Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-07
PUBLIC WORKS.
Recommend dattOns to be Acted Upon
by the COunctI.

by the Council.
The Board of Public Works met Satur-
day morning at the Council chamber and
the following recommendations were de.
cided upon, to be referred to the Council
Monday:
That the bill of A. B. Marshall for
grading of the intersection of Beacon and
Seventh streets be paid.
That the bid Of Gray Bros. for laying a
sidewalk on Oak street at 1912 cents per
square foot for sidewalk and 3S cents per
lineal foot for curbing be accepted.
That the petition of w. Laydon Eng
lish and others to have the grade Of
Union avenue established, be referred to
the City Surveyor.
That the petition of the property owB-
ers on Lucas and Seminary avenues be
laid over for one week.
That the petition of William Holgate,
asking for compensation for certain lands
taken by the city to bridge Daily street,
be denied.
That the petition of William Wright,
asking for storm drain on Flower and
Washington streets, be referred to the
Sup6Iluteuutub vi SlICCtS.
That the petition of ]. M. Lang, to
have the lines Of Mozart street defined,
be referred to the City Surveyor to make
a map and fuller report than that now
submitted.
That the communication of DR.. Bryant,
relative to the opening up OF Second,
Third or Fourth street from Hill to Pearl.
be referred to the City Surveyor.
That the petition of J. A. Tyrer, to have
drain put in on Griffin avenue, be re.
ferred to the City Surveyor.
That the petition of William Colds
worthy for permission to quarry rock on
the Elysian Park lands be referred to the
Park Committee.
That the petition of Mrs. M. A. Palmer
asking for rebate for over assessment Of
her property on Hayes street be referred
to the City Attorney for his opinion.
That the matter of the street railway
franchise asked for by James S. Drake
and others, ior road running from Fort
and Fourth streets along Fourth, San
Pedro, Towne, Eighth and Pine streets,
and intervening streets and avenues, be
referred to the City Attorney and City
Surveyor to prepare an ordinance in &C.
cordance with the law.
That the Superintendent of Streets, to-
gether with the City Attorney, be in
structed to notify the Electric Railway
Company to at once put their road and
tracks in operative order or the Council
will declare the franchise forfeited.
That the Street Superintendent be in
structed to notify the Los Angeles Gable
Company to put their tracks on the
proper grade at the intersection of Sixth
and Olive streets.
That the petition Of the Depot Railway
Company for permission to pave their
tracks and for two feet each side of the
| same on Second street, between Spring
and Los Angeles streets, with granite
blocks, be granted under the conditions
that the work is done under the specif.
cations furnished by the City Surveyor.
That the petition OF Fred. w. Barron
for an extension of time on his Holmes
street contract be referred to the Street
Superintendent to examine and report
upon.
That ten days. further time be granted
to the Bituminous Lime Rock Company
to complete their contract on Main street.
That the petition of Henry Martz and
others, protesting against the grading Of
Diamond street, be referred to the City
Surveyor to see if sufficient frontage is
represented.
That the petition of L. Yoder, asking
for a storm drain and catch basin on
Kuhrts street, be referred to the City
Surveyor.
That the petition of Thomas Copley,
asking for the payment of $125 for grad
ing the intersection of Flower and Court
streets, be denied and the City Survey or
instructed to make an estimate of the
cost of the work if done by the chain
gang.
That the petition of John Cleibourne
ard others, complaining of distractions
on Canada street, be referred to the
Street Superintendent.
That the petition of G. White, asking
permission to repair the sidewalks on
Canal and Second streets, be referred to
the City Surveyor.
That the petition of Charles j. Fox,
complaining of the work of Thomas Cop
lev in grading Flower street and asking
that the contractor be compelled to make
the sidewalks of full width of IL feet,
be referred to the City Surveyor.
That the petition of Gray Bros, for an
extension of time on their contracts with
the city, be referred to the Street Super
intendent.
That the petition of G. Apablassa, ask
ing permission to put wooden walk
across Alameda street at Marchessault
street, be referred to the Street Superin-
tendent.
That the Street Supertendent be in
structed to cancel all building permits
for depositing building material in the
streets where parties are not going ahead
with due diligence, and that hereafter
only reasonable time be granted in per-
mits.
That the Street Superintendent be re-
quested to notify the several parties upon
Main, Spring and Sixth streets
as far as paved who have not heretofore
laid their sidewalks to do the same
within three days after notice.
That the Pine-street franchise as
amended by the Board be granted to the
Southern Pacific railroad.
The Board then adjourned.