The herald., 1895-08-24
A SELECTION IS MADE
The Fifth Ward School Prob
lem Solved
ACTION By THE COUNCIL
No Selection Yet Made ia the Third
Ward
Thd Council Temporarily Countermands It's
Order That Unused Car Tracks Oh
Sixth Street Be Torn Up

The council in adjourned meeting yes
terday countermanded its order recently
made to Superintendent Howard of the
street department that the Los Angeles
Electric railway company's unused tracks
on Sixth street be at once summary
torn up. Manager Wood of the company
ard Judge Bioknell, chief counsel for the
corporation, were both on hand to plead
for delay in the matter, promi sing If
granted continuance to reappear before
the council on Monday, when satisfactory
evidences OF the company's Intentions In
the matter Of operating lines on nearly
all OF their unused trackage will be fur
nished.
In the matter of school sites offered in
the Fifth ward President Teed, represent
ing that ward in the council, was called
in from the mayors office to explain the
situation to his colleagues. The resi-
dents of the ward do not want the school
located west OF Figueroa or south of
Adams streets under any circum stances.
That leaves the choice of the site offered
on the corner of Twenty-fourth and To-
herman streets, which was impractlcable
for pse because it lacks the means of nee
essaryEapproach. There is no objection
to school building anywhere on Nor
wood street. He favored the site offered
on the corner of Twenty-frst and Nor
wood streets, which is, however, close to
the school building on Seventeenth and
Georgia Bell streets. The board OF educa-
tion ought, in his opinion. to have had
backbone enough to select some site for
the proposed school in the ward, but as
they had not done so, the council should
now make the necessary location. On
motion of Councilman Munson, the site
OF the northwest corner OF Norwood aud
Twenty-frst streets was accepted, the
price to be paid to be $4,000.
The request of the Los Angeles County
Council of Labor that September .. Labor
day, be properly observed by the officials
about the city hall was adopted.
The mayor called attention to the fenc-
ing in of public property on the corner of
Main and Mozart streets, and the matter
was referred to the superintendent OF
streets.
The city attorney was called upon to
detail the provisions of the contract rela-
tive to the heating and ventilating of the
new school buildings. The instructions
of the council last Monday expressed were
tion of Councilman Munson, it was de-
cided not to pay for the work before the
end of ten days after each separate build
ing has been tested and accepted.
The city attorney reported as follows:
An ordinance granting a franchise to
T. c. Paxton for street railway on Hill
and other streets in accordance with the
advertisement of the same. Adopted.
An ordinance for improving Cherry
street under private contract Adopted.
An ordinance for improving ST. Louis
street under private contract. Adopted.
An ordinance appointing commission
ers on Wall street.
? AS directed by you l have drawn a con-
tract with Bennett e. Besore for the heat
ing and ventilating OF the school build
ings, and in presenting it herewith | de-
sire to call your attention to the pay
ments. Your instructions vera silent on
this subject, but under the advice of two
of the committee who had this matter
in charge, | have fixed the payments at
one-third when the material and appara-
tus is on the ground at the buildings,
one-thlrd when completed and one
thiro IN thirty-five days after completion
and acceptance. There were other res
poets in which the instructions were in
definite ana uncertain and on those
Ioins also l have followed the suggestions
Of the committee. Adopted.
A. L. Frazer, R. b. Russell and F. ".
Frazer were appointed the commissio on
ers to open Wall street.
The city water company was instructed
to place fire hydrants on Maple avenue
md Twenty-eighth, Thirtieth and Thirty
jecond streets
The present proceedings to sidewalk
Twenty third street, between Thompson
and Union avenues, were abandoned and
new proceedings were ordered.
The city engineer presented an ordin-
ance OF intention to grade, gravel and
curb Magdalena street, from San Fer
Dando to Bloom streets, an the ordinance
of intention TO pave with porphyry
Third street, from the east line of
Crocker to the east line of Santa Fe av-
enue. The first ordinance was laid over
until Monday and the second was
adopted.
In connection with the above the Los
Angeles Railway company was notified
to place an ron culvert across Third
street on the west line of Wolfskill avenue
under their tracks in place of the present
wooden culvert.
On motion of Councilman Kingery the
owners of the property selected as a
school site on Eighteenth street, near
Union avenue, were instructed 10 pre-
sent to the council the deeds and certili-
Gates of title for the same and the city
clerk was instructed to advertise for pro-
posals to move the Tenth street school to
the site mentioned.
The Third ward school site is now the
only one not yet officially located.