The herald., 1896-09-09
CUT THE CIRCUS License
Reduction Granted by the
Council
II IS Still 1t / HIGH FIGURE
Names Of q Number Of Streets
Changed
A BUNDLE OF BIDS REJECTED
0wisg to . Misunderstanding Growing
Ont Of the Holiday
A New Biographical Map Wanted Of the
clty's Water Supply
Report u the vsslous Officers snl Committees.
ALlvsiy Debate Over the Rscemmsnds-
sien to Reject the Beandsy Avenue
District Improvement Bids
Names Of q Number Of Streets
Changed
A BUNDLE OF BIDS REJECTED
Owisg to . Misusderstsndisg Growing
Ont Of the Holiday
A New Geographical Map Wanted Of the
clty's Water Supply

District Improvement Bids
At the meeting Of the city council
yesterday morning thirty-two bids for
street work were returned to the con-
| tractors unopened, and the clerk was
| instructed to resdvertise the same. The
cause OF the trouble was the failure
| OF several Of the contractors to hand in
their bids until yesterday morning. Mon
day being legal holiday. and the city
| departments closed, the contractors did
not think that the bids could be pre-
sente6. Mr.. Luckenbach notified the
council that he was In his office up to
noon to receive bids. Several of the
councilmen thought II would be legal
to receive bids up to II o'clock Tuesday
morning on this account. but Mr.. Dunn
thought differently, and, after consider
able debate the suggestion Of the city
attorney was adopted to be on the safe
side. and the order to readvertise was
made.
TO PROTECT THE CITY'S WATER
RIGHTS.
| The city engines reported that, In
, consultation with the engineers ap-
pointed by the council as consulting en-
gineers and with the city attorney, it
was deemed advisable to call the coun-
ellis attention to the necessity of a topo-
graphical map Of the Los Angeles river
bed showing all bitches, wells and water
improvements from the narrows in the
Arroyo Seco to the source of the river
and the mouth OF the Big and Little
Te5ungas. The city engineer said that
such map was necessary in case the
city should have any law 'suits over
Its water rights He said 1t would take
three months time to procure such a
map. After some debate the matter
was referred to the committee on water
supply.
THE CIRCUS LICENSE
The Following petition was read from
George II. Heiser, representing the Great
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros:
we hereby respectfully petition you
that the license for the great combined
Sells Bros and Adam Forepaugh shows
that Will exhibit here on September %
and %. be made $500 for the two days
exhibition. This Is q very large and ex-
pensive show, requiring fifty cars to
transport same. so the expenditure in
this city will be quite large and the great
|
| In consideration Of your making the IL
cense this price. we will make the ad-
| mission fee so cents instead of 81.
| The matter was referred to the finance
| comittee, with Instructions to report at
the afternoon session.
KICK ON THE GAS BILL.
The usual demands and acquisitions
we're presented and approved with the
| exception OF one of $40 for supplying
gas for the city hall for the ensuing
month. to which Mr.. Teed objected.
Gas Is used only In the vault OF the
city treasurer's Office and in the record
room OF the city clerks Office. Mr.. Teed
said $40 was too much to pay. The gas,
he said. ought not to cost more than 80.
G. W. Walters, city boiler inspector,
was granted a ten days leave of alb
sence.
The recommendation OF the board of
fire commissioners that SEQ. 900 be set
aside to be known as the freman's sal
ary fund, was referred to the finance
committee.
A draft of specifications for the re-
pairing Of cement sidewalks was re-
ferred to the board of public works.
The report of the city engineer In ref
erence to the condition OF the Macy
street bridge was referred to the bridge
| committee.
The time for hearing the appeal Of ].
II. Johnson ct al. in the matter of the
improvement of Thompson street. from
Twenty-third to Adams street. was con-
tinued to September 21st at 10 a. m.
The street superintendent was in
structed to repair the bridges on st.
, Paul street and Eastlake avenue.
! The report Of the commissioners for
opening and widening Wall street,
from Third to Pico street, was referred
to the finance committee.
A communicati ton from the American
Society of Municipal Improvement, ask
Ing that Los Angeles send representa-
| tive to the annual meeting Of the or
ganization on the 18th. 18th and 18th of
October, was referred to the mayor with
the recommendation that he make an
appointment. City Engineer Compton
represented Los Angeles year ago.
CITY ENGINEERS REPORT
The city engineer presented the fol-
| lowing report: o.
In the matter Of petition No. 1923 from
j. A. Philbin ct nj. The change of grade
| requested by this petition affects Palo
ma street. between Twelfth and Clinton
streets. Fourteenth street. between
| Peru street and Central avenue, and
Pico street, between Stanford and Cen
trail avenue. Said petition represents
42762 feet on Paloma. required for ma
| jority Dos feet; $50 feet on Fourteenth
street, required for majority 954 feet:
| 1872 feet on Pfco street, required for ma :
jority 1850 feet. Total represented,
2925.62: required for majority, 3219. Re-
ferred to the board of public works
| Ordinance changing the names Of GER
tain streets In the southwestern portion
| Of the city as follows:
Freeman street. from Hoover street
to Budlong avenue, change to Twen-
| tieth street.
Olivia street, from Vermont avenue
to Budlong avenue, change to Twenty.
| first street.
Bryant avenue, from Hoover street TO
Vermont avenue, change to Twenty
second street
| Cypress avenue, from Vermont ave-
nue. to Rosedalc avenue, change to
| Twenty-second street.
| Maxwell avenue. from Hoover street
to Vermont avenue, change to Twenty
third street.
Forester avenue. from Hoover street
to Vermont avenue. change to Twenty
| fourth street.
| Vine street. from Vermont avenue TO
Hosedale avenue. change to Twenty
fourth Strsst.
Clinton avenue. from Hoover street