The herald., 1896-02-08
Annexation Is Having a Hard
Road to Travel
NEW. ELECTION MARCH GOTH
Cremation Appears to Hav. tie Cali
Again for Garbag,
Long 0rist of Recommendations Ground
Oat by tn. Board OF Pubic Works.
Protecting the Boulevard

The new ordinance calling the secon
annexation election will bs reported TO thu
council on Monday. Toe election i:
scheduled to be held on March 20th. TIL
boundary precincts in the outside tei
ritory and the various election boards have
been named and are as follows:
Precinct A, Pico Heights-Commencinr
on the west boundary line of the city o
Los Angeles, where the center of Washing
ton street intersects said boundary line
thence west along the center line of sale
Washington street TO point $50 feet ives
of the west line of First avenue, extended;
thence north to point $50 feet north o
the north line of Sixth street, extended
thence east to the west boundary line OF
the West End University addition to Los
Angeles, at point $50 feet north of the
southwest corner thereof; thence north to
the southwest corner of the Dayton Heights
tract; thence east to the west boundary
line of the city OF Los Angeles: thence
southerly along said west boundary line
to the place of beginning.
Polling place P.co Heights school
house.
Judges-John F. Miller, George W.
Lynn.
Iuspector-S P. Rhodes.
Clerks-James Guest, James McElroy.
W. Webb, f. j. Crandall.
Precinct B, Rosedale-Commenci at
the southwest corner of the city of Los
Angeles: thence west fifty feet thence
northerly to point midway between
Simpson and Athena streets fifty feet west
of the west boundary line of the said city
of Los Angeles; thence northwesterly par
allel to Athena and Hellman streets TO the
center line OF Vermont avenue; thence
westerly to the center line of Madison
street; thence west along the center line of
said Madison street to the west line of the
Jefferson street tract; thence north to the
center line of Jefferson street: thence west
along the center line of said jefferson
street to point $50 feet west of the west
line of First avenue extended; thence north
to the center line OF Washington street:
thence east along the center line of said
Washington street to the west boundary
line of the city of Los Angeles; thence
southerly along the west boundary line of
the said city of Los Angeles TO the place of
beginning.
Polling place-Streeter house, on Little
Adams street, where the street iniersects
with Adams street.
Jndges-C. H. Boughton, Alexander
Gray.
nspector-Willam Dryden.
Clerks-Frank B. Harbert, George Will
Jams, 1. M. Hoffman.
Precinct G, Vernon-Commencing at the
southwest corner of the city of Los An
Qeles, running thence east along the south
boundary line of said city to the ives. line
of Alameda street: thence southerly along
the west line of said Alameda street TO
point thirty feet north of the north line of
Slauson avenue; thence west parallel to
said north line of Slauson avenue to the
center line of New Main street; thence
south along the center line of said New
Main street to a point $50 feet south of
abe south line of Slauson avenue; thence
west to point $50 feet west of the west
line of Figueroa street; thence northerly to
q point fifty feet west of the southwest cor
ner of the city of Los Angeles; thence east
to the place of beginning.
Polling place-In tent, southwest cor
ner of Vernon and Central avenues.
Judges-Hulbert L. Sheets, Henry r.
Smith.
Inspector-Edward II. Morgan.
There is to be opposition again by tn ose
opposing annexation, before the election
takes place. Just what proceedings are to
be taken is, however, as yet not known.
PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION
The board of public works transacted
only matters of routine importance, the
following being recommended for adop.
ton by the council:
That the ordinance vacating and aban.
doning certain alleys in block K of the
Bonnie Brae tract, as presented by the
city attorney. be placed upon it's passage.
That the petition from Mrs. Dan Morris
ct al, asking that Bryant street, between
Eighth and Ninth streets, be graded, grav-
eled and curbed with cement curb. accord
ing to specifications G and pa, be referred
to the city engineer for the necessary ordi-
nance.
That the petition from Mrs. L. G.. Holden,
asking that q cement walk six feet wide be
laid on the south side of Pasadena avenue
from the west line of Chestnut street to the
east line of Walnut street, be denied.
That the protest from D. Botiller ct al,
protesting against the laying of a cement
walk on the west side of Chestnut street
between Downey and Pasadena avenues be
sustained.
That the petition from the Southern CAL
ifornia Railway company asking that
Front street from Also to Commercial and
from Commercial to Lazard street be
abandoned be granted and the city attor-
ney instructed to prepare and present the
necessary ordinance ordering said aban-
donment.
That the petition from M. A. Weber ct
al, asking that an alley be opened in the
block bounded by Second, Third, Hill and
Olive streets, SO that the southeast line of
said alley shall be identical with the center
line of said block, extending from north
east to southwest, so as to be continual
ton of Clay street, be granted, and the
city engineer be instructed TO prepare and
present to the city attorney the necessary
data for drafting the ordinance of inten-
ton, and the city attorney instructed to
prepare and present the necessary ordi-
nance of intention therefor. the district of
assessment to be all lots and lands 'front.'
iuQ upon said proposed alley between Sec.
opd and Third streets.
That the petition from John Rebman ct
al. asking that cement curb. eighteen
inches high and twelve inches wide at the
base and six inches at the top. be laid on
both sides of Ninth street from Pearl street
to the western city limits, and that ce-
ment walk be constructed thereon, be filed,
IS proceedings are now pending to open
and widen said street
That the petition from P B. Sturgeon ct
a., asking that Rampant street between
Seventh and Eighth streets be graded
graveled. guttered, etc, under the bond
provisions of the Vrooman act, be referred
to the city engineer for the necessary esti.
mate of cost, and if the same exceeds the
amount required by law, then to present
the necessary ordinance of intention to
grade, gravel, gutter, curb with cement,
sidewalk with cement five feet wide, un-
der the bond provisions of the Vroomau
act; cement work to be according to speci-
1cation No. "a.
That the petition from M. E. Rushton ct
a., asking that Truman street, from Pasa-
dena avenue to the arroyo. be graded, grav-
eled and curbed with cement curb. be re-
ferred to the city engineer to present the
necessary ordinance of intention to estab.
lish the grade thereon, and when said
grade is legally established to present the
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