19200420 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
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REGULAR MEETING.
A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of
Vernon, County of Los Angeles, and State of California, was held
on the 20th day of April 1920. ' 191 , at 2 o'clock P. M. of
said day at the regular meeting place of said Board in said City
of Vernon, which said time and place is the time and place fixed by
ordinance for regular meetings of the said Board to beheld.
There were present at such meeting Trustees, Furlong.Leonis
and Kniffen.
There were absent from such meeting Trustee, Durbin & Stevens.
President Trustee J.J .Furlong. .
presiding.
The minutes of the meeting, held on
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Application of the Huntington Land & Improvement Co.for permission
to lay & maintain a water line & gas line in 25th St.from Alameda St.
to Santa Fe Ave .was granted.
Application of the Guasti-Bissiri Chemical Co.for permit to
operate q chemical plant on East B6th St.was presented and granted.
John Grant was granted a permit to build a building upon
Lot 8 & lot 9 in block 6 of New Vernon tract for the purpose of
establishing a blacksmith and machine shop.
Buttress & McClellan were granted a permit to erect a new
factory buildinl on Lot A Evangeline Tract.
Los Angeles Foundry Co.was granted a permit to erect a new
wing to their building on 25th St.near Alameda..Also to cut curb on
25th St.to allow construction of this building.
Southern California Telephone Co. was granted a permit to
lay 66 feet of Itr1iron pipe accross Santa Fe Ave.north of 37th St.for
the purpose of giving telephone service to the Keystone Iron works.
Thomas HavertyCo.granted the right to construct a sewer on
Santa Fe Ave.
Southern Calif.Gas Co.granted permits at the following locations
2416 E.53rd St.3857 Santa Fe Ave.4801 Santa Fe Ave.5330 Santa Fe Ave.
Ea8t side of Alameda St.235' south of 52nd St.
Wohlman Mfg.Co.Inc.made application to erect factory building
at 2702 Alameda St.they were instructed to ~ake application on the
standard form of building permit.
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The application of the Walter H.Brown Canning Co.for permit
to construct a sewer on Santa Fe Ave.was laid over.
The application of the American Encaustic Tile Co.for permit
to construct a spur track was laid over.
The report of examination of the books and records of the
City of Vernon made by the Mushet Audit Co.covering the period of
May 1 1919 to Mar.31.1920.was read.
The demands of M.T.Moriarty for ~5.20 and Pat Doyle for
$86.00 was laid over pending for investigation.
The following demands were thereupon presented to the Board
for Approval and payment:-
#4393---T.W.Garr 80.00
4394---Dr.L.J.~illiams 35.00
4395---H.A.Chamberlin 50.00
4396---M.W.0'Donnell 40.00
4397---T.J.Furlong 30.00
4398---Herman Schieder 20.00
4399---J.J.Kel1er 34.85
4400---The Neuner Co. 11.20
4401---The L.A.Towel Co. 1.10
4402---Citizena Natl.Bank 6.00
4403--~So.Cal.Tel.Co. 1.20
4405---WhittinghamPtg.Co 25.50
4407---So.Cal.Tel.Co. 1.20
4409---Zelda Harris 10.00
4410---Myra Andrew 10.00
4411---E.C.Morrow 10.00
4412---E.Peralta 10.00
4413---M.ii .0' Donnell 10.00
44149--J.J.Aeller 3.00
4415---Neuner Co. 13.50
4417---A.L.Hil1 ~ 50.00
;W452.55
Upon motion duly made. seconded and carried all of said
demands,in the sum of $452.55 were approved and ordered paid by the
following vote.
Ayes. Trustees ]Iurlong .Leonis & Kniffen.
Hoes;None.
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4bsent;Trustees Durbin & Stevens.
An additional appropriation of $100.00 was made to meet
current expenses in the matter of General Elections.
Journal voucher #96 was acted upon and approved.
President of the Board,James J.Furlong then reviewed the work
of the Board of Trustees for the past two years and the developement and
growth of the City of Vernon during that period and predicted a greater
developement and growth and incseased prosperity during the next two years
He then declared the newly elected officers installed in their respective
offices.delivered the gavel of his office to Trustee John B.Leonis,one of
the hold-over members of the Board of Trustees and retired from the
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Presidents chair.
Thereupon the newly electee officers took their respective offices.
Trustee Leonis tpresidingt~-nnounced that the first order of business
of the newly-elected Board of Trustees was the election of a ?resident
of the Board of Trustees to serve for the ensueing two years.
Upon motion duly made and secondedtTrustee James J.Furlong was duly
elected President of the Board of Trustees by the following vote:
~~yes; Trustees Leonis Kniffin and :b'urlong.
Noes; None.
Upon motion duly made and seconded t,-,nd carried the meeting was
then adjourned.
ty Clerk of the C' y of Vernon.
Ap.:?roved.
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~ esident of the Board of Trustees
of the City of Vernon.
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