The herald., 1895-10-26
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Important natters Which Were Disposed OF
Yesterday

Important 1atters w iic1 were disposed OF
Yesterday
The board OF public WORKS did a big
days work yesterday, cleaning up sew
eral matters which had been hanging
fire, some of them since last July.
Among the I'M ortant subjects disposed
OF were the following:
Recommend that the petition of E. A.
Clark ct al. asking to have the name of
West Beacon street chan ged to Beacon
street be granted, and the city attorney
instructed to prepare and present the ne
cesssry ordinance.
In the n latter of tho petition from A b.
bot Kinney ct al. asking to have Main
street widened between Fifth and Tenth
streets. ti-e feet on each side, except be.
tween Seventh and Ninth streets, we re-
commend that the pending proceedings
for widening said street be anandonef.
and that the city engineer be instructed
to furnish the city attorney with the ne
cessary description of land to be taken
for the widening of said Main street from
Fifth to point south OF Tenth street,
where line drawn five feet east of the
present east line of Main street would
intersect the said east line of Main street
at the angle south of Tenth street, and to
take FIVE feet off the west side of Main
street, between Fifth and Tenth streets,
except between Seventh and Ninth streets.
the city attorney to draft ordinance of
intention the district of assessment to
be both sides OF Main street between
Fifth and Tenth streets.
Recommend the petition from George
H. Pike ct al. in reference to change of
grade on the east side of Olive and the
sonth side of Fourth Streets be referred
to the city engineer to pres 1nt the ncces-
sary ordinance of intention, providing
said petition represents a majority of the
frontage affected by said change
Recommend the petition from f. O..
Johnson, ct ST., asking that BiXal street,
between Sixth and Seventh streets. be
sidewalked with a cement sidewalk six
feet wide, be granted and the city engi-
neer be instructed to present the neces-
sary ordinance of intention therefor.
Recommend that the petition from A.
E. Pomeroy, asking that the city engi-
neer be instructed to establish the grade
OF stanford avenue, Eighth street and
Ninth street in the Stanford avenue
tract, be graded and the city engineer be
instructed to present the necessary ordi-
nance OF intention.
In the matter of the communication
from Mrs. Mary E. Bigelow, asking that
the cost of inspector on the improve
ment of kensington road be not charged
to the property owners, as the work was
condemned, we recommend that the con-
tractor be required TO pay for all inspec-
tion had on said work, but in making up
his warrant and assessment and fixing
the amount of incidental expenses, he be
allowed for the salary Of only one inspec-
tor for curb and sidewalk, and that the
street superintendent pc instructed ac-
cordingly.
Recommend the petition from II. n.
Urmy ct al, asking that cement walk
full wild tn of the sidewalk, be const 'ucted
on the west side of Buena Vista street,
between Temple and Rock streets, be
granted and the city engineer be in
structed to present the necessary ordi.
nance of intention.
Recommend the petition from W. NJ
Gardnerset al. asking that the Consonlida
ted Electric Railroad company be req airec
to place their tracks on the established
era lie on Olive street between First anC
Second streets, be granted. and the stree
supeTintendent De instructed to notify
said company to place their tracks on tn,
established grade.
In the matter of the communication
from the Los Angeles Railway company
giving schedule and mum Der of trips pc
day on the West Second and West Firs
street divisions from July 1st to july
26th, inclusive, We recommend that tn,
city clerk be directed to transcribe thi
com IN unication in full upon the records
and thereafter file the same with the fran
chise granted to cover the West Second anC
West First street route.
Recon- mend that the street superinten
dent be instructed to place culver
across Fifth street on the east side of Hill
street.
Action upon the above recommended
lions will be taken by the council OF
Monday.