The herald., 1897-05-01

and while nothing Of special Importance
/ was acted upon. . large number Of rout-
inc matters were cleaned up. The fol-
lowing recommendations were adopted
for submission to the council on Monday.
In the matter of the petition from the
Southern California Railway company.
asking that certain alleys runnin-,
through block C of the Bigelow tract be
abandoned. recommend the same be re-
ferred to the city attorney to prepare
the necessary ordinance.
In the matter of the petition from the
! Pacific Oil Refining and Supply COM
pany, asking permission to lay pipe
line across Union avenue, Burlington
avenue and Bonnie Brae street, for the
purpose Of piping oil to their main pipe
line, recommend the same be granted.
said pipe to be laid under the directioH
of the street superintendent
In the matter Of the protest from "A.
Averill ct al. against the Improvement
of Tobernan street between sixteenth
and Washington streets, recommend
the same be referred to the city engineer
for estimate of frontage.
Recommend that the ordinance OF IN
tention to sidewalk the east side OF Main
street between Ninth and Tenth streets
be placed upon its passage.
In the matter of the petition from
Clark & Bryan ct al, asking that Pico
street be widened to uniform width OF
eighty feet, recommend the same be re-
ferred to the city engineer for investiga-
ton.
Recommend that the petition from
Samuel Mansfield, asking that the grade
of Seventh street be established from
Hoover street to Vermont avenue, be
referred to the city engineer for ordi-
nance Of intention therefor.
In the matter of the petition Of proper
ty owners on East Twenty-f1rst street,
that the Water company be instructed
to put in larger main, and that an elec-
trio light be placed at Naomi and Twen-
ty-First streets, recommend that in the
first section the Water company be di-
rected to lay a four-inch main on Twen-
ty-First street cast of Central avenue.
and that the second section be referred
to the gas and light committee.
In the matter of the petition for the
sewering Of Georgia Bell street under
the bond act, recommend that the same
be referred to the city engineer, and l.
the work can be done under the provis-
ions of the Vrooman act, then to present
the necessary ordinance of intention.
In the matter of the petition of w. G..
Bowman, to have Spencer street de-
clared a sixty-foot street. it appearing
to your board, upon hearing both sides
that a compromise had been effected to
make the street fifty feet wide. we there
fore recommend that the petition be de-
MED.
In the matter of the following petitions
recommend that the same be filed:
Against the grading Of Beaudry avenue;
calling attention to the condition Of
Flower street between Fourth and Sixth
streets; against the widening Of new
Main street; for the abandonment Of
proceedings for the widening of Spencer
street.
In the matter of the petition for the
vacating of an alley in Ellendale Place,
(formerly Bowker street,) recommend
that the same be granted and the city at
torney be instructed to present the nee
essary ordinance.
In the matter of the petition for the
grading Of johnson street, from Altura
street to Downey avenue. under the bond
act, and sidewalked, recommend that
the same be referred to the city engineer
for an estimate of the cost, and if the
same exceeds the amount required by
law, then to present the necessary ordi-
nance of intention.
In the matter Of the communication
calling attention to the condition Of Hill!
street, between Temple and Court, rec
ommend that the same be referred to the
street superintendent.
In the matter of the sweeping of Aliso
street, from Alameda street to the river,
recommend that the health officer be in
structed to have the street swept once
every two weeks.
In the matter Of the assessment dia-
gram presented by the city engineer Of
tie Beaudry avenue, Fifth street and
other streets improvement district, rec
ommend that the same be approved.
Recommend that Menlo avenue from
Washington to Adams street. Twentieth
street from San Pedro street to Central
avenue, Twenty-second, Twenty third,
Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth streets,
each from San Pedro street to Griffith
avenue, be taken charge of and sprinkled
the same as other graded streets.
The matter of the bids for the improve
ment of Bauchet street was taken under
advisement until today.
j. M. Wickersham made a strong argu-
ment for the non-removal of obstruc-
tions on Soto street, and that the lines
of the street be re-establshed, in order
that the street may be made to accord
with the line az it now actually exists;
that any change will produce jog in the
street, and will injure certain property
owners while benefiting others. The
matter was taken under adVisement.