The herald., 1893-07-18
PASADENA.

KA981DI3Nses
p.....a,nvs OF tho Council-Ths City
sued.
PASADENA, July H.-At last the con.
tracts have been let for paving two OF
our business streets, this definite action
beine taken by the city council, at to-
davis meeting. The lucky concern
nroved to be the Perine Contracting aud
Paving company OF San Francisco,
which captured the contracts. with .
bid OF 81 cents per square foot Tor ootn
Fair OAKS and Raymond.
Other bids we're: Asphalt faVins
company OF Los Angeles, 3ls4 censs; a.
McNally, 80 2-8 cents.
All members Of the bosrd were pres
ent and there was considerably hveIy
discussion before the motion 10 acceps
the lowest bid went through, ana tnen
it failed to receive Q unanimous Vo.e,
Councilman McQuiIling holding out
evainst the majority, because he
thougt all bids were too high.
However, the deed Is done, and work
can now be commenced as soon as the
contractors can get material upon the
orounds. The aggregate amount In
volyed in the contract let today was
about $50, 900, which i, less than the
estimate made by thecity engineer, as
he figured on q 35-ceni basis.
The several street paving contracts
will come up for action just as soon as
the time for fling protests have EXPIRED
meanwhile work on Fiir Oaks and Ray
mond will be going or.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
Bids for constructing cement walk
on Fair Oaks between Chestnut and
Kansas we're approved as follows:
Grsy Bros Artificial Stone Paving
company, 1O1a cents PR square foot.
w. o, Newcomb, 10A cents per square
foot. The contract was awarded to
Newcomb. =, .,.,-
For constructing cement walk on Dol,
orado street betwesI Fair oaks ana
Lake. the following dds were received ::
Ward & Roberts, IL 45-100; Gray
Bros Artificial Stone Paving company
1O1I, Contract awarded to Gray Bros.
For laying coBble stone curb and gut.
ter on sam. granite ca4b-aaston d Doi..2H
!. a. 80. loot; cobble stone curb and
gutter, ~ cents per lineal foot.
The bid was rejected and work ordered
readvertised.
A resolution ordering a sidewalk on
Marengo avenue from Walnut to Illinois
was passed.
The report of the auditing and finance
committee was accepted, and bills to the
amount of $14855.
E. 8. Frost addressed the board ask.
ing that 25-foot lot on the corner of
Colorado and Broadway be condemned
for street purposes. It seems that the
street is 30 feet wide the whole length
with the exception of the Frost lot, The
matter was referred to the COMMITTEES on
streets and alleys.
A resolution was passed ordering a
sidewalk laid in front Of piece of land
on Grand avenue owned by Mrs. Jewett.
Trustee Clark reported that some
deep.eyed villain had decamped with
the goose neck located on st. John and
Congress streets, used by the street
sprinklers. A reward of $25 was offered
for any information leading to the con-
viction OF the guilty parties.
August Mayer addressed a communi-
cation calling attention to a mistake
which occurred in the specifications
ordering cement sidewalk on Old Fair
Oaks, his lot being included, whereas a
walk is already laid in front of it. The
communication was ordered filed.
THE CITY SUED.
Papers were this morning fled against
the city in suit brought by T. O. Hop
kins, owner of the building formerly
used by the city for offices. Mr.. Hop
kins asks tc recover $100.51, which he
alleges is due him from the corporation
for connecting the building with the
main sewer at the time the city was in
possession, and before the expiration of
the lease.
The grounds for the action are in a
clause in the lease between the city and
Hopkins which, it iH claimed, makes the
city responsible for the expense incurred
In connecting with the sewer.
At the time the work was done Mr..
Hopkins presented bill to the council,
and upon advice of the city attorney
payment was refused.
NOTES.
Excursion tickets for the Chautauoua
assembly at Long Beach are now on sale.
The funeral of W. H. Schaffer took
place yesterday afternoon from the un-
dertaking parlors of Reynolds & Van
Vuys, conducted by Rev, DR.. MAXWELL. |
The installation OF officers took place
this evening at the Pasadena tent.
knight of the Maccabees.
All the mountain resorts are crowded.
6witzer's camp, under the management
OF Mr.. Will Hogadorn, is full to over
flowing.
A vicious rattlsr is exhibited in Col
orado street window, and attracts much
attention.
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