The herald., 1893-11-14

OF public works.
Mr.. Burdette addressed the council
and said he would like the body to take
action if possible. II there were any
objections he would like to know what
they are. The matter had been before
the board of public works and he hoped
the council would not delay further.
Mr.. Campbell thought there should
be no more delay.
Mr.. Strohm said he had not known
anything about the matter. The city
attorney had presented nothing to any
committee about it.
The matter was referred to the board
OF public works.
TIE EXTRA PATRoLMEN WILL COME.
The city attorney reported the or
dinance providing for the appointment
of ten extra police patrolmen.
Mr.. Innes moved to lay it on the
table.
Mr.. Munson moved to postpone ac-
ton four weeks.
Mr., Campbell moved that it be put
on its passage.
Mr.. sMunson thought action should be
deferred, to determine where the men
should be put and to have complete
report from the finance committee as to
| the expense.
Mr.. Strolm moved that the ordinance
be amended to read that the men shall
serve for four months from November
/ goth.
Mr.. Innes thought there should be
further investigation before the ordi-
nance should be passed.
The amendment by Mr.. Strohm was
adopted, and the ordinance as amended
was passed, by a vote of 6 ayes and 2
noes, Councilmen Innea and Munson
voting in the negative.
AID ASKED FROM THE CITY.
Mr.. Hall, from delegation asking for
assistance by the city council in the en-
tertsinment of the approaching horticul-
turai convention, addressed the council
on that eubject, and it appearing that
there would be another meeting before
the convention meets, the matter was
referred to the finance committee.
THAT FIGUERoA STREET CASE.
The city attorney presented the fol-
lowing report:
In the matter of the several petitions
and protests in regard to the existence
OF Figueroa street between Pico and
Sixth streets, report as follows; In
| 1858 the city council made contract
| with Henry Hancock by which he was
to eurvey the unsold land in the western
portion of the city into donation lots of
35 acres each. In 1857 this map was
completed and presented to the city,
and has been known ever since as the
Hancock map. The map as presented
contained what was then supposed
to be the city limits and
showed in The western and southwestern
portion of the city large amount of
land which was outside of the four
leagues afterwards confirmed as the city
limits, and the lots and blocks were sub.
divided south of PicO street and TO the
exterior limits of what was then con-
sidered the pueblo boundaries. The
blocks we're surrounded by streets, the
principal ones running in an easterly
and westerly direction being Pico.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson and
other streets beyond the present limits
OF the city, which were named for the
presidents of the Uuited States in their
chronological order. The streets run
| ming in a northcrly and southerly direc-
tion were Michetoreno, Alvarado.
! Figueroa and San Pedro. Each block
contained eight lots, each lot containing
35 acres exclusive of the streets by
which they were surrounded. Shortly
after this map was presented to the
council Hancock surveyed the exterior
boundaries OF the city ON the
| basis OF four leagues, de-
fined such boundaries on said
map and then extended his subdivision
OF the vacant lands of the city to the
northern and eastern boundaries. This
map shows Michel Toreno, Alvarado
and Figueroa streets as extending from
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ir straight lines. as we'll as other streets
extending from one boundary to another
wherever the lands were subdivided.
| Figueroa street, however, between
Sixth street and Pico, as the map low
exists, shows but one line between those
points and that upon the eastern side of
| the side but an inspection of this map
think shows that the line upon the
western side of the street has been
eraced. | can conceive OF no reason why
Mr.. Hancock in subdividing these lands
| should have uniformly bounded the
lots and blocks by straight streets with
out reference to the topography OF the
land, and failed to do 30 in regard to
Figueroa street between Pico and Sixth.
There was no reason why street should
not have been laid out between those
points; the blocks on the west OF the
street between those points, il allowed
to run to the east side of the street,
would contain more than So acres each
aad would be bounded by no street at
all upon the east. Mr. George Hansen,
who was draughtsman for Mr.. Hancock
and made this map, has subsequently
made map showing the limits of the
city as formerly claimed, as we'll as the
confirmed limits, and the extension of
the Hancock survey north OF Pico street,
and his map shows Figueroa street ex-
tending entirely across the city. In 1871
the city council had Mr.. Seebold make
copy OF the Ord and Hancock maps. An
inspection of these copies will show
that they are made upon vellum and
are tracings of the originals, and Mr..
Hansen states that this was done in or
der that they might be exact copies, and
he recollects OF assisting to mount them
upon cloth after they had been traced.
This copy OF the Hancock map shows
Figueroa street as existing from one
side OF the city to the other without
break. There are many other maps
made subsequent to this map, which
show Figueroa street existing between
these points, but do not consider them
as relevant to prove the existence of
the street upon the original Hancock
map, which map. / think, we must
depend upon to show ded-
ication of this street between
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