The herald., 1896-02-11

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| OF allZO into court IN 1ull payment OF Such
| damages.
Recommend that the sum of $1,000 he
transferred from the internal sewer fund
to the street lighting fund.
| The supply committee sent to the clerk S
desk the following:
In accordance with the instructions of
| your honorable body your committee sold
| at public auction at the corporation yard
| on the Sth inst. the seventeen horses which
| were out at pasture and which had been
| previously used by the street department,
| receiving therefor the sum of $500. also
two horses belonging to the fire depart
meut for the sum of 500, which total of
| $3.50 has been deposited with the city
| treasurer to the credit of the cash fund, and
! your committee hold the treasurcr's re-
| ceipt therefor.
| Your committee files herewith detailed
| list of the parties to whom those horses
| were sold and the price received for each.
| We recommend that the amount received
for the two fire horses to.wit: the sum of
| $50, be transferred from the cash fund to
| The ire department fund.
| The detailed list of horses sold was to
| John Waugh Sl7. Charles Meinhart, S34,
| NJ. McGreal 50, Charles Meinhart 81 16, E.
| Il. Plumber S2S, Joe Rivera $40, A. Ramish
| $l5, John W.Naughn S26, John W.Vaughn
$26, Joe Rivera $40, w. o. Merrihew $40,
| c. E, Dryden S52, Charles Meinhart S34,
II. Dobson $50, S. McInerney 81. w. o..
Merrihew S2l, Charles Meinhart S29.
| Since filing our last report we have re-
| ceived an additional lot OF tools used by
the street department, detailed list of
which is attached hereto and made a part
| hereof, which tools have been stored IN the
| basement of the city hall.
| Wish the other recommendations al
ready published, the sewer committee filed
| the following:
| Recommend that the plumbing inspector
be instructed to inspect all sewer connec-
| tions from property line to sewer in addi-
ton to the duties he now performs. and
that the city attorney be instructed to pre-
| pare and present the necessary ordinance
to amend all ordipances in conflict with
this recommendation, so that one inspector
| can perform the work where two are now
| employed.
Recommend that the school house at
Cambria and Vernon streets be connected
| with the Powell-street sewer which is COM
| pleted, but for which no warrant has yet
been issued.
| The above were adopted with the ex-
ception of the supply committees report,
which was ordered filed after being re-
ceiVed, and the finance committee recon-
mendation for the transfer of $1,000 from
| the sewer to the street lighting fund, which
was defeated by tie vote.
The city clerk reported that in the mat
ter OF widening and narrowing Second
street from the west line of the Bigelow
tract to Alameda street, the report of the
commissioners, together with the plat Of
the assessment district, was filed January
4th. Notice of the filing of said report
and plat was published January 9th. The
last day on which protests could be filed
was February 9th. On January 11th the
protest Of M. A. Bragg was filed.
A time for the hearing of the report was
set for one week from this date.
In the matter of the widening of Los
Angeles street, from Second to Third
streets, the report of the commissioners,
together with the plat of the assessment
district, was filed January 9th. On Janu-
ary 9TH, notice of the filing of said report
the last day on which protests could be
legally filed. On January 18th, the pro.
test of Mrs. Mary Conway was filed. On
February 9th the protest of Mary l.. Todd
was filed. A time for the hearing of the
protests was set one week from date.
In the matter of the grading of Douglas
street, from Edgeware road to Sunset Boule-
ward, notice of street work was published
January 18th. Time for protest expired
January 29th. No protests have been re-
ceived and the final ordinancefor the work
was, as result, placed upon its passage.
TWISTING THE WATER TAIL
The council is preparing to eXpend about
81 to every 50 which the water company is
now and intends to continue to shell out
in the litigation pending and which is as
yet in embryo between the two contending
| parties. City Engineer Compton yesterday
tiled the following:
Through the advice of the city attorney
and consulting attorneys, also of the COM
mission of engineers appointed by your
honorable body, ask authorization 10 eX.
pend n sum not to exceed $500 in secur-
ing evidence for the condemnation suit for
the proposed head works for city water sup
ply. This is a matter of absolute necessity
and requires immediate action.
The above was after the usual pyrotech
mic oratorical display for such cases made
and provided, adopted.
Final ordinance changing and establish
ing the grade of Chestnut street from a
point ninety feet north of Pasadena ave-
nue. to point 800 feet north of Humboldt
street. Adopted.
The assessment maps for Court House
street sewer and Court House street and
Grand avenue sewer for your appr oval
adopted.
In the matter of the protest from Mar.
garet Moore, ct al, being objections tt
the improvement of Center street from
First to Also, l have to report that said
frontage between the above mentioned
points being $3.50 feet, the protest repre-.
sents majority. Filed.
BIDs FOR MAIN STREET
The following proposals were received
opened, examined and publicly declared
by the council yesterday:
John T. Long proposed-Curb, 36L
cents per lineal foot; cutters, 80 cents pei
square foot; asphaltum pavement with
concrete base, including grading complete
27 cents per square foot.
French q Reed proposed-Curb, 81 cents
per lineal foot cutters, 35H cents pei
square foot; asphaltum pavement with
concrete base. including grading complete
% cents per square foot.
To improve State street from the south
line of Fourth to the north line of Fifth
Stansbury & Moore proposed: Grading
and grav cling, $1.1O per linear foot; curb
Is cents per linear foot; cutters, 10 cents
per linear foot: sewer. complete, SO cents
per linear foot.
W. b. Palmer proposed: Grading anC
graveling, 80 cents per linear foot; curb
20 cents per linear foot cutters, 10 cents
per linear foot; sewer, complete, 81 .O5 pei
linear foot.
Robert Sherer proposed: Grading and
graveling, $2.O7 per linear foot; curb, Is
cents per linear foot; cutters, 16 cents pei
linear foot; sewer, $1.10 per linear foot
crosswalks, 81 per linear foot.
To improve First street from west line oi
Boyle avenue to east line of Anderson
street-David Mulrein proposed: Curb, 4C
cents per linear foot; sidewalk, % cents
per square foot.
To sidewalk Carol avenue-Gray Bros.
& Ward proposed: For the sum of 12%
cents per square foot.