Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-12
PUBLIC WORKS.
Recommendations to be Made to
the Council

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Rscsmmen dasions to be Made to
the Council.
The Board of Public Works met yester-
dgy, and decided to make the following
recommendations to the Council on Mon
day:
That on communication from the Com.
missioners for opening and widening
streets, calling attention to an error in
the ordinance of intention to open Maple
street, the former action be rescinded,
and that the City Attorney be instructed
to draft new ordinance.
That the deed of M. Hsgan etal., deed.
ing certain strip of land on the south
side of Seventh street to the city for street
purposes, be received, and the Clerk be
authorized to have the same recorded.
That the petition of Captain Mackey,
calling attention to the storm water
nuisance caused by the overflow from
Main and Ninth streets, be referred to
the City Engineer for report.
That the petition of the West End
Board of Trade, protesting against grant
ing of franchise to the Second Street
Gable Railway Company, be referred to
the City Engineer and City Attorney, to
see what amount of frontage is repre-
sented.
That in the matter of the proposed
change in the grade of Buena Vista
street, the City Engineer be instructed
to report the cost of said work on the
basis of q twenty foot cut across Rock
street.
That the petition of Day, Hinton &
Mathes to have certain alley aban-
doned in the Colina Park tract be
granted, provided the petitioners pay
the expense of publishing ordinance and
all other expenses pertaining thereto.
That the petition of Day, Hinton &
Mathes to change grade be granted,
and the City Engineer be instructed to
present an ordinance of intention.
That on the petition of P. H. Lemmert
with reference to storm water overflow
ct the end of the Arroyo de las Reyes
pipe, that she Stree. Superintendent be
instructed to open the water way so that
the water can flow into Figueroa and
down the Figueroa street gutter.
That the petition of P. II. Lemmert ct
al. asking to have Flower street south of
Pine accepted with twenty-foot sidewalks
be filed.
That on the petition of property own
ers on Ohio street, near Second street,
asking that q storm water drain be ex-
tended across their property, the prop
erty owners be allowed to lay pipe pro-
vided the work is done under the direc-
ton of the Street Superintendent.
That the petition of F. W. Barron ask
ing for twenty days. extension of time in
which to complete his contract for the
grading of Silver street be granted.
That the protest of g. Garibaldi
against the proposed paving of Walters
street be referred to the City Engineer
to ascertain the amount of frontage rep
resented.
That the petition of property owners
on Holiday street, asking to be allowed
to DO their own grading, be granted, pro-
vided the work is done in accordance
with the specifications and under the
direction of the City Engineer and Street
Superintendent.
That the petition ofO. W. Childs ct al.
asking to have the grade of Reservoir
street established from Figueroa street to
the west city line, be granted, and the
City Engineer be instructed to present
an ordinance of intention.
That the petition of the property own.
ers On Michigan avenue, asking to have
said street graded, be referred back to
the petitioners to get more eigners.
That the petition of NJ T. Collins ct al. j,
asking that Sepulveda street be ordered
graded, be fled, az the matter has been
attended to.
That the petition of G. Ducommun,
asking permission to lay sidewalk on
Grand avenue in front Of his property be
granted, provided the work be done
under the direction of the City Engineer
and Street Superintendent.
That the petition of property owners
on New High street, asking to have said
street paved with porphyry between
Bellevue avenue and Walters street, be
referred to the City Engineer to see what
frontage is represented.
That the Clerk be instructed to adver.
tise for bids to grade the north half of
Seventh street, from Alvarado street to
Park View avenue, in accordance with
plans in the office of the City Engineer.
That the property owners on the south
side of Seventh street, between Alvarado
street and Park View avenue, be allowed
to do their own grading, provided the
work is done according to plans and
specifications and under the direction of
the Street Superintendent and City
Engineer.
That protest No. 697 of M argaret Doyle
be filed.
That the President of the Council ap-
point special committee of three to see
who was at fault in the matter of the
grade Of First street, east of Chicago
street.
That the Street Superintendent be in
structed to order the contractor to pave
the northwest quarter OF the intersection
OF First and Los Angeles streets.
That the railroad company on Also
street be allowed to lay temporary track
over a portion of Summit avenue at the
intersection of Also. 60 as to pass their
cars whils the bridge is being con-
structed across the Arroyo do Los Pesos.
That the bid of F. w. Barron for grad
ing Arnold street, between Columb ia
avenue and Iona drive, at $2.79 per
lineal foot, be accepted. and that the
resolution of award be adopted.
That the bid of Boyes & Crowley for
grading Bixel street, between Arnold and
Ward streets, at So SO per lineal foot, be
accepted, and that the resolution OF
award be passed.
That the bid of Fred W. Barron for
grading Grand avenue, between Third
and Fourth streets, at 81. IS per lineal
foot, be accepted, and that the resolution
OF award be adopted.