Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-27
PUBLIC wORRs.
Recon- lamentations m to be Acted Upon
by the Council.

PUBLIC WORRS.
recommendations TO be Acted UpoH
by the Council.
The Board of Public Works met yester
day morning at the Council Chamber, al
the members being present. The follow
ing recommendations were passed upor
to be presented to the Council Monday
That the petition of A. N. McBurney
and others to grade Nichols avenue from
College Hill to Arnold street. be granted
That the remonstrance of Louis Gott
schalk and others, against the grading oi
Ocean avenue at this time be referred
to the City Surveyor.
That the Street Commissioner give A.
N. Wilson & Co., the necessary exten.
sion of time to complete the grading oil
Eighth street from Main to Alameda.
That the communication of Edwin N.
Fletcher, in relation to grading back of
the City Gardens interfering with the
water flume, be referred to the Zanja
Committee.
That the petition of the Second.street
Gable Road for privilege to dig such
trenches as are necessary to drain Sec
ond street from Flower street to Beaudry
avenue, be referred to the City Surveyor
with power to act.
That the petition of F. J. Coenen,
complaining that the construct on of the
levee at the corner of Daily street and
Swain, in East Los Angeles, was injur-
ing his property, and that relief be az
forded him, be not granted.
That the communication OF Joseph
Hyans, complaining of the condition Of
Temple street west of Bellevue avenue.
be referred to the Street Superintendent.
That the protest of F. Fl. Reynolds
and others against having Olive street,
from Fifth to Seventh, paved be referred
to the City Attorney.
That the contract for grading Lucas
avenue, from Fourth to Diamond, be
awarded to NJ. g. Marsh at $4.1S per
lineal foot.
That the work of paving between Main
and Los Angeles on First be accepted
and the Street Superintendent be in
structed to give a certificate for the work
to Contractor Scht erer.
That the paving of Marchessault street |
in front of the property of F. @. Howes |
be accepted and the Street Superinten-
dent be instructed to give certificate for
the same to the contractor.
Tha the protest of d. Jones and others
against the paying of New High street
from Franklin to Marchessault street, be
referred to the City Engineer to see il
the necessary number of feet is repre-
sented.
That the petition of S. G. Hubbell to
establish the grade of Also street
from the bridge east to Pleasant avenue
be referred to the City Engineer.
That the petition of NJ. Hagan to do
forty-one feet of grading on the west side
of Alvarado street, from Seventh to
Ninth, be granted.
That the City Surveyor submit a map
Of Loomis street, showing the proposed
line of said street.
The Board decided to 60 over the pro.
posed line of the extension of the Depot
Street Railroad line to Sixth and Woifs-
kill avenue and examine the line. The
Board were all in favor of granting the
franchise, and they decided to go at
once.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted by the Board:
"We recommend that the City Attor-
ney be instructed to at once commence
in the State courts against
the Temple-street Dummy Railroad to
compel the said road to remove its rails
rom the streets and declare its franchise
forfeited"
This resolution was called forth by the
petition Of Joseph Hyans. In his petit
ton Mr.. Hyans sets forth that the ,
Dummy Company have failed to keep
The road in a decent condition.
A committee, headed by ex-Mayor
Workman and ]. II. Book, owning
property on First street, came before the
Board and made an argument in favur
If widening First street from Los Angeles 8
street to Alameda. J. M. Davies was
also before the Board arguing against :,
such widening of the street on the ground
hat the frontage which he owned was
eased for long term of years and it '
would greatly incommode his tenants. i
Mayor Workman argued that num- q
Der of property owners would 60 to work !
Ind erect new buildings if the street
we're widened at once. Inasmuch as the
natter of the width'of the street was not I
settled, the erection of new
buildings was greatly impeded, and a
lead stop was put on all new improve
nents of the street. This, the ex- Mayor
argued, was great reason why the
matter should be settled at once.
1t was finally ordered that the City
commence proceedings under
;he new Charter to condemn the neces-
,ary amount of land and set the curb on
\ new line. This is to make the street
,ighty feet wide, from Wilmington street
10 Alameda.