The herald., 1893-11-18
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Hecomm sndatfons to Bs Made at tn,
Next Council Nesting.

Recomm sndations to Bs Made 1t the
Next Council Meeting.
The board Of public works yesterday
decided upon the following recommends
stions to be made at the next meeting
OF the city council
In the matter OF the bids for the i'm
provement OF Commercial street from a
point 30 feet west OF the west line OF
Alameda street, to the west line OF Ala
media etreet, including all intersections
Of streets, recommend the acceptance OF
the bid Of A. M. Austin at 281S cents
per square foot for bituminous rock, and
2Sls cents per square foot for granite
gutter, be accepted, and the accompany
ing resolution OF award be adopted.
In the matter OF protest No. 8S6, from
J. M. Davies ct al, against the WIDEN
ing OF First street between Main and
Los Angeles streets, recommend the
protest be referred to the city engineer
to estimate frontage.
Also same reference in the matter of
protest No. 800 from George w. King,
and No. 89l from Main Street Improve
ment company.
In the matter OF petition No. 745 from
Il. Bouton ct al, asking for the narrow
iiik Va <ANVNS bbAoDtf oOhWNDA OoiipkC ah0
Bernard streets to 90 feet in width, re-
commend that the city engineer define
the lines Of said street in accordance
with said petition.
In the matter of petition No. S92 from
the Los Angeles Pressed Brick company,
asking permission to dig and remove
quantity OF earth from the ungraded
portion Of iced street at it's intersection
with Bellevue avenue, recommend the
same be referred to the city engineer to
zee if there iB q surplus not needed on
said street.
In the matter OF protest No. S93 from
r. Roberts protesting against the street
superintendent removing any buildings
from lots 10. IL and Is of Beaudry's sub
division OF lot IL of the Abila tract, re-
commend the same be referred to the
city attorney to report as to petitioners
legal rights in the matter.
In the matter of protest No. 1856 from
G.. g. Caldwell ct al, against the i'm
provementN of Trenton street, between
Eleventh and Pico streets, recommend
the same be referred to the city en-
gineer to report If same contains a ma
jority of the frontage.
In the matter Of petition No. 861,
from HI. d. Smith OF al, in regard to
storm water at the intersection OF
Eleventh and Georgia Bell and Ottowa
streets, asking the council to have the
nuisance abated, recommend that the
same be referred to the street superin-
tendent, to take action as he thinks nec-
essary to comply with the request of Pc
titioners.
In the matter OF protest No. TT, from
A. III. Feldschan ct al, against the
changing the name Of Wall street to
Myrtle avenue, recommend that the
protest be filed, as the council contem-
plates no such action.
In the matter OF petition No. $50, from
Jesse Planks ct al, asking to have Six
teenth street, between Toberman street
and Union avenue, graded, graveled,
cement curbed and cement sidewalked
Give feet wide) under the bond act, rec
ommend that the city engineer make es-
innate OF cost, and II the same exceeds
the sum of 81 per front foot along each
side of said street, then to present the
necessary ordinance of intention to do
said work.
III the matter of petition No. 1888 from
j. T.. HunBecker ct al. asking for q
crosswalk at Girard and Vernon streets,
and petition No. $50 from Mrs. Z. A.
Hodgkins ct al. for crosswalk at Olive
and Court street, recommend the same
be granted and the street superintend-
ent instructed to construct the walks in
accordance with petitions above men
toned. ,oa '-s.'t,s s.issss..
Recommend that the city engineer
have the contractors constructing the
levee on the north bank of the Los An
geles river extend the same to point
l50 feet northwest of its present
terminus.
In the matter of the application for
franchise for street railway from W.
III. Workman ct al, recommend the
ordinance as prepared and amended by
this board be placed on its passage and
the city clerk instructed to advertise the
same for bids.