Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-29
CITY COUNCIL.
An Important Session Yes
terday.
The Broadway Matter Finally
Adjusted.
A Number of Franchises Under Con-
sideratiOn.
Captain Cross Can't Build on the Macy
Street BrIdge-The Mayor Objects
to the Garbage Ordinance.
Petitions and Protests.

The city council met at 10 O'Clock
yesterday morning.
City Tax Collector Thompson was
granted seven deputies for the month OF
October.
The final ordinance for grading and
improving First street, from Quebec
street to the city limits, was passed.
City Clerk Teed reported that John G.
Roster has resigned the deputyshlp in
his office, and that the vacancy has been
filled by the appointment of G. F.
Smith.
Upon recommendation of the bridge
committee the street superintendent
was allowed the services of a carpenter
to prepare bridges, cross walks, ETC., at
at salary OF $3.50 per day.
The finance committee reported the
salary demands for the month, which
were approved, as was also batch OF
miscellaneous demands.
The city attorney reported as follows
81 have prepared and delivered to
Mr.. Frick a contract for the con-
struction OF the central intercepting
sewer, as required by you. Believing it
to be necessary that the penalty per
day provided for by Mr.. Affords mo-
tion should be inserted before the sign
ing of the contract and bond, fixed the
penalty in Mr.. Frick's contract at $40
per day, as he desired to sign up his
contract at once. l call your attention
to this in order that you will instruct
me hereafter as to the amount of penalty
to be inserted"
81 have drawn and present herewith
contract with j I. Saws for improv-
ing Ninth street as referred by you.
II return herewith the Cross fran
chise with my amendments interlined
therein.
SIN the matter of the specifications
for laying brick pavement referred to
me by the board of public works and
your honorable body, | have carefully
examined the same with the view to in
serting the necessary provisions to pro-
tect the city in a local way. and find
that said specifications are very faulty
in their mechanical portions. | have
prepared new set, which l return
herewith, as the old ones are so badly
mutilated and erased as to make them
almost illegible. By comparing the two
you will find that l have made several
changes in the language of the sections
providing for the mechanical portions
of the work, and that l have added a
considerable amount of new matter. 1t
will be necessary to fix the formula for
the asphalt concrete, and not leave this
to the discretion o. any person. 1t will
also be necessary in my opinion to
specify the size OF the brick to be used.
"You will perceive that all provisions
for rolling the first and second course OF
said work have been erased, but as ref
erence is made to said rolling in subse-
Quent sections | am uncertain as to
whether these erasures were Intentional
or accidental.
81 enclose herewith the specifications
prepared by me and ask that you fill in
the spaces"
The contracts were approved together
with the bonds.
Mr.. Mcfarland, in speaking of the
cross franchise, said he had made a
number of amendments to the ordi.
nance, and thought it should be still
further amended. He advised that the
clause providing for the payment oi
$4,000 by the company upon the con-
struction of new bridge be eliminated,
as he considered it dangerous. He ad.
vocated granting the right of way over
the Macy-street bridge, with provision
that the same may be revoked upon
three days. notice to the company. By
this provision the city could order the
company off the bridge in case the
structure could not stand the traffic.
The danger in the clause providing
the payment of $4,000 as the company's
portion for a new bridge is that the city
by passing such section would virtually
bind itself to build bridge suitable fol
an electric road, and in the event of re
fusing to do this would probably be helC
liable to damages.
Further consideration of the matter
was postponed until o'clock.
The specifications for brick paving
were referred to the board of public
works.
The grade of Myrtle avenue, from
East Pico street to the Lowell tract wa'
established by the passage of the tina
ordinance.
An ordinance was passed declaring tht
intention to establish the grade of Ohio
street and the assessment district fixed.
The Los Angeles Consolidated Electric
Railway company franchise to construc
,conduits, erect poles, string wires, etc.
for transmitting electricity, was referred
to the committee of the whole.
The city attorney was directed to pre-
pare an ordinance changing the name o
Mott alley to Center place.
The same officer was instructed tC
present an ordinance for cement side
walk on Flower street, from Twenty
third street to Adams.
A petition from Anna G.. Duncan tc
have her property excluded from th'
assessment district fixed for the open
ing of Los Angeles street was filed.
The petition from James j. Ayers ask
ing that an ordinance of intention b.
passed for the construction OF cemen
sidewalk on the vests side OF Pearl street
between Tenth and Ottawa streets, was
granted and the city engineer directed
to present the necessary ordinance.
The following recommendations OF tn
board of public works were adopted.
In the matter of the acceptance of tn
work OF grading Breed street, we recon
mend that w. r. Lewis and his bonds
men be notified that they must lay 20
feet of cobble gutter on each side G
Breed street north of the north line c
Michigan avenue, remove all rocks fron
the roadway larger than will pas
through two inch ring, fill all depres
sions in said roadway, backfill the side
h ox.ystb s,,nhoc of nnnd