Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-24

Recommended that reservoir sites be
secured, Referred to special commit
tee consis ing of Messrs. Perry. Breed
and Frankenield.
The Committee on Lands recommend.
ed that Il. Cassello be allowed to rent
certain city land for $50 per annum. So
ordered.
Also that IL. Steele be allowed to rent
certain city land in East Los Angeles.
80 ordered.
That the city give quit claim deed to
Messrs. Miller & Center. SO ordered.
That the petition of Francis ID. Shep.
herd for deed TO city land be granted.
So ordered.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Reported the examination OF various
reports of city officers and recommended
that they be filed. So ordered.
That l3 feet front of City Hall lot be
rented to s. Il. Douglass for S26 per
month AMI eleven feet front to S. j..
Chase and S. A. Baker for 500 per
month. So ordered.
That the City Attorney collect rent
of portion of City Hall lot from T. A.
Carey and q. w. Childs aud have them
execute q lease or vacate premises. So
ordered.
That $4,000 be transferred from the
Gas fund to the Salary fund. SO or
dered.
That the City Assessor be allowed six
deputies at a salary of S75 per month
each from March LIST to July 3D.. MIR.
Stearns moved that the deputies be APP
pointed by the Assessor and ratified by
the Council. So ordered.
The City Attorney presented resolu-
tion on the widening of San Pedro.street.
Adopted.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Recommended that the approaches to
the Also street bridge and the bridge
across the arroyo ON Summit avenue be
repaired. SO ordered.
That petition of George Walker to
move a church be granted, he not to OBJ
struet street railways. So ordered.
That grading at intersection of Char
ity and Fourth streets be accepted. Sc
ordered.
That petition of City Railway Com.
pany for franchise be granted. Laid
over for one week to give company time
to file bond.
That franchise be granted to the
Central street railway on Pearl street
from Sixth to Ninth street, and on
Ninth to Alvarado street. Laid over
for one week to give company time to
file bond.
That ordinance regulating bridges be
amended to read that bridges shall be
three spans of not less thln 100 feet
each. SO ordered.
Presented notice of intention to estab-
lish grade of Pico street from Figueroa
street to the west city boundary; also,
establishing grade of Boyd street.
Adopted.
That grading of Hope street between
Eighth and Ninth streets be accepted.
SO ordered.
That the Clerk advertise for bids for a
five ton street-roller. So ordered.
That property owners on Folsom
street between Sixth and Tenth streets
be permitted to grade. So ordered.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The payroll of the Committee ON
Sewers, amounting to SIS, was referred
to the Committee ON Finance.
A dangerous place ON Hope street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth, was ordered
repaired by the Superintendent of
Streets.
Mr.. Breed moved that the City Sur
veyor define lines of land on river front
belonging to the city. So ordered.
The bid of Peter Keenan, for 500
foot fiume on Figueroa street Mt 33 cents
per linear foot was referred to the Com.
mittee ON zanjas.
Mr.. Perry moved that Council attend
the anti-Chinese meeting at the taber-
nacle on Saturday night in body. So
ordered.
MIR. Goss called attention to the fact
that eighteen saloon keepers had not
put up the $50 license required by law.
The City Attorney said that they were
under arrest and prosecution was pro.
crossing.
MIR. Jones moved that the City Sur.
veyor set stakes at street corners to ia.
cilitate work of the Superintendent OF
Streets.
PETITIONS, CONGREGATIONS, ETC.
From o. C. Wells, to occupy part of
Bunker Hill avenue for building mate.
rial. Granted under the rules.
From citizens, protesting against pre-
posed grade of Virgin street. Board of
Public Works.
From G. Bernero, to have 2anja pipe
on Los Angeles street repaired. Com.
mittee On Zlnias.
From Miss Martha Ward, asking a
ppar in which IN remoVe her fenca IN
Pennsylvania avenue. Board of Public
Works.
From citizens, asking that bridge be
built on Buena Vista street. Board of
Public Works and Bridge Committee.
From j. w. Gillette, calling attention
to petition presented a month ago in
regard to grade of Temple street. Board
of Public Works,
From citizens, for an electric light
mast at intersection of Olive and Pico
streets, Committee on Gas.
From property owners for sewer along
High street. Committee on Sewers.
From w. +. Cooper, to use portion of
Temple street for building material.
Granted under the rules.
FROM Isaac Kinley, to use part of the
Los Angeles river water to irrigato a
vegetable garden. Committee ON Water
Supply.
From IL. Hammell ct al, that petition
of City Street Railway for franchise on
extension of Main street be granted.
Board of Public Works.
From Robert Miller, to lease certain
city land in East Los Angeles. Commit.
tee ON Lands.
From MIR. Nichols, to lay sixty feet of
Macadam pavement as sample at l6s
per superficial foot.
Adjourned to Friday evening, Febru.
airy 26th, at 7 o'clock, to consider gas
md IN mar. rnIna