The herald., 1895-03-09
THE TROLLEY RUNS TOO FAST
A New Set of Specifications
Is Ordered
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Electric Cars Must Reduce Their
Speed
Street Sprinkler VIII Be Instructed Not to
Etood the Streets-BicycIers
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Street Sprinkler VIII Be Instructed Not to
Flood the Streets-BicycIers
Warned

yesterday as follows:
In the matter of petition No. 1874, from
D. G. Meek ct al, asking permission to
grade Union avenue between Orange and
Shatto streets by private contract, it was
recommended that the same be granted.
In the matter of petition No. 1SS, from
Wander Lobe d Wordin, in reference to
the work required to be done by contract
ors when LAYING cement sidewalk or &C.
ment curb, it was recommended that the
CITY Engineer be instructed to prepare
and present new set of specifications to
take the place of specifications No. II, to
include all of the amendments heretofore
adopted by the Council to such specitica-
lions, and to add thereto clause requir-
ing the contractor doing the work there
under to grade the entire sidewalk from
property line to curb line, flush with the
walk laid.
In the matter of establishing the grade
OF Whittier street from Seventh to Ninth
streets, it was recommended that the
ordinance presented by the City Engl-
neer establishing said grade, be placed
upon its passage.
Recommend that petition No. 213 from
Peter Bissen ct al, asking to have the
grade ON Tenth street established from
San Pedro street east, be granted.
J. w. Potts, in reference to the speed OF
street cars it was recommended that the
Chief OF Police be directed to require the
Consolidated Electric Railway Company
to run their ears at the rate OF speed
required by law.
1t was recommended that petition No.
219 from J. +. Cosby ct al, asking that
.ive-foot cement sidewalk be laid along
the south side of Thrtieth street from
Figueroa to Hoover streets be granted.
1t was recommended that petition No.
ZIG from J. A. Hill Ell AL asking that the
north side of Eleventh street between
Sentous and Vernon streets be sidewalIed
with cement sidewalk five feet wide, be
granted. 1t was recommended that petit
ton No. 2l2 from the Wilmington Trans
portation Company asking permission TO
erect sign in front of their place of bust
ness on 222 South Spring street, be granted
providing the company place and main
tain thereon an electric light OF not less
than 1000 candle power.
1t was recommended that petition No.
214 from NJ. H. Merriman ct al. asking
that "a cement asidewalk be ordered laid
on the north side of Orange street be-
tween Union avenue and Burlington
street, be granted.
1t was recommended that petition No.
215 from |. Y. Murray ct al. asking to
have Vernon street from the south line of
Sixth street to the north line of Seventh
walked with cement sidewalk, under
the bond provisions of the Nrooman act,
be granted.
VT was recommended that petition No.
222 from W. J. Horner ct al, asking that
the east side of Pearl street between
Fourth and Sixth streets be sidewalSed
with a cement sidewalk six feet wide, be
granted.
1t was recommended that p tition No.
224 from Mrs. Doria Jones, asking to have
the grade of Bush street from Pico street
to Sixteenth street changed and estab-
lished so as to make a straight grade be
referred to the City Engineer to estimate
frontage thereon. In the matter of pc
tition No. 229 from +. Highlander ct al,
protesting against flooding the streets of
the city, it was recommended that the
Superintendent OF Street Sprinkling
notify the contractor to sprinkle and not
flood the streets.
1t was recommended that protest No.
251, from A. Rorick ct al, against the
sidewalking of the east side of Oak street
between Washington and Twenty-irst
streets, be sustained.
1t was recommended that petitions Nos.
1913, 220, 22l, 223 and DDS be filed.
1t was accommodated that the Chief of
Police be instructed to strictly enforce the
terms of the ordinance requiring bicycle
riders to use the roadway and not the
sidewalk of the public streets.
1t was recommended that the street
Superint endent be instructed to repair
the washout in the cutters on PeHnsylva-
MIA avenue between Mathews and Mott
streets.
1t was recommended that the Street
superintendent be instructed to repair
the washouts on Court street between
Beaudry avenue and Figueroa street.
1t was recommended that Mrs. Doria
Jones be granted an extension of ninety
days within which time to complete the
Improvement of Bush street by private
contract
1t was recommended that the Street !
Superintendent be instructed to put the
roadway of Elysian Park avenue from
Bellevue avenue to Reservoir street IN
good order for the coming summer.
II was recommended that the City En-
gineer be instructed to make the neces-
sary estimate of cost, and if the same
exceeds the sum of 81 per front foot then
to present the necessary ordinance of in |
tention to grade, '-Eavel, curb and side |
walk with cement five feet wide Beaudry |
avenue from the west line of Hinton ave- |
nue. to the south line of Pearl street, in |
accordance with petition of Louis Peeron
al M ~