The herald., 1893-10-28
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
A NEW STREET RAILWAY LINE
WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
The Opening of CASTELAR, street-street
Railway Tracks Ordered Removed.
Bids to BE Awarded for
Street Work.

The board OF public works met yester-
day and transacted the following buei-
ness for presentation to the council
Monday:
In the matter OF petition from W. IL.
Workman and another asking for street
railway on Cummings and Sixth streets,
and Boyle avenue to Stevenson aveune.
the board recommended that the petition
be granted and the city attorney in
etructed to draft and present the neces-
sary ordinance and notice calling for pro-
posals for the purchase of said franchise.
The franchise must contain clause that
work must be commenced within four
months from the passage OF the ordln-
ance and be completed within one year
therelrom.
In the matter OF petition from w. B.
Bosbyshell ct al. asking that a cement
! sidewalk be constructed SIX feet wide on
both sides of Seventh street from B.xei
to Pearl streets, recommended thst the
I petition be granted, ana the city en-
/ gineer prepare and present ordinance Of
in nlention.
In the matter of petition from Caro-
! Inns Winston ct al, asking that Carroll
avenue, between Douglas street and
! point 400 ieet west OF said street, be
graded to conform to the established
/ grade, work to be done according to
! special specifications providing for the
use OF the redwood curb at present on
| the street, recommended that the petit
tion be granted and the city engineer
! instructed 10 present ordinance OF in
| teDtion and necessary specifications for
same.
I la the matter of petition from II. j.
/ Hilton ct al, asking council to change
/ and establish the grade OF Burlington
/ avenue, between Arnold and Maryland
streets. in accordance with grade ees
forth in petition, the board RECON-
mended that the same be referred to the
city engineer to report whether this,
together with petitions asking for the
4 change, heretofore referred to him. rep
resent e majority of the frontage along
the line of the street where it 10 proposed
to change the grade.
In the matter OF petition from Will
liam Wright ct al, property owners on
| Washington street between Flower and
Main streets, asking that the tracks OF
the Main Street and Agricultural Park
Railway company be ordered removed
from Washington street, recommended
that the street superintendent be in
structed to notify the said company to
remove said tracks forthwith.
La the matter of petition from A. B.
Greenwsld ct al., asking that ordinance
No. 16i2 relating to sign posts and pro-
viding that all sign posts muet have
thereon an electric light, OF not less
than 1900 candle power, be amended go
as to exsmnt from the provisions OF said
ordinance, ell sign posts erected before
the passage thereof, recommended that
the petition be granted, and the city
attorney be instructed to prepare and
present a new ordinance in accord
ance Herewith.
In the matter of the petition from f.
W. Burnett e. al. asking that a six-foot
cement sidewalk be ordered laid on the
east side of Beacon street. between Sew
enth and Eighth streets, recommended
that the petition bs granted and the
city engineer instructed to present an
ordinance of intention.
In the matter OF the opening of
CASTELAR, street, from Rock street into
| Bellevue avenue. We recommend that
the ordinance OF intention as presented
by this board be placed upon it's pas.
cage.
Recommended that the city engineer
prepare and present the necessary
specifications for the construction of q
brick culvert on First street. between
! Alvarado street and Rosemont avenue,
under what is known as the "Donegan
/ FILL"
Recommended that the city engineer
present an ordinance of intention to
grade, gravel and curb Centennial
street, between Alpine street and Belle.
/ vue avenue.
/ Recommend that the street superin-
tendent be instructed to construct the
following croes walks: Across Hope
street or the south side of Twenty
third street; across Hope street on the
north side of Thirtieth street; across
Flower street on the north side of Thir-
tieth street, from the west side of Grand
avenue to the car track on the north
side OF Twenty street; from the
south side of Washington street to car
track on east side of Estrells avenue.
In the matter OF the proposals to i'm
prove Burlington avenue between the
north line OF First street and the south
line of Temple street. recommended
that the proposal OF D. +. Donegan for
the work complete for the sum of 1880
! De cCSpteu anu tue IeHOlutlUu OI award
adopted.
In the matter OF the proposals TO i'm
prove the intersection of Washington
and Figueroa streets, recommended that
the proposal of A. NJ. Austin at 271l
cents per square foot for bi.uminous paw
ing, 29l4 cents per square foot for gran
ite blocks, and 80 cents per lineal foot
for curb, and $3.50 per lineal foot for
LOT 81 QRnQntAd "a
resolution of award adopted.
In the matter Of the proposals to re-
move earth from Main street, between
/ Fourteenth and Pico streets, to bring
esme to grade according to profile in the
office OF the city engineers, recommended
that the proposal OF d. f. Donegan for
$l90 for the work complete be accep pied
and the city attorney instructed to pre-
pare and present the necessary contract
and bond for doing said work.
! When Nature
Needs assistance, it may be best to rem
der it promptly, but one should remem-