The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-03
Recommendations From the
Board of Public Works
OIL PIPE LINE FRANCHISES
Petition for the Widening Of Ninth
Street Granted
The Health Officer Calls the Attention
Of the Council to Districts Where
i Sewers Are Needed

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Works of the City Council was prepared
yesterday, and the remainder will go over
till Monday morning. The rest of the
committees were also behind with their
reports.
The Board of Public Works presented
the following recommendations, which
will come before the Council on Monday:
We recommend that the petition from
Forester Brothers, asking to have the
grade of the alley between Seventh and
Eighth streets, in the block between
Bonnie Brae and Burlington streets, es-
tablished, be granted,
That the petition. of John Rebman ct
al, asking that Ninth street be widened
by taking five feet off OF each side thereof
from Pearl to Bryant Streets be granted
and the City Engineer instructed to fur
nish the necessary description of the land
to be taken to the City Attorney to draft
an ordinance of intention; and that the
City Attorney be instructed to draft the
necessary ordinance of intention thereof; ;
the district of assessment to be furnished
by this board.
That the petition from John Carron, in
reference to the grading of Union avenue,
be referred to the City, Engineer.
That the petition of G. f. Howes ct al,
asking permission to grade Key West
street between Thirteth and Jefferson
streets by. private contract, using the
natural soil Of the street, and curb with
cement, be granted and the City Attorney
INSTRUCTED to prepare and present the
necessary ordinance granting permission.
In the matter of petition from p M.
Scott ct al. asking the Council to extend
the limits where not more than two cows
may be kept by any one person SO as to
Commencing at the junction of Beaudry
avenue and Temple street and running
north to the west line of Elysian Park to
its intersection with Effie street; thence
west along Fife street to Alvarado street;
thence south along Alvarado street to
Temple street; thence east along Temple
street to the point OF commencement.
We recommend it be granted and the City
Attorney instructed to prepare and pre-
sent the necessary ordinance therefor: the
same to take effect from and after the
first day Of May, 1895.
That the protest from J. @. Swint and
others against the sidewalking of the north
side of Angeleno street from Beaudry ave-
nue. to Figueroa street be denied.
That the petition from IA. Hubbard and
others asking that a sidewalk six feet
wide be laid on the south side of Maple
avenue, between Fifth and Sixth streets,
be granted and the City Engineer in
structed to prepare and present the nee
essary ordinance OF intention therefor
the same to be held two weeks to give the
property owners an opportunity to do the
work by private contract if they so desire.
That the protest from M. Whistler and
others against the improvement of San
Pedro street be denied.
That the proposal of J. H. Bradbeer to
purchase pipe line franchise for $306 be
accepted, and the City Attorney instructed
to prepare and present the necessary. or
dinance therefor.
That tho petitions from the Pacific Oil
Refining Company, from E. L. Doheny,
asking Council to advertise for sale fran
chise for an oil pipe line in the route laid
down in said petitions, be granted, and
the City Attorney instructed to prepare
and present the necessary draft of an ad-
vertisement therefor. Both petitions COW
ering the same route, we recommend that
only one advertisement be drawn.
That the petition from Order & Dow
and others asking to have the grade of
Fourteenth street established between Cen;
trail avenue and San Pedro street, and
thereafter they be given permission to
grade, gravel and curb with cement by
private contract, be granted, and the
City Engineer instructed to present the
necessary ordinance of intention to es-
tablish said grade; and that after said
grade is established permission be granted
upon production of the contract for doing
said work.
In the matter of petition from Clark
d Bryant asking that the city accept
certain streets which they have improved,
we recommend that the petitioners be
instructed to file deeds for said streets
with the City Clerk before action is
taken upon said petition,
That the Street Superintendent be in
structed to report weekly to the Council
the work done during the preceding week.
That the City Engineer be instructed to
present the necessary ordinance of inten-
ton to sidewalk the south side of Downey
avenue from the west side of Water street
to the east approach of the bridge.
That the Street Superintendent be in
structed to place crosswalks across Port
land avenue, south side of Alameda street;
Estrella avenue, south side of Washington
street; Jefferson street, west side of Royal
street, and across Union avenue south
side of Washington street. Also across
Maple avenue on the south side of Sew
enth and across Seventh street on the
west side of Maple avenue.
That the City Clerk be instructed to
notify the Southern Pacific Railway Com
pany to fill up water holes on the north
side of Alhambra avenue at the inter-
section of Sichel street.
That the draft of an advertisement call
ing for proposals for the purchase of an
electric railway franchise on West First
street be approved, and the City Clerk in
structed to advertise the same in the
manner provided by law.
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