The herald., 1894-06-12
A MOVE FOR SCHOOL BONDS,
The Council FavOrs More School
Houses.
A Cut in Telephone Rates /
Recommended.
The storrs Electric Road franchise Up
Again and the Lake Street Protest
IL Potential In Laying the
Matter Over.

dent Teed in the chair, and heard ex-
Mayor Thorn on behalf of the petition
for the opening of Third street, against
which protest had been filed. Captain
Thon WAS strongly in favor of the widen
ing of the street. He had already do
mated quite large strip of land to be
used for street purposes, but was also
willing to bear his share of the expense
OF widening the street.
A communication was read from the
health officer calling attention to the
necessity of sewering the territory south
of Downey avenue and west of Workman
street. in order to provide drainage for
cesepools in that district. Referred to
the sewer committee.
THE ELECTRIC FRANCHISE.
The Storrs electric railway franchise,
with a section giving permission to lay
tracks on Lake street, was then taken up.
Mr.. Slorrs stated that over 1900 feet of
frontage on the street were in favor of
having the road ON the street. DR.. Har-
rison, who opposes the location on Lake
street, stated that the petition was not
signed by persons living on the street,
but by absentee property owners.
a motion that the route be changed to
Oorondelet street WAS voted down, and
then the report Of the board of public
works curbing Lake street was voted
down. Mr.. Munson offered q motion
that the route be changed to Alvarad0
street, saying this would test the matter
az to whether the council had any inten-
ton OF advertising q franchise for an
electric railway in that section OF the
city.
Mr.. Rhodes stated that the people on
Avarado street were almost unani-
mously opposed to the laying of tracks
on that thoroughfsre.
The Alvarado street motion was voted
down and Mr.. Munson then moved that
the route be changed to Providence
street, which motion was referred to the
board OF public works. Bids were
opened for piping the zanja through the
Woltskill tract, as follows: Frick
brothers, 611s cents per foot. VIM.
M. Younger 561a cents, A. 8 Belts 6l14
cents. The bids for improving Vine
street and Tor supplying the city with
drugs were referred to the supply COM
mittee. The matter Of Park Lane alley
was taken from the board OF public
works, and Mr.. Strohm moved that the
proceedings for the opening OF Park
lane be abandoned and the motion was
adopted. The council decided to adver.
tlse 3 franchise for the crossing OF Msteo
street at Palmetto street, as per request
OF the Southern California Railway
company.
The report OF the board of public
works directing the street superintend-
emit to clean the CUTTERS on Grand
avenue, between Seventh and Eighth
streets, excited an amendment from
Mr.. Pessell that all cutters In the city
be cleaned. This did not prevail, and
the petition was referred to the street
superintendent.
The special committee ON the issuan ce
of school oonds made the following re-
port:
FAvoRs SCHOOL BONDS.
Your committee 10 whom was referred
the communication from the honor
able board OF education asking the
council to take necessary steps for the
calling OF an election upon the question
OF issuing school bonds for the erection
of additional school buildings and the
enlargement OF present buildings, in
order to properly provide fer the in
creased demand for school facilities. beg
leave to report that after careful in
vestigation, they recognize the impera-
tive need OF additional school rooms in
the locations pointed out by the super
intendent OF city schools in his late
report, and feel that it 10 necessary that
such additional room and school facili-
ties be provided, and would therefore
recon- mend that the board of education
rent suitable rooms where the same can
be procured in a desirable locality, in
order to provide full day sessions for al
school children for the coming school
year.
We further recommend that the city
attorney be instructed to prepare and
present the necessary ordinances calling
an election for tho issuance OF bonds for
such amounts and such buildings and
enlargements as the school board and
city council may agree upon, said cleo
ton to be held on the 9TH day of Novem-
Der, 1894.
We further recommend that the COM
mittee on revision of the city charter be
requested to insert in the draft of the
revised charter clause raising the as
sessment of taxation on the 500 of as
sessed value permitted to be raised for
tt . maintenance and support OF the pub
lie schools, from 20 cents to % cents, in
order that the city may be able to pro-
vide for additional buildings each year
out OF the tax levy, as the growth OF the
city and demands require such build
ings, which would obviate the necessity
of issuing bonds and the expenditure of
money in elections, which could with
good advantage be used in the improve
ment OF our school facilities.
The report of the committee was
adopted. An ordinance abandoning
rights of way for a zanis across Adams
street was taken up and adopted.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT.
The report Of the city attorney was
presented. as below:
The city engineer has prepared and
furnished me with descriptions of land
to be taken for the opening of Vignes
street, East Pico street and Metcslf
street, but before the ordinances are
drawn it will be necessary for the coun-
Gil or the board Of public works to fur
nish me with the limits of the districts
to he assessed. Referred to the board of
public works.
In the matter of the petition of Fat
San Yueng for damages along the line of
the outfall sewer. the sewer committee
having made settlement OF this claim
for 1925, the petition is herewith re-
turned.
la the matter OF the suit brought by
Roman d. Sepulveda and others against
the city and other defendants to quiet
title to certain property, / have exam