The herald., 1893-06-18

supply committee was held yesterday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Considerable
time was spent in looking over and pass
ing requisitions. No action was taken
upon them. Nothing of consequence
transpired.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The finance committee met in the city
hall yesterday at 10 o'clock, but outside
of auditing the customary warrants for
salaries, ETC., nothing of Importance was
done.
PUBLIC WORKS.
Board OF public works at it's meeting
yesterday adopted ths following report:
In the matter of the ordinance for the
acceptance OF Center Place, referred to
the board, the game was referred to the
city attorney for an opinion as to
whether section 26 of the state law
makes it mandatory for the council to
accept the same.
In the matter OF petition No. 439, from
William Niles, asking to have the grade
of Sixteenth street established, between
Main street and Central avenue, the
city engineer was instructed to present
the necessary ordinance, and also to pre-
sent the same for Sixteenth street, be-
tween Grand avenue and Hope street.
In the matter of petition No. 442, from
j. M. Baker ct al, asking to have Cum
mings street graded, graveled and
curbed, according to specifications No. 8,
under the bond act, between First street
to a point $50 feet south of Fourth
street, the city engineer was instructed
ito make an estimate OF the cost, and If
the same exceeds the sum of 81 per foot,
to present the necessary order of inten-
tion.
In the matter of petition No. 440, from
@. s. Blake ct al, asking that Pennsyi-
vania avenue, from st. Louis street to
Bally street, be graded, gravsled and
curbed, according to specifications No.
5, under the bond ect also that ce-
ment sidewalk six feet wide be included,
it was decided that the same be granted
and that the city engineer make an esti-
mate OF the cost, and if the same ex-
ceeds the sum OF 81 per front foot per
Hide, TO present the necessary order of
intention.
In the matter of petition No. 38o,
from Miles Dodd ct al, asking to have
the grade Of Belmont avenue, from the
north line of Otter street to the north
line of Bellevue avenue, changed to q
certain line, as shown in profile No. 85,
OF map OF the engineers office, it was
referred to the city engineer for investi-
| CATION and report requested SO TO
| whether the matter aekea ior is proper
and in conformity with the other street.
In the matter of petition No. 40. from
W. E. Francis eft al, asking TO have the
grade of Kent street, from Belmont
avenue to Bonnie Brae street, the same
waB granted and the city engineer was
instructed to present the necessary or
der of intention.
In the matter OF petition No. 443, from
W. Fl. Workman ct al, and petition No.
43S, from R. Ii. Mathews ct al, asking
to have First street widened 10 feet on
! the north side between Main and Will
mington street, owing to the magni-
tude of the same, 1t was decided that
proceedings be instituted, provided that
the petitioners secure petition signed
by majority of the property holders in
district of assessment, on First street !;
Hill street to be fixed as the west line
and the property of the Southern Cali
fornia railroad as the east line, on tha
north side east of Center street and
Santa Fe avenue on the south side, the
petition to be presented to the council
not later than two weeks from June 10th,
1893.
II WAS recommended that the street
superintendent have the street car COM
panv remove their tracks from the Main
and Massachusetts intersections and
pave the street according to law, and
also put the west side intersection in
good condition with periphery rock.
1t WAS recommended that the street
superintendent be allowed to pur-
chase the gravel for which he has pre-
sented acquisitions which were referred
to the board.
In the matter of petition No. 26S, from
s. A Crumrine ct al, asking to have
Union avenue between Pico and
Eleventh streets graded, graveled, ce-
ment curb and cement sidewalk five feet
wide under the bond act, the same was
granted and the city sngineer instructed
to make estimate of cost, if the came
exceeds the sum of 81 per foot per side.
and to persent an ordinance of inten-
ton.
In the matter of petition No. AL,
from r. N. Walton, in regard to the con-
dition OF Second street below Alameda
street, the street superintendent hav-
ing cleaned the street, the subject mat
ter of the petition is now being looked
after by the contractor satisfactory to
the petitioners.
The matter of widening First street
was thoroughly discussed by the board
and q number of property owners. Il
developed that the improvement would
probably cost $4,000 to 1000, and
that there would be considerable obiec-
tion TO assessment for the same, espee-
tally by property owners east of Main
street. Ii was therefore thought better,
instead of council going ahead and in
stituting proceedings, and probably In
viting law suits that would tie up the
matter, to leave 1t with the people them.
selves to determine whether the majority
of them in the district OF assessment
want to go ahead with the improvement.
1t was suggested that Main street and
San Pedro street would be greatly bene-
flied by the improvement and ought to
be included, for a proper distance north
and south OF First, in the assessment
district but the answer WAS made that
this would only increase the difficulties
In the way Of the improvement, and
that it would be better to contine the
district of assessment to First street.
This was accordingly done in the rccem.
mendation above detailed.