Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-05
PUBLIC WORKS.
Resolutions Which Were Adopted at
Yesterdays Meeting.

Yesterdays Meeting.
The board of public works reported al
follows yesterday:
On petition $50, from r. G. Lunt et
AL, for council to order Hof street ,now
Pasadena avenue) opened easterly, we
recommend that the city engineer be
instructed to prepare map and the
city attorney an ordinance of intention
to open said street; al offer is presented
herewith by Messrs. Johnson and
Wachtel to pay any expense incurred,
if abandoned on protest.
Recommend that the bid of d. F. DON
egan, for grading First street from east
| line of Quebec street to west city limits
| for $500 per lineal foot and SOC for curb,
be accepted and the accompanying reso-
luton OF award be adopted.
| On petition 632, from Benson Stead
ct al, for street to be opened through
city lands, on the south side of Stowell
tract, from Walnut to Lecouvreur
street, we recommend that a 60-foot
street be opened as petitioned for, as
soon as N. w. Stowell deeds land to city
extending, Truman and Chestnut streets,
full width, through his five-acre tract.
Or petition SOL, from Mrs. j. S. Slau-
son ct al, for council to order Figueros
street. between Washington and Simp-
son streets paved with asphalt and hav-
ing concrete foundation as per speci-
fcation No. 13, to be done under provi-
sions Of part four of the general street
law, we recommend that the petition be
granted and city engineer instructed to
prepare estimate of cost OF said work,
and If same exceeds So per front foot ON
each side, to also present ordinance of
intention.
Recommend that street superinten-
dent be instructed to place an addition
al culvert (20-inch cement plpe) to carry
storm water from Evergreen cemetery
to east First street.
Recommend that Richard Gird be
permitted to lay not less than 100 lineal
feet of the Chino bituminous lime rock
on some portion of Main, Spring or First
street, as he may arrange with owners
of property on said streets, and thus
submit his bitumen to fair test in the
city before large contract for the same
is made.
In ,,the matter of map referred to US
showing proposed opening of Sixth
street, we recommend that the city at
torney be instructed to present ordi-
nance OF intention TO open said street as
shown on said map. and also an ordi-
nance declaring said map official.
On petition 678, from John McIner-
ney, to have sprinkling hydrant moved
from front of the property ON corner of
Seventh and Myrtle avenue, we recon-
mend that the same be moved to Myrtle
avenue, twenty-five or thirty feet south
of the southwest corner of Seventh and
Myrtle avenue, and that the superinten-
dent of street sprinkling instruct Rooder
Bros. to do the work.
On petition No. 692, from Hass, Ba-
ruch & Co., for permission to construct
a temporary plank sidewalk, we recon-
mend that petition be granted, on con-
dition that on or before the expiration
of sixteen months from date cement
sidewalk shall be laid.
On protest No. 700 from j. W. Pattillo,
against action of street superintendent
in not accepting his work, we beg to re-
port that we have examined said work
and we recommend that street superin-
tendent be requested to accept the
same.
Recommend that the grade of Flower
street be changed and established as
follows: At Tenth street to be as now
established; at Eleventh street to be 20
feet below datum plane; at Twelfth
street to be as now established, and that
the city engineer present an ordinance
accordingly.
Recommend that the grade OF Eleventh
street be changed and established as
follows: At Hope street to be as now
established; at Flower street to be 20
feet below datum plane; at point mid
way between Flower and Pearl streets
to be 10 feet below datum plane; at
Pearl street to be as now established,
and that the city engineer present an
ordinance accordingly.
What you want for business is sensible,