. W. Garr, tree,
.'75
The 4th day of July, 1916 being a legal holiday by virtue of its
being Independence D~, 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 5th day of July, 1916 at
2 o'clock P. K. at the regular meeting place
of
Approved this
ees
of
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