The herald., 1897-10-09

final action was taken by the board. a.
1t Is desired to have other samples sub.
mitted.
The protest Of the residents of that
part OF the city lying west of Iona drive
against being included in the assess
ment district for the opening Of Sixth
street was contested by a number oi
property owners, who desired that the
district remain as 1t is. The board took
the matter under advisement.
HACKMEN PROTEST
o. s. Culp and Geo. Baker, hackmer
appeared before the board with a protest
against the granting Of the petition filed
at the last meeting of the city council,
asking that an ordinance be adopte q
prohibiting hackmen, expressmen and
others from keeping their vehicles on
that short portion of Fifth street be-
tween Central avenue and the Arcade
depot. This petition was headed by the
Southern Pacific company and on it ap-
peared what purported to be the sigma
lures of number of property owners.
The protestants showed that one of the
signatures was the name of a man who
is now in Chicago, and unless the petit
ton had been sent to him he could not
have signed it. They also openly
charged that the petition was the result
of desire on the part of the railroad
company to give the Los Angeles Trans
fer company the exclusive right to do the
hauling to and from that depot. If the
hacks and other public vehicles were
compelled to move, the transfer COM
pany which is admitted to the grounds
of the company to the exclusion of all
other carriers would have a monopoly
of the business 1t is known that the
transfer company is working with the
railroad company and the protesting
hackmen asserted that it was the COM
pany that had secured the signatures
10 the petition. In this they were sup
ported by the testimony of several per-
sons who had not signed the petition.
The members Of the board decided not
to act upon the petitior until they had
had an opportunity to make personal
investigation Of the premises and see
for themselves just what the result of
the ordinance asked for would be.
REFUSED A DONATION OF LAND.
There will be no park in the vicinity of
the Glendale tract, for the present at
least the board of public works having
refused to accept a preferred tract of
land in that part of the city for park pur-
poses. The offer was made at the last
meeting of the council, the ground which
it is intended to convert into park being
a strip LOO feet long by forty feet wide.
The city was asked to improve this strip
and open it to the public. The matter
was referred to the board of public works
and at yesterdays meeting w w. Welsh
appeared in behalf of the owners of prop
erty in the vicinity of the strip and ask
ed that it be accepted and improved. The
matter was discussed at length and the
members of the board came to the con-
clusion that the proposed park was not
large enough and that if improved it
would but be court for the neighborins
property. The petition was therefore
denied.
STREET NAMES CHANGED.
Several petitions for the change OF
street names We're acted upon by the
board. At the request of property own
ers the name of Ward street was chang
ed to Sixth and that of Sixth west of
Hoover street was changed to Wiltshire
boulevard. On Hoover street Sixth
continuing westward and Ward street is
where Sixth street should be on the map.
The change was for the purpos of max
ing the street of that number continuous
The name of Warren street was chang
ed to Elwood and that of Jewell street to
BiXel strete.
In the matter of changing of the grade
at the intersection of Pavilion place and
California street several property own
ers appeared and asked that the work
be done a once as there was a deep hole
in the street in which water collected.
The matter was referred to the city en-
gineer.
WHAT'S IN A NAME.
When the petition from property own
ers on Alameda street, asking that the
name of that thoroughfare be changed
on account of its alleged unsavory repu-
tation, was taken up the members of
the board of public works were willing
enough to grant the petition, but they
were in quandary as to what name they
should substitute. For a time they dis
cussed the matter among themselves,
but were unable to settle on a eupho-
NOUS apellation. They therefore ap-
pealed to the other members of the city
council who We're in the room to make
suggestions. There was no death of
names then. Everybody had one which
they thought might be given to the street.
Here are some of those which weres sug-
gested: Chippewa, Maiden Lane, Chill
kat klondike, Yukon, Alaska, Park
hurst, Easy Street, McLean's Retreat,
Dewdrop avenue, Huntington avenue,
Mahogany drive and Paradise Place or
alley The mater was not settled and
the board is still open to suggestions
from any person who may care to make
them, either by mail or otherwise.
The Improvement of Towne avenue
from Sixth to Seventh will be recommen-
ded to the council and the bid of Contrac-
tor Young will be accepted for the work
CITY CLERKS REPORT