The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-24
SANTA ANA
Street Improvements Provided For-Railroad
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SANTA ANA. April 23.-The city
board of trustees met last night and were
greeted by an unusually large crowd Of
spectators. who expected stormy meet
ing; but everything passed off quietly and
in order. The first business was the mat
ter Of the paving of the street car line
from Main to West streets. M. J. Bund,
president of the road, said the only
changes they asked for in the specitica-
tions was to leave out the granite blocks
from the outside of the rails. This
change was granted A resolution order
ing the street car company to go ahead
and pave their line according to specifica-
tions with the above alteration was
passed by q unanimous vote, and April
25th was the day set for the company to
begin operations and push the work
through without unnecessary delay. Mr..
Bundy stated he would commence work
failed to come. This morning Mr.. Bundy
asked permission of the trustees to delay
work on the paving OF the street car line
until after April 26th, that being the date
of the Odd Fellows celebration. The
extension of time was granted. So work
will be commenced on Monday, April
18th.
A petition for cement sidewalk on
the west side of Main street from Fourth
street to $50 feet south of Walnut street
was read and granted.
The six saloons were granted licenses
for the month of May.
The appointment OF city officers was the
appointed city engineer; Jr. W. B.
Scheurer was appointed health officer; j..
P. Brown for chief of the fire department:
]. A. Atwood. engineer at power house;
q. M. Nash as street superb ntendent
Robert Graham and Robert Cogburn were
appointed as night watchmen.5 ~
proposition from c. M" Holmes,
president of the Electric Light and Gas
Company, was submitted to the city coun-
Gil, offering to furnish thirty arc lights to
the city for $65 for each light per
month, the contract to run for five years.
On motion the proposition was read and
placed on file.
A representative Of the Athletic park
asked the use of city water and spring
cart while constructing their track. The
matter was referred to the committee on
fire ana water.
Already the toot Of the imaginary en-
CINE can be heard coming into this city
from Long Beach. A number Of dis
tinguished railroad officials of the South
ern Pacific drove to Santa Ana across the
country from Long Beach, presumably
looking over the proposed route of a
branch road connecting this city with the
steamers at Long Beach. and tapping the
itch peat lands Of this county and giving
the Southern Pacific one Of the finest
kite-shaped tracks in the state that would
be through the finest section of the state
Some one has become excited in regard
to the non-appearance OF the shipment OF
roses from this city to Los Angeles
| chamber of commerce during the Fiesta
week. The question is, who cabbaged
the roses and who sold them?
Mr.. and Mrs. Hazen of Pomona, par
ents of Mrs. George Huntington, are
visiting their daughter for few days.
looms would go out of business in this
city on account of the high license
CHI rged by the city, two drug stores have
made arrangements to open.