The herald., 1893-09-19

per foot; curbing, AZ cents per lineal
foot; sIdewalking, is cents per square
foot; +. II. Hutchinson, $49S15 per
lineal foot for work complete.
Council street, between Belmont ave-
nue. and Hobart street: Gray Bros,
sidewslking, III Il cents per square foot.
Bridge street, between Pleasant ave.
nue. and State street: w. II. Young,
grading, 1861 per linesl foot; curbing
each eide, 2215 cents per lineal foot !;
Baldwin & McCombs, grading, SO 4S115 !;
curbing each side, 20 cents; sidewalk
ing, l5 cents per square foot.
Pennsylvania Avenue-R. Scherer,
grading, $3.50 per lineal foot; curbing
each side, 28 cents; sidewalking, IA
cents square foot.
Bids for sewer work were referred to
the sewer committee, the others to the
board of public works.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The report of the board OF public
works as published in the HERALD last
Saturday was adopted with the excep-
tion of the recommendation that the
clerk bo Instructed to advertise for bids
ior grading West Sixth street from st.
Paul's avenue to the western city limits.
The board presented the following ad-
ditional report at the afternoon session
In the matter OF petition from Newhall
q RAIDER in regard to the grading oi
Maple avenue from Seventh street to
Washington, recommend that action be
postponed until after the ordinance
has been passed for the Maple avenue
district sewer, which ia about completed
by the city engineer.
The board recommended that the bid
of M. 8. Cummings for the improvement
OF Union avenue between Eleventh and
Pico streets be accepted at $4.47 per
lineal foot.
Recommended that the petition of M,
N. Avery ct al. asking to have Eighth
street from Pearl to union avenue i'm.
proved by grading and curbing, be
granted and that the city engineer pre-
sent an ordinance in accordance there.
with.
zANJA COMMITTEES REPORT.
This committee recommended that the
lease between the city and J. Mirandette
for reservoir No. 5 be approved, az the
total amount Of the lease for the year
ahas been paid.
POLICE JUSTICES REPORT.
Police Justice Austin reported the col
lection OF fines amounting to $3.50 for
last month. The report OF Police Justice
Seaman showed the collection OF 1904 az
fines for the Same month. Filed.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT.
As instructed, the city attorney pre-.
sented lease with o. Bscigalupi for
reservoir site No. for one year at $le5
per year.
In the matter OF the application OF
Sells & Rentfrow, asking that the license
ordinance be 80 amended that shows
with seating capacity not exceeding
1900 people may pay license less than
$500 per day, / have to report that the
ordinance may be 80 amended il the
council desires. Filed.
| In the matter OF the petition OF H.
Glaze, report that Glaze brought auit
against the city to collect pay for over
time alleged to have been required of
him as one OF the keepers of the city
jail. The case was decided in his favor
In the juetice's court, and was immedi-
ately appealed by me to the superior
court in order that we may get the
question determined whether or not a
person employed by the city at a fixed
salary per month can collect for all
time employed in excess OF eight hours
per day. This is matter OF great i'm.
portance, involving large sum OF
money. and should be determined by
the higher courts. Adopted.
Lewis B. Reed has brought suit
against the city to quiet title to lots 8
and TO-, in block / Of the @. M. Wells
tract. These lots are portion OF the
Hoover tract, in regard to which have
heretofore reported the city has no
claim.
SEWER COMMITTEE REPORT.
The sewer committee, to whom was
referred the bids for the construction oi
the sewer in the Hill street sewer dis
trict, recommended that the bids be
rejected and the city engineer present
new specifications and new ordinance of
intention. Adopted.
With reference to the motion of Mr..
Teed to have water from sprinklinp
hydrant at the corner of Washington
and Figueroa streets piped into the
sewer, the committee recommended that
the request be denied, and that the
superintendent of street sprinkling be
directed to have the hydrant fixed so
that it will not leak. Adopted.
CITY RNGINEER's REPORT.
The city engineer made a lengthy re-
port, the most important feature OF
which was the matter of building a
levee along the east bank OF the Los An
geles river, from the Santa Fe bridge
HOO feet northerly, 80 aH to protect the
stock yards. etc.
He reported that the plans and snani-