Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-01

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The council then took a recess until
2:30 p. IN.
CITY ENGINEERS REPORT.
| The afternoon session opened with the
report Of the city engineer.
| Map of Soto street, from Louisiana tc
Stevenson avenues, showing original
street lines as shown by Hancock's sur.
vey, received and referred to the board
Of public works.
Ordinance of intention to establish
the grade of Crescent avenue from Tenn.
pie to Boston street. Passed.
Ordinance of intention to establish
the grade of Pasadena avenue from the
Pasadena avenue bridge to the north
boundary. Passed.
Ordinance of intention to grade and
gravel Soto street from Brooklyn avenue
to Sheridan street, and to construct ce.
ment curb and sidewalk under the bond
act. Passed.
Ordinance OF intention to grade, gravel
and curb Fourth street from FigueroA to
Lucas avenue. Passed.
~Ordinance of intention to construct
cement sidewalk four feet wide on
Twenty-fourth street, from Main street
to Maple avenue. Referred to board OF
public works.
Ordinance of intention to construct
cement sidewalk on Beaudry avenue,
from Temple to Court street. Referred
to board of public works.
Final ordinance to establish the grade
of Santee street from Ninth to the north
line of the Childs tract and from
Twenty-first street to Washington street.
Passed.
Ordinance of intention to establish
the grade of Center place from Second
to Third street. Passed.
Ordinance of intention to pave, sewer
and cement curb Olive street from Fifth
to Pico street and construct an eight
foot cement sidewalk under the bond
act. Special specifications called for.
Referred to the board of public works.
TO PROTECT LIVES.
Major Bonsall moved that it be ex-
pressed as the sense Of this council that
the Pacific company and the Consoli-
dated Electric company should make
such arrangements regarding the right
Of way at Second and Broadway that the
cable cars have the right of way over
electric cars going west, and the electric
cars running from the hill have the right
OF way over the cable cars.
Mr.. Tufts amended to have all cars
not having the right of way come to a
full stop thirty feet from the crossing.
The ordinance as amended was passed.
THEY CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
Mr.. Nickel moved to reconsider the
mornings vote on the motion to ex-
anime the proposed boulevard route.
The mayor had, during recess, informed
him that the park board was very
anxious to plant trees along the boule-
ward line this year, and q delay of
week might mean the loss of whole
year. The vote was reconsidered, and
the day for the trip was changed from
Thursday week to next Thursday, the
hour for departure being 10 O'Clock in
the morning.
PETITIONS AND PROTESTS.
The following petitions and protests
were read and referred to the proper
committees:
Walter s. Sanders ct al, interested in
the opening and widening of East Third
street, ask that the commissioners who
have charge of the work of opening
Broadway be appointed to take charge
of the opening OF Third street, and that
the existing commissioners for open
ing streets be not appointed to do the
work.
The chamber OF commerce requested
that the houses of prostitution on Ala
media street be closed.
A. G. Hlscock ct al. want to remove
Zanja No. go it will not cut through
Hiscock's and Smiths additions.
A. P. Cross wants permission to erect
a water tank in connection with the
stand pipe on the side of Old Mission
road near the East Side park.
John H. Quinton and d. D. GriAiths
want quit claim deed to property on
San Pedro street.
d. G. Roberts ct al. protest against
the laying of a sewer on lockwood av-
enue, between Union and Lake Shore
avenues.
Henry T. Hazard ct al. want Hope
street from Twenty-eighth to Thirtieth
street graded and cement curb put in
by private contract.
Sacramento Lopez de Cummings al
leges that che is the owner OF the land
over which now run portions of Lopez
and Also streets and Pennsylvania av.
enues. She wants those streets aban-
doned by the city.
George T. Hanley ct al protest against
the ordinance to grade Railroad street.
IL. Giese ct al. want q sewer con-
structed on Bellevue avenue between
Montreal and Pearl streets; thence to
Pearl street, to Temple street, to Free
mont avenue; to connect with the main
sewer.
G. R. Shatto ct al. want Lucas avenue
from Orange to Seventh street, sixty
feet wide, opened.
CT. Heinzeman ct al. want cross
walks placed across the street on east
side of Grand avenue and across Grand
avenue on the south side of the street.
The Los Angeles Terminal company
notify the council that the company has
completed the levee along the Los
Angeles river on the east bank, and re-
quest the council to instruct the mayor
to execute the deeds to real estate pro-
vided in the franchise ordinance.
NEwHART KNOCKED OUT.
The special order for O'Clock was
the hearing of argument in the matter
of Newhart, Walton & Gaffey's petit
ton for franchise to lay electric cub.
ways in the city. The existing electric
companies were represented in the
lobby, but no speeches were made. Mr..
Nlckell moved to deny all the applica-
tions, and this motion prevailed by