The herald., 1893-08-22

erty owner, favored the proposition.
Mr.. Butcher opposed the improvement.
Councilman Strohm moved that the
contract be awarded, Notwithstanding
the mayors objection. The motion was
unanimously adopted.
WIDENING OF FIRST STREET.
The next important matter was the
petition from the Los Angeles bank and
many others, asking that First street
be widsned, and presented the following
in support OF their claims:
We the undersigned property owners
on First street hereby respectfully rep
resent and show TO your honorable body
that 1t will be for the best interests OF
all OF the people owning property and
doing business on and using said street,
and for the advantage and benefit OF the
city at large, that said First street, be-
tween Los Angeles and Main streets, be
widened at least ten feet wider than it
is at present, and that said widening be
made by taking ten feet from the north
side OF the same.
I'VE further represent that the said
street is but 80 feet in width between
said Los Angeles and Main streets, and
that between Main and Hill streets it is
20 feet wide, aud at the interaection of
said First street with said Los Angeles
street. East OF Los Angeles street it is
70 feet wide, and at the intersection of
the same with Wilmington street the
width of said street is 80 feet, and from
thence to the Los Angeles river said
street 10 Of an uniform width OF 80 feet.
And we further represent and show
that there are no costly buildings now
erected upon the north side Of the block
where the said street is sought to be
widened. but that there is building
about to be erected on the northeast
corner OF First and Main streets, and
that said building is to be four story
building; that If the said building ia
erected it will be extremely difficult and
costly to widen the said First street at
said point afterward; that o great
amount of travel-foot, passengers and
vehicles-passes to and fro upon said
street between said points, and that it is
of greater necessity to have wide street
between said points than anywhere else
on said street." Referred.
SEWER COMMITTEE REPORT.
The sewer committee reported in the
matter OF the referred communication
from the board Of health asking the
council to lay out sewer district so the
county hospital could connect with the
same. that it found that tho most OF the
property in the immediate vicinity Of
the hospital is acre property. On this
account 1t would work great hardship
on the owners to build sewers in the
streets nntil 1t is more thickly settled.
Therefore the committee recommended
that the health officer notify the super
visors that they must connect the hos
pital with the eastern intercepting sewer
st their own expense.
The committee also recommended
that the street superintendent be direct
ed to grant the board Of supervisors per-
mission to lay sewer for the hospital
in any OF the streets deemed necessary
for the purpose.
w. M. March was recommended for
appointment as an inspector on the
wooden pipe on the outfall sewer.
Adopted.
BICYCLES ON THE SIDEWALK.
The chief Of police presented COM
munication, asking that an ordinance
be passed. to prevent bicyclists from
riding on the sidewalks. He had heard
many complaints against riders who
have treapassed in this respect. The
matter was referred to the board of pub
lie works and the city attorney. who
will prepare an ordinance to remedy the
evil.
WILL BE INyEsTIoATEp.
A letter was received from Street Su-
perintsnde Wataon requesting the
council to make an investigation OF the
business affairs Of his Office. He made
this request or account Of a certain
newspaper Publishing articles rejecting
on him and the smanper in which his
Office is conducted.
It was moved that an expert be en-
ployed to examine the books of the
street superintendent, as we'll as a COM
mittee who will investigate all the
affairs OF the office in question. Coun-
cilmen Gaffey, Nickel and Rhodes were
appointed committee to make the in
vestigation.
BRIDGE STREET IMPROVEMENT.
The city engineer reported that the
remonstrance sgainst improving Bridge
street, counting out Irregularities, lacks
68 feet Of necessary majority Of frontage.
On motion OF Mr.. Campbell the remon-
STRANGE was filed and the clerk in
structed to readvertise for bids.
OTHER STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Bids were opened for improving Soto.
Hoover and Hellman streets. There
was only one bid for constructing sewer
in the Hill street district, that OF Frank
Walker, $2.19 q foot. manholes $40.
tlush tanks $1l0, lampholes $l2. The
bid was adopted.
Mr.. Munson presented an ordinance
defining tho lines Of Loomis street,
which was passed.
Final ordinances were passed estab-
lishing the grade on Eighth street. from
Pearl to Home; Lucas avenues, from
Seventh to Orange Third, from Chicago
to Saratoga; Belmont avenue, from
Otter to Bellevue avenue.
ORDINANCE OF NTRNTIoN.
Considerable discussion arose over the
ordinance Of intention for placing six.
foot sidewalk on tho north side of Grand
avenue. from the west side Of Seventh
street to Jefferson street. The matter
was deferred another week.
The ordinance Of intention for placing
sidewalk on the south side of Eleventh
street, from Vernon to Eentous street,
was disposed of In the usual manner.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The ranort of the hoard ~ puhI;c