The herald., 1897-10-03
Selected as the Route for
the Boulevard
GARDENERS WILL CONTEST
VALIDITY OF THE CITY PED
oilers ORDINANCE
No Money to Build New Pest House.
Finance Committees Report.
Hose Contracts Awarded


prom ..ers OF the two routes suggested
for boulevard from this city to Pasa-
dena, one via Buena Vista street and
Pasadena avenue, known as the Arroyo
scco route, the other by the Adobe road
past Eastside park, known as the
Adobe road route, have been using
every means within their power to Sc
cure the recognition Of their claims from
the city council. The matter has been
IN the hands of the board Of pubic
works for several weeks and late yes
terday afternoon this body decided to
recommend to the council the adoption
of the Adobe road route. The decision
was not expected, as 1t had been an
nounced only the day before that the
matter would not be considered for sew
eral days. The board. had some leisure
time and took up the matter, intending
merely to discuss it. After few pre-
liminaries the motion to accept the
Adobe road route was put and unani-
mously carried. That was the only ac-
ton taken in the matter. No attempt
was made to make out an assessment
district, that being deferred until soms
time next week, after the council acts
upan the recommendation.
The report of the board, which will be
made to the council Monday, will be in
the following words:
"In the matter of the construction Of
q boulevard from Los Angeles to Pas
adena, your board would respectfully
recommend that the route known as the
ha cd
the city engineer be instructed to furn-
ish the city attorney with the survey
and map from which the necessary ordi-
nance of intention may be prepared"
The board had transacted but little
business upon the taking up of the
boulevard matter, the session being a
special one held for the purpose of dis
posing Of such matters as had not been
reached Friday morning. After that
business was completed it was suggested
that the boulevard matter be considered
This was agreed to and the members
first arranged the papers which had been
referred. The petitions were piled In
one pile and the protests in another,
and all were examined hurriedly. The
several maps which had been submitted.
to the board were also examined, but
little comment was made upon them,
the members having apparently made
up their minds as to what action they
would take before the session.
Councilmen Toll and Nickel were
present, but the former soon left, and
Mr.. Nickel suggested ideas from time
to time as to the proposed assessment
district. The fact that no protests had
been filed against the Adobe road pro-
ject was called to the attention OF the
other members by Mr.. Blanchard. he,
only, examining the papers, the other
members saying they did not desire to
look into them After ten minutes dis
cussion Mr. Blanchard remarked that,
on the face of the papers that had been
presented, there was nothing for the
board to do except adopt the Adobe
road project. Mr.. Mathuss then said:
"Mr. President 1 move that this board
recommend to the council the adoption
Of what is known as the Adobe road
route as the route for the boulevard
from this city to Pasadena" This mo-
tion was duly put and unanimously
carried.
The matter will go to the city engineer
as soon as the council acts upon it, and
to him will be given the duty of making
a map of the proposed district and of
estimating the amount of the assess
ment and the total cost of the work.
This will consume several weeks, and
it is probable that the matter will no.
be finally decided before November 1.
What will be done by the Arroyo Seco
route people in the meantime is proble-
matical. Another protest against this
route was to have been presented at the
council meeting tomorrow, but this will
probably be withdrawn, as the purpose
of 1t has already been achieved in the
victory for the other route
A member of the board was asked
when the boulevard would be completed.
He said II do not desire you to use my
name in the matter. but I think it will
be more than a year before it is COM
plete, as the plans contemplate"
In addition 10 the boulevard matter
the board transacted but little business
The recommended ton will be made to the
council that the bid of Frank Gillespie
be accepted for the construction of a
sidewalk on Pickett street, his price be-
ing s1a cents per square foot
The matter of the petition for five
foot sidewalk on Twelfth street from
ferred to the city engineer
In the matter of street signs the board
will recommend that proposals be asked
for furnishing various kinds of signs
without specifying any particular pat
tern. Several kinds have been suggested.
but the purchase Of all of any one kind
Will not give satisfaction, as it is the
purpose OF the board 10 have the signs
attached to the buildings in the business
portions of the city and, to erect other
kinds of signs in the residence districts
1t is the latter kind that are causing the
difficulty In making the selection of
pattern which will answer the purpose.
Then followed discussion as to what
property should be included in the as
sessment district. No action was taken
In this matter however. it being decided
to leave 1t until after the meeting of the
council and then take all of r,sxt week
to determine upon the district, Mr..
Nickel called the attention of the
board to the fact that the property own
ers from the west side of Spring street
ives. could not be reasonably included iu
the district, as they will probably be
called upon to pay for the proposed
widening Of Buena Vista street and the
opening OF Broadway into it. 'The
opening of Broadway north from Sand
street by means of tunnel" said Mr..
Nnckell. 'is. In my opinion, only a mat