The herald., 1897-01-30
WENT OVER FOR ONE WEEK
Proposition to Abolish the
Boiler Inspector
ALSO THE BOARD OF engineers
The Matter of Street Signs Is
Also Postponed
A BIG KICK IS RAISED
The Proposed Franchise Declared to Be
Against the Law
The Matter of Furnishing Work for the Un-
employed AZ in Raised
The Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation File Petition-Protests
The Proposed Franchise Declared to BE
Against the Law
The Matter of Furnishing Work for the un-
employed Ag In Raised
The Merchants and Manufacturers AS
socia ton File a Petition-Protests
Against the Main Street Paw
ing Again Up.


| lie works yesterday morning the first
matter that came up was the abolition
| of the office of inspector of boilers and
board Of engineers, s provided for III
an ordinance submitted to the council
at the last meeting and referred by that
body to the board. Il. A. Ling, Esq,
appeared before the board and asked
that the matter go over for one week
as he wished to get his data in shape
to present TO the board. After some
talk between Mr.. Ling and Councilman
Baker, as to the merits of the case, the
whole business was postponed as asked
for.
The next matter on which there was
any talk was that Of street signs, pc
tition for which had been presented to
previous meeting of the council and
been referred to the board. represent
ative of the company appeared before
the board and offered to present evidence
to show that the scheme was practi-
cable and a good business proposition.
He was willing TO let it so over for
week, as he had no one present to speak
in favor of the plan, but thought if he
who had patronized the scheme in east
ern cities and found no great objection
to the idea.
Other parties appeared in protest of
the plan. They brought out some very
interesting facts. In addressing Mr..
Bailey Mr.. Dromgold asked:
How high Will you make these
posts?"
Mine feet" was the answer.
But that is contrary 10 the law, which
requires no projecting obstruction to-
be placed on public streets of a less
height than ten feet so the bottom of
your signs would have to be at least
ten feet above the sidewalk"
Now, what is the dimension of your
advertising board on top of these posts?"
Eighteen inches wide by thirty inches
long"
(which means that your posts would
| have to be about fourteen feet high from
top to bottom. instead of ten feet"
What is the size of these iron posts
| at the base?" Eight inches each way"
so, to set these posts at the outer
| corners of the sidewalk would mean the
cutting off of a square foot of space;
and If there happened to be any other
| post or obstruction on the corner. now
could the post be placed?'
How many of these signs will there
| be on each post?" "Two."
That will mean four 14-foot posts at
every street intersection, with eight of
| these flaps, all told" Yes, there will
| be four in each block
| Mr. Bailey said that he had seen many
| prominent merchants and property hold
| ers who favored the idea of having these
| bill boards on their corners, and he
cited Bradbury. Byrne and others Ac-
cording to his idea, the Westminster,
| the Van Nuys, the StimsoH, Coulter,
rp,.,re 4
| ners ought to be pleased to have these
directory signs on their corners.
How many Of these posts do you cal
| culate it would require in the bounda-
! ries described?" was asked.
! "About twenty-five or thirty
/ ''It would be nearer 500 if you figure
! it out carefully
Evidently this answer was given with
out the knowledge that the franchise
asked for does not require the possessor
| to erect posts except where he saw ft
| OF course nothing but business coyners
| in the heart of the city would be chosen,
| for there would be no money in the
scheme in the outside residence dis
| tricts.
Mr. Dromgold hoped that the board
would let the matter go over for one
week; he thought the franchise asked
| for most valuable one, and he desired
| to be prepared to bid on it himself if
| it should go through. The matter was
| allowed TO go over one week.
After the board had disposed Of the
matters over which there was any DIS
pute, the following Observation-Disclosures
were adopted for submission to the
counctbil Monday:
In the matter of petition No. 80, from
| l.. w. johnson ct al. asking that ToWne
avenue between Sixth and Seventh
streets BE graded, graveled curbed with
cement sideWalked with cement five
| feet wide, and severed under the bond
| provisions Of the Nrooman act recon-
mend the same be referred sC the city
engineer for the necessary estimate of
! cost, and if the same exceeds the amount
| required by law, then to present the or
dirance Of intention therefor.
| In the matter OF petition No. 90, from
Mrs. Mary e. Withrow, asking that the
city abandon that portion of her prop
| erty on Pasadena avenue falling within
| the lines egta bli&hed for said avenue
and that d deed TO the city be accepted
| for land or the opposite side of said av-
! cnue equal in area TO the land asked to
| be abandoned. recommend the same be
| granted and the city attorney in9tructe d
| TO pass upon deed fer same; also that
| the city engineer be instructed to fur
| nish description of the property to be
| abandoned to the city attorney to pre-
pare the necessary ordinance.
| In the matter of petition No. %, from
| Frank PfafinSer ct al, asking that the
| grade OF Hope street between Temple
| and Courthouse streets be established
as set forth in said petition, recommend
/ the same be referred to the city engin eer
| for the necessary estimate of frontage
and to investigate the practicability of
| the same.
Recommend that petition No. 50. from
! Henry Clap ct al. asking to have q five
! foot cement walk laid on both sides Of
| Wall street between Fifth and Boyd
streets, be granted and the city engineer
| instructed to prepare and present the
! necessary ordinance of intention there
/ for.
| In the matter of petition No. SS. from
i. Huddleston ct al, asking that Buck
ley street between Ninth and Connecti-
cut streets be graded, graveled, curbed
and sideWalked under the bond proyi-
S'"hS OF tne Vrooman act. recommend