The herald., 1896-09-01
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
The Bowl. Heights Electric Franchise Ordered
Advertised-GenercI Routine Business

Advertised-0ener Routine Business
At the meeting of the city council yes
terday morning the mayor returned
without his approval, at the request of
the council, the ordinance providing for
certain work on Oak street and the or
dinance of intention to improve por-
ton of Seventh street. The first named
ordinance was ordered filed and the last
named was referred to the board of pub
lie works.
The report of the commissioners in the
matter of opening Twenty-first street.
between Bonsallo and Norwood streets,
was referred to the board of public
works.
The following report from the street
superintendent was referred to the board
of public works:
At meeting of the city council held
June Is, 1896, the following instructions
were sent to me: you were instructed
wooden crosswalks, even where they
were nearly worn out" Your instruc-
tions have been carried out but l de-
sire to call the attention of your honor
able body to the danger existing by rea-
son of the loose pieces of planking and
broken ends of plank of the worn-out
croSswalks now in our streets, few of
many instances existing at Seventh and
Olive, Seventh and Grand, Thirty-first
and Grand, Tenth and Pearl on Tenth,
and Pearl and Temple. New cross
walks should replace the worn-out ones,
but if this is impossible I should be per-
mtted to remove from the streets the
dangerous distractions existing in the
shape of worn-out planks.
ELYSIAN PARK LINES.
The matter of defining the north lines
of Elysian park, as recommended by the
park commissioners, was taken up and,
after some debate, on motion of Council
man Snyder, the city engineer was in
| structed to define the said lines.
The finance committee reported, ap-
| proving the usual demands and requisi-
| tions, and the same were passed.
THOMPSON STREET PROTEST.
| The matter of the hearing of protests
| against the acceptance of Thompson
street was taken up, and j. L. Murphy
| appeared as the legal representative of
| the protestants. The protest was not
| therefore, invalid. Mr.. Murphy stated
| that the work was not properly done,
and he thought that the protests should
| be received. President Teed agreed that
| the street was not good one, but
| the only matter that the council couii
| consider was whether the protest was
filed in time. Mr.. Murphy thought that
| 1t was within the time limit, but the
clerk thought differently, and the hear
| ing was continued until 2 o'clock to give
| an opportunity for examining the rec
ords.
NINTH STREET WIDENING.
| The hearing of protests against the
report of the commissioners for the
| widening of Ninth street was next taken
up. Several protests have been filed, on
| the ground of Inequalities in the assess
ments. together with a petition asking
for the abandonment of proceedings. T.
T.. Gibbon, representing the petitioners
stated that the property owners wished
| the proceedings abandoned and that
they were willing to assess themselves
and pay all the expenses incurred up t.
the present time. This proposition
seemed to be agreeable on all sides, and
T on motion Of Councilman Kingery. the
| proceedings were abandoned, the prop
| erty owners to pay all expenses incurred
up to thirty days from date.
BOYLE HEIGHTS ELECTRIC FRAN
CHISE
| City Attorney Dunn appeared before
| the council and stated that he had pre-
pared the Boyle Heights electric fran
chise, and desired to make some expla-
nations. He said that he had been in
| structed to insert a provision requiring
| that the successful bidders should
maintain 1000 candle-power lights al
street intersections. He understood that
this would not be permitted to remain
ana It had been inserted in such a way