The herald., 1896-09-29

chise. Accepted and city attorney or
dered to present ordinance.
To furnish meat for the city prison:
Felix Levy proposed as follows: Beef
at $295 per Genital. mutton at s3.05; M
L. Ryan proposed as follows: Beef
| fresh, at "a cents per pound; beef, salt
"a cents per pound; mutton, "a cents
per pound; pork, salt, s cents per pound
j. G. Schaefer proposed, beef, 2% cents
| per pound; mutton, cents per pound
pork, cents per pound; corned beef
| l9s cents per pound. Referred to the
| supply committee.
To improve Marion avenue from Ken
s1ngton road to Sunset boulevard
otahspury d Moore proposed grading
| ana graveling, S1.90 per lineal foot; curb
Is cents per lineal foot; cutters, 12 cents
per lineal foot; sidewalk, cents per
| square foot
| d. f. Donegan proposed, grading and
graveling. s240 per lineal foot: curb, Is
cents per lineal foot; cutters, Is cents
| per lineal foot; sidewalk II cents
per square foot.
Robert Sherer proposed grading and
| graveling, $2.10 per lineal foot; curb Is
cents per lineal foot; cutters, Is cents
per lineal foot; sidewalk, cents per
square foot.
Tyron & Converly proposed grading
and graveling, s225 per Iineal foot:
curb, Is cents per lineal foot; cutters,
10 cents per lineal foot; sidewalks. 10
cents per square foot
L. II. Reynolds proposed grading and
graveling, s2.20 per lineal foot; curb, II
cents per lneal foot; cutters 1S cents ner
lireal foot; sidewalk, cents per square
foot: Referred to the board Of public
works.
To improve Fourteenth street from
tennessee to Alameda street: A. L..
warner proposed grading and graveling.
81 cents per iineal foot; curb, 80 cents
per lineal foot
Stansbury & Moore proposed grading
and graveling, SO cents per lineal foot;
curb,i 30 cents per lineal foot
A. b. Hogan proposed grading and
graveling, So cents per lineal foot curb,
30 cents per lineal foot
George L. Tuttle proposed cutters. 90
cents per lineal foot.
Robert Sherer proposed grading and
graveling, 80 cents per lineal foot; curb,
2S cents per lineal foot.
c. w. Shafer proposed grading and
graveling, 80 cents per lineal foot; curb,
u cents per lineal foot; sidewalk, 9 cents
per square foot; crosswalks, 81 per lin
cal foot.
samuel McCray proposed grading and
graveling, s1.13 per lineal foot; curb, 2S
cents per lineal foot. Referred to the
board of public works.
To sewer Vignes and Lyons streets:
George Banaz proposed S71A cents per
enzi proposed 741a cts per lineal foot for
sewer complete; George Cordell propos-
ed 81 cents per lineal foot for sewer COM
plete; A. p Pusich & Co. proposed 7sb
cents per lineal foot for sewer complete;
M: Zuretti proposed rs cents per lin
cal foot, for sewer complete; S. ]. Ed
wards proposed 73 9-10 cents per lineal
foot for sewer complete; ]. B. Ware pro-
posed So cents per lineaI foot for sewer
complete; T. d. Smith proposed 80 cents
per lineal foot for sewer complete. Re-
ferred to the sewer committee.
On motion of Councilman Pessell, all
bids for the improvement Of Newton
street were returned unopened, on ac-
count of an error in the advertisement.
On motion of Councilman Munson, the
bid of j. w. Hinton for the electric fran
chise on Seventh street. from Alvarado
street west, was accepted. The price
paid was s105. Only Mr.. Snyder voted
against the acceptance of the bid
THAT MACY STREET FRANCHISE
In the matter of the proposed exten-
sion of time of the Macy street fran
chise. granted by resolution of the coun-
ell, the city attorney reported that in
his opinion an extension of time was
legislative act, and therefore 1t would
have to be done by ordinance, and the
resolution was without effect. He un-
derstood that the owners of the fran
chise thought differently, and if they
proceeded under the resolution, they
would do so at their own risk.
PUBLIC WORKS
The report of the board of public
works, as published in The Herald Sat-
urday morning, was read. The recon-
mendation that bids be advertised for
an inclined railway on Third street was
referred back to the board, on the state
ment of Will D. Could that there was
strong protest being circulated against
this enterprise, ON the ground that II
would seriously injure the prospects of
a tunnel being run through the hill at
that point
The Beaudry avenue improvement
district bids were next taken up. The
board has twice recommended that all
bids be rejected, and the matter read
vertised. A minority report was also
presented recommending that the bids
of Ramish & Marsh be accepted and the
contract awarded them. A. M. Hough,
one of the property owners, repeated
his arguments heretofore made, and was
followed by Mr.. Lord of Cucamonga.
who pleaded for what he said was a
matter of justice in readvertising for
bids. Will D. Gould was the next
speaker, and spoke as he has done on
numerous previous occasions Frank
G. Finlayson, representing Ramish &
Marsh, the contractors, spoke at length,
urging that the contract should be
awarded them as they had put in their
bid in good faith, and were therefore
entitled to 1.-The contract, as they had
put in their proposal in good faith and
had given a, bond for the performance
of their contract. Mr.. Marsh also spoke
briefly, saying that he had offered a
10 per cent reduction, but now the figures
had grown to 80 per cent. If any respon-
sible contractor would do this, he would
withdraw his contract. o. T. johnson
also spoke briefly, after which Council
man Munson moved that the majority
report of the board be adopted Coun-
Gilman Pessell moved that the minority
report be adopted. A vote was first taken
on the minority report, and the same
was adopted by vote of six to three,
Messrs. Munson. Blanchard and Kin
gerry voting in the negative. This vote
carries with it the resolution of award.
Recess until o'clock
AFTERNOON SESSION
The council met at 230 o'clock. when
consideration of the board of public
works was resumed and the various re-
concentrations were adopted.
Councilman Munson moved that the
city engineer be instructed to make a
map of Fremont avenue between Sec
ond and Third streets, which motion
prevailed. On motion of Councilman
Stockwell, the engineer was also in
structed to present an ordinance es-
tablishing the grade Of Primrose ave-
nue..