Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-04
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Monday morning was taken.
! BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Recommended to be Acted UpOl
Tomorrow.
The Board of Public Works me
yesterday and transacted the follow
ing business:
On petition of John Yates for per
mission to remove a lamp post from
the corner of Sixth and Spring strsets
recommended that the same be de
MED.
On petition of O. Morgan ct al. te
have the grade changed, as estab
lished at the intersection of Brook
lyn, Pacific and Bridge streets, re-
commended that the matter be re-
ferred to the City Surveyor.
On petition OF the Los Angeles and
Glendale Rail oad Company for per-
mission to construct a temporary
platform and canopy to waiting sta
ton near Downey avenue bridge
recommended that they be allowed to,
erect and maintain waiting station
for six months.
On petition of A. f. Trampton ct al
constituting all the owners of lots
adjoining the alley lying next east to
Union avenue to have said alley
vacated, recommended that The City
Attorney be instructed to draft an
ordinance abandoning said alley il
sufficient proof has been furnished to
warrant the abandonment of the
alley.
On petition of James Hanley ct.
al, to have Chestnut Alley graded
and improved, recommended that the
City Attorney be instructed to draft
notice ct intention to grade, under the
On petition Of Charles A. Bell for
permission to grade Brooklyn Avenue
in front of his property, which has q
frontage of fifty feet, recommended
that the same be denied.
On petition OF Thomas B. Brown
ct. al to have grade as now estab-
lished on Ninth street, between Main
and Alameda streets left, Board asked
one weeks time.
On petition of John Haag ct. al, to
have grade established on Eighth
street, between Main street and San
Pedro street, recommended that the
City Surveyor be instructed to pre-
pare profile.
On petition of G. w. Lewis ct. AL, ,
to have the contract for the grading
of Pico street, between Olive and
Hill streets, completed, recommended
that the petition be placed on file.
On petition of E. E. Hall ct al, to
have the name of New Cincinnati
street, between Temple street and
Bellevue Avenue changed to Edge
ware Road, recommended that the
prayer be granted.
On petition Of 7. E. Brown ct. al,
horse fanciers, to have some part of
Hope street or Grand Avenue set
apart for the purpose of fast driving,
and on the protest of G. Ducommun
ct. al. against the above petition, rec
commended that the same be denied.
On petition of D. V. B. Hallan ct
al. to nave the poles supporting the
wires OF the electric railway on Pico
street, between Main and Pearl streets,
now standing in the middle of the
street removed to the sidewalk op-
posite, recommended that the
Street Superintendent be instructed
t. comply with prayer of petitioners.
On petition of the Second-street
Cable Railroad Company for an extern
sion of time to complete their road
recommended that the company be
allowed three months.
On petition of D. F. Donegan ct al.
to have Flower street graded, between
New Court House and Temple streets,
recommended that the prayer of the
petitioners be granted.
On petition of j. M. Davies ct al. to
have grade established on Belmont
avenue, between Temple street and
Bellevue avenue, recommended
that the matter be referred to the City
Surveyor.
On petition of M. L. Wicks ct al. to
have the City Surveyor establish
grade and prepare profile of Third
street, between San Pedro street and
Omar avenue, recommended that
the City Surveyor be instructed to
prepare profile.
Communication from the Los An
geles Railway Cable Com pany relative
to the instructions from F. G. Teed to
remove all culverts erected by the
company or extend them from curb to
curb was ordered fled.
The protest of Alfred Day, Jr., ct
al. against the change of the grade on
Virgin avenue, the Board deferred ac-
tion for ten days.
On petition of E. G. Burlingame for
extension of time to open cement
pipes on Temple street until the Street
Superintendent has extended the
pipes, recommended that the matter
be referred to the City Surveyor and
Street superintendent.
On petition of 1. B. Newton ct al,
to have the grade as now established
on Iona Drive left and protest against
any change of said grade, recon.
mended that the grade be left as es-
tablished.
On petition of the California Cen
tral Railway Company for permission
to grade the lot leased from the city
short time ago for astock-yard and
to build approaches to the stock-yard
and fill depressions on Downey ave-
nue., recommended that the prayer be
granted, provided they fill in Downey
avenue on the south side, full width.
Recommended that the City Clerk
be instructed to notify James Nc
Laughlin to remove the tracks on the
dummy line to the south side of
Temple street inside of ten days.
Recommended that the City Coun-
Gil take steps to alter the names of
streets where two streets are having