The herald., 1896-04-04
PECK'S FRANCHISE HUNG Up
NOTHING TO BE DONE IN HIS APPLIcA.
TON UNTIL APRIL 26
Ttsrs VIII Then Be q Show Down In the
Scott Lighting Franchise In Which the
City Claims Some lnterest-The City Has
No Money For the Broadway Tunnel

No Money For the Broadway Tunnel
The board Of public works took no action
on the application for the advertisement
Tor the sale of an electric lighting franchise
petitioned for by Il. Z. Peck. The time
for the city hall to be lighted under the
Scott franchise expires on April 26th. and
no new franchise will be advertised until
that date, this action being deemed neces-
,sary to protect the city's interest in the
Scott franchise.
The board yesterday acted upon matters
Is follows:
Recommend the petition from the Mer-
chants association and from r. N. Coulter ct
a., pertaining to the indiscriminate hitch
ing of horses, be referred to the commit ee
on fire and water, as they have the matter
therein referred to now under considera-
tion.
Recommend that the petition from W.
II. Griffen ct AL, asking to have the grade
Of Griffin avenue, at the intersection OF
Swain street, changed according to profile
now on file in the office of the city engineer,
majority of the frontage affected is rep
resented therein, and ii so, to present the
necessary ordinance of intention.
Recommend that the protest from j. A.
Graves ct al. against the widening of
Ninth street between Pearl and Main
streets, be laid on the table, to be called up
at the hearing of the protests against the
widening of said Ninth street.
Recommend that the ordinance aban-
doning a portion of Biggy street be filed.
Recommend that the communication of
d. l.. Grove, calling attention to the condi-
tion OF the street between the railroad
tracks at the corner of Eleventh and Pearl
streets, be referred to the street superin-
tendent, to have the matter complained of
remedied.
Macy ct AL, asking that viaduct be put
across the river at Macy street, be fled, as
the city has no money on hand at this
time to make any improvements of this
/ kind.
| Recommend that the petition from c. r.
NThomas ct al, asking that Hamilton street
from Pasadena avenue to Moffatt street be
traded, Rraveled and curbed with cement
Nrb, under the bond provisions of the
polnan act, be referred to the city engi-
4Or for estimate of cost, and if the same
SHEDS the amount required by law, then
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nortfommend that the petition from S.
sc; Yyeda, asking that cement sidewalks
lnadsd on Maple avenue between Seventh
mcnIighth streets. be granted and the city
NWsleer instructed to prepare and present
,sr1ecessary ordinance of intention for
5Cc construction of six-foot cement side
chile board did not complete it's business
loc5rday, and another meeting will be
FL, today.
IIeosoS,ere is petty protest before the board
4 bunlst the granting of any franchise for an
IOOric road as petitioned by the Wiltshire
perbany to and from their boulevard tract.
iadB. Wiltshire made long argument at
pen.,erday's session for the advertisement
shnhe privilege which, he is seeking. and
VI same will probably be today agreed
J on for a favorable recommendation.
NO CITY MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE
The new specifications for the construc-
ftion of the Broadway tunnel are completed
and will come up for adoption at the coun-
Gil meeting to be held on Monday.
In preparing the specifications tho en-
Rineers have made four divisions, under
the heads of description, excavation, ma.
tsrials and general work.
Under the head of description, It is ex-
planned that the work to be done consists,
first. in excavating and lining with brick
and concrete tunnel of the dimensions
and on the grade and location shown on
the plans officially on file. Sec
ond, the excavating and lining with con-
crete of two smaller tunnels, with steps
from lower to upper Broadway. and COM
pleting the entrances to the same. Third,
the construction of two portals, with their
necessary foundations. Fourth. the ce.
menting of the sidewalk in the main tuu-
mel; also the grading and cementing of adj
ditional sidewalk necessaryto connect with
the tunnel sidewalk and with those at the
entrances to the side tunnels. Fifth, the
laying OF an asphalt pavement on the
roadway of the main tunnel and APP
proaches thereto. Sixth, the arching and
paving of the spaces left back of the por-
tails for relieving the portal walls from
horizontal thrust.
Under the head of Excavation the speci-
fications provide that the excavation of the
p0Iv tVr I1nt ala h. L.
with the lines and grade given by the city
engineer and shall include the removal of
all material that may be encountered in
preparing for the brick work and concrete
lining. No powder Is to be used in the ex-
cavation OF the side galleries or headings
OF the main tunnel, and the powder is only
to be used when in the opinion of the city
engineer or his inspector no damage could
he caused to the roof of the tunnel or to the
work already completed. All spaces be-
tween the outside of the brick work and top
of the excavation must be filled with broken
as to permit the drainage of water, and at
the same time transmit the pressure of the
roof and sides of the tunnel to the brick
Swork.
In excavating the side tunnels no DOW
der is to be used, and the excavation can.
not be commenced until the lining of the
main tunnel has been completed for at
least 100 feet from the south end. Such
of the material eXcavated from the tunnels
IS may not be needed by the city can be
disposed of by the contractor as he NAV
see fit. provided such disposal does not in
terfere with the rights of other parties.
The material used in lining the main
tunnel on the sides and top is to be brick,
laid in cement mortar, and the bottom
forming the base of the roadway is to be of
concrete. The side walls and arching of
the side tunnels, as we'll as the steps and
foctings. shall be concrete. The front
faces of the portals, the side walls and sof-
fits of arches in the same and the faces of
the railing pillars on Upper Broadway will
be of cement pressed brick, of color and
quality to be satisfactory to the city en-
gineer. The surface of the roadway in the
tunnel and the north approach to it is to |
be of bituminous lime rock.
The specifications are very minute and
exact in describing how the brick work of
the tilppel is to ha Laid Tho hri,la ia to he