The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-24

nance ordering the Work, II you 30 $50
fit, which said ordinance is herewith
submitted, Adopted.
A recess was taken until Up. m.
Afternoon Session.
The council reassembled at 2 O'Clock
with President iced in the chair. The
matter OF opening of Thirty-second
street between Key West and Hoover
streets was taken up, and the property
owners stated they had raised 1926 to-
ward defraying the expenses, while the
expenses amounted to $467. A motion
to remit SAL engineers fees was voted
down and one weeks further time was
granted the property owners in which to
raiee the money.
The protest against the widening OF
Broadway filed subsequent to the legal
time for placing the protest on file was
taken up. Ex-Mayor Hazard appeared
before the council ON behalf OF the pro-
test, which, he said, represented the ma
jority OF the frontage. He did not con-
slider it would be good policy to widen
the street at this time. Many property
owners had signed an agreement on the
northern section of the street for
a five foot widening, and if the street at
the upper end WAS widensd it would
still be narrower as to the sidewalks.
Further, he did not think that business
demanded the widening of the street at
this time.
Mr.. Dooner raised the question that
the protest against the widening of the
street was invalid, as it had not been
fled within the legally prescribed time.
The 20 feet adjoining Broadway made it
look like back street in O backwoodH
town.
HAD A MORAL RIGHT.
General Manager Clark of the Con-
solidated Electric Railway company
stated that the company had paid $780,
600, in street improvements in the city
in the past ak months, and felt they
had some right to join in the protest
against the street widening.
Mr. iced took tho ground that tho
railway company had moral right right
to protest, but not a legal right.
Ex-Mayor Hazard stated that ii the
five feet of sidewalk wss put in where
the agreement was made, that the pro-
testing parties would be- satisfied for the
reason that they wanted to make all OF
the improvements at one time.
Major Jones stated that the property
owners on Broadway. from Second to
Ninth streets, had agreed to set their
sidewalk lines back five feet on putting
up new buildinge, and this had been
carried out thus far, and would be with
every new building erected on Broad
way in the district named.
Major Klokke stated that there was
always faction who wanted to hold
back when improvements we're suggest
ed. sHe owned property on Broadway and
wanted to see the street widened, aa it
would make it the finest and broadcast
avenue in the city. The property own
ers will gladly give five feet to correct
the line of the street.
Quire a number of those who signed
the protest wanted to Withdraw from it,
Mr.. Slauson being among the number.
Ex-Msyor Hazard said there Yves the
same kind Of talk at the widening OF
Fifth strert, which project he had orig
mated. They had found one msn who
had ignored the agreement and had
built out on the old line. He was Salts
fed that as there was no restriction on
Broadway that property owners on that
steeet would ignore the agreement and
build out on the line.
READY so SIGN A BOND.
Major Klokke retorted that he and the
gentlemen he represented were per.
fectly willing to step up to the city
clerks desk and sign an iron clad agree
ment to abide by the five foot sidewalk
line in making permanent improve
ments.
r. B. Young stated that the property
owners ought to be willing to put back
their property 25 feet. He was satisfied
that five feet of the property he repre-
sentsd was worth 25 feet beyond the jog
in the street
x-Councilman Frankenfsld and Mr..
Gebhart spoke in favor of widening
Broadway.
Mr.. Rhodes said that as the protests
were not legal they should not be con-
sidered. Partes had been paid to 60
xround and secure signatures to the pro.
test. 1t was an easy matter to work up
signatures to a petition. The original
protest fled last week represented less
than a majority of the frontage. Broad.
way should be widened at once, as we'll
known citizens were desirous of having
the matter settled before putting up ex-
tensive buildings on that street.
City Engineer Dockweiler submitted
statement which showed that the pro-
test lacked majority of 1000 feet. He
added that this WAS the proper time to
widen Broadway, il it is to be widened
at all. The figures which he stated were
based on the original protest filed within
the required time.
On motion of Mr.. Munson, the whole
matter was laid over for one week and
made tho special order of business for
2 o'clock next Monday afternoon.
THE OIL QUESTION.
The oil question in the Second street
park regionwas the next topic on the
programme. Attorney N. r. Conrey ap-
peared and stated that he resided on
Belmont avenue, and that parties had
started to sink an oil we'll in the rear of
his house, and he wanted to have come
thing done to protect property owners
in their vested rights. Charles Seamans
also spoke against the indiscriminate
boring of oil wells in the neighborhood
OF his home.