Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-21
THE COUNCIL.
A Whole Day Devoted to
Street Matters.
THE SEVENTH STREET GRADING.
Property Owners Appear and Say
That 1t Was Not Done Ac-
c0rding to Specifications.

The City Council met yesterday morn
ing. President Humphreys in the chai
and Councilmen Hanley, Mathews, Bar
rett, Moriarty, Book, Bosbyshell, Chan
dler, Sinsabaugh, Gibbs, Collins, Lowell
and Hitler present.
The minority report Of the commission
upon the damages to property owners OF
Court House street, resulting from s
change of grade was read, received an(
filed.
The Auditors trial balances for July
1888, and the report of the Zanjero fo
the week ending August 18th were re
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The Fire Commissioners recommended
that the City Water Company be notified
to put in fire hydrants. Adopted.
Recommended that the Did of G.. H
Lemmert to erect an engine house bt
accepted. Adopted.
A petition from property owners or
Kuhrts street calling attention to the
manner in which the street had beer
graded and claiming that the work had
hOp OCOA pIOpCIAy was I0du duU
referred to the Board Of Public Works.
On motion of Captain Barrett, the &C.
tion of the Street Superintendent in tap.
ping water pipe on the Mission road fol
sprinkling hydrant was approved.
Mr.. Bosbyshell objected to paying w.
s. Maxwell more for coal than it could be
bought for elsewhere. He could get coal
at $12 per ton retail, and there was no
H. l1oa b.
Maxwell.
Captain Barrett moved that the Supply
Committee be instructed to purchase the
coal hereafter. Carried.
The franchise of the Mateo Street rail-
road company, which has been in opera
tion for year without franchise, was
read and the bond of $4,000 approved.
The franchise was laid over a week for
printed copies.
Mr.. Brook called attention to the bad
condition of Main street, between the car
tracks from Third to Seventh streets.
Capt. Barrett said that Mr.. Brodrick
was going to repair the street. The mat
ter was referred to the Superintendent of
Streets.
The report of the Board of Public
Works was read, as follows:
John w. Ellis and other property-own-
ers on Patton street asked that their
street be graded. Recommended that
the City>Attorney be instructed to draw
up the Resolution of Intention. Adopt
ed.
w. F. Fitzgerald and other property
owners on Lovelace avenue asked that
their street be graded from Washington
to York, and supplied with cement curb.
Recommended that the matter be re-
ferred to the Street Superintendent, with
instructions to post a no ice in accord
ance with the resolution to grade.
Adopted.
Joseph Hyans asked permission to
construct cement sidewalk in front of
his property on First street, between
Bailey and Lopez. Recommended that
the matter be referred to the Superin-
tendent Of Streets. Adopted.
George w. Durfee protested against
the grading of Ninth street, from Grand
: avenue to Hope, as at present staked out.
Recommended that the same be referred
to the City Surveyor. Adopted.
Mr.. Levy and other property owners
asked that q franchise be granted to
Nathan Cole for the construction of a
double track street railway, to be pro-
PEELED by electricity or horses, along a
route which they specified. The Board
recommended that it be granted under
the provisions of a franchise to be pre-
sented to the Council. Laid over for a
week.
Mr.. E. G. Burlingame asked that the
condition OF Kuhrts street be inspected,
and that the two-foot strip outside the
rails be graded. Recommended that the
matter be referred to the City Surveyor,
with instructions to see that the railroad
is put upon the grade which was fur
nished the company. Adopted.
Mr.. s. w. Lockard and other property
owners on Macy street protested against
the proposed grade of that street. Re-
commended that the petition be denied
as it did not appear to come from ma
jority of the property owners on that
street. Adopted.
E. E. Hall and others protested against
the proposed grade on Kellum avenue,
and proposed a substitute. Recon-
mended that the same be referred to the
City Surveyor.
Joe Bayer and other property owners
on Lakeshore avenue, between Diamond
and State streets, asked for the suspen-
sion of further action in the matter OF
grading their street, for the reason that
the present grade works an injury to
property on the east side of the street
and they allege that there is no travel
ron the street, and that the cost of the
proposed grading will be in excess of the
value of the property. Received and
filed.
J. H. Dayton protested against the
establishment of the proposed grade or
Bellevue avenue, between East and West
Edgeware road. Recommended that the
matter be referred to the City Surveyor
Adopted.
VIM. 6. Kerckhoff ct al, asked thai
steps be taken to open Sixth street from
Main to Wall. Recommended that the
same be referred to the City Attorne,
and City Surveyor. Adopted.
The Southern California Lumber Com
pany asked the privilege of constructins
a switch from the Los Angeles and Salr
Pedro railroad from point on Alameds
street into the Shearer tract. Recon-
mended that the same be referred to th,
City Attorney. Adopted.
s. @. Hubbell ct al. on BROOKLYN ave
nue. asked for q modification of the pres
ent established grade on their street
Recommended that the same be referred
to City Attorney. Adopted.
j. E. Murray, property owner on Or
ange street. alleged that the Los Angeles
Construction Company while grading al