Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-10
PUBLIC WORKS.
Recommendations to be Acted Upon
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HecOBn men ndatlOnS to be Acted upon
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The Board of Public Works met yester-
day morning and made the following
recommendations
That the deed from NJ. Levy and A.
Jacoby, OF Los Angeles street near Ninth,
be referred to the City Surveyor to see ii
the land is correctly described.
That the petition OF X. Zellner and
others, to have zanja s II. piped across
the intersection OF Montgomery and Fig
ueroa streets, be referred to. the City
Surveyor.
That the petition from e. A. Preuss,
Postmaster, in pursuance of instructions
received from the superintendent OF Free
Delivery, to erect hardwood or iron posts
for the purpose of placing United States
mail boxes thereon, as the Government
deems it necessary to own its posts, so as
to exclude any one from making use OF
the same for advertising purposes, be
granted, provided iron posts be erected.
That the petition of G. w. Durfees and
others, for permission to grade, gravel
and curb Ninth street from Grand avenue
to Hope street, be granted, provided they
grade under specifications from the City
Surveyor.
That the petition OF G. +. Valiant and
others, to have the grade established on
Los Angeles street from East Pico street
to Washington street, be granted and
City Surveyor be instructed to estab-
lish it.
That the protest OF II. B. Benedict
and others, against the completion OF the
grade OF Chicago street, at present, be-
tween Brooklyn avenue and Stephenson
avenue, be referred to the City Surveyor.
That the petition OF John w. Ellis and
others, to have the grade established on
Belmont avenue, between Diamond and
Silver streets, be granted and the City
Surveyor be instructed to establish it.
That the petition of j. M. Donovan
and others, to have Broadway street, be-
tween Washington and Rouland streets,
made into park, to be known as the
Washington Place, with a street 120 feet
wide, with ten-foot sidewalks and park
forty feet wide in the center Of the street
be granted provided that they guarantee
that the plan will be carried out.
That the petition of r. Verch and
others, for permission to grade, gravel
and curb Regent street, from Fifth street
south one block, be granted provided
they perform the work according to the
specifications Of the City Surveyor.
That the petition Of III. G. Stevenson
and others, to have Figueroa street grad
ed, curbed and maeadamized, from
Washington street to Adams street, under
the Vrooman act, be referred to the City
Surveyor.
That the petition of G. s. Harrington
and others, to have the grade changed
on Virginia avenue, between Breed and
Soto streets, be denied.
That the petition of N. S. Overill and
others. to have the name OF Temperance
avenue changed to lockwood avenue, be
referred to the Special Street Committee.
That the petition of p. W. Thompson
and others, to have Earl street graded,
graveled and curbed from Fifth to
Seventh streets, be referred to the City
Surveyor.
That the petition Of Lee Bros. and
Douglas and others, for permission to
grade. gravel and curb Sunset avenue,
from Ward street to Ocean View avenue,
be granted, provided they work under
the specifications furnished by the City
Surveyor.
That the petition OF G. 4. Grow, con-
tractor, TO have the work on Second
street, between Hill ard Olive accepted,
relerIeu 70 the Clty surveyor 10 report.
That the petition Of ]. III. Blanchard
for the Board to take some action to pre-
vent the improper work being done on
Second street, be referred to the City
Surveyor.
That the Street Superintendent be in
structed to see that the slot in the Second
street cable-road does not exceed q OF an
inch in width; also to have the guard
rail removed from the said track at the
corner Of Second and Spring streets.