Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-24
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Petitions of Many sorts and stree
Matters Considered.

day morning at the City Hall. A full
Board was present, and the important
business transacted during the session is
published below:
In the matter Of street sweeping, the
Board recommends that the bids OF +. O.
Burlingame be accepted for sweeping
streets by machine at the following
rates: Paved streets, so feet wide, $27. SO
per mile; paved streets, less than So
feet wide, $25 per mile graveled streets,
80 feet or more in width, $40 per mile;
graveled streets, less than so feet wide,
at $35 per mile; also that the City Attor-
ney be instructed to draw the resolutions
of awarding tbe contract.
The Superintendent OF Streets pre-
scented report which was ordered filed.
In connection Herewith the Board rec
commended that the Street Superintend-
ent be instructed to close. .Downey avenue
bridge to traffic, the bridge having been
inspected and declared in a dangerous
condition.
A protest against the extension and
widening OF Wall street, by G. l.. La
moreaux ct al, representing frontage
of 4740 feet out of total frontage Of 6760
feet on Wall, between Second and Sew
enth streets, was received. On motion
the protest was referred to the City At
torney.
Mrs. Matilda S. Bowers asked that
q. Graham street, in East Los Angeles be
abandoned and closed and stated that il
this is done she will give five feet toward
the widening of Canada street. The re-
quest was filed.
T. 49, tho dt1y,, rnud av,d
Spring-stree road, and all other forfeited
ated roads, and all roads not complying
franchises, the Board recommended that
the City Attorney be instructed to 60 up
to the Attorney Generals office and file
franchises, forfeited and obtain the order
of the Court to have the railway tracks
removed at once.
The petition of J. M. Griffith ct al.
asking that the line Of Chavez street be
defined, from its intersection with Main,
near Alameda street, north to Main
street, was referred to the City Surveyor.
w. F. Edgar ct al, property owners
on Figueroa street, between Washington
and Adams streets, protested against any
lllCI dCtiOil tllO AhhbtCA VI paving vi
macadamizing that street, for the reason
that the street is already in excellent
condition; that the paving proposed is
practically monopoly in which there is
no chance for competition that the
movement for paving the street is moi
indorsed by majority of the property
owners, and that the water mains on the
street are too small and will have to be
,a1oiJ fovathor xpitb eauar opd Voe
mains, necessitating the tearing up Of
the street in very short time. The
Board decided to ask further time for the
consideration of this petition.
A communication from W. r. Stephen
son, resident on First street, was re.
ceived. Petitioner asks that that street
be paved at once. He states that all the
residents on the street want the work
pushed; that the street is in very bad
condition, and that the work should be
commenced at once in order to complete
it before the rainy season. AS action in
this matter has already been taken by
the Board, Mr.. Stephenson's petition
was simply placed on file.
f. Mendenhall and other property
owners on Callado street, between Dia
mond street and Western avenue, asked
that the grade on that street be estab
iished. Recommended, that the City
Surveyor establish the grade, and make
necessary profles.
The petition OF E. E. Hall ct al.
property owners on Bellevue avenue, wal
received. Petitioners ask permission te
do their own grading from Edgeware roaC
and New Cincinnati street to Laguna anC
Lomitas streets. Recommended tina
petitioners be granted permission to dt
their own grading; progided, that the
work is done in accordance with thu
specifications for graveled streets, ant
under the supervision OF the City Sur
veyor.
Colonel Walter S. Moore and othe
property owners on Fieueroa street asket
that Figueroa street be ordered curbe,
and sidewalked from Pico to Washington
street. Recommended, that petition b.
referred to the City Attorney, with in
structions to draw a Resolution of Inten
ton to curb and sidewalk the street unde
the provisions of the Vrooman Act.
Frank H. Irwin and others presen' ed
plat and asked that the Arroyo de Lo
Reyes be piped on Pacheco street in &C
cordance Herewith. The Board decided
to ask further time to consider this mat
ter.
o. f. Chesebrough ct al, propert,
owners on East First street, called atten
ton to the condition OF the grade AM
drainage on the east end of First street
necessitating a heavy cutting and tn
construction of culvert, and asked tina
the city do this work Further time wa
also asked to consider this matter, TO
the reason that the lots of petitioner
now have a depth of only from IN fo 10
feet, already too shallow for bushes
purposes; that they have recently erecte
$4,000 building on Los Angeles stree
portion of which will have to be move
by said widening; that their property o
First street is leased, and great damag
and loss would result to them by sal
widening, and that so long as the stree
between Main and Fort remains at il
present width there is no need of wider
ing the street between Main and Los Al
geles streets.
John J. Jones ct al. asked that Secon
street, from Alameda to Santa Fe stree
be graded under the Vrooman act. Re
commended that the City Attorney be il
structed to draw resolution Of intentio
to grade under the Vrooman act, 30 500
as deeds conveying the street to the cit
are filed with him.
The Board recommended that specii
cations for street grading No. s, 9
amended, be adopted.
The Board recommended that specil
cations No. for street grading
adopted, and that Sixth street, from M
son to Pearl street; and Fort street, frol
Temple to Sixth street, be paved in a
cordance Herewith.