Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-07
PUBLIC WORKS.

prosecution is pretty near ready to rest.
PUBLIC WORKS.
Rec lamentations 80 He Made to
The Council Monday.
The Board of Public Works met yes
terday and decided to mako the follow
ing recommendations to the Council on
Monday:
That the petition of W. II. Mace pro-
testing against the laying of sidewalks on
Orange street, between Pearl and Kip,
be filed.
That the protest of Mrs. II. P. Lantz
ct al. against the proposed grading of
Eighth street, between Grand avenue
and Pearl, be granted, and the Clerk be
instructed to suspend further proceed
ings in the matter.
That on the petition of M. G. McKoon
| ct al, calling attention to the damage
done to Kip street by recent storms, the
Street Superintendent bs directed to re-
pair said street.
That the petition of G. 3. Hamil-
ton ct al. asking permission to grade
Patton street, between Temple and Belle.
vue avenue, by private contract, be
granted, and the City Attorney be in
structed to draft an ordinance accord
ingly.
That the protest of N. w. Stowell, in
regard to the grading Of portion OF
Tenth street, in front of lot on southeast
corner of Grand avenue, be referred to
the City Clerk to ascertain from the
records whether the protestant paid for
the grading Of said street, as claimed;
said record being in volume 81 , page 407
Of City Records.
That the protest of V. sotello ct al.,
against the grading of Walters street,
from Alameda to Upper Main, be denied,
as sufficient frontage to bar the work is
not represented.
That on the protest of Mrs. L. @.
Easton, against the grading of Grand
avenue in front of her property, between
Third and Fourth streets, the Street Su-
perintendent be directed to notify the
contractor that the proceedings called
for grading only that portion of the street
not already graded and accepted.
That the protest of ]. Garibsldi, against
the grading of Walters street, from Upper
Main to Buena Vista, be denied, as no
amount Of frontage is stated in the pro-
test.
That the protest OF s. c. Foy, against
the proposed change in the grade of
Seventh street at Pearl street, be referred
to the City Engineer to confer with Mir.
Foy, as the reasons stated in his commu.
nication are the very reasons why the
change should bs made.
That the petition of Mrs. Geo. Stone
man, calling attention to the dangerous
condition Of the alley west of Grand
avenue and between Manhattan and
Adams streets, be referred to the Street
Superintendent with instructions to see
that the ordinance requiring that all
gravel pits be fenced, be at once COM
piled with.
That in regard to the grading of Hope
street, between Fourth and Second
streets, an invitation be extended to the
property owners interested to meet the
board next Friday at 10 a. m.
| That the petition of Lewis Wilson ct
al, asking that Buena Vista street be
graded between Bishops road and the
south line of Solano avenue, be referred
to the City Engineer to draft the neces
sary ordinance of intention.
That the petition of Eliza Griffin, pro.
testing against the manner in which
Farragut street is being graded, be re-
ferred to the Street Superintendent to
investigate.
That in the matter of grading portion
of Turner street, on which no bids have
been received, the clerk be instructed to
re-advertise.
That the petition of J. T. Murray,
calling attention to the fact that five feet
taken off of his lot on Seventh street bywas
the city, said lot being lot No. Is, block
10 of the Fairmount tract, be filed.
| That the ordinance to re.grade the
streets in the Temple-street district, be
passed.
The board again calls attention to the
matter of the grade at Bellevue avenue
and Holiday street. The grade can be
fixed by lowering the curb for short
distance on the side of the street at q
much smaller cost than to raise the other
side to conform Herewith.
In regard to the limits in whish brick.
kilns shall be maintained, the board asks
| for further time in which to make q re.
port.
On the communication from E. W.
Montgomery asking to be allowed, at his
own expense, to dig q trench in Cush-
man street to carry off the storm water
from flooding his premises, recon-.
! mended that the same be referred to the
| City Engineer for investigation.
Recommended that the following petit
tions be filed, as the matters to which
they refer have been acted upon: OF
Sarah G.. Hildreth; of John A. Willis,
against the proposed change Of grade of
Buena Vista street; OF James r. Walker
of Chas. J. Ellis of Frank E. Adams OF
H. Greenwalt ct al; Of M. 8. Hasham
of Cahuenga valley railroad of J. B.
Esgan ct al, and of A. L. Austin ct al.
together with the ordinance to lay side
walks on Olive street, between Second
and Third.
Recommended that the grades of
Strelitz street, and of Fourth and Fifth
streets, between Lucas and Bixel, be es-
tablished, and the City Engineer be IL
structed to present the ordinance of il.
tention.
Recommended that the bid of Boyes &
Crowley for grading Jefferson street, be-
tween Main and Figueroa streets, at
$1.54 per lineal foot, be accepted, and