The herald., 1895-05-04
SOME LABOR, OTHERS PLAY
COuncilmen Want a Division of
Work
THE GRIEVANCE TO BE AIRED
1t Will Come Up at Next Mondays
Meeting
The Board Of Public Works Was In Session
Yesterday Until After Six
O'clock
THE GRIEVANCE TO BE AIRED

There is pretty row coming up in the
council next Monday when some OF the
members intend to arise IN their might
and howl because they are compelled to
work early and often in committee, while
their more fortunate colleagues are ex-
empt from labor.
The reas on for the municipal strike is
the recent long and arduous meetings OF
the board of public works, and the board
was in session yesterday from 10 o'clock
in the morning until in the evening,
with the exception of two hours in the
afternoon, when the sewer com mittee
met. The latter committee will probably
hereafter not meet on the same day as the
first named board.
At the regular weekly meeting of the
board yesterday it was decided in the
matter of the paving of Main street to
have the city engineer draw up an ordi-
nance of intention for said specifications,
which is to be submitted to the council.
The specifications proposed will demand
for the work proposed asphaltum which
must stand a certain test and will leave
the contract open to the lowest bidder.
In the matter of the communication
from A. Rozell suggesting that before
Main street. between Twenty-ninth street
and the city limits, be paved. the grade
be changed to an elevation of about six
inches lower than at present. so as to pro-
vide for the better disposition of storm
water. the board recommends that the
SAME be referred to the city engineer.
The board recommends that the matter
of the assessment for the district to be
fixed for the opening of Washington
street, from Central avenue to the river,
be laid on the table until such time as
the property owners petition for the
work.
The board recommends in the matter of
the district of assessment for the opening
of Clara street, that the district be be
tween the Pesche tract and the Bauchet
tract and upon both sides OF said Clara
street.
That the city attorney be instructed to
present an ordinance for the opening OF
Byram street. fixing the district OF assess
ment between the Foreman subdivision
and Tenth street ON both sides of said By
ram street.
In the matter OF the petition of Adam
p. D.Meyer asking that cement sidewaiks
be laid on Pico street, between Main
street and Maple avenue, it was recon-.
mended that the same be granted and
that the city engineer be directed to pre-
sent the necessary ordinance OF intention
therefor.
In the matter of the petition of 6. J.
Dalton and others asking that an ordi-
nance be adopted regulatinhg the sale OF
fruit within the city, it was recommended
that the communication be referred to
the board of health for recommendation
in reference to the same.
In the matter of the petition of A. M.
Rawson asking that the fire limits OF dis
trict No. 1 be changed so that the boun-
dary line of the said district between
Fourth and Mayo streets shall be re-
moved from Fourth street for distance
of $50 feet eastward, it was recommended
that the petition be referred to the fire
com ission.
In the matter of the petition of 0. 7.
Johnson ct al. for the remaining and the
regarding of certain streets, it was rec
commended that the city enigneer be in
structed to present an ordinance OF inten-
ton upon which to grade Fourth,
Fifth, Maryland, Figueroa streets and
Beaudry avenue under the bond act as
prayed for
Gould and others to open Sixth street,
from Fremont avenue to Westlake park,
was referred to the city engineer to make
map showing the proper grade OF said
street.
1t was recommended that the assess
ment ordinance for the widening OF
Broadway between First and Second
streets five feet on each side be adopted.
The petition of Peter Luter and others
to grade Chestnut street from lot 5 block
T. Harrington block. to Pasadena avenue,
was granted.
The petition of H. Horton and others
to have Towne avenue, from Wolfskill
avenue to Fifth street, severed. graded,
graveled. sidewalked. curbed and cobbled.
guttered and granite crossed under the
bond act, was granted.
In the matter of the opening of the
alley between Fourth and Fifth streets.
north of Spring street and Broadway. it
was recommended that the district of as
sessment be from the south side of Fourth
street to the north side of Fifth street.
In the matter Of opening teorgie Bell
street. from Pico to Eleventh, it was rec
commended that the district of assess
ment be between the north side of PicO
street to the south side of Eleventh street.