Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-26
COUNCIL WORK.
Matters That Are TO Come Up for
Discussion.

Matters That Are TO Come Up for
Discussion.
Considerable important work is to
come up before the Council to-day.
Among other things bids are to be re-
ceived for lighting the city. Consider
complaint has been made during the
past two years over the way in which
the city has been lighted and it has
been claimed in the City Council that
the city was not getting the light for
which it paid. Another complaint has
been made against the terms of the con-
tract under which the city was lighted,
which provided that the lights were to
be lit when the moon was not shining,
according to the almanac. 1t frequently
happened that the almanac made
the moon shine when there was no sign
of her face in this city, and the conse-
quence was that the streets were very
dak and dangerous. Footpads have
taken advantage of this state OF affairs,
even at early hours of the evening. A
number of citizens have asked that the
lights be kept up whenever it is dark,
and not when the almanac says the moon
don't shine. 1t was limited last week
that proposition to light with gas
might be made, and possibly accepted,
and there were some who favored gas
more than electricity. The matter will
be discussed at length to-day, probably.
Another matter to come up is the fran
chise to the Southern Pacific Railroad, to
which amendments were offered at the
last meeting of the Council. 1t is proba-
BILE that vote on the matter
will be taken this afternoon
on the question as to whether
it will be granted or not.
The proposition of the Pacific Sewage
Company to provide the city with the
West system of filtration will probably
come up for discussion. 1t was laid over
for week at the last meeting to give the
City Surveyor time to prepare his state
mentand maps regarding the same. In
connection with the growers it is possible
that the Sewer Committee may have a
report upon the proposition of Mr.. J. G.
DAILY to sewer the city. The Committee
has been at work upon the proposition
during the week and Mr.. Daily states
that if the city wants its sewer system
built he will build it.
| The Finance Committee will state that
the streets are not being swept according
to contract and they will advise against
the payment Of the bills for the same.
Another important matter to come up
is the right-of-way of the Los Angeles,
Utah and Atlantic Railroad Company
The Board of Public Works recommend
ed that the iight-of-way be granted and
that the deeds to certain city lands
which the company desires be placed in
escrow, to be delivered to the company
at such time as they shall have the first
train in operation over the line, the work
to be commenced within one year and
finished in three. The Council is to fix
the consideration, but tie company pro.
poses to build levee from Hoff street to
the southern boundary of the city on
the east side of the river in consideration
that three pieces of city land be given
them. The matter will be discussed
to-day.
A Der of petitions have been filed
already for action, among others one
from Richard Garvey, asking permission
to excavate under the sidewalk at the
corner Of Ninth and Main streets, as he
intends to erect a brick business block at
that place. He also complains that the
curve OF the Ninth and Spring street rail-
road track is not according to the lines
given by the City Surveyor.
The property owners on York street
ask that it be graded from Main to Fig
ueroa.
Property owners at Boyle Heights ask
that cross walks be placed over First
street at che intersections of Boyle
avenue, Bailey, State, Cummings and
Chicago streets. The people on Second
street also ask for cross walks at the
intersection of Hill and Olive streets.
| The Fourth street property owners ask
that the grade of that street be estab-
lished between Hope and Flower.