The herald., 1896-04-28
soME COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Workman Franchise Passed to Prepare.
tIon-Funds Transferred


In addition to the recommendation
already printed, the board of public
works yesterday presented to the coun-
Gil the following:
Recommend that the draft of an
ordinance for a street car line on Fourth
and Sixth streets be referred to the city
attorney. This is the Workman electric
road franchise.
Recommend the petition from s. A.
Weldon ct al, asking that the name of
Sand street and that portion of Bunker
Hill avenue between Montreal and Pearl
be granted and the city attorney In
structed to prepare and present the nec-
essary ordinance therefor.
Recommend that the petition from w.
l.. Riley, offering to furnish the lumber
and do all the work In putting IN the
street and Fremont avenue for the sum
of $99. so, If the curb stakes are set by the
city, be granted and the street superin-
tendent be authorized to have the
work done by the petitioner at the price
stated.
The whole report was adopted.
The examination of the bids disclosed
that there was no tender for the i'm
provement of Sixth street from Bixel to
Burlington avenue.
I'm what paper was the notice Of in
vitation printed" asked Councilman
Munson.
"The Santa Monica Outlook" came
from President Teed, referring to the
Express which is the city's official or
gan. The sally was greeted with
laugh.
The financial committee reported In
the request of the report Of the street su-
perintendent, asking to be allowed TO
employ four additional sewer fiushers:
we recommend that said report be dc-
MED.
In the matter of the final report o. the
commissioners for the opening or OAR
win avenue, it was recommended that
the same be filed. -
1t was recommended that the petitlon
from H. D. Barrows, asking that an ex-
tension of time be given in which to pay
city taxes be denied.
The committee also filed the following:
Your committee find Upon examination
that the following transfers have been
made from the internal sewer fund 10
the street lighting fund, without dc au-
the sum of $500; March 30 1896, the sum
of $261O We therefore recommend that
the city auditor be instructed to retrans-
fer from the street lighting fund to the
internal sewer system fund the sum OF
$3470, the amount Of such unauthorized
transfers. and that the city treasurer De
notified of such order.
Your committee further recommend
that the sum Of $500 be transferred from
the cash fund to the central police sta
ton improvement fund, this being the
amount recently transferred from the
internal sewer fund to the cash fund in
compliance with law, and that the city
treasurer be notified of this transfer
The city clerk reported that in the mat
ter of the opening of Eighteenth street
from Hope street to Grand avenue. the
report of the commissioners, together
with the plat of the assessment district
was filed March oath. On March 25th
the notice Of the filing of the report and
plat was published. The last day on
which protests could be filed was April
25th On April 18th the protest of w.
Wright ct al was filed. The hearing In
the matter was set for next Monday
morning.
The city clerk also submitted deeds
from ]. A. Rokohl, dated the 18th day Of
April, 1885, and from Caroline E. Merri-
man, dated the 25th day of April, 1895,
which are for the land neces-
sary for the widening of Shatto street
between Vernon street and Union ave-
nue., as described by ordinance No. 35O5
new series), which is the ordinance of
intention to widen Shatto street from
Vernon street to Union avenue. These
deeds have been handed him with the
instructions to submit them to the coun-
ell and to record them, provided the
pending proceedings for the widening
of Shatto street from vernon street to
Union avenue are abandoned, and to be
returned to the property-owners If the
council should decide not to abandon
said proceedings.
The proceedings to widen Shatto street
from Vernon to Union avenue We're Or
dered to be abandoned.