The herald., 1897-03-13
NEW Telephone COMPANY
Formal Application for Adver.
tiseme Mt of Franchise
THE CONCESSIONS OFFERED
Will Furnish Telephones Free for the
Use Of the City
THE CONCESSIONS OFFERED
Wires VIII Be Run In Underground conduits.
Regular Proceedings Of the
Board Of Public Works

works yesterday morning all of the mem
bers were present Mr.. Wiltshire ap-
peared at the morning session in regard
to the proposed ordinance accepting
wiltshire boulevard. The proposition
| as at first submitted was for the city to
| accept the street and assume the care
of the grass plots and trees along the
sidewalks, but this was declined. After
| talking the matter over, these condi-
tions were eliminated and the board
| agreed to accept the street as boule-
ward and treat it as such, keeping off
car tracks and forbidding heavy truck
ing over it.
At the afternoon session Messrs. O'Mel-
veny. Vetter, Severance, Cass, Jones and
others. representing the Home Tele-
phone company, appeared before the
board to ask that the desired franchise
be advertised for sale at the earliest
possible moment. Mr. O'Melveny, as
attorney. read the draft of the proposed
| franchise. 1t is much better franchise
| for the city than that under which the
present telephone company is now op
Grating. 1t provides for free telephones
| for the use of the various departments
| of the city government, the said tele-
| phones to be placed wherever the au-
| thorities may direct; the wires are to
| be run in underground conduits, poles
only to be used where they are abso-
| lutely necessary in making connections.
and in no case to exceed six to the en-
| tire block, and the rates are fixed at
| Just about one-half the present prices.
| A clause was also inserted In the docu
ment, providing that bidders must dem
| onstrate that they are responsible and
will build the system, and further that
nc bid from a corporation having an
overhead system would be considered.
| On the advice of City Attorney Dunn
| that these provisions cut no figure, and
| they were eliminated, but another pro-
vision was inserted to insure only bona
| fide bidders, and that was that the full
amount of the bid would have to accom-
pany the proposal
After a very full discussion, during
| which the representatives of the COM
pany expressed themselves as only
wanting what was right, and assuring
the members Of the board that they were
acting in good faith and would proceed
with the actual work of construction
as soon as they could get the franchise,
the matter was taken under advisement
with the understanding that If 1t was
possible a report would be presented
to the council Monday.
The following recommendations were
adopted for submission to the council
Monday:
In the matter of the ordinance of in
| tention to sidewalk Twentyf1rst street
| from Lovelace avenue to Estrella ave-
nue., recommend that the same be placed,
on its passage.
In the matter of the ordinance to i'm
prove the east one-half of Los Angeles
street, between Second and Third streets.
recommend that the same be placed on
Its passage.
sidewalking of San Julian street between
Seventh and Fifth streets, recommend
that the city engineer present the ordi-
nance of intention.
In the matter of the petition for the
sidewalking of Vignes street between
First and Also streets. recommend that
the city engineer present the ordinance
of intention.
In the matter of the petition Of Wat
son & Weiss to put in bridge or runway
underneath the First street viaduct for
the purpose of taking gravel from the
river bed for the use of cement work,
recommend that the same be denied.
In the matter Of the petition of the
Sands w. Forman Clock company for
permission to erect clock on the Ma
6eau hotel porch or awning, referred
from the board of fire commissioners,
recommend that the same be filed.
In the matter of the petition of prop
erty owners that the Terminal Railroad
company be instructed to put in a cross
Ing where its tracks cross B street, In
the Sycamore Grove tract, recommend
that the railroad company be ordered
to put in a crossing at the point named.
In the matter of the petition of prop
erty owners that they be allowed to
grade 900 feet of Eleventh street west
from Central avenue under private con-
tract, recommend that the same be re-
ferred to the city attc-ney to prepare
the necessary ordinance.
In the matter of the petition Of prop
erty owners for the abandonment of pro-
ceedings for the sidewalking of Hewitt
street, recommend that the same be re-
ferred to the city engineer for an es-
innate of the frontage.
In the matter OF the protest Of prop
erty owners against the opening of an
alley through the block bounded by
Broadway, Sixth, Spring and Seventh
streets, recommend that the same be re-
ferred to the city engineer for an esti-
mate of the frontage.
In the matter of the protest Of Clark
& Bryan against the work on the grad
ing of Bloom street, claiming that 1t
damages their property instead of i'm
proving 1t, recommend that the same
be referred to the city engineer to inves-
tigate.
In the matter of the petition of prop
erty owners that Fifth street be swept
every night, instead Of twice a week, as
present. recommend that the same be
filed.
In the matter of the petition of prop
erty owners that a nuisance caused by
the accumulation of storm water in a
depression near the corner OF Douglass
street and Edgeware road, recommend
that the parties owning this property
fill up their property to grade, which
will abate the nuisance complained Of
In the matter of the petition Of T. +.
Miller for the abandonment of that part
of Western avenue from the north line
of Acacia street to the south line of Gre
villa street, on the ground that 1t is a
depression or canyon, which can never
be made a street, recommend that the
same be denied.
In the matter of the sidewalking Of
Wall street, between Boyd and Fifth
streets. recommend that the ordinance
be filed, as the work has already been
done.
In the matter of what is known as the
Allen electric lighting franchise, the AL
len hid having been deClar red invalid bv