The herald., 1895-06-27
Location of the Proposed New
Central Station
ON FIRST AND BROADWAY
Two Reports Presented by the Land
Committee
The Council Yesterday Ratified the Sale of
the School, Headworks and Jail Bonds.
Other Business Transacted

The finance committee OF the council
yesterday filed the formal recommended
tions that the recently voted public
school improvement bonds, aggregating
in value s306, coo, accrued interest and $2O-
134. 80 premium be sold by the city to n.
W. Harris & Co. OF Chicago, and that
the headworlls and police station bonds
be sold to e. II. Rollins e. Sons of Bos-
ton. The report was adopted and the ne
cessary contracts, drawn up for the pur-
pose by the city attorney, were ap-
proved.
The city clerk presented the report of
the commissioners who have opened San
tee street into Twenty-third. The plat
and assessments for the purpose were
.dopted.
The city engineer presented ordna nces
of intention to establish the grade of
Wolfskill street from Ocean View to Buf
falo OF Kofoed street from Arnold to the
Knob Hill tract, OF Cliff from Sixth
street to Ocean View avenue, of Smith
street from Bluff to the Knob Hill tract,
of Arnold from Sherman to Koioed street,
OF Arnold from Coronado to Smith
street, of Mattison from Coronado street to
Kcfoed, of Cliff street from Sherman
street to Coronado, of Olive street from
Pico to Fifteenth. The above streets, all
excepting the last, are all the thorough
fares in the Knob Hill tract. The ordia-
ances were adopted.
The Metropolitan Oil company requested
apermit to lay an oil pipe line on Toluca
street. from Court 10 Second, and on
West State street between Toluca and Elm
to connect vita their lines on Second
street. and the petition Ct the U nion Oil
company to connect with their pipe lines
rafs b = tbo, ,,l l,tis st,a
were referred to the board of public
works.
The land committee made two reports
upon the selection of site for the pro
posed new central police station, Chair
man Savage making minority and
ing the majority report. The latter read
as follows:
Your land committee beg leave to re-
port in the matter of the central police
station heretofore referred to them, re-
com mending that the offer of McGarvin
d Bronson to sell to the city that GER
tain property fronting 1l6 feet on the
south side OF First street. with a depth of
100 feet, containing 15,0S0 square feet,
tor the sam of $4,000, be accepted.
The former was as follows:
Your land committee beg leave to re-
port in the matter of the Central police
station site, heretofore referred to this
comnittee. recommending that the offer
of George l.. Patton and II. r. Simpkins,
trustees. by d. Neuhart, to sell to the city
the L-shaped lot fronting 81 feet on
Main street. opposite the plaza Y feet
ON Republic street and 159 feet on New
High street. and having an area of 20. 092
square feet for the sum of $24, 500 be ac-
cepted.
Councilman Ashman moved to post
pone action until July. This was
voted down bysa majority of one. The
minority report met with a similar fate,
the majority report being then adopted
unanimously. Councilmen Savage, Sny-
der and Stockwell voted for the Patton
site. The new central police station will
therefore be located on the south side o.
First street, 165 feet from the corner of
Broadway.
Ramish & Marsh were granted sixty
days time in the con- pletion ot their
work on sewer district No. 8. and Con-
tractor George Cordell for laying sewer
pipe between Twelfth and Newton streets
was allowed fifteen days extension in
which to complete his job.
The application of I. B. Clark that the
ordinance pertaining to mock jewelry
houses be repealed, was finally shelved
Cor good.
The city attorney was instructed to
proceed crminally against one Edwar ds
for having coz trary to the ordinances at
the dead of night removed a certain
frame building into fire district No. /.