Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
PUBLIC WORKS.
Recommend to be Acted Upon
Tomorrow.

The Board of Public Works met yes
terday, Captain Barrett in the chair ant
full attendance present. The follow
ing recommendations were made to b.
acted upon by the City Council to-mor
row:
That the bid of A. A. Heitchew, fol
grading Hoff street, from Walnut te
Water street, at $1.90 per lineal foot, be
accepted.
That Chase & French be awarded the
contract to grade Ann street for $1.66 pei
lineal foot.
That Chase & French be awarded the
contract to grade Howard street from
Also to Macy at 81 SO per lineal foot.
That F. w. Barron be awarded the
contract to grade Patton street, from
Temple to Court street at $3.50 per
lineal foot.
That G. G. Adams have the contract to
grade Hope street, from Fourth to Fifth
street at 81 4S per lineal foot.
That D. F. Donegan be awarded the
contract to grade Victor avenue, from
Temple to Bellevue avenue at 81. 60 per
lineal foot.
That D. F. Donegan be awarded the
contract to grade CASTELAR, street, from
Waters to Alpine street at SLIGO per
lineal foot.
That the petition Of property owners
on Hanson street, complaining OF the
way in which the street in front of their
property was graded and that the work
was not done according to contract, be
filed. 1t was shown that the work was
now being fixed satisfactorily.
That the petition Of o. A. Moore, ask
ing the privilege to build a cesspool in
front OF his property on Downey avenue,
be denied.
That the petition Of G. Maholm and
others, asking that the grade be estab-
lished on Earl street, between Fifth and
Seventh, be referred to the City Sur
veyor.
That the petition of B. Geitson and
others, asking that the grade be estab.
lished on Walters street, between Ala
media and Buena Vista, be referred back
to the property owners with the recon-.
mendation that they petition for maca-
dam.
That the petition against Booth street
be referred to the City Attorney to see if
the requisite number of feet frontage
were represented.
That the request of James Cook to
put Fairbanks scale in front of his
place of business at the junction OF Main
and Kuhrts treet, be granted.
That the petition of Mercsd Abbott, to
lease triangular lot on Mission road and
Guirado street, be referred to the Land |
Committee.
That the petition of A. E. Sepulveda, to
lease lots 8 and of block II, Hancock's
survey, ten acres, for cultivation, be re-
ferred to the Land Committee.
That the petition of w. G.. Marsh for
an extension of ten days be granted him
to complete his grading contracts, be re-
ferred to the Street Superintendent.
That the petition of James Mclaughlin
asking for catch basin at the corner of
Second and Pearl, be filed and action
deferred.
That the petition of J, F. White, COM
planning OF the pavement of First street
between Main and Los Angeles streets,
be referred to the City Surveyor.
That the petition of r. Q. Shaw, in
reference to storm damage at Court House,
Temple and Flower streets, be filed and |
action deferred until the City Surveyor
reports.
That the petition OF ]. Marion Brooks,
complaining that the contractor who
graded Central avenue had charged
everything to the property owners and
had failed to assess the Vernon Street
Railroad Company for their proportion.
be referred to the Street Superintendent.
That the City Surveyor be instructed
to survey certain city lands and give the
City Attorney necessary information to
the city's title and possession
OF the same.
That the petition of Hugh Glassell and
others, asking that Waters street, be-
tween Temple and Court streets, be
graded, be granted, and that the City
Attorney be instructed to draft notice of
intention.
The following resolution was recon-
mended for adoption by the Council:
That during the paving now or here
after on any street, the City Surveyor be
authorized to design appropriate grades
at such intersections for the drainage of
surface water; and tho contractor or
contractors laying such pavement be
and instructed to improve,
dress up and grade such intersections
according to said design OF the City Sur
veyor, the account of the time and ma
terials used thereon to be kept by the
inspector in charge of the work and paid
for on the certificates of the City sur
veyor.
That the grade of Twelfth street, be-
tween Main and San Pedro, be changed
so as to conform with the cement side
walk now laid on said street.
That the grade of Eleventh street be
similarly changed for similar reason.
That the petition of ]. M. Davies, for
a street railway franchise, be filed and
action deferred for the time being.
The matter of granting franchise to
j. S. Drake and others, for street rail-
road over the following streets, was con.
sidered Commencing at the junction of
San Pedro and Fourth streets thence to
the junction of Fourth street and Towne
avenue thence southerly to Fifth street
thence easterly to Gladys avenue, the
right to run over the tracks of the Fifth
street branch of the Main street and
Agricultural Park street railroad; thence
southerly along to Seventh street; thence
easterly to Elmore avenue; the right to
use the tracks of the Electric or Cable
street railroad; thence southerly to
Eighth street; thence easterly to Ten
nessee avenue; thence southeasterly to
Pine street; thence easterly to Orange
avenue; thence southerly to the south
erly boundary line of the city limits of
the city. A special committee ap-
pointed to consider the franchise, re-
ported that they had agreed upon an
ordinance which they recommended for
adoption, Referred to the Council.