Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-05
PUBLIC WORKS.
Recon- m Ell dations to be Acted
Upon Monday.

| Upon Monday.
The Board OF Public Works met yesterday
and transacted the following business
On petition of Agnes Deutsch, to have tn
/ grade on Amelia street changed, as with the
| present grade the storm water does not al
| d ain off; recommended that the Il after be
referred to the City Surveyor.
| On petition OF 5. A. Randall eta)., to have
the grade established on Alvarado street
| from Ninth to Pico streets; recommended
that the City surveyor be instructed to pre-.
pare profile of the same.
On petition of +. ]. Plummer ct al, to
have street GRO sing laid down across
| Sixth street, at the intersection of sixth and
Pearl streets; recommended that it be re-
ferred to the Superintendent OF streets.
On petition vi J. +. Buddington et al. to
have the contract for grading on Virg'
| street, between Ocean View and Beauury
avenue amended; the Board took no action,
| as the contract had been let
On petition of X. S, Baker ct al, to have
| the grade stakes set on North Main street
ON Temple street to the river: the Board
declined to recommend any action to be
| taken, as the contract is a private contract
On petition of p. Beaudry ct al, to have
the grade reduced on Buena Vista street,
between Temple street and Bellevue avenue;
| recommended that actiou be deferred, as the
grade has been Established, and the only
reason that improvement have been delayed
| i, the suit of the city about the Beaudry
street jog.
Un petition of Joseph Stern and Walter
Maxwell for $1,000 due them for asphalt
| and granite paving on Main street, recon-
| mended that tbs City surveyor be Instructed
to inspect the work.
On petition of w. ]. Chichester to have
grade established and the work done on a
street not yet named, but running from
Seventh to Orange streets, the Board de-
clfned to make any recommendations until
said street was named.
T. On petition of J. Mitten to have culvert
on Temple street between Alyarado and
Newhall streets repaired as there is no
chance for the surface water to escape, re-
commended that the matter be referred to
the Street Superintendent.
eOn petition of w. p. Mcintosh ct al, to
have the presant grade OF Alpine street, be-
tween Yale and Montreal streets left as
orig nally established, recommended that
the prayer of petitioners be granted.
On petition of o. T. J uhnson ct al, to have
Ward st eet graded from its eastern termin-
us to the city limits, the Board de erred ac-
tion until the profile for said street is pre-
pared.
On petition of Frick Bros, to have line
and grade stakes set on Arroyo de los Reyes
from Pine street to reall street as they are
ready to lay said pipe, the Board took no
action as the matter had been put in the
City Surveyors hands.
On petition of Second Street Gable Road
Company praying for an exie nsior OF two
years time to complete the road as per fran
baugh voted in favor OF recon men ing an
extension of the franchise for one year.
Mr.. Cohen objected.
on petition Of Mr.. Shepard in behaE of
the California Central Railroad, to obtain II
lease OF the city property at ARROYO de los
Reyes for stock yard, recommended that
the petition be prepared in writing and re-
ferr to the Land Committee.
On petition of I. J. Richards ct al, to
have grade established on Lake View
avenue, between Seventh and eleventh
| Streets recommended that it be referred to
| the City Surveyor.
On p tition of John Burns ct ais, to hsve
grading, gravelng and curbirg on Flower
street, between Second and Court House
streets, as done by Mr.. Donegan, recon-
| NEEDED that it be referred TO City Surveyor
| for inspection.
On petition of C. Haus, 70 excavate under
sidewalk on First street, between Fort and
Spring streets, recommended that he be
allowed to eXcavate within two feet of the
curbing on condition that he will erect a
| resisting wal two feet thick inside of said
embankment.
On petition of F. G. Howes, VIM. Vickery,
Mrs. Catherine Wilson and Mrs. Juana A.
Neal to be allowed to excavate under side
walks, recommended that they be allow d
to excavate within two feet Of curbing on
condition that they construct retaining
wall two feet thick next to said embank-
ment.
ON petition of L. Ebinger, for q cross
Walk across 0prlnS StIeeJ III tue COTHer VI
Third and Spring streets, recommended
that the same be referI ed to the Superin-
tendent of the streets.
On petition oil Richa Zellner, Jr., ct al
TO have Montgomery street graded between
Figueroa and Bush streets, recommended
that it be referred to City Attorney DAILY,
TO prepare notice for grading under the
VrOOman Act.
On petition of John Kiefer to have the
| nOrtherly boundary line of Arcadia street
| established, the Board asked further time.
on petition of twOthirds of the property
owners on Main street from Ninth street
to Washington street, 10 have sewers laid
and the street paved, recommended that
the same be referred to the Council.
On petition of E. F Kysor for franchise
for street RAILROAD on Los Angeles street
from Arcadia street to Main street, the
Board asks further time
On petition of George /. Stearns for @
franchise to erect electric lights, recon-
mcnded that the same be denied as it does
not guarantee the fulflment of the ordi-
nance at specified time. and should be
amended so as to have all wires laid UNI der
the ground, furthermore it does not state
the exact streets intended to be occupied
and no floating grant will be allowed in the
streets of Los Angeles.
The Board then adjourned.