The herald., 1893-10-17

presented an ordiner." granting prop
efty owners permission tc improve
Stockton street under the usual condi-
tions. Aleo an ordinance changing the
name OF Adeline, Pandora and Oleander
streets. The ordinances were passed.
In the matter of the petition of Bloker
and others in regard to the vacating OF
portions of certain streets in the Hunter
Highland View tract. the attorney was
given one weeks further time.
The ordinance changing the name Of
Wall street to Myrtle avenue was post
poned one week.
BIDS AND PROPOSALS..
The following bids were opened and
read:
To construct brick culvert across
Boyle avenue: III. @. Register, work
complete, 1897; M. Zuretti, work COM
plete, 1850.
To improve Pennsylvania avenue:
Dodd u O'Gara, $2.15 per lineal foot,
curb 20 cents, sidewalk 12 cents per
square foot: Baldwin & McCombs, $3 30
per lineal foot. gutter III cents, curb 20
cents, sidewalk 151a CENTS; John Red
man, grading and graveling $3.50 per lin
cal foot, curb 20 cents on each side, side
walk IA cents per square foot,
10 construct gutter on Center place
between First and Second streets: G..
Scherer, paving 2913 cents, bitumen, IL
cents; 2. O. SmiJh, 344 cents, BIZ
tumen 13 cents; A. M. Austin, 35 cents,
bitumen 25 cents.
To pave Commercial street 80 feet
west: G. Scherer, 27 2-l0 cents per
SQUARE foot, gutter % lilo cents; P. G.
Smith, 22s4 cents; A. M. Austin, 2S
cents.
Referred to the board OF public works,
who recommended that the bid Of III. @.
Register for the brick culvert be ac-
cepted. Adopted.
THAT PLUMBING ORDINANCE.
On motion of Mr.. Strohm special
committee was appointed to revise the
plumbing ordinance.
The chair appointed Messfs. Nickel,
Munson and Strohm as the special cofu-
mittee to revise the ordinance.
The ordinance has given much dissat-
isfaction.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The report OF the board of public
works was adopted as published in the
HERALD of last Saturday, with the ex-
ception of the Bridge-street improve
ment matter an the petition to macad-
amize Third street, between Crocker
street and Santa Fe avenue. The latter
was stricken out and the bids of the
former rejected and the clerk instructed
to readvertise.
Some discussion arose as to the kind
and weight of the rails to be used in the
construction of the line of street rail-
way over Pasadena avenue from DAILY
street to Pasadena.
The ordinance granting the franchise
was read as recommended by the board
OF public works, and after several amend,
ments were added the form of the ordi
nance was adopted.
WILL TEAR UP THE TRACKS.
On motion of Mr.. Gaffey the superin-
tendent of streets was instructed to i'm
mediately proceed to remove the tracks
of the Los Angeles Consolidated Elec-
tcic Railway company from Also street,
between Main street and Boyle avenue.
On motion of Mr.. Nickel. the Electric
Railway company was instructed to take
up its tracks and remove the same on
South Truman and Hawkins streets and
place the streets in as good condition as
they were formerly.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
In the matter of the paving of Also
street the clerk was instructed to read
vertise FOR bids.
On motion of Ir. Pessell, the street
superintendent was instructed to repair
Main street from Jefferson street to the
city limits; also to repair Prospect ave-
nue. in aceordancs with the recommen-
dation OF the board of public works.
The city attorney was instructed to
take the necessary legal steps to open
First street between Olive and Hill
streets.
On motion OF Mr.. Nickel the street
superintendent was instructed to have
San Fernando road, from Walnut street
bridge to the city limits, put in good
condition by roading up and filling
cbuckholes and placing gravel on the
worst places.
On motion of Mr.. Campbell it was
carried that the pending proceedings for
the improvement OF Michigan avenue be
abandoned and the city engineer be in
structed to present new estimate of
the cost of the same, and il the cost ex
ceeds 81 per front foot on each side OF
said street, then to present the necee
sary ordinance to improve it.
1t was carried that the street superin-
tendent fill up the holes on Los Angeles
street between Ninth and Twenty-third
streets. ad ss
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Mr.. Nickell's attempt to bring up the
repeal OF the merchants tax, which is
with the committee of the whole, was
unsuccessful.
The council accepted an invitation to
attend the laying of the corner stone of
the new Turner hall October 22d.
The special committee investigating
the books of ex-Street Superintendent
Hutchinson was given further time in
which to report.
In the matter OF the petition from
property owners asking that the sewer
on Salona avenue, where a spring of
running water interferes with the sewers
construction. be repaired, was referred
to the sewer committee to make what
repairs it deems necessary.
On motion of MIR. Campbell the gen.
eral specifications for bridges presented
by I. j. Raek were returned.
On motion of Mr.. Rhodes the time
was extended to 80 days to the contract
ors for the improvement of Vernon
street, between Sixteenth and Pico.
On motion OF Mr.. Rhodes tho pro-
ceedings for improving Bonnie Brae
street, between Seventh and Eighth
streets, were ordered abandoned on
tha navuoaut of oxpanaea iucurrad into