Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-01
PUBLIC WORKS,

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i PUBLIC WORKS.
Recommendation TO be Acted
Upon Monday.
The Board of Public Works met in
regular session at the City Hall yester.
day morning at 10 O'Clock.
In the matter of the protest against
the grading of Edgeware road, on the
grade as already established, the Board
recommended that the matter be referred
to the City Surveyor, to investigate at
once.
The bids for street grading submitted
to the Board were examined. The ac-
ceptance of the following was recon-
mended: Walnut street, from Hoff
street to Arroyo street, Backman, Chase
& Co., at $2.76 per lineal foot; Holmes
street, on each side, F. M. Monroe, $4.7S
per lineal foot; Hoff street, each side, to
Fred M. Barron, at $1.35 per foot; An.
son, at $1.99 per foot; Hansen
street, to N. M. Wilson, at $2.S8 per foot !;
Brooklyn avenue to w. H. Roper at
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line of Main to Alvarado street, N. M.
Wilson, 50 "a per foot.
The bid received from Gray Bros. for
cement curb and cement sidewalk on
San Fernando street was rejected by
formity with the law. The Board recon-
mended that the City Clerk be instructed
to advertise again for bids.
| Tho Y,otitiov, of Tob,, D;ol>otk o1o
property owners on Maple street, asking
width from Washington street to Ellis
mended that the petition be referred to
the City Attorney.
The petition Of W. H. Bonsall ct AL,
property owners on Seminary street, ask
ing that they be allowed to grade their
street in front of their premises, was
read. The Board recommended the
granting of the petition, provided Pc
titioners grade the whole block.
1. w. Phelps ct al, property owners on
Ventura street, protested against the
grading of said street at the present time,
on the ground that it would materially
injure the property on said street and on
the cross streets connecting Herewith in
stead OF bene6tting the same. It was
decided by the Board to ask for further
time on this matter.
| Frank H. Kapitcky ct al, representing
a majority of the frontage on Hayes
street, asked to have their street between
Hof and Mozart streets graded under
the Vrooman act. The Board recon-
mended that the City Attorney be in.
structed to draft resolution and notice
of intention to grade the same.
In the matter of the petition of s.
Brown and others in regard to the great
irregularity in the present numbering ol
the city and asking for bidder for new
numbering, the Board recommended that
this petition be granted upon condition
that charge Of no more than ten cents
for small, and fifteen cents for large num-
bers, where numbers are required, be
made, at no expense to the city.
| Alfred Solano ct als., property owners
on Tenth street between Hill and Olive
streets, asked that the double line OF
cable roads to be constructed on their
street, be laid on the level of the side
walks which are on grade and were con-
structed under the direction of the City
Surveyor. The Board recommended
that the matter be referred to the City
Surveyor, to investigate and report.
John r. Porter ct al, property owners
on South Pearl street, asked that the
grading, curbing and matchmaking to
the official grade, under the Vrooman
act, of that portion OF South Pearl street,
from the north line of Sixth street to the
north line of Pico street, except such
portion of said street as is required by
law to be kept in order and repair by
any person having railroad tracks there
on, be done. In the matter the Board
recommends that the petition be granted
anil that the City Attorney be instructed
to draft resolution for the work to be
done in accordance with specifications
accepted by the City Council.
A communication was received from 8.
l. Haas, asking to have the grade Of
Council street established, in order that
he may improve his property. Recon-
mended that City Surveyor be instructed
to establish the grade.
Gustave Heiman, ct al, properly own
ers on Sand street petitioned, protesting
against the building of cable road OF
street railway on their street, if such
building necessitates the widening. of
said street. Petition filed.
In the matter of the plans and specif.
cations for vault front for the new City
Hall, as submitted by Architects Caukin
& Haas, the Board recommended that
the plans and specifications be adopted
and that the City Clerk be instructed to
advertise for bids for thirty days.
| The petition Of William McGarvey ei
al, property owners to the northwest o.
the city Of Los Angeles, asking that
Bellevue avenue be opened, graded and
put in condition, and that no street rail
ways or steam roads be allowed tt
traverse it, was received. The Boart
asked that the property owners take
action and grade the street, and recon-
mended that no street car franchise bt
granted on this street.
! Board adjourned.
KOsaki,s Sentence.
1 Kosaki, the diminutive Jap, who was
charged with brutally assaulting Bessie
Deyo, the little schoolgirl, on San Fer
nando street recently, and who was con
victed in the Superior Court of the crime
of assault to murder, came up for sen