The herald., 1897-02-24

| For feed and sale stables where no
wash rack is used, for each horse, IL
cents.
For each water trough in public street,
S1.30.
For bakeries, in addition to family
rates, for each barrel of flour used,
cents.
For barber shops, for each chair. 30
cents.
For boarding schools, in addition to
family rates, for each pupil, cents.
For each soda fountain, 80 cents.
For steam engines, for each horse
power, So cents.
For building purposes. for each 10O
yards of plastering, 35 cents.
For cement walks, for each 100 square
feet, Is cents.
For cement curbs, for each 100 lineal
feet, so cents.
For each 1000 brick laid, including wet
ting of brick and Stacking of lime, 10
cents.
For each saloon, not including water
closets or urinals. .s1.50.
For each water heer pump, So cents.
For stores warehouses. butcher shops,
confectionery shops, halls. photograph
book binderies, blacksmith shops, and
for other purposes not enumerated
above, rs cents.
THAT ROMMEL DEMAND.
The supply committee reported re-
! ferring for the consideration of the
| council or for reference by that body
! to the finance committee, the requisi-
ton of Charles L. Strange, formerly
superintendent of buildings, asking to
employ William Rommell as assistant
Superintendent of buildings from Aug.
20 to Sept 20 to superintend the compile
| tion of the city hall. The report says:
| Accompanying this requistion is a
communication from Mr.. Strange, also
an endorsement by Chief Glass. Your
| committee beg to say that they are
| wholly uniformed as to the perfor-
nance of this work; that they find no
record of any requsition having been
| issued in due form. neither does the ac-
| companying requisition pretend to be a
| duplicate of a previous reQuisition is
sued Hence we feel that it is not with
! in our province to pass upon this mat
ter, and we therefore refer the same to
your honorable body for such action as
you may desire to take Referred to
the finance committee.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The report of the board of public
works was then presented. and the va
rous recommendations adopted as fol-
fows:
In the matter of petition from French
and Reed. asking for an extension of
sixty days time from Feb. 22 in which
to complete the Improvement of Eighth
and Carondelet streets, and which was
granted for ten days and referred to
this board, we recommend that sixty
days extension be granted
In the matter of petition from William
G.. Huey, asking for an extension of
fourteen days time on his contract
for the improvement of Bloom street
from Main to Alhambra streets; said
extension to date from the 2Sth of this
month, recommend the same to be
granted.
Recommend that petition from T. A.
Botiler ct AL. complaining of stagnant
water a the corner of Wall and Eighth
streets. be referred to the street super
intendent to remedy the trouble.
In the matter of petition from c. H.
NJ. Shibley ct al. asking that Aviia
street be graded, graveled, curbed with
cement, sidewalked with cement and
severed, under the Bond act, recon-
mend the same be referred to the city
engineer for estimate of cost and if the
same exceeds the amount required by
| law, then to present the necessary ordi-
| nance of intention.
| Recommend that petition from j. c.
| Zahn ct al, asking for relief from the
collection of storm water on West Third
street, between Hope and Flower,
intendent for investigation.
Recommend that petition from George
w Balsley ct al. asking that cement
sidewalks five feet wide be constructed
on both sides of Twenty-fourth street,
between Hoover street and Vermont
avenue, be granted and the city engineer
instructed to present the necessary
ordinance of intention.
In the matter of proposals received to
furnish gravel, recommend that all bids
be rejected
In the matter of petition from James
D. Schuyler, asking that drainage be
provided for the intersection of Flower
and Washington streets by the opening
of a ditch on Twentieth street. recon-
mend the same be referred to the street
superintendent to make the change
asked if found feasible,
Recommend that petition from Mrs.
S. b. Reddick, In reference to collec-
tion of water on State street north of
Brooklyn avenue, be referred to the city
engineer.
Recommend that petition from D. F..
McKillip ct al, asking that Francis
street from Hoover street west be grad
ed. graveled, sidewalked and curbed
with cement. and severed. be referred
to the city engineer.
Recommend that petition from the
Northwest Improvement association,
asking that the street superintendent
make the proper intersection at the COR
ner of Bellevue avenue and CASTELAR,
street and place waterway across Belle
vue avenue at Centennial street, be re-
ferred to the street superintendent for
Investigation.
Recommend that petition from ]. o.
Kreihn ct al, asking that Fifth street
between San Pedro street and the Ar
cade depot. be paved, be referred to the
city engineer to present ordinance of
intention
In the matter of protest from w. c.
Woodward et al. and protest from S. n.
Dennison ct al. against the improvement
of Towne avenue between Eighth and
Twelfth streets, we recommend that the
protests be sustained and proceedings
abandoned, as said protests represent
a majority of the frontage affected.
Recommend that petition from w. S.
Boyd ct al. asking that the streets in
the immediate center of our city be put
in order, be referred to the street SUI.
perinterdent
Recomme that petition from Juan
MeZa ct al, in reference to damages
sustained by regarding Bellevue avenue,
be referred to the city attorney.
Recommend that petition from the
Southern California Railway company,
asking for an extension of ninety days
time from February 5, 1897, within
which to construct sidewalk and curb
in front of the property in the Bigelow
tract, extending from Santa Fe avenue
to the west line of the Bigelow tract, be
granted and the street superintendent
instructed to grant the necessary per-