The herald., 1897-06-19
Routine Matters Attended
to by the Board
STREETS TO BE sPRINKLED
MAIN STREET RESURFACING
FINALLY HUNG UP
Action on the Walsh Electric Pole
Matter Postponed Until Next
Week-City Hall Notes

AT lU O'CLOCK yesterday IIloliiHS IL uiu
not look as though there would be a
meeting of the board of public works.
Chairman Blanchard had sent word that
he would be absent from the city, and
as Mr.. Ashman was not on hand, 1t was
thought that he, too, would not attend.
The Seventh ward councilman came in,
however, twenty minutes later and it
was decided to postpone all business on
which there was a contest and clean up
the routine. Mrs. Walsh was on hand
carly to look after her interests in the
matter of the location of the electric
railways pole in front of her property,
but when told that nothing would be
done until next week she did not wait
to listen to further proceedings. Another
matter in which much interest has been
felt also went over on account of the
absence of Mr. Blanchard. This was
the establishment of the grades of Four
teenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Peru. Pa
Iona Clanton and Essex streets on
uniform basis to conform to the grades
of Pico street and Central avenue. Rob-
ert Sherer, an interested property owner
whose property is on Paloma street, had
the grade established, it is claimed,
some time ago. some eighteen inches
higher than it should be. and is making
a vigorous fight against the establish
ment of the grade as proposed. 1t is
freely charged that there has been sharp
practice on the part of the opposition,
headed by Mr.. Sherer, and that methods
were resorted to which were not, strictly
speaking on the square. Councilman
Grider was on hand with three attorneys
to present his side of the question but
action was deferred. The following rec
concentrations We're adopted by Messrs
Mathuss and Ashman to be presented to
the council Monday:
In the matter of the petition from the
Los Angeles National bank asking per-
mission to have a certain pole removed
at the corner of Spring and First streets,
recommend that the same be granted
and the West Side Lighting company
be allowed to move the pole as per dia-
gram presented.
In the matter of the petition from AL
ice G. Stevens ct al, asking that a ce-
ment curb and sidewalk six feet wide
be constructed on both sides of Adams
street from Hoover to Congress streets,
recommend that the same be referred
to the city engineer to present the neces-
sary ordinance of intention therefor.
In the matter of the petition from W.
u. Howell ct al, asking that Pico street
be sprinkled from where the sprinklng
at present terminates to the west city
limits a distance of about half a mile.
recommend that the same be referred
to the superintendent of street sprnk-
ling to have this street spriDkled as pc
titioned for, the work to be paid for out
of the Rosedale road fund.
In reference to the matter of sprink-
ling Downey avenue from the terminus
of the electric railway to the city limits
recommend that the same be referred
to the superintendent of street sprink-
ling, to have the street sprinkled accord
ing to contract.
In the matter of the petition from
George w. Walker ct al, for the resur-
facing with asphalt of Main street from
First to Ninth streets, recommend that
the same be filed. as the matter of resur-
facing the street has been protested
against by majority of the property
owners on said street. and, under the
street law, this council is poWerless to
order this work done until six months
have elapsed, unless a majority of the
property owners in the meantime peti-
tion to have the Improvement made.
In the matter of the petition from
Clark {, Bryan for the grading. gravel
ing and curbing of Pico street between
the west patent boundary of the city and
Pacific avenue, under the Nrooman act.
recommend that the same be referred
to the city engineer to present the neces-
sary ordinance OF intention.