The herald., 1894-01-09
Afternoon Session.


At the afternoon session the first mat
ter taken up was the Temple street re-
grading. A majority of the board OF
public works had reported recommend
ing that estimates be made of the as
sessment by the commissioners. There
Was minority report.
Judge A. NJ. Stevens addressed the
council in behalf OF his own property
and that OF relatives on Temple street.
He held that the council conld abandon
the proceedings legally. He thought it
would be more feasible to open Sand
street from Broadway westward than to
do the proposed work on Temple street.
He considered the work would impose
burden too heavy to be borne. The
council had the discretion to suspend or
proceed, and it should exercise it to
suspend.
j. W. Murphy spoke at some length
in favor of the work being carried
through. He said the protestants are
people able to pay their assessments,
and the progressive people are heartily
in favor of it. He claimed that there is
not majority of the total frontage Of
158, ,250 feet on the protests by 1850 feet.
He did not think Chinese wall should
be allowed to remain to keep the people
to the west from coming into the city
on easy grades. He did not think the
council. after passing an ordinance of
intention, after going into the courts
and having damages assessed, and GO
ing to the expense it bad, should now
drop the work also, that it would be
unjust, after the grades OF lateral streets
had been established on the proposed
Temple street grade. The work would
cost. at the present estimate, $133,000.
There was considerable further discus
sion on the subject, participated in by
Mr.. Burne, Mr.. Woods, MIR. Millard, d.
+. Donegan, Mr.. Moss, Mr.. Huthinson
and Mr.. Barteilo.
Mr.. Gaffey offered an amendment that
the CITY attorney bring in an ordinance
repeating all ord nances changing the
grade from the old grade, but it re-
ceived no second.
NJ GRffey moved to amend the ma
iority report of the board by inserting
that the commissioners shall ''immedi-
ately" bring in an estimate OF the
assesment.
The original motion to adopt the
majority report o: the board OF public
works was then adopted.
PROTESTS AGAINST THE WORK.
The protests OF s. A. Crumrine and
others against the acceptance of work
done ON Union avenue, between Elev-
enth and Pico streets, was heard.
Several property owners were heard
upon the matter, going into details
about the defective nature OF the work.
Street Superintendent Watson insisted
that the work was all right.
The further hearing was continued
until Monday next, and in the mean
time referred to the board OF public
works.
The matter OF the Hill-street sewer
was taken up and q motion made by
Mr.. Rhodes for postponement for one
week.
This motion was lost, but pending
disposition OF the awarding of the cou-
tract, the council adjourned until We'd
needay afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
BUSINESS LEFT OVER.
The long discussion on the Temple
street matter rendered it impossible to
reach considerable routine businesa,
which went over until the adjourned
meeting.
Among the subjects which did not
come up was the furnishing of city work
for unemployed parsons.
The city engineer hss report pre-
pared giving list of the work that can
be undertaR IN at once.