Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-10-25
PUBLIC WORKS.


Improvements Antemaea BY the
Properly owners.
The Board of Public Works yesterday
visited various parts Of the city to look at
the improvements which the property
owners desire to make. The first place
visited was Hope street, between Third
snd Fourth streets. Here the property
owners desire to grade by making cut
of about ten feet. Several fine houses
havs been built on this street, and others
are in contemplation when the street is
graded. 1t was informally decided to
allow the property owners to grade, pro-
viding the intersection Of Third street is
graded.
From the hill at this point the traces
of the food of Wednesday could be seen
along the course of the Arroyo de Las
Reyes. 1t was stated that the water
came down the arroyo, crossing over
Pearl and Flower streets in such
volume as to brighten the resi-.
dents in the hollow. Some of the
ladies had to be carried out of their
houses, and their patches of vegetables
and flowers were completely demolished.
There are some portions Of Pearl street
near Sixth which are not sidewalked, and
the citizens in that neighborhood are of
the opinion that the sidewalks should be
put in. They therefore presented petit
ton, signed by majority of the resi-
dents, asking that the sidewalks be
ordered. The board, after visit to the
place, decided to order the sidewalks
constructed.
A petition had been received from the
residents on Wall street, between Fifth
aud Seventh, calling attention to the
amount of storm water which had been
directed ON their street during the rain.
1t appeared on inspection that the Zanja
Madre during the rains will not carry
the water, which spurts out of the man
holes at the corner of Fifth and Wall and
Sixth and Wall, and flows along Wall
street with sufficient force to carry away
the surface of the street. Deputy City
Engineer Lownes stated that the only
thing which could be done was to keep
the water out of the zanja by turning it
upon Alameda street.
A petition from residents on Maple
avenue, asking that distractions on the
west side of the street be removed, was
looked into. The property owner on the
west side of the street had built fences
extending to the electric car track on each
end of his property, and had tacKed up
sign boards bearing the following inscrip-
ton: "Private property; keep off," As
the map of the street was found to be on
record it was decided to request the
Street Superintendent to remove the OBJ
structions.
The property owners on Prospect street
Eouth of Pico asked permission to turn
pike the street so that the cutters could
be made to carry off the water which
flooded their yards, which in some
places were lower than the street. 1t
was decided that permission be given
them to turnpike.
Tho property owners on Prospect
street, between Ninth and Twelfth
streets, desired to grade, gravel and
curb the street, and as there were no
reasons to be found why this should not
be done it was decided that permission
should be given them, provided the
street intersections are also graded.
The Board of Public Works, which in
this instance was represented by Mr..
Wirsching and Mr.. Hamilton, then re-
solved itself into special committee
grade OF First street east of Chicago
6LIccb, bAO, accompanied W uAA. HAOA1o1h,
who is member of the committee, and
Mr.. Summerland the spot complained of
was visited. 1t appears that when the
cable road laid it's tracks they were on
the official grade, but when the street
was graded the grade given for the curbs
was not as high as it should have been.
In order to have the cable road con-
structed even with the curbs, the grade
should have been changed to conform
with the grade Of the curbs, but this was
not done, and in consequence the cable
road is about eight inches higher than
the street on each side. After an exami-
nation of the premiser, in which the
necessity for filling up the street was
made apparent, tn committee returned
to the city, and will make recommen-
dation to the Council on Monday.