The herald., 1893-05-23
LIVELY BIDS FOR WATER BONDS.
The City Council Meets in Reg
ular Weekly Session.
City Engineer Dockweilor Shows
Where the City Can Save $500.
Mr.. Gamey Thinks the City Jsilers stand
Too Long watehss-Two Bids for
the East Side Railway Fran
chise-Routine work.

Day, ana the full board was present ex.
cept Mr.. Nickel. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and APP
proved. Leave OF absence was granted
Mr. Nickel for 80 days.
THE WATER BONDS.
The following persons were bidders
upon the 1875, 900 fve-per-cent bonds to
be issued for the purpose OF enabling
the city to itself supply water to the
citizens: f. H. Rollins & sons, par and
accrued interest, less one per cent Gre.
ieeted, being less than par); Duvsn &
Rutledge, par, accrued interest and
S5l55 premium; w. j. Hayes & Sons,
ppr. accrued interest and 1866 premi-
UNI; Splitter & Co., par, accrued inter-
est and $55l8 premium; Coffin & Stan
ton, par, accrued intereet and $1.25 per
$1,000 premium; Pirtle Real Estate com.
pany, par, accrued interest and S2525
premiums w. w. Harrison & Co., par,
accrued interest and $3.50 premium !;
Lamprecht Bros. & Co., par, accrued in
terest and s3413 premium. The bids
were then referred to the finance COM
mittee.
STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE BIDS.
The East Los Angeles street railway
franchise was then put up and bids
thereon were opened: Ira e. Moore,
$40; Theodore Summerland, $1,000.
These bids we're referred to the board OF
public works.
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR.
The mayor returned without bis APP.
proval an ordinance providing for the
government of certain inspectors of pub
lie works, accompanied by request that
the provisions of such ordinance be
made more Ineligible. The ordinance
wac then taken up and amended in &C.
cordance with the mayors suggestions,
and passed under suspension of the
rules.
CITY CLERKS REPORT.
The final ordinances embodied in the
city clerks report were then taken up
and passed, to-wit:
| Grading and curbipg Bonnie Brae
street from Temple to Bellevue avenue !;
| grading and curbing Sixth street from
| st. Paul avenue to the western city
line; paving and curbing Second street
from Broadway to Hill street; grading
and curbing Seventeenth street from
Grand avenue to Hope; grading and
curbing Boston street between Montreal
and Pcarl severing of Crescent avenue
between Boston and Temple street /;
sidewalking north side OF Twenty-third
| street from Main street to Grand avenue
The petition for additional assistance
in the city clerks Office, on account Of
delinquent tax sales, was referred to the
finance committee.
THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT
reported that in accordance with reso-
luton Of the council, adopted May 18th,
he had sought to remove the switch on
Also street belonging to the Pacific
Railway company, and thRt Mr.. d. K.
Trask, the receiver of said company, in
formed him that said switch would be
removed about the frat Of next week,
Filed.
Also that Maple avenue, from Fifth
street to the south city boundary, was
now complete and open for travel, as
was also Sixteenth street. between Maple
and San Pedre street. Filed.
THE LAND COMMITTEE
reported, with recommendation, that
the deed from A. O. Jeffreys for the
west hall OF lot A, Orange tract, for the
purposes Of an alley, be accepted; and
further. that the certificate OF tax sale
No. 26l7 on the same property be can
celed, as the land has been used as an
alley for several years. The committee
also reported unfavorably on the claim
of M. L. Wicke for certain land on Sec
ond street, for which he presents deed.
The report was filed.
FREE LABOR EXCHANGE.
The manager OF the free labor bureau
reported that ia applications for work
had been received during the past week,
OF which 90 had received permanent en-
ployment.
WANTED A RAISE.
The street superintendent filed petit
ton to the effect that the salary of the
inspector OF paved streets be raised from
So 30 to So per day. Referred to finance
committee.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The following recommendations OF the
finance committee were acted upon:
We recommend that the report of the
city auditor for the week ending May IA
be filed. Adopted.
In the matter OF petition No. 343, from
Lit lie & Avery, asking that tax sale GER
tifcate No. $40 for the year 1889 80 be
marked cancelled and redeemed OF re-.
cord, upon the ground that the property
therein described is doubly assessed and
paid on, under receipts No. Asp and
1884 for the same year. the city assessor
having reported to this committee that
the faets therein contained are corre6t,
and recommending that the petition be
granted, we recommend that the city
clerk be instructed to mark Cancelled and
redeemed of record said tax sale certifi.
cate No. $40 for the year l8S9'90 for the
foregoing reasons. Adopted.
III the matter of the application OF
Edward harrington, No. 316, for re-
turn to him OF 50 80 on account OF an
assessment for improvements on lot 2,
block l, Of the Highland tract No. 1, for
the year 1923, petitioner alleging that
no such improvements existed at the
time OF making the assessment for said
year. the city assessor having reported
to this committee that upon the first
Monday in March, 1898, the improve.
nents of the petitioner were in process
OF construction, and that to the best oil
his knowledge and belief the material
on the ground and the work done equsled
the amount of assessment on account OF
improvements, We therefore recommend
that the prayer of the petitioner be de-
MED. Adopted.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
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