Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-19
PUBLIC WORKS.

Recommendation % 10 Acted open
By the Council.
The Board Of Public Works met yes
terday and decided to make the follow
ing recommendations to the Council:
That the petition of R. 8. Coble,. ask
ing to have Alta street graded between
Downey avenue and Hawkins street. be
granted, and the City Engineer be in
structed to draft the necessary ordinance
of intention.
That on the petition of A. James, ct
al, calling attention to the accumulation
of storm-water at Pearl and Temple
streets and asking for relief, the property
owners on Pearl street be requested to
put in q drain at their own expense, as
per agreement at the time the grade was
changed.
That in the matter of storm water
nuisance south of Ninth street, as re-
ported upon by the City Engineer at last
meeting of Council, the City Engineer be
instructed to put gate in the pipe in
Ninth street, go that the same can be
closed during rains and opened to drain
the pond after the rains are over.
That in the matter of filling the arroyo
wet of Logan avenue and Seventh
street, the Street Superintendent be in
structed to see that the parties doing the
filling put in sufficient drains, as they
have stated to the board.
That the protest of H. s. Fudikar ct
nj. against the granting of franchise to
the Second-street cable railroad, unless
it agrees to build to the west city liue, be
filed.
That the protest of the West End
Board of Trade against granting the
franchise asked for by the Second-street
cable railroad be filed.
That the petition of w. r. Norton,
asking to be allowed to make Prospect
avenue a little wider by removing boul-
ders, be granted, provided the work is
done under the supervision OF the Street
Superintendent.
That the petition of James r. Boal,
asking to have the grade of King street
between Figueroa and Grand avenue
established, be granted, and the City
Engineer b. instructed to present ordi-
nance Of intention to establish said
grade.
That the petition Of Mrs. 9. Wilson,
asking that the intersection of First
street and Mott slley be ordered paved
with bituminous lime rock be granted,
and the City Engineer be instructed to
draft the necessary ordinance of inten-
ton.
That the petition of Joseph Bartlett,
asking that Carroll avenue be graded to
the established grade from Waters street
400 feet westerly, be granted, and the
ordinance Of intention to do said work
be passed.
That on the petition of G. B. Crow ct al,
asking that action be postponed in the
matter of widening Seventh street to
eighty feet from Main street to the west
city line, that Seventh street be made
eighty feet wide, with twelve-foot side
walks, east of Pearl street, and seventy
feet wide, with ten-foot sidewalks, west
of Pearl, and that the district of assess
ment be from Main street to the west
city line.
That on the communication of Stimson
Bros. ct al. stating that Hill street, be-
tween Pico and California, was graded
satisfactorily to them and in accordance
with specifications, said street be &C.
cepted.
That the petition asking that sidewalks
be laid on Olive street, between Second
and Third, be filed, as there are no sign.
Hrs on SAID petition.
That all petitions of the Second-street
cable railroad and thu Cahuenga Valley
railroad asking for franchises be referred
to the Council Cor its action.
That on the petition of Jesse Yarnell ct
al. asking that franchise be granted to
the Second.street cable railroad, at least
rs far as Alvarado street, franchise be
granted to said company, provided they
commence work within thirty days and
complete it within one year. and pro.
yided that said company make some ar.
rangement by which passengers can be
transferred from the Cahuenga Valley
railroad to the western terminus of the
Temple-street cable road.
That Truman and Hellman streets be
ordered graded from Downey avenue 70
Hawkins street and that the City Engin-
Ger be instructed to draft necessary ordi-
nances of intention.
That the Board OF Health be requested
to abate the nuisance caused by the pool
of stagnant water at the east end OF the
Kuhrts-street bridge.
That Jefferson street be ordered graded
between Main and Figueroa streets, and
that the ordinance of intention to do said
work be passed.
SANTA MONICA.