The herald., 1895-04-02
The Council Meeting.

49,
The Council Meeting.
PASADENA, April 1.-The city council
met in regular session at $3.50 this after
noon. with President Cop in the chair
and Trustees Weed, Hamilton and Wash
burn present. Trustee Lukens was absent
owing to illness.
An appeal from the property owners on
Garfield avenue against the assessment
for street work on that avenue, which
they state is poorly done, was the first
matter taken under consideration, and
provoked considerab bic discussion. Trustee
Weed remarked that he had made an in
vestigation of the matter and he regarded
it as bad job He thought the. whole
matter of street work needed more
thorough attention before being accepted,
and in the course OF his remarks the street
superintendent came in for scoring for
accepting work that was not up to the
specifications called for in the contracts.
A large amount of street work is under
way, and it is of great importance that it
be done thoroughly, Property owners on
all the streets which need improvement
are manfesting a very commendable and
enterprsing spirit in pettioning for
grading, curbing and guttering the streets,
and they naturally desire that the work
should be faithfully performed.
A motion was made and carried that
further action on this appeal of the
property owners be deferred for two
weeks, to give the contractors time to make
the work sati sfactory.
Ordinances were brought up for the
third reading and passed establishing the
grade of Peoria street and Cypress avenue.
and a resolution of intention to improve
Walnut street was adopted. The recon-
mendations of the city engineer regarding
the improvement of Madison avenue were
adopted and instructions given the city
attorney to draw up an ordinance for the
improvement of that thoroughfare.
IF Mr.. Wright appeared before the council
on behalf of residents and property own
ers on Lincoln avenue, representing about
5000 feet of frontage who ask that in the
improvement of that street camphor trees
be substituted for fan palms as shade
trees. AS it is becoming late for planting,
the importance of soon deciding the mat
ter and proceeding to plant the trees was
dwelt upon, as well as the fact that the
camphor tree will not require the amount
of water that the palm does. These
trees, if properly tended, are for future
generations as well as this one, and should
be planted at once in order to secure a
good growth. The matter was referred to
the street committee with instructions to
investigate and report at the next meet
ing.
Bills to the amount of $11S5 80 were re-
ferred to the committee on auditing and
finance. Bids were then opened for street
work on Pasadena avenue and Bellefon-
tame street. There were five bids. and
after some discussion a resolution was
adopted awarding the contract for curb
ing, guttering and grading Pasadena ave-
nue. from Walnut to Colorado streets. A
similar resolution was adopted in regard
to Bellefohtaine avenue.
DR.. f. F. Rowland, city health officer,
submitted his report for the year past
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152 deaths for the year; births, 90; re-
ports of nulsances, rs; number of com
plants without cause, u. The majority
of the complaints were from people who
live on premises adjoining key lots,
where stables are necessarily near the res
licences. He saw no remedy for the mat
ter except a more willing observance of
the golden rule on the part of the PEG.
pie who keep COWS and other live stock,
and recommended that citizens refuse to
purchase milk of people who allow their
COWS to be in a filthy condition, being
confined in small and dry quarters and
subsjected to unsantary conditions.
The reports of the city poundmaster,
street superintendent and tax collector
for the month past were each placed on
file without discussion.
Messrs. Bradley and Glass submitted an
amendment to their franchise for the APP
proval of the council. This is one of the
proposed electric light franchises that has
been before the council of late asking its
adoption, and the petitioners had amen
ded it so that they thought the council
would be satisfied to pass it, but that
body is evidently becoming more and
more disincliued to grant franchises too
hastily, which the average citizen is glad
to note, for too much care cannot be eX-
ercised in disposing of these matters.
The amendment to the franchise was to
the effect that the petitioners would bind
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improvements and keep the plant always
up to date in this respect, so as to furnish
efficient and thoroughly good service at
all times also that if the council saw fit
to order 1T they would at the end of ten
years put their wires underground out of
the way. There was some discussion
about the location of the plant, and
finally the city attorney was instructed
to draw up new franchise and submit it
to the council at the next meeting.