Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-07-31
Resolution No. aea.
Resolution ordering the grading and Ina
provement Of Seventh street from
Pearl street to Alvarado street.


Resolution ordering the grading and ina
provement OF Seventh street from
Pearl street to Alvarado street.
Be II resolved by the Mayor and Coun.
Gil Of the City Of Los Angeles:
SECTION |. That there be and hereby
is ordered to be graded and improved, at
the expense Of the property-owners,
within the district of land described in
Section of this resolution, Seventh
street from Pearl street to Alvarado
street, in the following manner;
The roadbed shall be graded and COW
cred with s inches of gravel raked free
of coarse stonee Of more than inches in
diameter, and it shall be made to con-
form to the established grade at the cen.
ter of the street with the proper slope
towards the curb; after being gravelled
it shall be thoroughly wet and then
rolled.
The curb shall be OF redwood 3xl2
inches placed with the upper edge to the
established grade and spiked to posts Of
redwood 4x4 inches, 3 feet long. set into
the ground full length below the top OF
the curb and inside of the same, and
not more than four feet apart, and one
to each joint Of the curbing.
The gutter shall be 81 feet wide, con-
cave at the bottom and paved with
granite cobble stones not less than IL
inches long and not more than inches
in diameter, thoroughly set in sand and
then rammed. The center of the gutter
shall be IL inches. and the outer edge
shall be 9 inches below the grade.
The sidewalks shall be IL feet wide,
graded and covered with inches Of fine
gravel, smoothly laid and raked free
of coarse stones Of more than inch
in diameter. The slope Of the sidewalks
shall be three inches towards the curb.
There shall be three wooden culverts
5 feet by feet, inner dimensions, con.
structed across said Seventh street, in
accordance with the plans in the office
Of the City Surveyor, viz: one at point
$50 feet west from Pearl street, one at
point 1915 feet west from Pearl street, and
one at point 2430 feet west from Pearl
street; but the bids at SO much per lineal
foot shall not include said cuIverts, it
having been ordered by the Honorable
Council that said culverts shall be built
and constructed at the expense Of the
city.
SEC. 2. The said work and improve
ment shall be divided into three sections,
as follows:
Section L. From west boundary of
Pearl street to point on Seventh street
1900 feet west Of the west boundary Of
Pearl street.
Sec. 2. From a point on Seventh
street 1900 feet west Of the west boun.
dairy Of Pearl street to the east boundary
Of Union avenue, . distance of 1892
feet.
Sec. 3. From the east boundary of
Union avenue to the west boundary Of
Alvarado street, distance OF 1864
feet.
Separate bids for each section shall be
made by persons bidding thereon, it be-
ing at the option Of the per-
son so bidding whether he will
bid upon one or more sections, and
separate contracts will be entered into
for each section.
SEC. 8. That the exterior boundaries
of the district of land to be affected or
benefited by said work or improvement,
and to be assessed to pay the costs and
expenses thereof, are as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner
Of Pearl and Seventh streets and run
ming thence along the western boundary
OF Pearl street northerly 80 feet to q
point; thence on line parallel with the
center line Of Seventh street westerly
1856 feet to the east boundary of Alvar.
ado street; thence along the east bound
ary of Alvarado street southerly 100 feet
to point; thence on a line parallel with
the center line of Seventh street easterly
1888 feet to the west boundary of Pearl
street, thence northerly ITO feet to the
point Of beginning.
SEC. 4. The Clerk of the Council
shall certify to the passage of this reso.
luton and shall cause the same to be
published once in the Los Angeles DAILY
HERALD, and thereupon and thereafter
it shall take effect and be in force.
hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was adopted by the Council
Of the city of Los Angeles at its meet.
ing of July 29th. A. D. 1884.
w. w. ROBINSON,
Clerk of the Council of the city OF Los
Angeles.
Approved this aOth day of July, A.
d. 1884.
1t eeefaa C. E. THoM,
Mayor.
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