The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-26
MAIN STREET AND july 4
The Big Paving Contract in
the Parade
The FEELING IS VERY BITTER
And II Is to Publicly Manifest
Itself
THE YEARS PARK ESTIMATES
Some Fifty-three Thousand Dollars TO
Be Asked For
Workman Still Working on That Electric
Road Franchise
THE YEARS PARK ESTIMATES
Some Fifty-three Thousand Dollars 10
Be Asked For
Workman Still Working on That Electric
Road Franchise
He Knows That the Los Angeles Railway
Company Will Not Build His Contem.
plated Boyle Heights Rosd.
Contesting- for Water

If the mayor or the individual men,
bers of the council should some dark
night turn UP missing it will probably
be because they have been waylaid by
some of the property owners interested
in the Improvement of Main street. That
thoroughfare from Ninth to Twenty
second is picture nowadays The street
for nearly two miles is torn up as If It
had been furrowed with a pillow, with
blocks of curbing granite piled high and
dry upon both sides. At Ninth and Main
streets there stood for several days a
sign hoisted upon two granite blocks to
resemble a tombstone, reading: I'm
memory Of the city council and its con-
tract"
This was torn down few days since.
but the fun has just commenced.
If the threats which are being made
are carried into effect the contract for
Improving the street will form one of the
leading features of the Fourth of July
parade. 1t Is intended upon that day to
equip float in the form of huge gun,
which is to bear the inscription: "a Long
contract. A man named Long has got
It and it will be a Long time before it
Is DONE"
To say that the property owners inter-
ested in the Improvement are in an in
.dignant mood is expressing it mildly.
They insist almost to a man that they
have been tied up without their consent
and delivered over bodily in a manner
which makes them helpless. The con-
tract of John T. Long to pave the street
hi
hackers insist that he will have before
that time completed the job. One man
with boss it at present upon the job,
which will cost when completed over
$4,000, and the property owners are
paying an inspector to see that the con-
tractor does not seek to override the
specifications. The salary Of this in
spector is borne by the property own
ers Interested. Longs bondsmen upon
the work are r. M. Widney and 5. n.
Mott, the bond being 100000.
The successful termination of the
work depends entirely upon the result
of the rehearing recently ordered by the
supreme court to test the validity of the
street law.
WORKMAN MAY TRY AGAIN.
The board of public works will today
decide who was the leading individual
entitled to the second Boyle Heights
electric road franchise, the sale of which
was advertised at the instigation of w.
H. Workman. The latter will argue to
have a decision in the matter postpon-
ed He Is very much in earnest for an
opposition road and says that while re-
Gently at San Francisco, President
Brown of the Los Angeles Railway COM
pany called a meeting of the directors
of that corporation. Workman laid his
proposition before them and it was for
mally decided not to construct the road
with Los Angeles Railway company
capital. The Hook people will not build
the line. because the franchise compels
work to be begun upon the Boyle Heights
end, and Workman himself had to bid
upon the privilege. w. S. Hook refusing
positively to do so. Elk Mayor Work.
man says that in view of these facts.
the franchise ought to be awarded to
him, and II this Is not done he threatens
to petition for another franchise to the
Heights over the First street bridge,
paralleling for a distance of five blocks
the tracks of the Los Angeles Railway
company
IMPROVING THE PARKS.
The board of park commissioners met
in regular session yesterday morning.
Secretary Mendenhall submitted the
estimates of the department for the en-
suing fiscal year. The sum Of $53, 900 will
be asked from the council for park pur-
poses. The total granted last year was
$4,000. Among the funds for Westlake
will be enough to improve the new Sun
set park recently dedicated to the city.
Among the other improvements con-
templated by the board are new band
stand for Eastside park, foot-b bridge
for Hollenbeck park and a system of
plunge baths for Echo park.
The board yesterday let a two-year
contract for the boating privileges of
Echo park and audited the bills of the
department for the current month.
There is scarcity of water in Echo
park lake, and Councilman M. P. Sny-
der will be asked to remedy the existing
evil uperinendent Carey reported
that proper sewer connection had been
made with Westlake, which abates a
nuisance long complained of.
CONTRASTING FOR WATER
The Coulter Wooden Mill company
claims certain rights in the zanja water
of the city and the zanja committee of
the council yesterday heard Attorney
j. S. Chapman upon the matter for the
company. City Attorney William E.
Dunn being called in, remarked that the
issue was whether the city is bound to
furnish one head Of water of 200 inches
to the company as a perpetual right. 1t
is a right now worth 5000, 900 to the city,
according to the rate set per inch by a
recent decision in noted case in this
state. He would not care to render an
off-hand opinion.
Inc zanJa committee referred the mat
ter to the city attorney for investigation
SEWER RECOMMENDATIONS
The sewer committee yesterday acted
upon the following:
Recommend that the city clerk be in
structed to readvertise for proposals to
sewer Sixth and Bixel streets.
Recommend that the petition from
Miles Dodd, jr., ct al, asking that a
sewer be constructed on San Joaquin
street OCaan a 70 ;v&t,
street be granted and the city engineer
be instructed to prepare and present the
necessary ordinance of intention there
for.
Recommend that the petition from
idiles Dodd, IT., asking that a sewer be
constructed on Sherman street between
ocean View avenue and Sixth street be
granted and the city engineer instructed
to prepare and present the necessary
ordinance of intention therefor,
Recommend that the petition from