The herald., 1896-10-28

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in the field, it is certain he had absolute
| ly none in the office in preparing map
| 10 the non-critical eye it looked all right
| and might perhaps have been put to some
use-even as frightful example-if he
| had omitted to detail a left-handed fdol-
lander to stand on MS head ana draw
| the ordinance. Therein he erred, and his
sins are rising up in judgment against
| him.
| 1t appeared, from subsequent develop
| ments, that when Eaton loaded up his
party for the campaign, he included
| among the other requisites donkey and
| several kegs of Maier &, Zobelein's best
| The party got along all right enough
| until they reached Chavez street, and
| there Eaton got tangled up. He Topped
| the river over to the west of kuhrts
| street, while he wandered off west OF
! Main street. The next thing he did was
| to get a double reverse curve on it, an6
| got the blamed old thing all tangled uI
with the beer and the donkey and sew
| eral other things, and got them down
| to Leroy street. From there he went
back again to Holly street, and ther
tunneled under his former track ana
struck out for Macy street, west of the
present bridge. This was too much foy
| him, and as the beer seems to have
given out and Maier & Zobelein's brew
cry was handy, he took a beeline for it,
| donkey and all. The party stayed there
| until they had worn out their welcome
! and the seats of their pants. and then
, proceeded down Vignes street to First
| History does not tell exactly what hap
pened there. but presumably the neigh
| bors objected to his conf1scating their
| private property for official river beds
| and headed him off. Not acknowledging 6
| defeat. he struck out through the Bige-
| low tract, knocked over the Santa Fe
| depot crossed over the river into the
tlr fVon f,,a1
| in the mud flats on San Antonio ranch,
where the donkey. which by this time
| had become thoroughly disgusted with
| the outfit, kicked them in.
| AN ASININE DOCUMENT.
w. H. Workman was mayor at the
| time and Freeman G. Teed was clerk,
| and they signed this remarkable ordi-
| nance with due solemnity 1t is num-
bered 2S7. and will be found on page 249
| of the city ordinances of the year 1887.
| This is very possibly the first intimation
| that the inhabitants of the Hollenbeck
| tract, the Ballesteros tract, the Also
tract, the Bigelow and several other
tracts have had that the city, with ex-
| cess of generosity, has presented them
with the official bed of the river. Inas-
| much as the outline given above of the
Eaton survey and its confirmation by
| ordinance may not be considered an ex-
| nance itself is herewith reproduced:
| Ordinance No. 2S7-An ordinance
changing and establishing the official
bed of the Los Angeles river.
The mayor and council of the city of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section l. That the official bed of the
Los Angeles river, as heretofore estab-
lished, shall be changed. and that the
| map made by A. F. Waldemar and ap-
proved by the mayor on the 5th day of
January, 1863, as the official map of the
bed of the Los Angeles river shall from
| this day cease to be the official map of
the bed of the Los Angeles river.
Sec 2. That the official bed of the
Los Angeles river is established as fol-
| lows:
Commencing at point where the old
pile dam was built. said point being de-
scribed as north 73 degrees 40 minutes
east 1880 feet from the southerly one
of a group of piles of said dam, and is
further described as being north de-
grees minutes 30 seconds west 446. 40
| feet from the intersection of the river
bed center line with the center line of
Buena Vista street. the latter as per
| call of resolution No. 291. said intersec-
| tion point being distant sos. GA feet from
a granite monument at the intersection
| of Buena Vista street and San Fernan-
| do street center lines and 34231 feet
| from granite monument at the angle
of intersection of the center lines of
,Buena Vista street and Hoff street. said
granite monument being distant on the
| center line of Hoff street 1880 feet
the intersection of the center
lines of Hoff and Water streets:
thence running south degrees min
| utes so seconds east 1920 feet: thence
on curve with radius of 1923 feet
to the right for a distance of 200 feet;
thence south degrees minutes so sec
onds east 612.S1 feet to point of inter-
section with the center line of Chavez
street, which is distant on the center
line of said street 35S26 feet south SO
degrees 81 minutes west from granite
monument at the intersection of the
| center lines of Chavez and Kuhrts
streets; thence south degrees 5 min
utes 80 seconds east for a distance of
| 115.13 feet; thence on d, a curve with a
| radius of 109S77 feet to the right for a
| distance of 404.1 feet; thence south 10
| degrees "a minutes 30 seconds west for
| a distance of 2S0.74 feet to an intersec-
| ton with the center lines of st. James
| street, which is south So degrees 81 min
| utes 30 seconds west 70744 feet distant
| from a granite monument at the inter-
section of the center lines Of st. James
and Holly streets; thence south 10 deg.
| "a minutes 30 seconds west 91L19 feet
| to an intersection with the center line
of Holly street, which is north 81 degrees
! 81 minutes west 57430 feet from gran
| ite monument at the intersection of the
center lines of Holly and ST. James
streets thence south 10 degrees "a min
utes go seconds west 577 go feet to an in
| tersection with the center line of Mis-
sion street, which point is south SO de-
grees minutes 80 seconds west 150.11
| feet from the intersection of the center
| lines of Mission and Leroy streets;
| thence south 10 degrees "a minutes 30
seconds west 10092 feet; thence
on a curve with a. radius
distance of 452.17 feet; thence south 6
| degrees 35 minutes so seconds east for
a distance of 1888 feet; thence on a
curve with radius of 1091.7S feet to the
right for a distance of S45.23 feet; the
scribed as being north 20 degrees 10
| minutes and 80 seconds east, 12.71 feet
| from the end of large bolt through the
| cylinder on the center pier and north
/ 55 degrees 56 minutes west, 15450 feet
| from the center of south cylinder of
west pier: thence south 81 degrees II
minutes 30 seconds west for distance
| of 670.48 feet; thence on a curve with a
| radius of S0564 feet to the left for dis
| tance of 353.03 feet; the point of intersec-
| ton Of tangents to this curve is de-
| scribed as being north SO degrees 8
minutes west, 26.6S feet from a cross on
! the south cylinder at the east end of the
west span of the highway bridge, south
| II degrees east 72.94 feet from q cross
| on the south cylinder at the west span
| of the highway bridge, north 2S degrees
| 36 minutes west, Ats feet from cross