Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-19
CITY COUNCIL.
A Breeze About the New
Fire Engine.
ROUTINE MATTERS.
The Proposed Levee from Macy to
Mission Street Referred to the
Board of Public Works.

cailuz, Breed and Santee.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
OFFICERS REPORTS.
The Mayor forwarded communication
from the american Soft water Co., o
Chicago, relative to purifying hard water
Committee on zanjas.
The weekly report of the City Auditor wal
read and fled.
The weekly report of the City Zanjero
with pay.roll for s94 was referred to the
Committee on Finance
The weekly payroll of the Superinten
dent OF Streets for $727 was referred to the
Committee on Finance.
The bond OF VIM. E. Rogers, with Ralph
Rogers and James Booth as sureties for
$4,000 for the laying OF a water-pipe in East
Los Angeles, was read. Referred to City
5, ,ttorney.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Reported recommending that City Sur.
yeyor propose grade of Louisiana avenue,
and furnish property owners with neces-
sary calculations for excavation. So Or
dered.
tract to build the approaches to the east
ends Of First and Also street bridges at
$5.75 per lineal foot. So ordered.
That damages. in extension of Well street
be fixed at $500, and the interested property
owners pay said sum. So ordered.
That petition of Ii. w. Mills ct al. to grade
Stevenson avenue be granted, II done in
accordance with specifications for graded
streets. So ordered.
That extension of two years be granted
Temple street cable road for completing
road to west city boundary. 1t was moved
that the company be required to give bonds
and that .he City Attorney examine same;
The whole matter was then voted ON and
carried.
Asked further time in the matter OF street
railway franchises, aud protests against
same. So ordered.
Recommended that protests against open
ing of Ninth street be denied. so ordered.
That petition of Q. W. Childs, Ct al. to
grade Eleventh stree pc nr IL qrsSes w9as
Streets and the entire street is completed
between the points named IN the pention'
So ordered.
west line of Hill street remain as defined
by curbs be referred to City Attorney. So
ordered.
That deed of Nittleton for Nevada street
be accepted. So ordered.
That II property owners Of Seventh street
west of Alyarado, who are interested in the
change of the grade of their street, are will
ling to bear the expense OF moving walls,
protest of H. W. O'Melyeny ct al. be de-
.fHed. So ordered.
Present certificates of City Surveyor for
the grading of Bellevue avenue, between
Castelar, and Philadelphia streets; Recom- &C.
Lewis be paid sleS for grading half inter.
section of Teed aud Bellevue avenues, and
OF Rosas and Bellevue. So ordered.
tween Eighth and Ninth streets. Recon-
mended that 1t be accepted, and that con.
tract for grading intersections be awarded
to Mr.. Dallas So ordered.
Recommended that Eleventh street be va
N SantOuS' street
west; that deed for the portion west OF
the portion vacated be accepted, and that
the City Attorney be instructed to prepare
ordinance. Also that deed of Jean Sentous'
for extension OF Sentous street be accepted.
So ordered.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The Committee on Finance recommended
that petition of J. W. Gillette, for redemp-
tion of tax sale certificate be referred to the
City Attorney. So ordered.
That petition of H. B. Benedict, w. E.
Yarnell and F. g. Mascotti, be rejected. So
ordered.
The Committee on Zanjas reported that
petition for a fume on east Washington
street, as the zanja referred to is not public
property. Adopted.
Recommended that petition OF J. P. Lam
oree be granted, the work to be done under
: Of petitioner. So ordered.
That no action be taken on petition OF
Chas. Silent, in reference to zanja on west
side of Figueroa street, as the plans of City
Surveyor ior the care OF storm waters pro-
vide for the construction OF a waterway
which will do away with the zanja. So Or
dered.
ern Pacific Railroad, to have the water
stopped in the Zanja Madre for ten days, to
enable them to lay a foundation for riprap
along the railroad track, under the bluff
north of Buena Vista street, informed coun.
Gil that it will not be possible to turn off
water until the first OF November. Adopted.
The Committee on sewers recommended,
on bill of Harper, Reynolds & Co., for sewer
pipe, that it be allowed.
Presented resolution for sewer on Upper
Main street and recommended its adoption.
30 ordered.
Asked for further time to investigate the
petition for sewer on Mayo street.
Recommended that bill of Contractor
Ginella on certificate OF City Surveyor for
lowed; also of Frick Bros. for excavating
Reauena street. So ordered.
The Committee on Bridges, reporting on
petitions for bridge across the river at
Ehayez street, found that there is no money
available at this time for the construction
of said bridge. They find that there is
conflict of opinion even on the location OF
the bridge and that the street mentioned is
not opened in fair way They asked for
further time on the matter. Granted.
The Special Committee appointed to In
yestigate the Citizens W@er Company's
matters, asked for further time. Granted
The Committee on Fire and Water recon-
mended the acceptance OF Il. McShane q
Cots offer for a 1000 pounds fire bell, with
out mountings, laid down at railroad depot,
Los Angeles, at 10 cents pound, ana tnat
The CITY Attorney be Instructed to draft the,
contract. So ordered.
Recommended that the petition Of G..
Tononi to continue the erection OF frame
building within the fire limits be denied.
So ordered.
THE NEW FIRE ENGINE.
The ;oint Committees on Fire and Water,
Su Supplies and the Board OF Fire COmmis.
sioners recommended that the proposal OF
the Manchester Locomotive Works OF Man
chester, N. H., to furnish a q second-ciass
Imoskeag engine for $500 be accepted
Mr. velsir moved that the bid Of W. G.
Furrey, mentioned in the petitions below,
be referred to the committee on Fire and
week. So ordered.
M. velsir was added to the Committee on
Fire and Water, temporarily.
The matter of bids on fire engine caused
considerable discussion and one of the
agents OF the competing fire engine compa-
MES having obtained permission to ad-
dress Council made very foreible address.
new bidder to come in after the committee
who had the matter In hand had made a
recommendation and after the matter of
led II such things were allowed no
Tesnonsible companies would care to en-
tertain any proposals made by the city
OF Los Angeles.
w. G. Furrey defended his action in offer
ing to throw up his commission on the sale
Of an engine If he felt like donating his
Commission to the city he thought no one
should make 1t a cause Of complaint,
A motion TO add another councilman to
the Committee on Fire and Water was re-
ceiyed with profuse apologies from each
city father mentioned, but finally N.Y.
Franken6eld was prevailed upon to serve.
Upon motion all engine builders were re-
ouested to make new bids.
City Assessor Fisher was allowed to carry
off to his office and use the city maps Tor
three weeks.
Bids for storm water drains were received
and referred to the Board of Public Works.
on notinn of Mr.. Jones the Committee on