The herald., 1896-01-11
ORDINANCE 70 Be TESTED
The Circus Law to Be Taken
Into Court
GEORGE MILAN. WILL ACT
lie Has Been Appointed Agent in the
Matter
The City Printing Specifications as Prepared
by the Clerk-Various Recomne ndations
of the Board of Public Works

out the United States have combined to
test the validity of the ordinances in GER
tain cities which aim to tax circusss out OF
existence. George McLain has been elected
a member of the association for the pur-
pose of looking after Los Angeles. An at
torney is to be employed to take the Los
Angeles circus license into the courts.
THE CITY PRINTING.
City Clerk Charles A. Luckenbaeh has
completed the specifications under which
the new contract for the city's official
printing is to be let by the council. The
bids submitted will be opened on January
20, up to l am, on which date sealed
proposals will be received from the pub
fishers or proprietors of any daily newspa-
per printed and published in this city for
the publication in the English language of
any and all ordinances, election notices,
delinquent list OF city taxes, proposals. as
sessmcnt rules and regu ations, and every
notice and advertisement of whatever kind
and nature required by law or by the au-
thorities of the city to be published.
The publication is to commence at the
expiration of the present contract, on ard
after January %, 1896, and to continue
for one year.
The proposals are 10 be so much per
inch fo- the first Insertion and so much per
fishers will be required to furnish free to
the city such copies Of the papers as may
be needed in the dispatch of public busi-
ness and to furnish such af1idavits and du-
plicate statements as may be required by
the several officers IL the performance of
their official duties.
certified check to the order of the
city clerk for 500 must accompany each
proposal as a guarantee that the bidder
will enter into contract in conformity
with his bid. If the same is awarded to him.
PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATIONS.
The board of public works at it's weekly
session held yesterday acted upon the fol-
lowing matters, which will come up before
the council on Monday:
Recommend that the petition of W.
Widemeyer ct al. asking to have the grade
of the alley in block ID of the Lake Shore
tract established be granted and the city
engineer instructed to prepare and present
the necessary ordinance of intention.
Recommend that the petition from A. p.
Maginnis ct al. asking that cement walks
six feet wide be laid OH both sides of Ocean
View avenue and that cement curb be
put in between Bonnie Brae street and
Quebec street be granted and the city EN-
gineer instructed to prepare and present
the necessary ordinance OF intention there
for, said ordinance to provide for walks
and curbs where no walks or curb3 have
been constructed and accepted.
Recommend that the petition from the
Wilmer Bros. company, asking permission
to lay pipe lines in, along ard across the
all adjoining the groundsknown as the
Belmont grounds on the east, and across
silver, Wilmer and Third streets, be
granted and that the street superintendent
be instructed to notify the company to per-
form such work at once.
Recommend hat he petition from T. l..
Croft Ell al, asking hat the tracks of the
Los Angeles Traction company be placed
in the middle of the street at the corner
of Hoover and Bush streets, be granted
and that the street superintendent be in
siructed TO notify the company to perform
such work at once.
Recommend that the protest from G. L.
hutchinson ct al, against the proposed
grading of Mott street between First street
and Brooklyn avenue be sustained and tue
pending proceedings abandoned.
Recommend that the bid of Watson &
Weiss to construct cement walks on Ala
media street al l2I2 cents per square foot
be accepted and the accompanying resou-
ton of award adopled.
Recommend that the bid of David
Mulrein to construct cement walk on
Olympia street DIT 13 cents per square
foot. be accepted and the accompanying
resolution of award adop ed.
Recommend that the bid of Richmon &
Betworth to improve Thirty-third street,
lIOiI 0Idiu dVttiuS 10 MALL StESets at pl
per lineal foot Tor grading and graveling;
3S cents per lineal foot for curb; II cents
per square foot for sidewalk: 5 per iineal
foot for sewer complete, and 81 per iineal
foot for crosswalks, be accepted and the
accompanying resolution of award
adopted.
Recommend that the bid of ]. Kirkpat-
rick to improve Towne avenue, from Fifth
to Sixth streets, at $1.17 per lineal foot ior
grading and graveling; 80 cents per lineal
foot for curb; 11H cents per square foot
for sidewalk, and 81 per liueal foot for
sewer complete, be accepted and the ac-
compapyirg resolution of award adopted.
Recommend that all bids to improve FL
more avenue be rejected and the clerk in-
structed to readvertise for proposals.
Recommend that the peti ion from Mrs.
S. Miilard ct al, u king that the proceed-
ing to sidewalk Ionia street, on the north
side, from Bellevue avenue to Holiday
street, be abandoned in ord that The work
may be done by private contract, be
granted.
III the matter of the petition from M.
Clark ct al, asking that Montreal street,
between Bartlett and Alpine streets, bo
graded, be granted and the city engineer
be instructed to prepare and present the
necessary ordinance to do said work under
specifications No. e.
Recommend that the petition from the
Southern California Railway company in
reference to the construction of cement
walks on Third street, from Main street to