The herald., 1896-06-13
STREET WORK RECOMMENDED
Weekly Meeting of the Board OF
Public Works
NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS
Cement Sidewalks and Sewering Ordered
Under the Vroomau Act
The Opening and Extension Of Matec Street.
Improvement Of 1ontreal Street.-The
ms.'s Vaeation-building Permits
NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS

The regular weekly meeting Of the
board Of public works was held at the
city hall yesterday with all of the men,
bers present. There were no matters
of special Importance considered,
though fair amount of business was
transacted. The following recomnorn-
dationS were made for presentation at
the meeting of the city council on Mon
day:
Recommend that petition No. S76 from
c. j. Multhaup ct al, asking that Shatto
street from Wilmer street to the west
end OF said street be graded, graveled
and curbed, be granted and the city
engineer instructed to prepare and pre-
sent the necessary ordinance of inten-
tion.
T. Weisendanger ct al, asking that STAN
ford avenue between Eighth and Ninth
streets, be graded, graveled, curbed
with cement curb and Sidewalked with
cement sidewalk five feet wide, under
the bond provisions of the Vrooman act,
be referred to the city engineer to esti-
mate the cost of said work including
sewer, and if the same exceeds the
amount required by law, then to pre-
sent the necessary ordinance of inten-
ton therefor.
Recommend that petition No. 500 from
T.. Weisendanger asking that Towne
avenue from Ninth to Eleventh Streets
be graded. graveled curbed with cement
and sidewalked with cement sidewalk
four feet wide, under the bond prOvis
ions of the Vrooman act, be referred
to the city engineer to estimate the cost
OF said work, including sewer, and If
the same exceeds the amount required
by law, then to present the necessary
ordinance of intention.
Recommend that petition No. 519, from
Mary D. Cannon, in reference to the
grading Of Union avenue, be filed as
proceedings are now pending to i'm
prove said street.
Recommend that the bid of Frank
Moir to improve Montreal street at $3.50
per lineal foot for grading and graveling
complete: SOC per lineal foot for curb.
1Sc per lineal foot for cutters, and 90c
per lineal foot for crosswalks. be ac-
cepted and the necessary resolution of
award adopted.
Recommend that petition No. 4S2 from
G. H. Shafer ct al. asking to have Mateo
street opened between Santa Fe avenue
and Palmetto street, as Shown on dia-
gram attached to petition. be granted
provided that portion of the street which
1T is proposed to run through the Rolling
Mill property shall be located thirty feet
westerly of the line petitioned for, so as
to take thirty feet only from the Roll
ing Mill property, and the city engineer
be instructed to furnish the city attor-
ney with the necessary data for drafting
ordinance of intention.
Recommend that all bids for the i'm
provement of Bunker Hill avenue be re-
jected and the city clerk instructed to
readvertise for proposals.
Recommend that protest No. SIS FROM
II. Levy. asking that Kip street from
the north line of Seventh street to the
angle in Kip street between Sixth and
Seventh streets, be sidewalked with
cement walk and curbed with cement
curb, be granted and the city engineer
instructed to prepare and present the
necessary ordinance of intention.
Recommend that protest No. 511 from
Alice Shafer against the opening of Ma
teo street. be filed, as the line for open
ing said street has been changed.
THE F'IREMEN'S VACATION
Chief Moore and Assistant Chief
Smith have completed the details of the
annual vacation of the permanent mem
bers of the fire department, and yNster-
day the list was posted in the oti.te of
the chief at the city hall. There are
forty-fve permanent men in the depart
ment, including the chief and his as
sistant and each Will be given a ten
DAYS rest during the summer. The
matter has been so arranged that there
Will be no additional expense to the city
for extra men, the men who are to be
benefited by the vacation doubling up
so that no additional expense will be in
CURED. The vacations will commence
on the goth inst, when five members of
the chemical crews will go off. Those
who will lead off are w. s. Banning, D.
w. Brown, J. Y. Del Vale, George H.
Ready and c. S. Jenkins. who will be off
from the Goth to the 30th insts.. inclusive
1t Will take about two and a half months
for all the men to have their vacation.
PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT
The municipal year begins on the first
of July. and already the members of the
city council are beginning to figure on
estimates for the fiscal year 1S96-97.
Among other things that are
receiving considerable attention at
the hands of some of the
council, is the proposition to make
the fire department paid department
in every sense of the word, and do away
more or less agitated for several years
pally 1t has never been carried out. The
opinion now, however, is rapidly gaining
ground that Los Angeles has reached
that period when regular paid fire de-
partment, thoroughly drilled and
equipped, is necessity. Good active
young men can be secured for perma-
nent firemen at from $50 to $50 month,
who will always be on duty at the en-
gine houses and ready to respond to an
alarm at moments notice Then, be-
sides, better discipline could be main
tanned the men regularly drilled and
trained, and the service immeasurably
bettered. IT has been estimated that
at an expense of between $500 and 5000
the efficiency of the department could
be increased at least thirty per cent.