Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-22
CITY COUNCIL.
All Bids for . City Hall Re-
jected.
a JAIL TO BE nRncrED,

A JAIL To BE ERECTED
Also New Engine House-Ths
Gas Company Allowed TO Erect
Electric Light Poles-An Er-
fort TO Recover "The
stolen Graveyard"
Council met in regular session yester-
day at 2:20 o'clock P. NJ, President
Moore in the chair. Present, Council
men Lambie. McGarry, Hamilton, Sa'
bichi, French, Wolfskill, Ballade, Ham.
mel, Miles, Schroeder. Day. Gassen.
Minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS.
The City Auditor reported the condi.
tion of the several funds of the treasury.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
The City zanjero reported that during
the past week $l9S.s5 of work had been
done and asked q warrant for that
amount. Same reference.
The Superintendent Of Streets report
ed pay roll for the past week amount
idg to Sl63. Referred to the Finance
Committee.
City Surveyor Knox submitted ths
sewer assessment diagram of Main street
sewer extension. Adopted.
Health Officer Gale reported that ht
found the sewer connections on Hill
street properly made except the follow
ing: Mr.. Gephart, agent for ll3, moi
connected; Mr.. Boutwell, maintaining Q
dirt privy; e. w. Jones, at No. 23S, mol
connected; DR.. Mohr, No. 325, dir
privy.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Sewers reported tn,
pay roll of men employed on repairs O.
Main street sewer amounting to $40
aHd recommended that warrants b,
drawn for the several amounts. Referred
to Finance Committee.
Presented o petition from A. NJ. Ste
phens and others that sewer be con
structed at the expense Of the property
owners on Olive street between Cour
House street and Temple street, and rec
commended that the petition be granted
So ordered.
Presented petition from j. Kiefel
asking for further time in con
Meeting his premises on Sanchez sad Ar
cadia streets with sewer, and recon
mended that same be granted. So or
dered.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board reported that there ap
peared to be an urgent necessity for the
imme diate construction Of sewer along
Fourth street from Olive to Fort street
aud recommended that said sewer be
built and that work thereon be com.
meneed as soon as practicable. Referred
to the Sewer Committee.
Board asked further time for the con
sideration Of the removal of the Pest
House. Granted.
Board reported that the report of off,
GERS Curran and Weatherman, special
police, on the sanitary condition Of the
the city had been received and fled. Re.
port filed.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON BRIDGES
Reported that in the matter of the
difference between the San Francisco
Bridge Co. and the city, relative to the
meaning of the specifications, the con-
struction of the City Surveyor had been
admitted to be the true meaning Of the
specifications, and that written docu.
ment, constituting the disputed clause
had been fled with the City Clerk.
Filed.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Recommended that the bid of Thomas
Copley at 81 20 per linear foot for grad.
| ing jackson street be retained and the
| City Surveyor be instructed to revise his
estimate Of cost Of construction OF said
work. Adopted.
Recommended that the petition of T. A
Asbridge and others, to have the line o.
Sand street, between Fort and Cemetery
avenue defined, be granted and the City
Surveyor be instructed to define said line
So ordered.
Recommended that the petition Of th,
Los Angeles Gas Works Company to
erect electric light poles be granted. Sc
| ordered.
Recommended that petition Of J. G.
Byram and others for thirty days exten
siou Of time in grading Charity street b.
granted. Adopted.
On the petition Of Alfred Moore, Jr,
and others asking that portions Of
Workman street be graded, and petition
of w. T. Henry that portions of Beau
dry street be graded, at the expense o
the city, recommended that said street
be first graded by the property owner
fronting thereon. Adopted.
Recommended that the Superintendent
of Streets be instructed to have re-roofet
and re-planksd the bridge over the Ar
royo Positos on Pleasant and Bridg'
streets. So ordered.
Recommended that petition ~of M
Barnes to have his wages for street worl
raised from % to $50 per day be de
MED. So ordered.
Asked for one weeks further time fol
locating dog pound. Granted.
COMMITTEE ON zASyAs
Recommended that the Zanjsro be in
structed to excavate the caved.in part o
the tunnel for distance of fifty feet .
once. So ordered.
Recommended that q sufficien
amount of proceeds Of sale Of city lots oi
Fort Hill be appropriated to build
line of pipe across Los Angeles river
So ordered.
Recommend that the amount appro
priated to the new "Water Fund" in tb
present tax levy, be devoted to the re
pairs of the head work Of the Zanj
Madrc, being the tunnel and dam at tn
upper end Of the tunnel. So ordered.
COMMITTEE ON PoLIcE.
Recommended that the petition Of NJ
s. Baker L Co., to take up and lay
pipe across Second street be granted
SO ordered.
That the petition of Hellman, Haas
Co. to allow fruit vendors to sell thei
wares on the street be granted. So OIL
dered,
That the petition Of McLain and Lei
man to erect bulletin board on cit
land be granted. So ordered.
The Committee on Lands recommend
ed that the petition of o. A. William
be granted, and that of John eMcNult
be denied.
coxMuNIcATIoSs, PETITIONS, ETC.
Protest of v. M. Clemente and other
against the opening of Rio avenue. r
ferred to the Board Of Public Works an
City Attorney.
: Petition from the City Railroad Con
psny, asking to be reimbursed for none
,, expended in lowering bridge and fun
on Twelfth street, between Olive an
!, Charity. Referred to the Board of Pa
: lie Works.
From Stern & Rose. asking for use {