Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-22
PUBLIC WORKS.
recommendations to be Acted Upon
by the Council.

Otey Aioh yOotOANdJ Odpt. Dbl
rett in the chair.
The following bid was recommended
for acceptance by the Board: Fred w
Barron, for grading Home street ct $5 2;
per lineal foot, provided that he at ono,
signs his contract and gives bonds with
in five days frorc date, for the grading o
Hof street from Walnut to Lecouyreu
streets.
Tie Board recommended that the bic
of David Mulrein for laying cement pave
ment on San Fernando street be rejected
it being the only bid received.
Recommended that the Street Super
intendent be instructed to put in bricl
well at the corner of Seventh street and
Lake Shore avenue, to unite the Seventh
street storm water drain with the over
flow pipe from west end of the park
lake.
Recommended that the work of grad.
ing and paving and curbing with granite
OF the half width Of Second street from
Hill to Olive street be accepted.
The petition of r. Zellner ct al, prop.
erty owners obtaining water from Zanja
8 K out of Walter S. Moore's place, ask
ing that branch pipe be laid under Ne
vada street,as said street is to be graded,
was referred to the Zania Committee.
The petition of E. F. Spence, asking
permission to construct a sidewalk in
front of his property on the corner of
Sixth and Pearl streets, being lots No.
%, 20, "a, 25 and 26,in O'Melveny's sub
division of 221a 0. S., was granted on
condition that the work be done under
the supervision of the Street Superin-
tendent and in accordance with the
specifications relating to cement side.
walks.
The petition of J. L. Gil6llan ct al,
property owners on Claribel street,
between Belmont and Union avenues,
asking permission to do their own grad
ing on said street, between said points,
was granted, provided the work be done
under the supervision of the City Sur
veyor and in accordance with speciica-
tions for gravelled streets.
A. H. Suskind ct al, property owners
on Diamond street, petitioned to have
the grade of said street established be-
tween Pearl street and Lake Shore
avenue. The matter was referred to the
City Surveyor with instructions to estab.
lish the same.
The petition Of 7. B. Mcdonald ct AL. :,
property owners on Claribel street, be-
tween Belmont and Union avenues, ask
ing to have said street graded between
said points, was referred to the City Sur
veyor with instructions to establish the
same.
The attention OF the Board was called
by H. Mcclellan to certain specific defects
in the grading of West Washington
street in front of lots /, 2 and 4, Los
Angeles Homestead Association. The
matter was referred to the City Surveyor
for investigation.
The statement of J. B. Frick, con-
tractor for cement pavement on Upper
Main street, to the effect that his work on
said street cannot be finished because no
skylights have yet been put in in front of
the Louvin Block, was received.
The Street Superintendent reported
that ne had asked for the removal of the
electric light mast at Upper Main and
Marchessault streets, as the Niles Block is
in process of construction and the mast
was in the line of the curbing, and he
asked that measures be taken to clear
the street of all distractions so that he
may proceed with his work. He was
given instructions to remove the obsta-
cles from the street at once.
The petition of E. K. Green ct AL,
committee of the West Side Improve
ment Association, asking that certain
fire plug at the corner of Seventh street
and Union avenue standing in the street,
be removed, and culvert constructed at
Ninth and Buckley streets across Ninth,
was referred to the Street Superintendent
with instructions to remove said obstruc-
ton.
Geo. Fl. Smith ct al. petitioned that
the survey of Elysian Park avenue ba-
tween Canal street and the northeast COR
ner of lot 2, block "a, Hancock's survey,
be located and improved with a clear
drive of forty feet between curbs, and be
declared a public street. The matter
was referred to the City Surveyor to re-
port as to practicability.
The petition OF @. S. Miles, asking
that as the name of Virgin street has
been changed by ordinance to Alpine,
the true name be placed at the corner OF
said street, was referred to the Street Su-
perintendent to carry out.
The communication received from the
Superintendent of Streets, which is filed
with the report of the Board, in connec-
ton Herewith the Board recommended
that the City Clerk be instructed to ad- |
vertise for bids to supply lumber Of the
designated sizes to be delivered at the |
sixth street yard and East Los Angeles !
engine house in lots of not less than l 900
feet, the contract to continue during the
pleasure of the Council and that in re the
storm water drains the Superintendent
be authorized to take such action as he
may deem necessary.
The Board recommended that the petit
tion OF Hervey Lindley ct al, property
owners on Seventh street, west of Pearl
street, for the removal of fence be re.
ferred to the Street Superintendent
with instructions to remove same as soon
as the City Surveyor shall define the
line of said street.
The petition of w. H. Dunning ct al,
asking that the lines of Loomis street
from Orange to Sixth streets, be defined,
was referred to the City Surveyor.
The petition of G, A. Paige, asking that
six months further time be granted for
the completion of his street car line on
Mission Road from Albert street to the
east city line to enable the residents on
that road to complete their grading, etc.,
was granted to the extent of ninety days.
The Board then adjourned.
The Fire BELL.
About A 80 o'clock yesterday morning
an alarm was turnad in at Fncine No