Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-16

Mr.. McGarry moved that the street
superintendent be instructed to put sew
eral loads of gravel on Seventh street
near the bridge.
SUPPLY COMMITTEE.
The supply committee recommended
that all the bids for lumber be rejected,
and that the city clerk be instructed to
readvertise for bids. Passed.
CITY ENGINEERS REPORT.
Ordinance OF intention to construct a
sewer on lockwood avenue, from Union
avenue to the Arroyo de los Reyes.
Passed.
Ordinance of intention to construct a
sewer on Belmont avenue, from Council
street to Temple street. Passed.
Ordinance of intention to grade and
cement-curb Thompson street, from
Twenty-third street to Adams street.
Board OF public works.
Final ordinance to change and estab-
lish grade of Flower street from Tenth
to Twelfth streets. No protests.
Final ordinance to establish the grade
of Eleventh street from Hope to Pearl
street. Passed.
Ordinance of intention to change and
establish the grade of Second street
from Olive street to Grand avenue.
Passed.
Ordinance of intention to change and
establish the grade of Fourth street
from Grand avenue to Hope street.
Board of public works.
Ordinance of intention to establish the
grade of Santee street from Ninth street
to the o. w. Childs tract, and from
Washington to Twenty-First street.
Passed.
MUNICIPAL REPORTS.
The special committee on municipal
reports made report recommending that
the bill of R. Y. Mcbride to print 1000
copies, at $3.35 per page, be accepted,
and contract awarded.
PETITIONS AND PROTESTS.
The following petitions and protests
were read and referred to the several
committees
A. Workman complains of an ordi-
nance now being advertised by the city
to change the names of certain streets
on Boyle Heights, and alleges that "It
would seem as if it was entirely for per-
sonal motives and not for the best in
terest of the people," He also wants
the name of Boyle Heights changed to
Brooklyn Heights ''or some other re-
spectacle name," also to change the
name OF Boyle avenue to Lopez street.
j. +. Hamer ct al. want crosswaik
across Temple street on the east line of
Brent street.
Atonia McAvila ct al. want Brooklyn
avenue, between Cummings and State
streets placed in repair.
The chamber of commerce sent re-
quest for an ordinance to be passed that
would compel pawnbrokers, secondhand
dealers and the like to expose in show
windows the wares they come in posses
sion of from unknown persons, also to
take description of the person and hold
the same; this with a view of prevent
ing many of the thefts now going on in
this city.
John D. Bicknell ct al. want Broad
way, between Second and Ninth streets.
widened to ninety feet.
j. N. Van Nuys wants city tax sale of
the easterly five feet of lot 21, block Y,
Also tract, declared void.
Mary Fl. Banning protests against the
work of improving Ninth street, be-
tween Spring and Broadway, at present.
George L. Arnold ct al. want Soto
street. between Brooklyn avenue and
Sheridan street, graded.
D. Freeman ct al. want the water
which accumulates at Sixth and Spring
streets conducted off by conduit.
A. Bixel ct al. want Fourth street,
from Lucas avenue to Figueroa street,
graded. curbed and graveled.
d. W. Field, administrator of the es-
tate of Barnum Blake, protests against
the opening of Sixth street, west of
Pearl.
Harper & Reynolds want permission
to place scale in the asphalt sidewalk
in front of their premises ON Los Angeles
street.
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