The herald., 1895-10-20
4 DAY At THE CITY HALL
Board of Public Works Two
Days Recommendations
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
The Finance Committee Makes Its
Report
NumerousIy Signed Petition Requesting
that the Ordinance Regulating the Keep
ing of Cows Be Amended

The board of public works concluded a
two days session yesterday making
among others, the following recommen-
dations:
Recon- mend that the bid of W. S. Hook,
manager. to purchase the franchise on
Eighth street for an electric street car line
for $1505, be accepted and the city attor-
ney instructed to prepare and present
the necessary ordinance. the purchaser to
pay III addition to his bid the cost OF ad-
vertising.
Recommend that specifications No. %
for repairing macadamized streets with
hard porphyry rock be accepted, and
placed on file IN the Office of the city
clerk.
Recommend that the protest from Fred
Eaton ct al. against q certain route for
the boulevard from Elysian park to West
lake park be sustained.
Recommend that the patition of 7.
Johannesen ct al. be filed, as the assess
ments therein complained of have been
made in accordance with law.
In the matter of proposals to improve
Bellevue avenue we recommend that all
bids be rejected and the clerk instructed
20 readvertise for proposals.
In the matter OF bids to improve
Grand View avenue from Ninth to Elev
enth streets recommend that the pid of
r. Scherer, at $4.17 per lineal foot COM
plete. be accepted.
In the matter of proposals to improve
Grand avenue from Court House street to
a point 1927 feet north. recommend that
the bid of +. A. McGreal, at $l.22H per
lineal foot com plete. be accepted.
Recommend tnat the street superinten-
dent be instructed to notify the property
owners on the north side of Bellevue av-
enue between Buena Vista and Upper
nj n n n
the street on the established grade.
Recommend that the street superiH-
tendent be instructed to place culvert
across Bartlets street on the east side OF
Pearl street, and to raise tie crossings to
the grade on Buena Vista street on the
north side of Bellevue avenue. and also
crossing on Bellevue avneue on the west
side of Buena Vista street.
Recommend that the street superin-
endent be instructed to remedy the NUS
.nce caused by tne gutter across Los An
.eles street on the north side of Seventh
treet.
Recon- mend that specifications for the
aying of asphalt crosswalks on streets
where the curb fall does not exceed ten
inches, as presented by the city engineer,
be adopted, and the city clerk be in
structed to advertise for proposals for
constructing walks in accordance with
such specifications.
We recommend that the bid of Frick
Bros, for the furnishing and laying of
1872 feet OF thirtyinoh cement pipe In the
Arroyo de los Reyes according to plans
ana specifications On file in the office of
the city clerk, at ST. per Iineal foot, be
accepted and the city attorney be in
structsd to prepare and present the ne
cessary contract and bond.
Recon- mend that the procp edings to
improve Sherman street, under ordin-
Ance No. 2S04, oe abandoned, and the ac-
nj n fO
improve said Sherman street from Sixth
street to Ocean View avenue be placed
upon its passage.
The finanoe committee of the council
yesterday filed the following for action
by the council tomorrow:
Recommend that petition No. 1896,
from A. Gray ct al. asking an additional
allowance for three officers of election IN
the University district on the day of cleo
ton in reference to annexation, be de-
MED.
Recommend that the demands OF julia
Baker for $4,000 and Emma A. Dobinson
for $40, 900 be referred to the city attorney.
Recommend that the demand of the De
Camp Lumb Der company for $21.S3, dray-
age on lum ber; E. L. Grove for So. so, cen
tinuation of abstract ON property pur-
chased for school site; demand of the
Vernon school trustees for $40 rent for
polling place at annexation election, and
s. H. G. Langworthy for $40 for extra
services in the First ward at the annexa.
tion election, be denied.
The DobInson and Baker demands are
for damages alleged to have been sus-
tanned in the grading of certain streets.
numerously signed petition has been
filed with the city clerk requesting that
the ordinance regulating the keeping of
cows within certain limits of the city be
amended so that the scope OF the prohib.
ition be extended to the keeping of more
than two cows. bulls, hogs, sheep or
goats. The boundaries of the prohibit
tion are asked to be changed as follows:
From Sixteenth street south Oh Alvar-
ado to the southern boundary OF the city,
thence west to the west boundary, to the
intersection of Jefferson street.