The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-09
MANY v{XA1|OUS PROBLEMS
The Board of Public Works Had
a Busy Day
NO ACTION ON THE SWEEPING
The Dead Animal Contract FavorabIy
Recommended
70 ACTION ON THE SWEEPING
The Flyers Petition for Special Privilege for
Electric Lighting Is Denied-counciI-
man Kingery and the Boulevard

The board of public works took no ac-
ton yesterday in the tender of the Will
shire Brothers to donate TO the city, I'M
der certain conditions. strip of land
12U feet wide providing the proposed
boulevard connecting Elysian and West
lake parks is constructed to run by the
lands of the grantors adjoining the thir
teen acres of the city's property lying
contiguous to Westlake park. Neither
Counoilmen Kingery nor Pessell were
prepared to vote favorably in the matter.
the reason of the former being that as
the proposed Improvement would en-
nance the value of the private property
in the vicinity TO remarkable decree.
those most interested ought to be willing
to donate at lea>t as mucn land as that
owned by the city near the park. which
at present unimprovet. The whole
twenty -six acres could then be made a
part of Westiake grounds with advantage
all around. For the purpose OF BRINGING
this result about action on the Wiltshire
Brothers tender was postponed for one
week There was big lobby in attend
ance both for and against the proposed
improvement as originally outlined.
There is some jealousy existing III the
fear that the funds thus utilized to I'M
advantage OF all OF the other parks in
the city.
The board of public works yesterday
agreed to recommend to the council that
the petition of +. n. Myers for a two
years special privilege to operate an
business districts of the city be denied.
Attorney Il. NJ. Gibbon, representing the
Spruance interest in the franchise grant
ed for similar purpose to the Scott syndi-
cate some time ago. objected very strenu-
ously to the granting OF the Myers petit
ton, which he characterized as being not
special privilege at oil but full fran
chise. Gibbon informed the board that
the council would lay itself liable to q re-
moval from office if the Myers petition
was under the circumstances acted upon
favorably. His only interest in the mat
ter lay in the fact that his client had
never acknowledged that the awarding
OF the Scott franchise when the tender
for it bad not been the highest and best
cash bid, had not been legal act Cap
tain Cross, who is one OF the Scott bonds
men, said that if the Myers petition was
granted he would withdraw as q Scott
surety and the matter as 10 his pecuniary
responsibility under the circumstances
would have to be fought out in the
courts.
The board recommended that the bid
of William Peterson to remove dead ari-
mails from inside the city limits. should
be accepted as being the lowest the
full text of the bid was published in The
Herald on Tuesday morning.
The ordinance regulating the running
at large of fowls in certain prescribed
limits was recommended for final passage
by the board, as was also the De Laguna
telephone franchise ordinance which was
taken up cut of lis regular course as
matter of accommodation. The seventy
five yard pole section is still in the latter
ordinance, whic0, upon comparison,
proves 10 be word for word an exact copy
of the existing ordinance upon the SUB
ject. The council can at its option change
the ordinance to have the poles placed at
any distance apart it sees fit.
The consideration of the several street
sweeping bids was yesterday laid over
for a week. The franklin people whose
tender is S. per mile. we're represented by
W. L. GibDon, who did not object upon
behalf OF his principal. to continuance
of the matter.
The board referred to the health officer a
protest against the oil refinery located at
Second street and Beaudry avenue, with
the recommendation that the nuisance
complained of be abated.
The bid of the Porph Jry Paving CON.
pany to pave Upper Main street, between
March assault and Alpine. was recon-
inended to the council to be accepted.