The herald., 1896-07-25
T'SANENLOCAL PRODUCT.
But Engineer Compton Is
Against 1t Strongly
THE PAVING OF FIFTH Street
No Action As Yet on the Will
shire Franchise
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
That Body Transacts Its Usual Grist Of
Routine Business
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
That Body Transacts Its Usual Grist of
Routine Business
A Brand New Richmond After the City Light.
ing Contract
Bids In the Matter VIII Soon Be Advertised
fer-An Irats Citizen With . Bill and
Orievance-At the City Hall

The board Of public works yesterday
postponed for another week a decision
in the application of the proposed elec
trio railway franchise to and from the
new Sunset park recently petitioned for
by the Wiltshire company.
The question of paving Fifth street
from Main to the Arcade depot with
petroleum residuum was discussed at
some length by the board. A. P. Ma
ginnes argued in favor of the local pro-
duct He is connected with a company
which claims to be able to work up a
most durable paving material from the
residuum. He detailed the process. and
his statements appeared to have consid
cradle weight with the board. City En-
gineer Compton was called in. He
strongly opposed the use of the residuum
and stated that from his Investigations
the material was everywhere condemn
ed, and he couldn't take the responsible
ity of permitting its use unless the board
of public works directed him so to do.
He thought that trial or test might be
made on some unimportant street, if the
board would so recommend and the
property owners thoroughly understood
the fact that it was an experiment. He
believed Fifth street too important a
thoroughfare to make this test on, and
had thus far refused to allow the mate
rial used on any street
Final action upon the matter was
postponed.
The board acted upon the following:
Recommend, in accordance with the
petition from j. W. Campbell ct al. and
from W. j. Kelly ct al. that all proceed
ings to improve Shatto street between
Vernon street and Union avenue be
abandoned. and the property owners be
allowed to do the work by private con-
tract provided all excess dirt is placed
in the fill between Vernon and Wilmer
streets, and the city attorney be in
structed to prepare and present the nee
essary ordinance granting said permis-
sion.
Recommend the petition from r. Nc
Garvin eft al, asking that Johnson street
between DoWney avenue and Baldwin
street be graded, graveled, curbed with
redwood and sidewalked with a four
foot cement walk under the bond pro-
visions OF the Nrooman act, be granted,
and the city engineer instructed to pre-
pare and present the necessary estimate
of cost, and if the same exceeds the
amount required by law then to present
the necessary ordinance of intention
therefor.
Recommend the petition from J. Burk-
hardt ct al, in reference to the improve
ment of Whittier street, be filed, as the
work has already been ordered.
Recommend the protest from ]. 3.
Mitchell against the improvement Of
Beaudry avenue and other streets be
denied.
Recommend the petition from H. E.
Moles ct al, asking that Twelfth street
from Westlake avenue to Alvarado
street be graded, graveled and curbed.
lie granted, and the city engineer in
structed to prepare and present the
necessary ordinance of intention there
for.
Recommend that the petition from G.
H. A. Lampadius, asking that Ceres
avenue from Sixth to Seventh streets
be graded, graveled and curbed with
cement curbs and sidewalked with ce-
ment five feet wide and severed under
the bond provisions of the Vrooman act,
be referred to the city engineer for the
necessary estimate of cost, and If the
same exceeds the amount required by
law, then to present the necessary ordi
nance of intention.
Recommend that the street superin-
tendent be instructed to at once repair
the culvert at the intersection of sum-
NIT and Also streets.
FORCING THE FIGHTING.
The Los Angeles Lighting company is
to have opposition in its efforts to
again secure from the city the contract
to furnish lights for the public streets
The present contract expires January
/, 1887, and the time is approaching for
the placing of the advertisements for
new bids upon the subject. The opposi-
ton to the powers that be is early in the
field, the following having yesterday
been filed:
To the City Council, Los Angeles, CAL
ifornia: Conference.-The West Side
Lighting company, corporation OF this
state, doing business in this city, and at
| present furnishing electric light for the
| city hall free of cost to the city, is de-
srous of bidding for the contract for
| lighting the streets of the city, and is
prepared to furnish such light as may
| be required and give ample security for
| carrying out any contract that may be
awarded. That there may be sufficient
| time in which to furnish equipment, we
respectively request you to invite bids
| at an early day.
| If you desire it, we will be pleased at
any time to appear before you for dis
cussion of the modern improvements in
| street lighting.
KINDS HAS A GRIEVANCE
| Joseph Kinds, who resides at the cor
| ner of Euclid and Stephenson avenues,
| has a grievance, and his grievance is
| against the public functionary who las
soes fatherless CANNES when it will do
| the most good. Mr.. Kinds bill of par