The herald., 1896-05-26
ment district was adopted by the coun-


committee the draft of an ordinance
abandoning portion of Figueroa street
north OF Bellevue avenue was placed
upon its final passage.
A requisition of the street superin-
tendent for q Pinch sewer pipe, which
was to have been used for draining a
stagnant pool of water north of Orange
street, at a cost Of $135, was ordered can
celed.
The draft of ordinances to improve
Williams street and Bellevue avenue and
to widen Seventh street were adopted.
The city engineer recommended that
specifications No. A, for street paving
with hydraulic cement and broken stone,
concrete base with asphalt surface,
adopted last Monday, be declared null
and void, and that specifications No. 2
j, upon the same subject, be adopted,
which was referred to the board Of pub
lie works.
An ordinance appointing ]. T. Bear
den q commissioner for the widening OF
Ninth street, in place OF r. Mckeon,
was adopted as was also an ordinance
abandoning Williams street and a GER
tain alley in the Highland View tract
A petition from the Depot Railway
company protesting against the grant
ing of any more railway franchises by
the council over the street named in
ordinance No. AZ, new series, was re-
ferred to the board Of public works.
A resolution was presented from the
congregation of Trinity M. e. church
South, rendering vote Of thanks to
the council for its action in refusing
q license for a Sunday circus perform
ance, and was ordered filed.
Thomas Pascal, chairman of the exc
cutive committee Of the Southern Cali
fornia Hotel Mems association, sent to
the council q communication calling at
tention to what are alleged to be unfair
and discriminating methods+of collect
ing license tax from the hotels Of the
, city, which compel the payment of a
license by all houses having more than
sixty rooms, while exempting houses of
less than that number. The letter was
referred to the finance committee.
THE ENGINEERS REPORT
The city engineer reported the ASSESS
ment map of the Fifth street sewer dis
trict. Adopted.
|. Assessment map OF the Breed street
sewer district. Adopted.
Also an ordinance of intention to con-
struct a sewer along Lake View avenue
from the manhole in the western inter-
| cepting sewer in the prolongation Of the
center line of Lake View avenue to a
point 30 feet south Of the southerly line
of Ninth street. Adopted.
Also an ordinance of intention to con-
struct q sewer along Alvarado street
from the intersection of Eleventh street
to point 30 feet south Of the southerly
line Of Ninth street. Adopted
Also an ordinance Of intention to es-
tablish the grade OF Santa F'e avenue
from Seventh street to Ninth street
Adopted.
Also an ordinance establishing the
grade of Shatto street from Union ave-
nune to the east line Of the Westlake
park tract Adopted.
Also an ordinance establishing the
grade Of an alley between Orange street
and Sixth street from Bonnie Brae street
to the east line of the Westlase pari.
tract. Adopted.
Also an ordinance establishing the
grade OF alley between Bonnie Brae
street and Burlington avenue from
George street to Sixth street. Adopted.
Also an ordinance Of intention to i'm
prove Pico street from the east Ike Of
San Pedro street. Adopted.
Also an ordinance of intention to i'm
prove Fourteenth street from Contra!
avenue to Tennessee avenue. Adopted.
Also an ordinance of intention to I'M
prove Towne avenue from Sixth stree:
to Seventh street, said improvement. to
be made under the Bond act. Adopted.
Also and ordinance of intention tn i'm
prove Mathew street from First street
to Brooklyn avenue, said Improvement
| to be made under the bond act. Adopt
ed.
| Also an ordinance Of intention 70 i'm
piove san Pedro street from Washing
ton street to the north line of that por-
{ ton of Jefferson street lying east of San
Pedro street, improvement to be made
under the bond act. Referred to the
! toa.d O. public works.
Also specifications for the constitute
| ton of sidewalks and curbs on Main
| street Commercial and Fifth
streets. Referred to the board of public
! works. '.- -
Also an ordinance Of intention to i'm
prove Main street from Commercial to
Fifth streets Referred to the board of
public works.
Also specifications for street paving
with aSphaltic concrete base with as
| phalt surface.
These specifications are for paving
streets of light traffic; principally resi-
dence streets where cheap pavements
are desired by property owners, as work
done under these specifications will cost
40 per cent less than under former spec
| ifications. Referred to the board of pub
| lie works.
Permit me to suggest to your honor
able body that specifications NO "a
for street paving with hydraulic cement
| and broken stone concrete base with as
| phalt surface" adopted May 1S, 1896. be
| declared null and void, and that specifi-
cations No. 2B for street paving with hy-
draulic concrete and broken stone con-
| crete base with asphalt surface pre-
scented herewith be adopted. Referred
to the board of public works.
THE MOTIONS MADE.
Motions were made in the council yes
| terday as follows:
By Councilman Ashman, that the City
| Water company be instructed to lay a
4-inch water pipe on Nateo street from
Sixth to La Grande avenue and place
a fire hydrant at Bay street and Mateo
| avenue. Adopted.
By Councilman Pessell, that a 4-inch
water main be laid in the following
| streets: Twenty-seventh, Twenty
eighth, Twenty-ninth streets between
San Pedro and Central avenue: Thirty
| first street between San Pedro and
Griffith avenue; Adams and Twenty
! fifth street, between Central avenue and
Hooper street; Twenty-seventh street
between Naomi and Hooper; also that
| fire hydrants be placed at Twenty-sev-
enth and Twenty-ninth streets and Grif-
| fifth avenue, Thirty-first and Central
| avenue, Twenty-fifth ard Naomi ave-
| nue.. Adopted. Also that the water
company be directed to lay q 4-inch
water pipe on Ninth street between
Central avenue and Santa Fee avenue.
and to place fire hydrants at the corner
! CT Alameda and Ninth streets and Lem
on and Ninth streets. Adopted.
BY Councilman Ashman, that the
street superintendent be instructed to
repair culvert crossing at Los Ange-
les and Third streets. Referred to the
board of public works
BY Councilman Blanchard. that the
water company place fire hydrant at
Fourth and Mott streets. Adopted. Also
that the street superintendent repair the
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