The herald., 1897-08-31
Afternoon Session

hearing OF the pTOteSl VI lHleiSoteu
property owners against the proposed
sewering of Palo Alto street and Lake
shore avenue was the order at p. M,
the hour of reconvening. 1t was repre-
sented to the council that the district to
be benefited by the proposed sewer was
sparsely settled, there being, in fact, only
seven houses to be connected The prot
estants claimed that it would be an in
justice to them to build the sewer, as the
improvement would cost as much as the
property is worth. Health Officer Powers
had filed report in which, while he ad-
mitted that the construction Of the sewer
might work hardship. yet he was COM
PEELED to say that it was sanitary ne
cessty After the matter had been dis
cussed pro and con Mr.. Baker moved
that the report of the health officer be
filed and proceedings be abandoned. The
motion was defeated. Thereupon Coun-
Gilman Nickel moved that the protest
be denied, and it was so ordered.
LEAKY FIRE HYDRANTS
Street Superintendent Drain appeared
and made complaint regarding the leaky
condition of many of the fire hydrants.
Some of them are, he claimed. running
under this condition of affairs it is i'm
possible to keep the roads in order. After
discussion action in the matter was post
poned one week. as the repair and re-
moval of a number of hydrants is now
| in the hands of committee for action.
| The contract and bond of B. Lorenzi
for laying 30-inch cement pipe on FIRE.
mont avenue from First to Second
streets, and of H. Leithead, for furnish
ing conveyances to the city, were re-
ferred to the finance committee.
COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED
| H. A. Barra clough, Martin Eichhorn
and N. e. Davisson were appointed as
commissioners for the widening of OAR
| win avenue from Griffin avenue to
Thomas street.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT
City Attorney Dunn made the follow
| ing report, which was adopted:
| In accordance with your instructions
have prepared and herewith present an
ordinance ordering the work and ap-
pointing commissioners for the opening
of Hunter street from M. l.. Wick's sub
division of the Garbolino Cooper and
South and Porter tracts to Santa Fe
avenue
| Also an ordinance ordering the work
and appointing commissioners for the
opening, of an alley from Fourth to Fifth
street between Main and Spring streets.
| The contractor on Sunset boulevard
was granted an extension of time of
ninety days within which to complete
work.
ZANJA MATTERS
| The following recommendations from
| the Zanja Committee were presented and
| passed:
In the matter of the report of the Water
Overseer, recommend that the Water
Overseer be instructed to confer with the
| City Engineer to the end of devising
new system of dividing the waters of the
various zanjas 80 that the volume of
water shall be pro rated to the various
bitches in exact proportion that in SELL
| ing water in the future only so much be
disposed of in advance as can be deliver
ed; that all requests for water from resi-
dents within the city limits be fully met
under all circumstances and that all
renting of bitches to parties outside the
city be conditioned upon the fact that the
city does not guarantee to furnish them
water
| In the matter Of the petition from Geo.
R. Murdock ct al, asking the removal of
zanja from Santa Monica avenue be-
ween Figueroa street and Wesley avenue
recommend that the Water Overseer be
instructed to remove the e'above-mention-
ed zanja from it's present location to
line within the enclosure of the Agricul-
tural Park Association property parallel
to Santa Monica avenue and in such To-
cation as the Agricultural Park Direct
ors may designate, and that the Water
Overseer be authorized to make such
other changes in connection Herewith as
shall be found necessary, including con-
struction Of a newwell on Figueroa street
and piping of zanja to the main entrance
at the Agricultural Park, provided the
Park Association will give to the city
proper assurance that said ditch can re-
main in the new location during the ex-
istence Of the park.
And we further recommend that in
consideration of being allowed the use of
so much land as may be necessary for
the ditch, the Park Association be al
lowed the use Of water two niglks in
each month.
MOTIONS
| Mr.. Crider moved that the city attor-
| ney he reauested to give the council his