The herald., 1894-05-06
SUBMIT TWO REPORTS.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
rs DIVIDED.
Two Recommendations with Regard to
the Main Street Electric Lins to Be
Submitted to the Council
on Monday.

The board of public works report
was completed some time yesterday
and opened out with q recommends
ton that petition of the Main-Street
and Agricultural Park Railway COM
pany for franchise be granted, and the
city attorney instructed to prepare an
ordinance, which shall be duly adyer.
tised.
President Strohm fled lengthy nil
nority report against the granting OF the
franchise, holding, among other points,
that the territory which the Maia-street
line intended to enter was already fully
covered by cable and electric roads, and
that the people needed a public drive
way from the Santa Fe depot to the
other point ON the line that would be
obstructed by street car tracks.
The minority report Is as follows: In
the matter of the advertising ordinance
for franchise for the Main-Street and
Agricultural Park Railway company,
beg leave to present the following minor.
ity report. recommending that said pe.
tition be filed and presenting the follow
ing reasons therefor:
First--There are now equipped two
frst-class rosds, one electric and the
other a cable road, one OF which runs
on Fret street and the other on Second
street, giving tirst-casB service.
Second-Third street mas just been
paved from Los Angeles street to Crock
er street, and en- ordinance passed tn
pave the rest oil the street to Alameda
street, and ] consider it unjust to prop
erty owners to allow rails laid on the
street after they have paid for such paw.
ing.
Third-Third street 10 the only street
from the Santa Fe depot that has no
street railway on it, so that teams have
free travel TO Main street without
lodging cars, First, Second, Fourth and
Fifth streets being cobwebbed with
tracks.
Fourth-At Third and Main streets
Esst Third street does not run directly
into West Third street, but the centers
are about 100 feet apart, making it re-
quire two curves on Main street. Ex-
perience teaches us how dangerous it is
at First and Spring streets, and how
travel is blocked by such curves.
Fifth-The Main-street road, who are
the applicants for this franchise, have
opposed any and all improvements,
when they are required to contribute
toward the payment. The taxpayers on
East Fifth street have had their sad ex-
perience. when they were Obliged to
pave the street, and the Main.street
company avoided paying for that portion
occupied by their tracks by tearing up
one track and expecting the property
owners to do portion of the work they
should pay for, and still hold double
track franchise on the street.
Again, this came company has been
the means OF stopping the improvement
of Main street from Ninth to Washing
ton.
For the above stated facts, and most
especially because we desire no tracks ON
East Third street, | recommend that the
petition be denied.
The board Of public works reported in
Lynch, asking council for permission to
improve Lucas avenue between Seventh
and Orange street by private contract.
The petition was granted and ordinance
passed granting them permission, and
they not having complied with the same
we recommend that the city engineer be
directed to present an ordinance OF in
tention to have the same done under
specifications g, and repeating the form
er ordinance.
In the matter OF Strengthening the line
OF Buena Vista street, between Temple
and Bellevue avenue, the board recon-
mend that the city engineer be in
structed to prepare map, and the city
attorney be directed to begin proceed.
ings for condemnation.
In regard to the motion of Mr.. Nickeh
TO have the street superintendent have
platform constructed under the sprink-
ling hydrant at Downey avenue and ,
Hellman street, the board recommended
that it be granted.
The board recommended that the pc.
tition of w. e. Clark, to erect a plat
form scale on East Pearl street, be de-
MED.
The protest CT Lotspech and othersl
against grading. grsveling sewering andls
sidewaking Hinton avenue was fled, as-
the protest came in after the fina. o,di.
nance had been passed.
The complaint of w. Taylor regarding
his wife being injured by failing into e{
street hole on Maple avenue WAS read
and the street superintendent was div
yected to place the corner of SeventkN
and Maple avenue and Eighth and4
Maple avenue in proper condition io.H,
travel. M
The contract for the grading, ETC., Ok
Thirty-frst street Was awarded to II
Chinoworth, the lowest bidder, and tn n
contract to improve Michigan svenuEI
WAS awarded to Stansbury q Moore, tn "a
lowest bidders.