The herald., 1893-05-16
PASADENA.


Base for Paving-Local Happenings.
PASADENA, May 15.-The city council
met in regular session at 2 o'clock this
afternoon and were greeted by acrowded
house.
The paving question held the boards
for good portion OF the afternoon, al
though there was considerable other
business transacted. The citizens' COM
mittee, by its chairman, Mr.. Fish, was
on hand with the much-talked of pc
tition, and the cement basis men carried
the day with flying colors.
The petition, which was signed by
property owners representing total OF
ABS feet, clear majority OF LOCO feet,
read as follows:
We, the undersigned owners Of prop
erty situated in. and fronting upon the
streets to be paved, viz, Raymond and
Fair Oak avenues and Colorado street,
would respectfully represent that we are
in favor Of six-inch Portland cement
concrete base or foundation and two
inch surface of either bituminous lime
rock or asphaitum of best quality for
psvements, and that we are earnestly
opposed to adopting as base or founda-
ton for said pavement any other mate
rial than hereinbefore specified.
We therefore respectfully petition your
honorable body to reject any and all bids
now on file in accordance with specifca-
tionH heretofore made and cause new
specifications to be prepared specifying
the kind OF base or foundation hereinbe-
fore set forth, and also providing that
either bituminous lime rock or asphalt
tum of the best quality for paving pur-
poses, as may be determined by your
honorable body, may be used for the
surface and that the same be advertised
and bids received therefor. The num-
Der OF feet frontage owned by us respec-
lively is set in figures opposite our
names In connection herewith.
The reading of the petition was fol-
lowed by considerable general discus
sion, Councilman Cox stating thet.jr
ness was to be sprung again, that the
paving would be postponed indefinitely.
However, the petition was received and
q resolution passed granting the prayer
as far as the base was concerned. Cap
tain Simpson made q short speech in
which he advocated that, under new
set of specifications, bids be received
for both bituminous rock and asphalt.
stating that he had been credibly in
formed that one company controlled all
the asphaltum in Southern California,
and that as o consequence competition
would be barred out.
Mr.. Simpson also presented petition
which was signed by numerous property
owners asking the council to require q
bond from whatever company might be
awarded the paving job, to keep the
same in condition for five years. This
petition was Observation-Disclosures it
being stated that such q contract would
not etand in law.
On motion the bid of the Los Angeles
Asphalt Paving company was returned
to them unopened, and the council |
agreed to meet the members OF the citi- |
gems committee, tomorrow afternoon at
2o'clock in the council chambers, to re- |
ceive whatever evidence they may have
to submit upon the material and specif- /
cation questions.
GENERAL BUSINESS,
DIR. Franey addressed the board rela-
tive to the Grand avenue sidewalk. and
owing to some misunderatandiug in re-
gard to the bids, 1t WAS decided to reject
them all and readvertise.
Mr.. Taylor again brought up the peti-
tion against having Peach place in
cluded in the Orange place and Valley
street district.
Upon the showing made by the city
engineers report it was decided to refer
back to the property owners the orig
inal petition, asking that such sewer be
laid IN order that the lines might be
changed.
An ordinance granting a sidetrack
franchise to the Terminal railroad was
placed on its first reading.
J. Los hooles avenue was ordered graded
from the Santa Fe tracks to Villa street.
Bills to the amount OF $l00.90 were
allowed.
A bill from Townsend & Wall for S31
for grading portion OF Palmetto street
In front OF lot owned by the city. was
presented, but as no one eeemed To
know now or when the city came to own
the property in question, the whole
matter was referred to Attorney Arthur.
Resolutions were ordered drawn for a
sidewalk, upon the east side of Marepgo
avenue, between Colorado and Walnut
streets.
Colorado street was ordered graded.
cuIDed and guttered from Vernon street
to Orange Grove avenue.
Old Fair Oaks avenue pronartv ownars
the west eide OF that avenue hut fs;lsd
to specify how far. The matter was re-.
ferred to Engineer Sedgwick. =
A tax sale for lot z, Thornton's subdi-
vision, was cancalled, the owners having {
produced receipts. (
New specifications for sidewalk1ne
Grand avenue were ordered. ]
Palmetto street was ordered graded
curbed and eideWalked from Aranoe / .
Grove to Grand avenue.
The street superintendent was ordared !
10 collect fee OF 25 cents for ali per- /
nits to dig up streets.
Permission was granted A. Adams ia 7
'rect blacksmith shop on De Lacy q
street. I
President Lukens called the attention !
y tne board to the benefit which would t
e1ui. from puttlng lamp-black in the