The herald., 1894-10-16

grading Tehema avenue, on Boyle
Heights, north of Bridge street; abating
a nuisance caused by water standing In
depression near Temple street, be-
tween Bonnie Brea street and Burning
ton avenue; protests against the Inn
provement of Norwood street; grading
OF First street, between Flower and
Hope; putting in storm drain upon
Grand avenue, at the corner OF Jefferson
street; crosswalks on Belmont avenue;
sidewalks on Sand street.
The board also recommended that the
proceedings to road up Pasadena ave-
nue., from Bridge street to the north city
line, be abandoned. and the city en-
gineer be directed to prepare plans and
specifications for adoption to do said
work to conform to q 100 foot street from
O street north.
NEW STREET WORK.
Several petitions for new street work
were granted as follows: Grading OF
Chicago street. between Brooklyn avenue
and Third street; Alvarado street, from
Washington street to its southern
terminus; a culvext on Hancock street,
at the corner OF Alhambra.
SEWER WORK.
The sewer committee had the follow
ing matters referred to it: Four pro-
tests against the assessments in the
Hill-street sewer district q sewer petit
toned for on Twenty-seventh street,
between Main and Grand avenue; re-
turn of assessment on Seventh street;
matter of damages claimed by Alfred
McGuffee on lot crossed by the outiall
sewer. The committee recommended
that the bid OF Frick Bros, to sewer
Hope street at 1893 per lineal foot for
the sewer complete be accepted.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The report of the finance committee,
which was adopted, recommended the
return of SIS to Martin Lehman as re-
bate OF license for time when the Impe-
rial theater was not running. Tax sale
certificate No. 5l27, OF Mrs. II. N.
Cheever was cancelled. Petition OF w.
S. Boyd was referred to city attorney.
The sum OF s2.93 was ordered returned
to Frank Friedman.
NEW ORDINANCES.
The report OF the city engineer con-
tanned the following ordinances OF inten-
ton which were passed Grading Towne
av enue from Sixth to Eighth streets
Michigan avenue from Saratoga to Ever
green avenue; sewer on Echo Park road
on south line of Bellevue avenue. The
ordinance of intention for sidewalk
and curb on First street between Vine
and Alameda streets was filed. The or
dinance of intention for sidewalk on
Grand avenue from Fourth street to
PicO went over two weeks. Ordinance
to establish grade on Lazard street went
over one week, as did the ordinance for
an 8.inch sewer on alley between
Ingraham and Seventh ntreets.
PETITIONS AND PROTESTS.
The protest against building an alley
on Cummings street, Boyle Heights, was
denied.
DR.. Peppers verbal petition that the
sewers on Bonnie Brae and Arlington
Heights be laid on alleys instead OF
streets was referred to the sewer COM
mittee.
protest against the nuisance caused
by the sprinkling carts and horsee
stabbed near Los Angeles street between
Eighth and Ninth was held on account
of irregularities.
A petition for a sidewalk from the
property OF Mrs. Il. de Y barrondo to the
north line OF Ninth street, the leveling
OF the sidewalk on the northeast corner
OF Maple avenue and Eighth street and
the removal OF a sprinkling hydrant from
the southwest corner OF Eighth and
Los Angeles streets, and the placing OF
an electric light on the corner of Los
Angeles and Eighth street, was referred.
The petitions of the Whirrel institute,
for curing the liquor and opium habits,
to have drunks sentenced 20 the cure in
stead OF to Jail, and the petition OF the
W. @. T. U. to get permission to place
drinking fountains of cherry phosphate
in front OF the police station and nsar
the Temperance temple. were referred
to the police commissioners.
ATTORNEYS REPORT.
The report of the city attorney. which
was adopted, calls for water pipe to be
placed on Stanford street by the City
Water company; the placing of water
main at the corner OF Fourth street and
Santa Fe avenue: an ordinance appoint
ing commission for work ON East Pico
street. and appointing ]. McIlmoil com.
missioner on Buena Vista street in
place of Clark, resigned.