The herald., 1896-02-04


! hereof.
Your committee has also received from
the street superintendent three sets double
harness, seven cart harnesses, one single
harness and one cushion, and also a part
| of two harnesses. ALI of which has been
stored in the basement of the city hall.
where they will be kept under lock and
| key. The two horses and carts which have
been kept by the street department under
the instruction of your honorable body,
under an arrangement made by your COM
| mittee, have been placed at the Court
House livery stables on Temple street,
corner of Buena Vista, where they will be
boarded at the rate of $25 per month.
While your supply committee has, ac-
cording to the instructions of the council,
placed seventeen horses on pasture. they
| yet believe that it will be to the interests
and would SO recommend.
| In the matter of proposals received for
| furnishing the city with hay, we recon-
mend that all bids be rejected, for the rea-
! son that the amount, of hay in the street
department and now turned over to the
| fire department is sufficient to meet the
requirements OF the department without
additional purchases.
| The above was adopted as a whole.
| The city clerk reported that in the matter
of the improvement of Maple avenue from
Sixth to Seventh street, notice OF street
for protest expired January 21st. No pro-
tests have been received.
In the matter of the sidewalking of Grand
avenue on the east side from Sand street to
Stevens Place notice of street work was
published December 3Oth. Time for pro-
test expired January l4th. on January
10th the protest of F. B. Harbert ct al was
filed, which was denied and objections
overruled. Upon the denial of the protest,
proof by affidavit of the posting and pub
fishing of all ordinances and notices re-
quired having been given. council ac-
quired jurisdiction to pass the final ordin-
ance which were in both of the above cases
adopted.
THE PLAZA WILL BE PRESERVED
The city attorney yesterday reported to
the council as follows:
In the matter of the suit of Mary T. Sit
tel against the city of Los Angeles to quiet
title to the easterly twelve feet of lot 10
and the westerly twenty-five feet of lot 20
in block of the Sanchez tract, / recon-
mend that disclaimer be filed as the city
has no claim to the property. Adopted.
Contract and bond between the city and
the Los Angeles Evening Express for the
publishing of the city matter for the COM
ing year. Received.
An ordinance for the opening of an alley
between Fifth and Sixth, Spring and Main
therefor. Referred to the board of public
works.
An ordinance abandoning certain alleys
in block K of the Bonnie Brae tract, in ac-
cordance with the petition of S. A. Kendall.
Referred to the board of public works.
Also an ordinance anuexing to the First
ward that territory of Highland Park which
was added to the city by a recent election.
| This ordinance is presented in order to
comply with the statute which provides
| that annexed territory shall be added to
the wards of the city by an ordinance.
| Adopted.
An ordinance for the purpose Of prohib-
itiDg the obstruction of sidewalks and
streets. Referred to the land commit
| tee.
An ordinance amending ordinance No.
1 1922 (new series) relative to the sale of
liquor, which present at the request of
your finance committee. Referred to the
! fire and water committee.
In the matter of the lease ordered to be
| drawn for portion of the property to
which the tito of The city was recently qui.
eted in the case of Moore against the city,
I would advise that the city engineer be
| instructed, before any of this property is
and prepare map thereof. Adopted.
The small triangle of land on the north
| end of the property known as "Moore's
subdivision" and to which the title of the
city was queted recently, lies directly in
front of a house owned by DR.. Haynes, and
between his premises and the street. This
triangle is small and not much practical
value to the city. DR.. Haynes offers 500
| for quit-claim deed from the city, and l
would advise that you refer the matter to
your land committee, to investigate and
| report.
old plaza park into market place, have
examined the records and find that this
plaza has been in existence since the first
settlement of the city of Los Angeles.
| find that on December 20.
1856, the city council formally defined
the lines of the plaza. Their action is set
forth on page 1855 Of volume Of the Com
plete Ordinances of the city. Many refer
ences are made to the plaza after this time,
| but the first formal action took place on
the 9th day of April, 1886, when the coun.
Gil passed resolution formally declaring
the plan of the park as adopted ON March
| 80, 1856, official. The various steps taken
have, in my opinion, dedicated the plaza
| for park purposes, or at least for the pur-
| poses for which plaZas were, and are still,
used in Mexican pueblos. These purposes
are at variance with the use of the property
| for market place, and under the charter
and the law OF public uses am of the opin-
ion that formal change of this public use
cannot be made without the assistance of
| the legislature. Filed.
| In the matter of the suit of Bassett
| against the city council and the water over
seer, the case was tried during the past
week and Judgment rendered in favor of
| the defendants. This case involved the
same questions as the Ames and James
casos. heretofore reported en-. Filed.
In the matter of the suit which you or
dered brought to condemn strip of land
for the purpose of extending Lake Shore
avenue along the west side of Echo
| park. said action has been tried and de-
cded during the past week. In the de-
cision of the court damages are awarded
the several defendants in the following
| amounts:
Leavis. $175; Reynolds, Sl75; Brown,
! $50; Balzhauser, $l25; Stoll, $500. The
total amount of damages awarded for the
land taken is $3.50. and the damages to
| the remaining portions not taken $275,
making a total of $1125. Should the city
conclude to open the street in pursuance of
this Judgment, it will be necessary that the
amount be paid into court within thirty
days from the rendition of the Judgment,
Referred to the finance committee.
| TIE ENGINEERS REPORT
The engineer yesterday reported to the
city council the following:
In compliance with the request con.
tanned in the petition from W. H. Griffin, I
present herewith an ordinance of intention
TO construct cement walk six feet wide on
| each side OF Ninth street. from Main street
to San Pedro street. Referred to The board
! of public works.
In the matter of the petition from G. Fl
Hafen ct AL. in regard to storm water on
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