Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-01
PUBLIC WORKS..

RecOmmend dations TO He Acted Upon
by the Council.
The Board of Public Works met yes-
terday, and decided to make the follow
ing recommendations to the Council on
Monday:
That on the petition of S. F. Judson,
asking that Bellevue avenue from Alva-
rado street west be established as
formerly proposed, the ordinance of in
| tention as presented by the City En-
gineer be adopted.
That the protests against the opening
of Mott alley be denied, as the alley is a
public necessity.
That present proceedings in reference
Temple street be suspended, the prop
before the high school is completed.
rhe board will see that an ordinance is
passed in time to have the work com.
pleted.
That on the petition of J. G. Zahn,
complaining of the burst in the forty.two-
| inch storm drain in Flower street and
reservoir No. 4, the water overseer
|
than 500 inches of water escaping from
the reservoir blow.off at any one time,
and as this is less than twentieth part
OF the water flowing past his premises
during heavy storms, the break was not
caused by the reservoir water, as the
forty -two-inch pipe is of much greater
capacity than the said quantity, and con-
siderably less than the natural flow. 1t
1 fn 10 H. A.
by the blow.of during heavy rains and
at other times in order to keep below
high water mark, which the water rap.
idly reaches during a heavy rain. Rec
ommend that the petition be filed and
the storm drain repaired where broken.
| That on the petition of F. Unger ct al.
to have storm drain extended across
Temple street, the City Engineer be in
structed to prepare plans for the proper
disposal of the storm water at the inter.
section of Temple and Beaudry streets.
That on the petition of r. G. Guirado
demonstrating against the property own
ers on Hope north of Sixth street guard.
ing their property against overflow from
the Arroyo de los Reyes, by raising the
curb, which is not a violation of their
legal rights, as the street after being
graded becomes the legal waterway for
all waters entering it, and the portion OF
the street intended to accommodate the
drainage is confined to the space between
curbs, and if the curbs have not been
sufficiently elevated, or the street sur
faces depressed 30 ss to make the section
adequate to carry the water, the raising
OF the curbs is admissible, as there is no
law that confines the curb face to any
particular depth, recommended that the
remonstrance be filed.
That on the petition of Fl. T. Lee, re-
q1esting that steps be taken to prevent
the diversion of storm water from Grand
avenue, at Twenty-third street, the City
Engineer states that the ground is level
on Twenty-third street between Grand
avenue and Madison street, and some of
the water from Grand avenue must
naturally flow in the direction objected
TO by the petitioner. Recommended the
matter be referred to the Street Superin-
tendent, with instructions to remove all
distinctions tending to divert the flow
from it's natural direction.
That on the petition of J. w. Baker
ct al, requesting that drain be con-
structed on Flower street between Twen-
tleth and Twenty-first streets, we find
that steps are being taken to open
Flower street between the above named
points, and until this 10 done the relief
petitioned for cannot be granted without
imposing the objection complained of
upon other property below. Therefore
recommend that the petition be filed.
That the petition of Hellman, Haas u
Go. eft al, for plank crossing at Hoover
and WaahinpEon atraata he pranted and
that the Street Superintendent be di-
rected to perform the work.
That the petition OF John Keifer, ask
ing that the grade of the northwest corner
| of Los Angeles and Arcadia streets be