The herald., 1896-04-04

| is to be of Sespe sandstone dressed to a
true surface on the top and bottom, with
the faces made rough. The projections of
the quarry face are not to exceed four
inches, and in the side wall of the tunnel
| portals this projection will not exceed two
| inches. All stone used in the work must
be OF first-class quality and subject to the
approval of the city engineer.
The euvert OF the main tunnel will be
/ covered with layer of asphalt prepare ed
and laid in accordance with the sp.citlca.
tions for general municipal work.
The north approach to the tunnel is to be
paved from a width of thirty feet as a con-
tlnuation of the tunnel roadway to an in
tersection with Buena Vista street. All of
! the sidewalks shown on the plans are to be
constructed in accordance with city speci-
flcations. The steps IN the side tunnels
| are to be finished with a coat of cement
mortar one-half an inch thick.
{ The work will be executed under the di-
rection OF the city engineer or his duly ap-
pointed assistants, but the presence Of the
inspectors will not in any way release the
contractor from his obligations or RESPONSE
bilities.
| All materials that may be used in the
construction of the tunnel will be subject
to rigid inspection and any that have been
condemned will have to be Immediately
removed from the site of the work. The
bidder who is awarded the contract to con-
struct the tunnel will be obliged to assume
all risks from casualties of every kind,
and the price to be paid him will include
the furnishing of all material, scaffolding,
| centerlng and all expenses necessary to
the construction and completion of the
| work.
Perhaps the most interesting feature of
the specifications which the city engineer
has prepared is his estimate of what the
when completed. and the engineer esti-
mates the cost at $92,4 OF this sum
the excavating in the tunnel proper, the
| SIDE tunnels and approaches will consume
| $29,052.52. The brick work in the tun-
mel and portals will cost $31, ,16S. The
mortar to be used in the work, will be
worth $4O0 and the concrete for the road
way. steps and foundations will cost about
$3.50. The bill for the asphalt work will
be $4, 1890. The stone coping, iron
railing, iron pipe and beam will cost about
$500. Other sundries to be used in the
and labor $50, 400. To this sum the en-
| gineer has added for contingencies 10 per
| cent, and percent for engineering and in
specting the work. which, as before stated,
will bring the total cost of the tunnel up to
| about $92, ,4S0.
| While all of the members of the council
| are favorable to the tunnel, not one of
them, however. is willing for any OF the
city's moneys to be appropriated for the pur-
| pose. even to 5-cent piece. The property
| benefited will have to bear the expense of
the PROPOSED Improvement.
GETTING READY TO MOVE
! The enemies of annexation are not idle
these pleasant spring days. They have ex-
perts employed to gather evidence from
the county records, which it is intended to
use to declare invalid the recent election.
! In spite of all statements and rumors to
the contrary, the fight against the Greater
Los Angeles is being waged by the LIQUOR
element doing business in the several dis.
tricts recently annexed, although the Cali
1fornia Protective association as eucn is
taking no hand in the pending struggle.
The first real test in the matter is to be
made when the city assumes to take the
road houses in the annexed districts under
control. Petitions to close nearly all of
these places will at the proper tins be filed
with the board of police commissioners.
YESTERDAY WITH THE COUNCIL
The council in adjourned session yester.
day afternoon postponed the hearing into
the protest from S. H. Little and others
against the widening of Ninth street from
Spring to Pearl, until next Monday.
On motion of Councilman Munsori the
mayor was requested to return without his
signature the ordinance to sidewalk Kipp
street near Seventh, as the work is now
under way.
On motion of President Teed the street
superintendent was instructed to repair
manhole at the corner of Twenty-third
street and Union avenue; also to examine
the sewer connection in front of the prop.
erty on Third street between Grand avenue
and Main, and If necessary, have the same
property filed.
The water company was instructed to
place 4-inch main on Jefferson street
from Figueroa to Main and to place fire
hydrant at the corner of Jefferson and llel
Monte streets. 4>a.2 ri
BUSINESS IN THE OIL DISTRICT
nj otrSr Assfsn tr.
day file his report for March with the
council. The document will say:
Since my last report I have collected Ii
censes to the amount of 500, which have
paid to the city tax and license collector,
and hold his receipt therefor. Several in
to the office at the city hail.
"A general improvement throughout the
district ls shown.
The great discharge of water from some
OF the wells has made it almost impossible,
with facilities that exist, to dispose of the
that could possibly be done to control this
difficulty under existing circumstances.
There is an addition of fifteen wells in
process Of drilling, and several more that
are contemplated at an early date.
There is an apparent increase OF business
live up TO all requirements of the ordi-
nance.
CITY HALL FLoTsAM
Permits were issued yesterday for new
buildings aggregating in value $500, the
most important being to o. C. Bryant for
q $4,000 dwelling on Douglas street near
kensington road, and one issued to 0. j.
Davis for $4,000 dwelling on Central ave-
nue near Twenty-first street.
Enoch Pepper and others have filed an
appeal from the action of the street SUPER
intendent in accepting the work recently
constructed in sewer district No. 6.
The Los Angeles Lumber company has
notified the council that it holds certain
improvement bonds of the face value of
S343.4S, for grading in front of the Cam
bria street school, which it wants the city
to liqudate.
A protest largely signed by the property
owners interested has been filed, protest
ing against the acceptance by the city of
the work done in sewer district No. 4.
The bicyclists who have occasion to use
Figueroa street from Washington to Jeffer-
son have petitioned the council that the
thoroughfare mentioned be swept three
times a week.
Oriffth's Black Beauty
G. j. Griffith yesterday had the misfor-
tune to lose one of the pair of handsome
black horses he has been driving. At the
corner of Fourth and Spring streets the