Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-06
AROUND THE CITY.
West t-Enders Talk of the
Sewer Proposition.
AID FOB THE FLOOD SUFFERERS
Commencement Exercises at the Los
Angeles COllege-Other Inter-
esting Events.

AhO AO6uini hiOCohbG VA euC w CoV l1uS
Board of Trade was held at No. 121(
Temple street last night, Mr.. H. G.
Register in the chair. There was an un.
usual attendance, owing to the announce
ment that City Engineer would be pres
ent to address the meeting on the sewer
question. In addition to this, Lucken-
bach, Ellsworth, Hutchinson and Still.
son, Of the Board OF Trade, and Council.
men McLain and Bonsall, City Engineer
Fred Eaton and his debuty, J. Lowndes.
The usual preliminary business having
been disposed of, the Street Committee
reported that they had conferred with
the Superintendent of Streets, and that
official had promised to attend to the
matter of fixing Temple street as soon as
the Gable Company had completed it's
work now in course of construction.
The Gas Committee reported in regard
to the lighting of the West End, that
they had interviewed Mr.. Simpkins, of
the Los Angeles Gas Company, and he
had instructed his superintendent to at
tend the meeting. At the request of the
Board the superintendent addressed the
meeting and stated, among other things,
that already seventy-fve subscribers had
promised to pay for their piping if, by 80
doing, they could make it worth the
while of the Gas Company to come out to
that section.
Mr.. Robinson's proposition to take go
per cent. of the stock, which was dis
cussed at the last meeting, came up
again, and was referred to the Gas Com
pany for its consideration.
The following resolution, relating to
the Temple-street grade. was offered:
Resolued, That it is the sense of this
meeting that any plan to change the
grade of Temple street, which propos , ,
less than a 15-feet cut at Bunker Hill
avenue, or less fill than feet at Beau
dry street, will not be acceptable to the
property owners west of Bunker Hill
avenue, and directly interested in the
proposed change of grade of said Temple
street.
Councilman Bonsall addressed the
meeting on the question Of the proposed
grade, and appeared to be thoroughly in
sympathy with the West End, in the
matter, and Councilman McLain fol-
lowed in the same strain.
Mr.. Lowndes, at the request of the
Chair, explained that the published
grade would be in 1917, and that it was
proposed to compromise the matter by
making it in IA. Major Butler strongly
opposed the grade, and proposed that the
desired relief be obtained in some way
which would do the least injury to the
property owners on Bunker Hill avenue
Messrs. Register, Davies, Lyons and
Shaw were very strongly in favor of the
10 foot cut, and after a warm debate the
resolution was adopted.
The Chairman then introduced Mr..
Eaton, the City Engineer, who, by means
of map tackled to the wall, explained
in detail the proposed sewer system. He
that the map in question was
similar in every detail, except tlIe rtUru-
water drains, to those which have been
in circulation for the past two years.
This exception was in the Ninth.
street intercepting sewer, which,
during rainy weather, would carry off
sewer matter and storm water, and
empty itself into the river; but, in dry
weather, the automatic valves at Ninth
street would be closed, and the sewer
matter would be conveyed to the outfall
sewer. Owing to the $3.50 900 additional
appropriation made the other day by the
Council he was pleased to inform the
West Enders that he believed that it
would make saving of at least 25 cents
per front foot on the assessments, which,
as soon as he could get everything in
readiness, would be fixed by an ordin-
ance to be passed by the Council. He
further stated that if the bond question
is decided, and everything goes through
all right, he expected to connect the
Temple street property-owners with the
new mains on or before January 1st
next, which announcement was received
with good deal OF enthusiasm. He con-
cluded by saying that he would com
mence to advertise for bids for material,
and, of course the whole scheme wonld
be more fully explained.
A petition was adopted for presenta-
ton TO the Council, asking that the Los
Feliz road to the Chavez ravine be
widened; and the Board then adjourned,
after passing a vote of thanks to the
Councilmen and City Engineer for their
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