The herald., 1894-09-12

foot OF curb; grading sidewalk, A cents
per square foot; graveling sidewalk, Ia
cents per square foot, be accepted and
the accompanying resolution Of award
adopted. Adopted.
Recommend that the city engineer be
instructed to prepare and present the
necessary ordinance of intention to
grade and gravel Maple avenue, from
Eighth to Ninth streets, according to
specification No. 5. Adopted.
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.
The finance committee report was
adopted, as follows:
In accordance with the terms and pro-
Visions of section 81, ordinance No. $50,
new series, the city tax and license COL
lector delivered to the city council the
final statement OF the amount OF delin-
quent taxes and penalties by him col-
looted for the fiscal year 1893.94, to-
gether with the delinquent assessment
roll, said statement showing the total
amount OF delinquent roll charged to
him to be $l1 ,557. IA, made up "a follows:
Delinquent personal property 172.71
Balance taxes delinquent May 8.
Five per cent penalty on second ''''
hall. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 34495
Total...... ..........$11, 55714
That he has collected and paid into
the city treasury, az per treasurer's re-
ceipts, cssh amounting to Sill ,07701;
that the personal property taxes re-
naming unsolicited amount to $172.71;
that the sales made to the city of Los
Angeles amount to s300.79, and that he
has collected and paid into the city
treasury the following additional sums,
to wit: For advertising, 1928; for tax
certificates, $386.50; and that there was
q balance to his credit on the auditors
books Of 1858.
Other Recommendations were as Sfol-
lows: That the petition from John
Ziegentuss be referred to the city asses
sor; that the demand of the La Dow
school district for $47.78 be referred to
the sewer committee; that petition from
Mrs. Elizabeth III. Easton, asking coun-
Gil TO obtain quit claim deed for her on
account of cloud caused by tax deed
enormously issued, be filed, as the
former tax collector has obtained and
recorded the necessary deed therefor;
that petition from Gertrude Howard,
asking that the council obtain for her
quit claim deed for taxes ON lot Is,
block U, OF Ella View tract, upon the
ground that the taxes had been paid
upon the property therein described,
and not marked paid, and therefore
sold, be filed. as quit claim deed has
been obtained for the property owner.
MOTIONS AND ADoPTIoNs.
A motion Of Mr.. Pessell was adopted
to have the city engineer present an
ordinance establishing the grade on
Davaracle street.
A motion of Mr.. iced was adopted
directing the street superintendent to
road up Thirty-third street, between
Main and Grand avenue, whore the
same is not already done. He also
moved that the street superintendent be
directed to fill in to the grade the chuck
holes on Twenty-third street. near
Toberman.
Innes moved that the city engineer be
directed to define the property line on
the circle of the court at the intersec--
ton of Court and Horseshoe avenue.
| Adopted.
A motion OF Smith was adopted look
ing to the securing OF room in the city
hall suitable for the meat and milk
| inspectors.
erty owners of Pearl street, between
sion to grade and gravel said street and
the city attorney was instructed to
bring in the necessary ordinance.
On motion of Mr.. Strohm the zanjero
was directed to take out the wooden
bars in the zanja at the corner of Seventh
ana Alameda streets to prevent over
flows.
The city engineer presented an ordi-
nance of intention to improve Norwood
street. which was adopted; also to
change the grade of Pearl street, be-
tween First and Second streets.
In the matter OF the petition from L.
N. Kercheval and others, complaining of
the inadequate supply of water in zaDja
No. l, the zanja committee recom-
mended that the water overseer be d.
reoted to keep the ditch free of weeds
and rubbish and have the water turned
on and off at the proper time.
PETITIONS AND PROTESTS.
The following petitions and protests
were referred to the respective commit
tees:
Stephen @. Hubbell presented a petit.
ton asking that resolution be passed
requiring the engineer to make new
profile OF Orange and Sixth streets in
Westlake Park tract, in order to obtain
bids for the grading.
J. 8. Slauson and others ask for
high msst electric light at Twenty-third
and Figueroa streets.
Mrs. B. E, Renne, Mrs. s. G. Hubbell
and others ask to have the grade OF
Stockton etreet changed 80 as to be uni
form with the grade az at the intersec-
ton with Sand street. Also that the
street be graded and sidewalked.
d. G. Peck and others ask to have
Loomis street graded, gravsled and
curbed.
s. III. Whiting and Mrs. j. G. Mccall
lum, representing 6lS feet frontage on
the north side of Adams street, between
Main and Grand avenue, having filed a
protest against laying q cement sidewalk
on said street between the points
named. on the ground that they had a
very heavy sewer assessment to pay
that money is very stringent and al
most out of reach !" that they have a
gravel walk, which will do until times
improve.
Thos. Goss and H. J. Woollacott have
filed a petition for o sewer on Hope
street, between Seventh and Pico
streets. They cay they are unable to
connect their houses with the city sewer
system until such q sewer ia construct.
ed.
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