The herald., 1896-08-29
STREET LIGHTING CONTRACT
A Preliminary Meeting Of the Committee
to Fix Up Specifications
Plans Proposed by Which Bona Eide Com.
petition Can Be Had
A Proposition to Divide the City Into Dis
trlcts and Advertise for Separate
Bids - Still Working on
the Tax Levy

At the meeting Of the board of public
works yesterday, the representatives of
the various manufacturers of steam
road rollers were on hand in force, and
for several hours the members of the
board listened patiently to arguments
for and against the rival machines. The
city had advertised for proposals for
furnishing one ten-ton steam road roller,
without giving any further specifica-
tions, and the representatives of every
one of the manufacturers insisted on
being given an opportunity to orally
point out the advantages of his particu-
lar make. j. A. Fairchild, the local con-
tractor, had also put in a bid to fur
nish a secondhand flfteen-ton roller
and he, too, was on hand to look after his
interests. AS the price at which he
offers his machine is much lower than
that of the ten-ton machines, some of
the councilmen are disposed to look with
favor on his proposition, and the whole
matter was taken under consideration to
give them an opportunity to study up
before taking definite action.
The petition of C. T. De Camp and
others, asking the council to offer for
NIT electrical energy in the city, which
petition was referred to the board at the
last meeting, did not come up as was ex-
pected, as the parties were not ready to
proceed
The following recommendations were
adopted for submission to the council
Monday:
Recommend that petition No. 1888 from
l.. Escallier ct al, in reference to having
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superintendent OF street sweeping with
instructions to have said Also street
from Alameda east toi the river swept
twice month.
Recommend that petition No 1877 from
II. j. Stevens, asking that the sprinkling
hydrant at the corner Of Orange and AL
varado streets be moved, be granted
ana the superintendent of street sprink-
ling instructed to move the same to the
west side of Alvarado street.
Recommend that petition No 736 from
E. f. Cl KlolSke ct al, in reference to the
abandonment of certain land left by the
opening of Wall street, be referred to
the city attorney to prepare the neces-
sary ordinance in order to comply with
said petition.
Recommend that petition No. 735 from
j.. Escallier ct al, in reference to the
Improvement of Bauchet street, be filed
as the matter has been acted upon.
Recommend that petition No. 734 from
Clara r. Shatto, asking that the grade
OF the streets In the district bounded by
Hoover, Vermont. Fourth and Ninth
streets. be established, be granted and
the city engineer instructed to prepare
and present the necessary ordinance of
intention.
Recommend that petition No. COS from
w. f. Nordholt ct al, asking that ce-
nent sidewalk six feet wide be laid on
both sides of Sixth street between Main
and San Pedro streets. be granted and
the city engineer instructed to prepare
and present the necessary ordinance of
intention therefor
Recommend that petition No. 141 from
s. c. Hubbell ct al, in reference to the,
Improvement of Connecticut street. be
filed as the ordinance therein requested
has already been adopted.
Recommend that petition No. II, from
George w. Baird ct al, asking that a
cement sidewalk five feet wide be laid
on the east side of Crocker street from
Sixth to Seventh Streets be granted
and the city engineer instructed to pre-
pare and present the necessary ordi-
nance of intention.
Recommend that petition No. 125 from
c. Laux ct al, In reference to the oc-
cupancy of block AZ, East Los Angeles
be referred to the city attorney for in
vestigaton and report
Recommend that the ordinance of in
tention to improve Third street from
Pearl to Flower streets be placed upon
its passage.
Recommend that petition No. TAO, from
H. II. Everest ct al, in reference to the
widening of Main street between Old
Main street and the southern boundary
of the city, be referred to the city en-
gineer for survey and map to be furnish
ed to the city attorney to prepare, and
present the necessary ordinance of in
tention and the city attorney be in
structed to prepare such ordinance of
Intention.
Recommend that petition No. 6S7, from
e. S. Shattucl, asking permission to
place a platform scale within the line
OF the public street in front of lot A.
or the Kincaid tract, be granted and
tine street superintendent be instructed
10 grant the necessary permit.
Recommend that the bid of U. G.
Baidwln to improve Fourteenth street
AT 80 cents per lineal foot for grading
anu sraVellng complete; so cents per
Ilneal root for curb, be accepted and the
necessary resolution of award adonted
recommend that the bid of w
Snankland to improve First street from
evergreen avenue to the eastern bonn
oary OF the city at$2 290per lineal foot for
grading and graveling, 22b cents nor
lineal foot for curb and 20 cents per
lineal foot for cutters be accented and
the necessary resolution of award 10 |
adopted. pe
In the matter of the sidewalk and c,rb
on Los Angeles street, referred haoio |
TO the board of public works. we re- |
commend that the city engineer ho
instructed to prepare and present the
necessary ordinance establishinp tho
width of sidewalk on Los Angeles streat |
between Second and Third streets ana
also ordinance of intention to sidewaIlt
the 1ull width and curb Los Angeles
street from Second to Winston ctroo.