Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
The City Fathers Transact
Little Business.
The First-Street Grade Goes
Over q Week.
The Prisoners in the City Jail to
Cook Their Own Food.
Proposals for Furnishing Sewer Pipe.
Temple-Street Damages-Other
Matters of Interest.


McLain, Van Dusen, Hamilton, Brown,
Shafer and Bonsall present.
The message of the Mayor vetoing the
ordinance of intention to establish the
grade of First street, as published on
Sunday in the HERALD was read.
Mr.. McLain presented the following
resolution from the Laborers' Construc-
ton Company:
WHEREAS, His Honor, Mayor Hazard,
has vetoed, as we are informed, the ordi-
nance of intention recently passed by
your honorable body to establish the
grade of First street on a traffic grade,
which measure we recognize looked to
the immediate improvement of said
thoroughfare as great public convent
ence and necessity, the cost of which
would be willingly borne by two-fifths
of the residence district of the city, to-
gether with the property-owners in the
business center of the city, said improve
ment being of mutual accommodation
and special benefit to both of said sec
tiOnal interests, and
WHEREAS, The work and wages af-
forded by said improvement to our
otherwise unemployed workmen now
daily increasing in number and necessity
throughout the city bv reason of the
cessation of private improvement, would
materially relieve the common distress
of laborer and merchant, and tide us
over this present depression,
ResOlued, That we earnestly request
your honorable body to give the most
serious consideration to the importance
OF said ordinance, and to pass it over
the Mayors veto.
Mr.. McLain moved that the vote
whereby the ordinance was adopted be
reconsidered. Adopted.
Major Bonsall moved that the matter
be postponed one week. Carried.
Mayor Hazard sent in communica-
tion recommending thatquit claim deeds
be given to several people who have
built In the Abila tract, as they had pur-
land committee.
The Street Superintendent reported
that he could not accept a sidewalk on
Figueroa, which was three inches off
grade, as it would be illegal, and he took
exception to the Council ordering him
to do an illegal act.
filed.
The Street Superintendent asked that
the City Engineer furnish map of the
streets of the city. Granted.
An ordinance providing for the con-
struction of sewers on Carroll avenue
and adjacent streets, was read and
adopted.
Specifications for the construction of
cement sidewalks so as to make colored
surface, were read and adopted.
Mr.. McLain moved that hereafter
cement sidewalks be allowed to remain
ninety days after completion before they
are accepted. Referred to the Board of
Public Works.
An ordinance changing the grades of
portions of Sixth street and Lucas ave-
nue., was read and adopted.
The report of the Board of Public
Works, as published in the HERALD, was
read and adopted.
An ordinance of intention to establish
the grade of Bellevue avenue, from Old
Temple street to the west city limits,
was read and adopted.
An ordinance preventing the construc-
tion of iron doors without permits, was
read and adopted.
The report of the finance committee
was read and adopted, as also were the
reports of the zanja committee, the
Board of Health and fire commissioners,
published in the HERALD last week.
Afternoon Session.
Ten days further time was granted
for the construction of the Boyle Heights
school on First street, thirty days for the
Collado-street school and sixty days for
hn IL
The matter of the claims for damages
OF property-owners residing on Temple
street came up, and on motion of Mr..
McLain, $50 was offered two of the
claimants, who refused to accept.
The City Attorney was then Instructed
to commence suit to determine how
much damages should be allowed.
An ordinance ordering sewer on New
High street was read and adopted
An ordinance authorizing the prop
erty-owners on part of Ward street to
grade by private contract was read and
adopted.
Mr.. Summerland moved that the City
Engineer draft an ordinance providing
for sewers tributary to and including
the Alameda-street sewer. Referred to
the sewer committee.
An ordinance granting permission to
property-owners to grade a part of LO-
Gust street was read and adopted.
Proposals to furnish sewer pipe were
received from the California Sewer Pipe
Company as follows, for the western in
tercepting sewer: 15-inch, 92 cents; 49,
inch, $1.14; 20-inch, $l.3S; 24-inch,
$1.87. For the Hollenbeck arroyo-15-
inch, 80 cents; 1S-inch, $1.19; 2o-inch,
$1.31.
From the Pacific Clay Manufacturing
Company, for the western intercepting
sewer-15-inch, 80 cents; 18-inch, $1.2O;
2O-inch, $1.S2; 24-inch, 1892. For the
Hollenbeck arroyo-15-inch, 88 cents
1S-inch, $1.13; 20-inch, $1.36.
From John Dolbeer, for the western
intercepting sewer-15-inch, S61a cents.
For the Hollenbeck arroyo 15-inch,
S61a cents.
The following offers for an engine
house were received: From Louis
Schwartz, offering two-story brick, 205
South Los Angeles street, between Sec
ond and Third, 500; from D. F. Done
gan, corner Broadway and Court, 500
per month. Referred to the fire COM
missioners.
The sewer commission recommended
that A. McNally be allowed to connect
with the Main-street sewer. Adopted.
The committee recommended that the