The herald., 1893-09-12
SOME IMPORTANT BUSINESS,
The Proceedings Of the City
Council Yesterday.
Result of Investigating the Street
Superiuteiident's Office.
Bicyclists Must Keep on of Sidewalks
and Keep Their Lamps Lighted at
W Night-Rcports OF Commit
T, tees and Petitions. S.


council yesterday.
Among the principal features Of the
sesaion was the report showing short
age OF over 1910 in the street superin-
tendent's office.
A very strict bicycle ordinance was
passed. xk
Steps were taken for the widening OF
First street betwesn Main and Los An
geles streets.
All the members were present during
both the forenoon and afternoon ses-
sions.
LABOR BUREAU REPORT. -i -
The fret business to come before the
council was the reading OF the report OF
the manager OF the labor bureau. The
report showed that during last month
10I'applications had been made for posi-
tions and that 81 positions had been se-
cured. ns
CITY AUDITORS REPORT. 5e,f ltsi
The city auditor reported that be had
examined the reports Of r. D. Wade,i
license collector, for the month of Au-.
gust, and found them correct, as he did
also the reports OF the city clerk and
the clerk OF the police court, as to the
amount Of money deposited with the
city treasurer.
SUPERINTENDENT CT BUILDINGS HREroRT.
Superintendent OF Buildings Eisen re-
ported that the collections OF fees for
building permits for the eight months
OF the present year ending With August
was $l06o.65, as against $69O.70 collect
ed duringthe same months of last year.
Report fled. s.
REPORT OF STREET SUPERINTENDENT.
A communication was read from the
street superintendent, Recommending
that some action be taken to inyestis.
gate the condition of the San Pedro
street sewer, which is now covered with
redwood top and is considered unsafe.
Referred to the sewer committee. rIs p!
The superintendent also asked to be
authorized to cut the curb at Second
and Spring streets 60 as to move the
same back from the railway track,
which is dangerously close. Adopted.
A communication was received from
the street superintendent, calling atten-
tion to the fact that large quantity OF
rubbish is carried by the flow of water
and caused it to collect under the
bridges across the cutters of the city.
Referred to board OF public works, sewer
committee and city attorney.
The communication also stated that
there we're at present in the sewer sys-
tem OF East Los Angeles sewers which
had been built recently and during the
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office, seven flush tanks without connec-
tious for flushing. These eonnectione
should have been made by thscontract-
ors when the sewers were built, the ex-.
pence for connections to have beeNzpaid
by them. 1t was now asked. thatWthes
street superintendent be a1thorizetA.ta
have these connections made. ReteIfed
to the sewer committee. A. NsEM,
The report alec stated that new
fence had been built in place of the old
QUE on Lake Shore avenue, westof Echo
park.
Mr. Innes moved that the street ea.
perintendent be instructed to remove
said fence and arrest any person OBJ
structing said road or street. Adcpted.i
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The report of the board OF public
WOrKe was as 1olloWB:
In the matter OF the condition ni.
Grand avenue, between Fourth and
Fifth streets, recommend the etreet
superintendent place came in ae good
condition as before Dodd & O'Gsra tore
the same up. Adopted. s
In the matter of petition No. 654. from
George w. Tubbs ct al, in regard 10 the
grade of Washington street, we recorn-
mend that the matter be referred to the
city engineer. Adopted.
In the matter of petition No. $50, from
DR.. William Brill, asking to have Union
avenue, between Pico and 100 feet souths
OF Fourteenth street. graded and grav-
eled and cement curb and cement
sidewalk four feet wide laid where not
already laid, under the bond act, rec
ommend that that the same be grated,
and the city engineer instructed to pre-
sent the necessary ordinance. Adopted.
In the matter OF petition No. $40 from
Elizabeth s. Biles ct al, complaining of
the condition of crossing on Olive street
at First street, we recommend that the
street superintendent put the same in a
passable condition and aleo change the
sidewalk to conform to the curb on Hill
street and Second street, at the north.
west corner of same. Adopted.
In the matter OF petition No. 651 from
d. Allen asking to have the grade of
Star street established between Pico
Sixteenth streets, recommend the same
be granted and the city engineer present
the necessary ordinance OF intention.
Adopted. n
In the matter OF petition No. 652 from
0. @. Knox ct al, asking to have the
grade on Byram street established be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets. re-
commend the same be gran ted and the
city engineer instructed to present the
necessary ordinance Of intention.
Adopted.
In the matter of the additional peti.
tions Nos. 655 and 656, from the Los An
geles National bank in regard to the
widening of Fret street from Main to
Los Angeles street, recommend they be
referred to the city engineer for fur
ther report on all the petitions in re-
gard to frontage represented in the dis
trict OF assessment. Adopted and moved
that city engineer report at this days
aession.
In the matter OF the improvement OF
Cummings street, from the south line of
First street to point $50 feet south of
the south line of Fourth street, recon-
mend the acceptance of the bid OF w. III.
workman, grading, $2.l5 per lineal foot: {
guttering and curbing, 80 cents pei.
iineaI loot. being total of $2.75 Der
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