The herald., 1895-08-10
The Los Angeles Traction Com
pany in a Fight
EIGHTH STREET FRANCHISE
The Board Of Public Works Is
Besiesed
Arguments Pro and Con Regarding the Pro-
posed New Road--The Various Recom-
mendations Made Yesterday

apDllCdtlOH lOI ilaHtuioc Oh 6'sS
street out toward Westlake park, was the
cause for drawing the largest audience
before the board of public works yester-
dav morning which as ever gone
before any scom ittee OF the city coun-
Gil. The people in attendance interested d
in the matter were all property owners
upon the line of the proposed road. ii.
Z. Storrs of the new company had charge
of the interests of the Hook corporation.
He had plans and maps all newly made
during the past week for the purpose OF
showing to the board how much larger
the interest in favor Of the proposed line
was than the interest in opposition to
the enterprise. Some OF the land owners
in opposition claimed that the company's
map. upon which was marked all OF the
interested property in pink to distinguish
it, was misleading as their land had been so
marked, while they were not in favor OF
the line. The railway people claim to
have 10, 900 feet out of the tota! $4,000 feet
represented in the whole district through
which the new line is to. run. The
principal opposition Co the proposed road
appeared to be that Eighth street being
sixty-foot street. double track railway
would inconvenience the roadway for
driveway. This argument was answered
with the statement that Tenth, Second
AMI Temple streets where there are car
lines at present, are all sixty-foot streets.
Attorney Enoch Pepper in his argument
in favor of the road alleged that he had
no doubt but that a large portion OF the
opposition against the new road ema-
mated from the Consolidated electric rail-
way, which has recently laid few rails
on Ninth, he said as sort OF bluff. :"
The board heard residents from inside
the city limits and owners of property
west of Westlake park and the Cahuenga
valley in favor OF the road, and the repre-
sentatives OF property owners in the
region affected. who are opposing tle pro-
posed line. W. B. Burnett led the latter
forces. His argument was that the pro-
posed road is not necessity at this time,
the only persons in favor of the enter
prise being professional lobbyists and
others interested in pecuniary sense
purely. During the discussion the fol-
lowing letter from Manager Wood of the
electric was read:
Mr.. G. w. Sanders, city, Dear Sir:-Re-
plying to your letter of the Sd instant.
relative to the intentions OF this COM
pany with reference to the Ninth street
car line, l have to say that it is the in
tention to reconstruct this line as an cleo
trio road and operate it as part of our
general system. as soon as material and
equipment can be provided. This will
dou btIess all be completed within the
-. L IL.
sooner.
The statement was made during the
hearing that if a decision in the matter
was deferred for few days over 10.0 600
bicyclists would protest against the road.
The hearing consumed nearly three
hours. 1t was held IN the council cham
ber, the regular committee rooms OF the
hoard being found too small at an early
stage in the proceedings, to hold the
crowd that was present. After listening
to all sides the board of public works took
the matter under advisement for further
period of one week.
Jacob Tawkes was before the board to
argue in favor OF his street corner sign
post advertising scheme, the details of
which were printed in The Herald about
one week ago. The proposition was ex.
planned at some length, after which the
board took. he matter under advisement.
There are at present two such PROPOSE
tions before the board, with another about
ready to be sprung.
Herman de Laguna came before the
board and argued for franchise for An
opposition telephone privilege. No rec
10, ~
by the board.
The applications OF f. E. Peck and r.
J. Adcock, for electric lighting franchises,
were filed.
The board made the following recon-
mendations to be acted upon by the coun-
Gil on Monday:
Recommend chat the petition from q.
A. Nolte ct al, asking permi ssion to
and Seventeenth streets, by private con-
tract, with the natural soil on the street,
and also to construct a cement curb and
cement sidewalk five feet wide. be granted,
and the accompanying specifications pro-
vldlng for the grading of said street be
adopted, and the city attorney instructed
to prepare and present the necessary ordi-
nance for doing said work.
Recommend that the petition from
Maud Teale ct al, asking that State
etle eet, between Fourth and Fifth streets,
be graded, graveled and curbed, and that
m eight-inch sewer be constructed there
on under the bond provisions of the
Vrooman act, be referred to the city en-
gineer to present the necessary estimate
for doing said work under specifications
q, and If the cost of said work exceeds
the amount required by law, then to pre-.
sent the necessary ordinance of inten don
therefor.
.Recommend that the communication
from Sches Bros. be filed. as PERMISSION has
already been gianted to do the WORK.
Recommend that the petition from D.
II. Balr ct =, asking that CASTELAR, street,
between Bellevue avenue and Ord street,
be graded, graveled and curbeu with red
wood curb. be granted and the city enci-
neer be instructed to prepare and present
the necessary ordinance of intention for
doing said work according TO specitica-
tions G.
Recommend that the petition from C.
r. FoIkerth ct al, asking that Georgia
Bell street. between the north curb line
of Pico street and point 120 feet south
of the south curb line OF Eleventh street.
be graded and graveled, curbed with ce.
ment curb and sidewalk ked with cement
sidewalk five feet wide, be granted, and
the city engineer be instructed 10 prepare
and present the necessary ordinance of
intention for dong said WORK according
to specifications g.
Recommend that the petition from =.
B. Dickson ct al. asking permission to
grade Bush street, between the south curb
line Of Washington street and Hoover
street, by private contract be granted, and
the city attorney be instructed to prepare
and present the necessary ordinance
granting said permission; the work to be
done under specificatiOns G.