Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-22
THE COUNCIL.
Police Commissioner Hervey
Lindley Resigns.
T. A. LEWIS HIS SUCCESSOR
One Bid to Take the City Sewage
The Wing Dams to Protect
the Bridges.

The City Council met yesterday morn
ing, President Frankenfield in the chair,
and Councilmen Wirsching, Summer
land, McLain, Van Dusen, Hamilton,
Brown and Shafer, present.
A number of bids for constructing the
new school buildings reached the City
Clerk fifteen minutes late.
Mr.. Wirsching suggested that they be
laid aside until Building Superintendent
Muchmore be heard on the subject.
Mayor Hazard returned without his
approval the demand Of Contractor Han
Ion for $52 200, for the reason that there
ID not enough money in the City Hall
fund to pay the whole amount, and Mr..
Hanlon requested that he be allowed to
put in separate demands. Reconsidered
and referred to the Finance Committee.
Mr.. Hamilton moved that the receiv-
ing OF bids for the construction of school
houses be postponed for one week, and
that the hour up to which the bids be
received be fixed at IL o'clock.
Mayor Hazard returned without his
approval an ordinance governing the
grading Of streets by private contract, on
the ground that the matter is covered in
the charter. Reconsidered and referred
to the City Attorney.
The Mayor also returned without his
approval, demand passed by the Police
Board. Referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
The report of the City Auditor, as to
the condition of the city funds, was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The Street Superintendent was in
structed to have q sidewalk built on
Buena Vista street, opposite the Baker
Iron Works, at the expense of the prop.
erty owner.
The matter of paving the northwest
quarter of the intersection of First and
Los Angeles streets was referred to the
City Engineer and City Attorney.
The report of the City Engineer, as
published in the HERALD, was read and
adopted.
Mr.. Van Dusen moved that the Clerk
be instructed to advertise for bids for
wings to protect the levee and bridges.
Carried.
The City Engineer presented map Of
Macy street from Los Angeles street to
the river, which was adopted and de.
clared official. An ordinance of inten-
ton to widen the street was read and
referred to the Board of Public Works.
A map of Denver avenue was adopted
and declared official, and the ordinance
providing for the opening of the same
was referred to the Board of Public
Works.
An ordinance of intention to improve
portion of Requena street by the con-
struction of sidewalks was read and
adopted.
The report of the Board of Public
Works, as published in the HERALD or
Saturday, was read and adopted.
An ordinance of intention to grade
Carol avenue was read and adopted.
The matter of the widening Of Seventh
street came up on the recommendation
of the board that it be made eighty feet
wide east of Pearl street and seventy feet
wide west to the city limits. Mr.. Hervey
Lindley appeared and stated that if the
whole street was to be included in one
district he was in favor of making the
street of uniform width of eighty feet
Mr.. Forester said that fully three
quarters of the property.owners west o.
Pearl would object to making the street
eighty feet, unless the assessment district
were extended $50 feet on each cross
street.
Several Councilmen expressed them
selves as of the opinion that as the city
had expended great deal Of money in
that part of the city, the people should
give good street to the park.
The ordinance making the street eighty
feet wide was adopted.
A recess was taken at this point unit
2 O'Clock.