The herald., 1894-10-30

devise means to carry off water which
collects at corner of Fifth street aud
Douglas avenue.
The health officer was instructed to
abate nuissncea on Temple road and
Riggs street.
A motion was carried that electric
road be instructed to put on better car
service on University line between hours
OF A and 6 o'clock p. M. The Maple
avenue line was included in motion.
Street superintendent was instructed
to clean out CUTTERS on Wall street south
OF Twelfth.
STREET WORK.
The matter of the petition OF L. T.
Graves, appealing from the decision OF
the street superintendent in the matter
OF assessments on several lots, was
motion of Mr.. Pessell.
| The final ordinance to sidewalk Or
| ange street was laid over one week.
The protest Of Wilmer Bros and 9TH
era against paying ID. F. Donegan for
grading Lucas avenue was laid over one
week.
The matter OF cement walk on Ad-
ANS street from Main to Carr streets
was laid over for 80 days.
In the matter OF an appeal from the
assessments by the street superintend-
ant in the Hill.street sewer district, the
council heard the protests from many of
the residents of the district and list
ened TO arguments on the subject by
Judge Louis tiottechalk, Attorney Mon
roe and others. Tho claim was made
that the sewers were improperly built
IN the frat place. and in the second that
the assessment was not fair. The hear
ing was continued until next Monday at
z O'Clock, and the sewer committee will
investigate the charge of irregular con-
structlon on Saturday next.
The engineers report stated that the
protests against improvements on Nor
wood street do not represent majority
OF frontage. The protest was therefore
denied and the clerk ordered to print
ordinance.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The finance committee reported as
followe:
In the matter of petition from E.
Craft, asking a return to her OF the sum
OF 1912 on account OF taxes paid ON
personal property for the year 1894 %
when no such property existed, the city
assessor having reported to this commit
tee that the statements therein contained
are correct, We recommend that the
petition be granted. and that upon the
presentation of a proper demand drawn
upon the tax fund of 1894 50 the sum of
$3.l2 be returned to the petitioner.
In the matter of petition No. COS.
from w. FL. Smylie, asking that the
council take such action as nv be ne
cessary to compel ex Tax Collector
Field to remove the cloud caused upon
lot 10. block B, of the Hayes tract, by
issuing tax deed on account of taxes
for 1888 SO thereon, when the taxes had
been paid and the petitioner holds re-
ceipt, your committee beg leave to re-
port that, acting under the instructions
communicated with and the facts fully
explained to him, but he has thus far
declined TO remedy the matter.
We therefore recommend that the city
attorney be instructed to commence such
an action against D. w. Field, and the
suretiss upon his official bond, in the
name of the petitioner Smylie as is ne.
cesssry to compel him to clear the cloud
against said petitioners property
caused bv said tax sale.
The report was adopted.
ORDINANCES OF INTENTION.
The ordinance OF intention to con-
struct cement curb and sidewalk on
the east side of Hope street, between
Sixth and Ninth streets, was laid over
for one month.
The ordinance of intention to change
the grade OF San Benito streat, between
Brooklyn avenue and Bailey street, was
referred back, as there was no majority
petition presented.
The petition asking relief from storm
water on Seventh and Wilmer streets
was referred to the board of public
works.
In the matter OF the storm drain on
the north side of Lucas avenue. the
water from which empties into the prop
erty OF Mrs. Tahney, the engineer rec
ommeDded that the drain be plugged
up at Orange street. This matter was
also referred to the board OF public
works.
A suit in the courts is now pending in
this very matter, but mas been taken
from the docket to await the action of
the council.
Final ordinances were presented and
passed tor the following work: Estab-
fishing the grade of an alley from Orange
street to Sixth. and lying between West-
lake avenue and Alameda street; chang.
ing the grade OF Stockton street, from
Sand to it's terminus; the same on
Twenty fret street, from Union avenue
to Hoover: grade OF Hoover street from
Temple to Clinton road.
The ordinance OF intention to con-
strnct sewer along Hope atreet, from
Courthouse street to Temple, and On
Temple from Hope to Pearl, was
adopted.
a new ordinance for constructing
sewer in the district known as Alameda
street district No. 2, increasing the sizes
of certain sewers. was adopted.
Tho engineer reported that he had es-
timated the increase in cost OF sewers in
the present Hill street sewer district to
be $4,000 more than it would have
been ii the sewer had been designed to
carry the sewage of said district alone.
FINAL ORDINANCES.
Final ordinances for establishing the
grade on Clay. San Joquain, Wilhards
and Railroad streets were passed.
The city attorney was instructed to
prepare ordinances for the construction
of eewera by private contract on Eighth
street.
AGAINST POLITICAL CHANGES.
The ordinance giving the policemen
the right Of hearing before the police
commissioners before removal was
passed. The ordinance is intended to
nravant an Rntira chanva of tina foyca