Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-08
PUBLIC WORKS.
RECOMMENDATION MADE YEsTER-
DAY BY THE BOARD.
A Number OF Street Grading Matters
Considered-Sidewal to be Laid.
A Long List of Matters
Considered.

The board of public works at ts meet
ing yesterday adopted the following re-
port for the consideration OF the council
on Monday
In the matter OF the petition from
Thomas Edwards ct al, to have the
council order Council street, from Bel
mont avenue to Union avenue, graded
and graveled, cement curb and cement
sidewalks five feet wide; also a sewer
constructed, and asked to have bonds
issued in payment of the work, we
recommend that the city engineer pre-
sent an estimate of the cost, and If the
same exceeds the sum of SO per foot on
each side, to present ordinance OF inten-
tion.
In the matter OF petition from @. H.
Plummer ct al, to have council order
street graded and graveled, and ce,
ment curb and cement sidewalk five feet
wide, between Pico and Eleventh streets,
under the Bond act, we recommend that
the city engineer make an estimate of
the cost of the same, and if it exceeds
So per foot on each side, then to present
ordinance of intention.
Recommend that the street superin-
tendant make cut at First street and
Banning street to drain water from First
street instead OF putting the chain gang
on said work.
Recommend that the street superin-
tendent remedy the difficulty occasioned
by the non-conformity OF the grades at
the intersection of Boston and Pearl
streets, on the west side of Pearl street,
complained OF by property owners.
Recommend that cement sidewalk
six feet wide be laid on the north side
of Fifth street, between Main and Wall
streets, except such portions as are not
already laid, and that the city engineer
be instructed to prepare and present the
necessary ordinance.
On petition of j. d. Hooker ct al,
asking to have a cement sidewalk con-
structed on the east side of Flower
street, between Twenty-third and Adams
streets, be granted. and the city engineer
instructed to present ordinance of in
tention.
Recommend that petition of W. J.
Shanklin ct al, IN regard to the Buena
Vista street bridge, be filed.
Recommend that the name of Pink
street be changed to that of West State
street, in accordance with recommends
ton OF the street superintendent, and
city attornev be instructed to prepare
and present ordinance for said change.
Recommend that petition from Isa-
belle Mitten ct al, in reference to dis
continuing proceedings in the Temple
street hill cut and fill, be referred to the
committee of the whole.
Recommend that the property owners
on Thirtieth street, between Main street
and Grand avenue, be allowed to grade
their street by private contract, pro-
vided the street is graded in accordance
with the previous recommendation of
this board, excepting therefrom side
walk. And that the city attorney be
instructed to present the necessary
ordinance.
Recommend that the street superin-
tendent put air.tight covers on the man.
holes of The sewer between Sixteenth
and Twenty-first streets, on San Pedro
street.
Recommend that the city engineer
present ordinance of intention to grade
and gravel in accordance with specifica-
tions No. 5, and cement curb In
accordance with specifications No. II,
Los Angeles street, from the south line
of Eleventh street to the north line of
Twelfth street.
Recommend that West Boundary
street be changed to Hoover street, in
accordance with petition No. 592, from
II. M. Bowker ct al, and that the city
attorney be instructed to present the
necessary ordinance.
Recommend that the bid of W. H.
Roper for the widening of Seventh street
roadway, in accordance with the plan
and specifications of the city engineer,
on file in the city clerks Office, for the
sum of $765 for work complete, be ac-
cepted, and the city attorney instructed
to draw the necessary contract and
hnnd