Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-06


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 of intention to grade, under the
Vrooman act.
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 I. E. Brown ct. al,
horse fanciers, to have some part Of
Hope street or Grand Avenue Sc,
apart for the purpose of fast driving
and on the protest of O. Ducommun
ct. al. against the above petition, rec
commended that the same be denied
On petition of d. V. B. Hallan et
al. to have 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
Gable 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 NJ. 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 Gable Company relative
to the instructions from f. G. iced to
remove all culverts erected by the
company or extend them from curb to
curb was ordered filed.
The protest of Alfred Day. Jr., ct
al. against the change of the grade on
Virgin avenue, the Board deferred &C.
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 l. 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
trail Railway Company for permission
to grade the lot leased from the city
short time ago for a stock-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
the same names and give the prefer
ence to the street which was first
named,
Recommended that Alex Dallas be
allowed $1,000 on contract for grading
West Pico street.
Mr.. Hanley called attention to the
condition of the street car railway
tracks on Daley street near Grand
street, and near the corner of Spring
and Fifth streets.
On motion the clerk was ordered to
notify the street railway company
to place its track in accordance with
the established grade.
The reoort of the Finance Commit
tee relating to the matter of appoint
ing deputy assessors was called up and
Mr.. Sinsabaugh stated that he thought
a careful investigation should be
h4esNO eSso w cA1O WIN POoOuNy VI tAC ulCu
recommended, as a great deal OF
trouble had been created heretofore
by employing incompetent men.
The Finance Committee reported
the list of men heretofore given
in the HERALD and recommended
that their salery be fixed at $50 per
month.
City Assessor Stevenson was called
upon for information, and stated that
the nine deputies chosen were men
selected by reason of their past expe-
rience in the work, and he considered
them all competent men. They were
ready to go to work at 12 NJ, but when
they heard the committee had fixed
their salary at $50 per month several
of them refused to accept the place,
preferring to remain in the office.
Mr.. Collins moved to amend by fix
ing their salary at 500. Motion lost.
A vote was then taken on the rec
ommendation of the Finance Commit
tee, which was also lost.