The herald., 1894-11-13

the sprinkling hydrsnt from the south.
west corner OF Eighth and Los Angeles
streets to the northwest corner OF Eighth
and Los Angeles streets, es petitioned
| for in said petition. Adopted.
Recommended that petition from b.
| f. Winslow ct al. asking that the
chicken ordinance be 80 amended as to
take in block IL OF the Arlington tract,
be granted and the city attorney in.
| structsd to prepare and present the nec-
| essary ordinance therefor.
Recommended that petition from L..
| G. Walters ct al. be referred to the city
engineer. Adopted.
Recommended that petition No. S24
! from j. III. Call calling attention to sew.
eral large holes in West Second street
near it's junction with First street be re-
ferred to the street superintendent to
take the necessary action to remedy the
nuisance. Adopted.
Recommended that petition from Ida
H. Holden ct al. asking to hove Cam
bria street graded, graveled and curbed
with redwood curb under the bond pro-
visions OF the Vrooman act be referred
to the city engineer to make an esti-
mate OF the cost OF the came, and If the
bhIu6 6ACoSu6 bH0 buh Vi Fl pOT iTOut
foot, then to present the necessary or
dinance OF intention therefor. Adopted.
Recommended that petition from
Maria Dodd Brooks OF al. asking to have
cross walks laid on Belmont avenue
across Otter street. across Palo Alto
street and across Highland Court street,
be granted. and the street superintend-
ent instructed to place the game.
Adopted.
Recommended that the ordinance to
sidewalk Grand avenue between Sew
enth and Pico streets be placed upon its
passage. Adopted.
Councilman Munson scored the street
superintendent for alleged neglect of a
certain improvement months ago, and
took this as an instance to show why
the street superintendent should not
have an increased forcs of laborers, as
asked in the first paragraph of the board
| of public wOrks' report. Superintend-
ent Watson explained that they were
needed to prepare certain streets for the
winter raine, and the request OF the su-
perintendent went through by a vote OF
d to2.
CITY ENGINEERS REPORT.
The city engineer reported as follows !:
Al WV AhouboA Vi bho PhosOus RSniApt
the sidewalking Of the east side of Hope
street from Sixth to the normal school
grounds, find total frontage of 300
feet, with only l80 on the protest. The
matter was referred to the board OF pub.
lie works.
Ordinances ofintention were presented
as follows:
To pave Clay street. from Third to
Fourth, with bituminous rock surface,
with concrete base and a granite gutter
feet wide in the center of the street !;
ordinance to cement sidewalk six feet
wide on the south eide OF Thjrty.th
street, from Grand avenue to Figueroa.
In the matter OF the withdrawal of
Mrs. Maria AIDE Monte de Oca from the
protest against the grading OF Loomis
street, find that sbe signed for 100 feet,
and il council decides that her with.
drawal is legal, this will leave the pro-
testants 99.2 feet less than majority.
The motion was referred back to the en-
gineer.
The engineer recommended the adop-
top of the Van Vankin flash tank for
flushing sewers. Referred to the Eewer
committee.
CITY CLERKS REPORT.
The city clerk reported in the matter
OF the grading OF Norwood street from
Washington to Twenty-third, and the
ordinance ordering the work was passed.
The ordinance providing for the grad
ing of Bailey street from Brooklyn ave.
nue. to State street, was passed.
Other ordinances for similar work
were passed as follows:
Grading OF Bonnie Brae street from
Sixth to Orange; grading of Chicago
street from First to Brooklyn avenue;
sewering OF Olive etreet from 160 feet
south of Sixth street to the manhole at
Seventh and Olive.
Hearing was set for next Monday in
the following matters:
The opening, extending and widening
OF Suneet boulevard from Elysian street
to the north west corner OF tine city the
widening OF Broadway from Ninth to
Tenth.
The matter Of the improvement OF
Patton street from Court to Temple was
referred to the sewer committee.
WILL TEST THEIR HONESTY.
John ]. Mackey petitioned the coun-
oil as follows: "There was petition be-
fore your body several weeks ago asking
that you incorporate in the bond issue
bonds for the purpose of building water.
works and also to cut down Temple
street and First street. | do not know
what you did with the petition, but to
test your honesty | will again petition
your body to issue bonds for the purpose
of building waterworks and to make
Temple street and First street. suitable
for traffic. Hoping that you will not
consign this petition to the waste
basket, am, ETC."
The petition was referred to the water
committee.
ZANJA COMMITTEE REPORT.
The zanja committee recommended
that the bid of H. @. Register to furnish
ell necessary material and labor and
construct 22-inch. No. IL steel pipe
on Lake Shore avenue, Second street
and Fremont avenue, Mt $1.55 per lineal
foot, be accepted upon the condition
that the pipe shall be laid in four
inches OF sand surrounding the eutire
pipe, without extra expense to the city.
Adopted.
PLUMBING ORDINANCE AMENDED.
The plumbing ordinance was amend
ed SO that great saving will be made
to connect with sewers. The old ordi.
nance required a separate connection
for each lot. Under the amend
ment adjoining properties can by
agreement put in one connection and
both use it, thus answering the came
purpose as two connections. The