The herald., 1897-05-22
Many Street improvements
Recommended
THE MEETING OF THE BOARD
CONDENSATION OF THE STREET
OPENING COMMISSIONERS
Property Owners Are Again Asking
for an Investigation-The En-
CINE House Bonds-Notes


At the meeting Of the board Of publi'
works yesterday all the members wer'
present, Mr.. Ashman having returned
from San Francisco. There was but
comparatively small attendance, thu
proceedings throughout being mostly O.
a routine character. Abbot Kinney ap
reared before the board to protes
against the resurfacing of Main anc
Spring streets, especially at the soutf
end. and showed that on the lines pro-
posed. the work would be a positive
detriment instead of a benefit to the
property near the corner of Ninth
street. AS the matter was not officially
before the board. no formal action was
taken.
The following recommendations were
adopted for submission to the council
Monday:
In the matter of the petition from
Henry Martz ct al, asking that an
alley be opened in the block bounded by
Broadway and Hill, Fourth and Fifth
streets, recommend that the same be
referred to the city engineer to make
tho necessary survey and prepare map
for city attorney, and that the city at
torney be instructed to present ordi-
nance for the opening of said alley as
petitioned for, the district of assessment
to be on property fronting on proposed
alley.
In the matter OF the petition from
J. H. Jacobs ct al, asking that Kohler
street be opened from Ninth to Twelfth
streets, recommend the same be referred
to the city engineer to make the neces-
sary survey and prepare map for the
city attorney, and that the city attorney
be instructed to present ordinance for
opening said street as petitioned for;
the district Of assessment to be on line
of opening between Seventh and Four
teenth streets.
In the matter of the petition from
A. Ashman ct AL, asking that Georgia
Bell street between Tenth street and
lao feet south of Eleventh street, be
graded, curbed and sidewalked under
the bond provisions of the Vrooman act,
recommend the same be referred to the
city engineer to present the necessary
ordinance Of intention.
Recommend tina. the communication
from H. de Laguna, applying for cleo
trio street railroad franchise along
Brooklyn avenue and other streets, be
filed.
In the matter of the petition from P.
p. Kiefer ct AL, asking that cement
sidewalk six feet wide be constructed
on te east side of North Hope street,
between Temple and Court streets, rec
ommend the same be referred to the city
engineer to present ordinance of inten-
tion therefor.
In the matter of the petition from
Anna E. Neuhart ct al, asking that
Key West street be graded and curbed
between Twenty eighth and Thirtieth
streets, recommend the same be referred
to the city engineer for ordinance of in
tention therefor.
Recommend that the bid of Frank
Whittier to sidewalk Twenty-fourth
street from Hoover to Vermont avenue,
at 8 cents per square foot. be accepted,
and the necessary resolution of award
adopted
In the matter of the petition from
N. w. Coffman ct al, asking that Hoo
yer street be opened from Washington
street to Freeman street, recommend
that the city engineer be instructed to
make the necessary survey and map
and furnish same to city attorney, and
the city attorney be instructed to pre-
pare ordinance for such opening; the
district Of assessment to be between
Pico street and Adams street on line
Of opening.
In the matter of the petition from
Clark & Bryan ct al, asking that Hoov-
er street be opened from Pico to Seventh
street, recommend that the city engineer
be instructed to make survey and map
for the city attorneys use, and the city
attorney be instructed to prepare ordi-
nance therefor. The district of assess
ment to be between Pico and Adams
streets on line of opening
In the matter of the protest from A
o. Larkin ct al, against the opening of
an alley from Fifth to Sixth streets be-
tween Spring and Main streets, recon
mend that proceedings be abandoned
provided petitioners pay the accrued!
expenses to date before 10 o'clock a. M
Wednesday, May 26th; said expenses to
be paid to the street superintendent, and
II not so paid said proceedings Shall be
carried on to completion.
In the matter of the petition from Fl
G. Wiltshire ct al, submitting an ordi-
nance dedicating Wiltshire boulevard as
public boulevard, providing for the
care and maintenance of the same anG
also prescribing certain rules and regu-
lations relative thereto, recommend the
same be granted and said ordinance
placed upon its passage.
In the matter of the city engineers
report of May 18th, which was referred
to- the board, and reads as follows: "In
regard to your order of May 10TH to pre-
sent an ordinance for the sidewalkng of
the north side of Fourth street betwea,
Grand avenue and Hope street. and the
west side of Grand avenue between
Fourth and Fifth, find that the old red
wood curb at these points is not on grade
and that there are square returns in al
the street intersections. 1t is therefor:
impracticable to lay this walk in the
manner asked for in petition No ass, un-
less a cement curb with circular returns
is laid at the same time; we recon-
mend that the city engineer prepare or
dinance in accordance with above rec
ommenda tions.
In the matter of the appeal from 2
Heitchew ct al, from the acts and de.
examinations of the street superintend-
ent in accepting the work of the i'm
provement- of Twenty-eighth street
from Central avenue to Hooper avenue
and In issuing his assessment, warrant
and diagram therefor, we recommend
that Monday, the 31st day of May. 1897
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