The herald., 1896-05-23
No Action Taken on the Hitch
ing Ordinance
WALLACE SEES THE POWERS
And Argues Hard for a Lower Circus
License
Tho Msyor Has Signed the Ordinance Pro.
hibiting Circus Parades on Sundays.
How to Bid for City Bonds

The board Of public works didn't take
up the hitching ordinance yesterday
Councilman Kingery informed Herald
reporter that he was not In physlcal
condition to wrestle with such an I'M
portant subject The bill may be grasp
ed by the horns at an adjourned meet
ing of the board to be held today. The
| board yesterday disposed of the follow
ing:
Recommend the petition from F. n.
| Townsend ct al, asking that the grade
| of the east side of Olive street between
| Court House and Temple streets be
| changed so as to conform to the exist
| ing improvements. be referred to the
| city engineer to estimate frontage, and
if the same represents d majority then
| to present the necessary ordinance OF
| intention.
| Recommend that the petition from the
| Mateo street and Santa Fe Avenue Kali
| way company, submitted draft of
| amendment to franchise, be referred to
the city attorney.
| Recommend the petition from Mrs. Ell
| len Tanhey in reference to emitting GER
| tain sdewalking on the south side OF
West Seventh street in front of the lot
which will be part of Stewart street
| when opened, be denied.
| Recommend that the bid of Frank
| Gillespie to sidewalk Chicago street at
| 141a cents per square foot be accepted
| ana the RESOLUTION Ol dNdlu duOpteu.
| Recommend that the bid of Frank
| Gillespie to sidewalk Fifteenth street
| from Grand avenue to Hill street at 1912
cents per square foot be accepted, and
the resolution of award adopted.
| Recommend that the bid of Frank
! Gillespie to improve Ducommun street
at 81 cents per lineal foot for curb and
| 10ln cents per square foot for sidewalk,
| be accepted and the resolution of ward
adopted.
Recommend that the bid of Frank
| Gillespie to improve Lecouvreur street
| from Pasadena avenue to Moffett street
| at 81 per lineal foot for grading and
crawling complete; 80 cents per lineal
| foot for curb; Is cents per lineal foot
| for cutters, and II cents per square foot
| for sidewalk, be accepted and the reso-
| luton of award adopted.
Recommend that the bid of French &
| Reed to improve Chestnut street from
! Pasadena avenue to the southwest cor
| ner of lot 5. block l. of the Hamilton
tract, at s1.49 per lneal foot for grading
| and graVeling: 81 cents per linal foot
| for curb: IL cents per lineal foot for
| cutters, and 81 per lineal foot for cross
walks. be accepted and the resolution
| of award adopted.
| Recommend that the street superin-
| tendent be instructed to repair the gut
| ter next to the granite crossing across
| Towne avenue on the west side of Wolf
| skill avenue.
| Recommend that the petitions from
A. P. D. Meyer and from the ST.
| Joseph Benevolent society ct al, asking
| that Pico street from Maple avenue 70
| Main street be sidewalked with cement
six feet wide, be referred to the city en-
| gineer to report whether said petitions
| represent a majority of the frontage
| effected, and if so, to present the neces-
! Sary ordinance of intention
( Z &1,~% :
| f. Palmer ct al. in reference to extend
| ing the COW limits, be filed.
| Recommend that the petition from
| j. Il. O'Connor ct al, in reference 10
the improvement of Ninth street b. :
| tween San Pedro and Central avenue
be filed, as the contractor had already
| signed the contract before said petition
was filed
Recommend that the ordinance of in
tention to improve Georgia Bell street.
between Pico and Sixteenth streets be
placed upon its passage.
Recommend that the petition from
p o. Wensel. in reference to a barbed
wire fence across Boundary avenue.
near Page street. be referred to the
street superintendent to remove the OBJ
structions complained of.
IT WAS SUPERFLUOUS
, The mayor yesterday signed the anti
Sunday circus parade ordinance. Pro-
prietor Wallace was about the city hall
for several hours arguing for a lower
license, which, if granted, would bring
his show, he promised, inside the city,
otherwise the circus would go outside
and the city would thus lose the $1,000
which the show people stand ready to
pay into the municipal treasury. Sew
eral councilmen were seen, but the at
tempts to call together a quorum for a
special meeting to repeal the high
1inAn 50 n q fa
Mr. Wallace says he does not intend
to parade his show tomorrow. He never
had any such intentions, and the Ordi-
nance prohibiting free Sunday circus
displays was, so far as he is concerned,
entirely superfiuous.
A CHANGE IN SCHOOL BOOKS
Notice is given by the board of
education of the proposed change of
music books and charts. Sealed bids
and proposals for furnishing the above
will be received by the board at the
office of the secretary, room 20. city hall,
up to and including. the Goth day of
June, 1896, at o'clock p m.
Bids must be accompanied by samples
of all books and charts proposed to be
furnished, together with a verified state
ment of the prices, wholesale and retail,
at which the publisher, or his lawfully
authorized agent, agrees to furnish each
book and chart at Los Angeles during
the full term for which books are
adopted.
All bids must be in full conformity to
all of the provisions of section 1874 of the
political code of California.
Books and charts adopted will con-
tinue in use for four years from July j,
1886, unless the state shall publish text
books or charts on the subject of music,
in which case the contract will be void.
REDEEMING REFUNDING BONDS
The mayor has affixed his signature
to the various bond ordinances adopted
by the council at its session last Mon
day. The ordinance providing for the
funding bonds has been before pub
lished in full. OF the other ordinances
adopted one provides that the treasurer
of the city is authorized and directed
to publish for a period of four weeks a
notice inviting sealed proposals for the
redemption of general improvement
bonds of the city of Los Angeles to the
amount of $4,000, and he shall state in
the notice that bonds to the number of
fifty and to the amount of $25 900 will be
redeemed and paid to the holders who
shall offer proposals for the redemption
of the same at the lowest rate, and that
no bids or proposals will be received
for more than the par value of said
bonds.
The treasurer is also directed to adj
vertise for the redemption of Nos. 6, Z,
8, and 10 of the bonds Of the city known
as main sewer bonds issued in March.
1877. for $1,000 each.
The treasurer shall cause the notice