Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-05
PUBLIC WORKS.


Rscsmmenaasions g Do Acted Upon
Menday.
The Board of Public Works met yes.
terday morning and decided to make the
following recommendation to the Coun.
Gil on Monday:
That F. w. Barron be allowed twenty
days extension Of time in which to com.
plete his contract for the grading of Silver
street.
That the Street Superintendent be or
dered to issue new warrant and assess
ment for the grading Of Adams street,
between Main and Figueros streets.
That action with reference to the OPEN
ing OF Adams street east Of sen Pedro be
postponed for the present.
That the petition of DIR. Hagan asking
that certain alleys be vacated in blocks
/ G and D in the Lake Shore tract, be
| granted, provided the alleys through the
center of said blocks be extended north
erly to Eighth street.
That the petition of A. Barlow asking
to have his name removed from the pro-
test against the improvement of Soto
street be fled.
That the petition Of G.. Tononi ct al,
asking to have Walters street paved
with porphyry between Alameda and
Buena Vista streets, be granted, provided
a cement or granite curb be constructed
along the line of roadway.
That the action of the Street Superin-
tendent be sustained in the matter OF &C.
cepting Hill street between Pico and Cal
ifornia.
That the petition OF II. P. DAILY, calling
attention to the accumulation of dirt on
Spring street and other paved streets, be
received and filed.
That the petition Of property-owners
on Flower street, between Pico and
Washington streets, asking that the side
walks be made twenty feet wide, be
granted, and the Street Superintendent
be instructed to accept the street with
twenty-foot sidewalks between said
points.
That the petition of P. M. Darcy ct al. !,
calling attention to the nuisance created
by the brick-yards north of College
street, be referred to the Board of
Health.
That the petition of Geo. T. Fifield ct
al, asking to be allowed to grade Adams
street, between Main and San Pedro, be
granted, provided the work be done
under the direction of the Street Super
intendent and according to the regular
specifications, and that the contractor
enter into contract with the Street
Superintendent as per new ordinance
providing for the same.
That the petition Of Mary s. Mann and
j. B. Lankershim, asking that Los An
geles street be opened, be filed, as the
matter had been acted upon.
That the petition of M. Levy & Co.,
protesting against the sidewalk on
Brooklyn street being made fourteen feet
wide, be received and fled.
That the motion of Mr.. Summerland
that sign be allowed to be placed in
the curb on First street east of Spring
street be granted, provided said sign is
erected under the direction of the Street
Superintendent.
That the petition of the Cahuen ga Val.
ley Railway Company, asking that &C.
ton be rescinded by which franchise of
said road was surrendered to the city, be
referred to the City Attorney for an
opinion.
That the petition of the Second Street
Gable Railway Company, asking for
franchise, be postponed for one week,
as protests and petitions will be before
the Council Monday.
That the following Communication
from the Street Superintendent be acted
upon by the Council az whole, to-wit:
To the Board of Public Works of the
City of Los Angeles-I have the honor to
ask your honorable body to recommend
to the Council to transfer the Street
Sprinkling to the Street Department 80
that can use the sprinkling for the ben.
eft of the streets, also to transfer the
collection Of garbage to the Health Dc.
partment.
That the matter of the Ninth street
Board, be referred to the City Engineer
question involved some engineering diff
ficulties.
That on the petition of Louis Colts
chalk, ct al, with reference to the over
flow of the zania at Figueroa and Mont
gomery streets, the Water Overseer be in.
structed to repair said zanja in such
manner as to prevent overflow, and that
the Board of Education be requested to
prevent the overflow of water at the
school lot on Montgomery street.
That the petition with reference to the
grading of Adams street be received and
filed.
That the bid of Peter Bachman for
grading Iona Drive at $1.99 per lineal
foot, between Ward street and Arnold
street, be accepted, and the resolution Of
award be passed.
That the bid of N. M. Wilson for grad
ing Rodney avenue, between Maple
avenue and Main street, at $1.5S per
lineal foot, be accepted, and that the
resolution of award be adopted.
In the matter of establishing the grade
Of Bellevue avenue, west of Alvarado
street, the board calls attention to the
fact that action was indefinitely post
poned at the last meeting of the Council.
SANTA MONICA,