The herald., 1895-08-17
THE ELECTIONS IN OCTOBER
Action by the Council Upon Al.
nexatiOn Petitions
THE ORDINANCES ORDERED
Steckwell Elected President Pro TEN of
the Council
THE ORDINANCES ORDERED
Tic Report Of the Special School Building
Committee on Heating Is Adopted
After a Discussion

dent pro tenn to act during the absence ol
Mayor RAIDER from the city
The city engineer reported that the
levee ar the east approach to the kuhrts
street bridge is pushing the iron floor
beams of the bridge out of positi m. On
motion OF Councilman Ashman the Ter
minal company was instructed to look
into and remedy the evil com planned of.
Bids for school site in ths Fifth ward
we're opened as follows. being referred to
the board of education:
G. NJ. Wright offered lots 16, II, is and
10, Treat tract, or Twenty eighth street
near Figueroa street, for the sum OF S440o.
A. Levy and l.. Lehmann offered lots
no. 1l3 1l6, Ellis tract. fronting 15o feet
on Thompson street, for the sum OF $3.50.
M. G. Willard offered lots 3, 4, and &
OF subdivision of the Dana tract. hav-
ing a frontage of 224 feet on Bryant street.
for the sum of $500; also lots 4. 5 and 6
of the same subdivision, for the sum OF
$1,000.
A. S. J. Phelps & Co. offered lots 81.
%, 90 and "a, in subdivision of lots 6. 4,
8, 9. 10 and IL in Dana tract, being the
southeast corner of Key West and Thir.
tieth streets, for the sum of Si900.
A. J. Kerr offered lot 100X3l1, con-
tanning 81, 900 square feet. near St. James
park on Norwood street, being the south
100 feet of lot Of the Pierce tract, for
$4,000.
Harbert e. Foster offered lots 13 and
IA of the Longstreet tract, being 10 feet
on Figueroa, for the sum OF $4,000.
Hardest & Foster offered lots 3, 4, 5. 6.
block of the G. M. Wells tract. being
1888 feet on Twenty-fourth street and l2S
on Toberman street, tor the sum OF $4,000.
p. i. Boland offered lots |, 2. 3, and
s. Bolands subdivision oil lot 21 of the
Pierce tract. for the sum of $4,000. not in
Guiding the buildings now on said lots.
Bradshaw Bros. offered as follows Lots
1S, II, is and part of lot Is of the Dana
tract situated on the west side of Bryant
street, fronting 2lS feet on Bryant street,
for the sum OF $4,000.
Lots II, IS, 10 and 20 Of Dana tract,
situated on the southwest corner of Thir-
tieth and Bryant, fronting 22S feet on
Bryant. for the sum of $4650.
Lots I, s and 8 of Dana tract, on the
west side Of Swift street, near Thirtieth,
Lots 10. 20, 81 and %. Dana tract. on
east side OF Swift street between Thirtieth
and Thirty-second streets, for the sum of
$44O0.
Lot 20 of the Dana tract, on south side
OF Thirty second ,$i500. The proposals were
The land com mittee reported as follows:
In the matter OF the petition from +.
A. Dixon ct al asking the council to call
an election for voting upon the question
OF annexing portion OF the county of
Los Angeles, lying to the south and west
of the city, we beg leave to report that
they have carefully checked the names
therein with the great register and find
that the same is signed by more than one
fifth the number of the qualified electors
of the city of Los Angeles. computed up
on the number of votes cast at the last
general municipal election therein, and
in accordance with tho tdirections of the
law providing tor the annexation of ter
ritory to municipalities, recommend that
the city attorney be instructed to prepare
and present the necessary ordinances and
notices required for the calling of such
election.
In the matter of petition from f. n.
Coulter ct al. asking for the annexation
OF Highland Park exclusive of Garvanza,
your committee beg leave to report that
they have carefully checked the names
upon said petition with the great register
of the county. and find that said petition
represents more than one-ifth the num-
ber of qualified electors OF the city Of Los
Angeles computed upon the number of
votes cast at the last general municipal
election held therein, and in accordance
with the requirements of the act of legis-
lature providing for the annexation of
territory to municipal CORPORATIONS beg
leave to report recommending that the
city attorney be instructed to prepare and
present the necessary ordinance aud no.
tices calling an election for the purpose of
voting upon the question or annexing
said territory. The above was adopted.
The special committee building the
new school houses reported as follows:
I'VE your special committee and build
ing committee of the school board to
whom was referred proposals to alter and
repair school buildings, commend that
all bids for CASTELAR, and Ann street
schools bs rejected and that the readver-
tisins be held until all new buildings are
advertised for.
I'm the matter for proposals to furnish
heating and ventilation for school build
ings, we recommend that the system and
bid of Bennett e. Besore be adopted at
price submitted, which is $22, 465 for all
the buildings advertised, the same being
the lowest bid by $2435; also that the SUI
perlntendent of buildings be directed to
provide for this system of heating and
ventilation in plans and specifications
Tor school houses to be constructed. pro-
vided said parties will put in said heat
ing and ventilating appliances in build
ings, as per plans and specifications SUBJ
mitted by them for the amount of their
bid as whole or as itemiZed for the sep.
arate buildings. And that it Shall be
optional with the city to place said svs
tenn OF heating and ventilation IN the
school buildings any time within the
next six months.''
The last section of the report created
great deal of discussion, a representative
OF the Baker Iron works being present
against the award of the contract to Benz
nett d Besore, as not being in some feat
ures the lowest. The report was finally
ADOPTED as a whole.
On motion of President Teed it was de-
Cided to establish one voting precinct in
each OF the wards of the city for The COM
ing annexation elections. The ordinance
for the purpose must be published four
weeks. once week, before the election
is neld. 1t is aimed to have the election
taking in the southwestern portions of
the city held one day and the election
annexing the Highland district to be held
the day after. The necessary ordinances
upon the subject will be submitted to the
council on Monday. The elections will
be held some time in the first week OF
October.
President Teed moved that the street
superintendent flush the sewer manhole
on the corner of Jefferson and MAIN
streets, and that the superintendent of
street sprinKling be instructed to abate
the nuisance at the corner of Wesley
venue and Jefferson street. caused by
sprinkling carts, both of which motions
we're adopted.
Councilman Savage moved that the su-
perintendent of buildings prepare plans
and specifications for heating the Ann
streetschool. which motion was referred
TO the special school building committee.