Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-12
Can the Sewers be Used as
Zanjas?
Mayor Hazard Thinks it Would
be a Good Scheme.
Business Transacted Yesterday by
the City Council.
Yale Street not to be Graded-Natural
Storm Water Ways to be Preserved, =
Other Routine Business.

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A message was received from the |
mayor returning without his approval,
"an ordinance declaring the intention
to improve portion of Yale street."
being firmly convinced that it should
not be graded on the grade as now es-
by nature to dispose of the storm water
that precipitates down College street in
this vicinity should be taken advantage
of to relieve that section of the city of
this water, The grade of this street
should be changed so that this natural
water way may be utilized to dispose OF
this water which can be done without
injury to anyone and will be benefit to
all.
By dropping the grade of the street at
the ravine three to five feet below Col
lege street the water will run off College
street into the ravine, and the fill east
of the ravine will be avoided.
Hereafter in all projections of streets
and the improvement thereof, it was the
mayors opinion that due regard should
be had to natural waterways, and i'm
that will shut them up, unless provision
is made to take care of volume of
water equally as large as is necessary to
fill them. 1t may be many years, judg-
ing from the last sewer bend election.
before our people feel able to provide
the city with complete system of storn
drains and until such provision is
made, those which nature provided Ns
with should be preserved.
On motion of Mr.. Summerland the
vote ON which the motion had been
passed was reconsidered, and further
action thereon was deferred for one
week.
The city engineers report presenting
ordinances of intention to establish the
grades OF streets in the West End Ter
race tract; to pave First street between
Los Angeles and Alameda streets with
granite blocks; and to pave Second
street between Main and Los Angeles
streets with the same, except where al
eompanying ordinances passed in accord
ance with the recommendations.
The following report of the finance
committee wasadopted as read:
Recommended the passage Of an ordi-
nance providing for the destruction of
diseased fruit, prohibiting the sale there
of, and creating the Office OF fruit inspec-
tor, in accordance with the request of
the Los Angeles horticultural comnis-
sioners.
Recommended that the petition of H.
Marteen ct al, No. 731, relative to the
repeating of license on bill posters be
| denied.
4 Recommended that the demand of H.
T. Owens for $166.66 as salary in July as
police judge be denied.
| Bids were received from r. Maloney
and w. I. fchenck, offering to furnish
fully equipped 4-wheel hose cart for $3.50
each, and the same were referred to the
board OF fire commissioners.
The report of the board of public
works containing among others the fol-
lowing more important recommends
! tions:
That the union construction co. be
granted 30 days extension OF time in
which to complete the construction of
sidewalk on east side OF Alameda street
| to Duoommun street.
That ID. F. Donegan be granted 20
days extension of time to COMPLETE his
contract for the grading of Buena Vista
| steeet.
That the bid of Conrad Sheerer for
paving First street between Hewitt and
Carey streets at the rate of 2f1a cents
per SO. loot and curbing at the rate of
4 81 ,25 per linear foot be accepted and the
4 accompanying ordinance of award be
A passed.
That the petition of W.. Bosbyshell
etal., asking permission to grade, gravel
and curb Eighth stceet frem Grand
OF 70
be granted.
That the petition of r. Nesch etal..
asking that sidewalks be laid On Flower
street between Sixth and Washington.
except where already laid, be granted.
The report of the board of FIRE COM
smissioners requesting the Ce1ncil to
take the prolser steps towards the pur-
chase of Chemical Fire Engine. with
two 5O gallon tanks, and also $500 feet
OF hose, was received, but on motion of
Mr.. Summeroand action thereon was
deferred for a week.
sCity treasurer M. d. johnson was
grented leawe'af absence for 10 DAYS to
date from yesterday.
On motion of Mr.. VanDusen the citv
clerk was instructed to defer ADVERTISING
forSpids for the Pasadena ave. bridge for
twogweeks.
Afternoon Session.
Acfion on the hearing OF the protest
| OF st. PauRs School against the accent
ance by the street superintendent of
! Wardsstreet between Bixel and Farraput
streets as graded, was on motion of Mr..
Summerland postponed for one week.
! In the matter of the opening and
widening of Wall street, Griffin avenue
broadway, Byram street and Denver
avenue, action was postponed on motion
OF Mr.. Hamilton, for four weeks. the
matter being still under considerations in
the Supreme Court.
:, Another message was received from Mayor
Hazard returning the contract with j. p. and "
| A. Frlck to pipe Zanja No. with concrete ce
ment pipe, unsigned The proposition involves
| was 10 lay concrete pipe down Central avenue
to carry the irrigating water now running i'm
ZanJa NO. 3. This system has cost in the last
eleven years, over and above the receipts from
sales OF water, $3sO,OOO. On either side of this
street we Will soon be engaged in BUILDING
sewers that will parallel this water condnite
When made, these sewers are to be OF capacity
10 accommodate 200 600 people, four times the
| present population, ample to carry all the water
needed for irrigating for years. If sewage mat
yer should be Objectionable to the irrigators. il
might be run down to them in the Right time
when no sewage is flowing in the sewers The
plan OF using the sewers during the night time
thoroughly flushed and clean.
If we stop a moment and contemplate opr
present course 1t will be apparent that we will
continue to build water conduits to carry this
1rr1gattng water through our city to the irriga
tors below the city, there being no use for fhe