The herald., 1896-05-01
CHURCH PEOPLE WON II.
Workman Electric Road Will
Not Run on Sixth Street
WILL BE REPORTED MONDAY
fhe Franchise for the Line Will Come
Before the Council
--Removed Prom tho Center Of the Street.
Building Record Of a Month

The promoters of what is known as the
workman electric road franchise have
aoceded to the demands of the council,
and the proposed road will not run upon
any part of Sixth street.
It was the desire of Ex-Mayor Work
man to make connection with the Trac-
tion company's road at Sixth and Hill,
but there was so strong protest from
the members of the churches owning
property In the vicinity that he has
agreed to connect with the Traction at
Seventh and Hill.
There will now be no objection to
granting the franchise which, will come
up for consideration next Monday. The
line of the road will be: Connnenc-
Ing at the intersection Of Seventh and
Hill, and running thence on Seventh
street to Ceres avenue, thence on Ceres
avenue to WolfSkill, thence to Third
street, thence to Stephenson avenue
thence to Short street and on Short
street acros the river to Fourth street,
thence on Fourth street past the old Hol-
lenbeck home and Hollenbeck park to
Evergreen cemetery, the terminus.
Ex-Mayor Workman has secured right
of way for the whole distance and MS
soon as he secures the franchise active
construction work will be commenced.
The line will be in operation October /.
A viaduct IT'S feet long will be built over
the Southern California railway tracks
and the Los Angeles river. The roadbed
and rolling stock will be the same as
those of the Traction company.
A NUISANCE COMPLAINED OF
The following petition, signed by some
twenty-five of the leading property
owners interested was yesterday filed
with the city clerk addressed to the
council:
We, the undersigned citizens and prop
&Si4N @cT
the vicinity of Hoover and Bush streets
in said city of Los Angeles. Cal, hereby
pray your honorable body to at once
take such decisive action as you may
deem proper to cause the Los Angeles
Traction Street Car company to put
their tracks in the middle of Hoover
street between Twentieth and Twenty
first streets, as per ordinance under
which said tracks were laid. We here
by state to your honorable body that
the tracks as now laid are menace to
travel and decidedly dangerous render
ihg one half of Hoover street at
that point useless as we'll as dangerous.
Also that the tracks as now laid are a
great damage to the adjoining property.
And, further. the Improvement of Hoov-
er street from its junction with Bush
street south to Union avenue has been
delayed because of the condition of the
car tracks at said point. Property
owners will not improve Hoover street,
knowing that at some time the street
will be torn up in moving the car tracks
to center of street.
The above complaint in one form or
another has several times during the
past six months been before your hon.
orable body and still no active move
ment has been made in the matter. We
ask for what is right and legal, nothing
more, nothing less.
PERTAINING TO SEWERS
The sewer committee at it's regular
weekly session yesterday acted upon
the following:
Recommend that the bid of George
Cordell to sewer the alley south of Sew
enth street between Lake street and
Grand View avenue, Grand View aven-
ue and Seventh street, at 64A cents per
Nneal foot for the sewer complete, be
accepted and the accompanying reso-
luton of award adopted.
Recommend that the petition from
r. w. Baker ct al, asking that a sewer
be constructed on Bauchet street from
Its eastern terminus to Avila street.
be referred to the city engineer to re-
port if this will connect with other sew
ers and if this is the correct way to
sewer said district. and If so to present
the necessary ordinance of intention
Recommend the petition from r. W.
Baker ct al, asking that Avila street
from Bauchet to Macy streets be severed
be referred to the city engineer to report
" this sewer will make a proper connec-
t1On with the other sewers, and il 1t is
the proper way to sewer this district,
and if so to present the necessary ordi-
nance of intention.
Recommend that the petition from M.
]. Wright ct al. asking a return to them
of the sum of $50 paid for sewer connec-
tions, be referred to the city attorney
4 n tbiS cl, I1a =
under the law.
THE BUILDING RECORD.
The building record for April closed
yesterday with a total of 1874 permits for
the month for buildings to cost when
completed 1921. 074. The record for April
1895, was 1S6 permits for buildings which
cost 5000, 1868. For April, 1894, the re-
cord was 1873 permits for buildings which
cost 1922, 10 Among the permits issued
yesterday was one to Mrs. c. M. Gray
for three-story brick to be erected at
the northeast corner of Third and Main
streets. The first floor will be for store
rooms and the second and third floors
for lodging house. The building will
cost $4,000.
CITY HALL FLOTSAM.
Superintendent of Schools Foshay has
just made an official inspection of the
various school buildings located in the
three districts which recently became
part of the city. All are in good condi-
tion.
Those more remote will need some re-
pairs. The courses of study in the out
side schools will not need much change
to adapt them to the city course, as the
influence of the city system has been felt
In the county board of education The
principal difference now existing is in
the higher grades, where the city stu
dents graduate twice year. while the
country schools have had but one grad
uation.
The damage done to the outfall sewer
where it terminates in the ocean by the
force of the winter water has been re
paird. The sewer committee of the coun-
Gill; under whose supervision the work
was done, visited the outlet of the sewer
the other day and will report Monday
that the sewer is in as good condition, if
not better. at the water front than when
1t was put in.
The special council committee. con-
sisting of Messrs. Snyder, Munson and
Stockwell, and having in hand the mat
ter of securing right of way for the pro-
posed Broadway tunnel, met yesterday
and furnished the city engineer with
data for map of the assessment dis
trict.
BIG WINE ORDER