The herald., 1897-06-02
Afternoon Session

The council convened for the after
noon session at o'clock, when the first |
special order, the hearing Of protests
against the acceptance Of East Twenty
eighth street, between Central and |
Hooper avenues, was called up, and |
action deferred until the street superin-
tendent can make an investigation.
The hearing of protests against the
opening Of an alley from Sixth
street to Seventh, between Main ana
Spring streets, was called up, and on
motion the hearing was continued for
one week.
In the matter Of the suit of Sylvanus
H. Kellogg vs. the city. to quiet title to
lot of Goldsworthy's Ninth-street
tract, the city attorney, on his own
was instructed to file
a disclaimer on the part Of the city, as
the city has no right, title or interest in
or to said land.
MAIN-STREET PAVEMENT
The special committee on the Main
street pavement presented the following
report:
We your special committee, to whom
was referred the matter Of resurfacing
Main street from Eleventh street to
Thirty-seventh street, beg leave to re-
port that the street is now resurfaced
with a good coat of asphaltic cement.
and Is completed in a good and work.
manlike manner; and we would rec
ommend that the unaccepted portion of
said street, to wit, from Washington
street to Thirty street, be ac-
cepted, and the city engineer be directed
to furnish the street superintendent with
new map, as the original map of said
street work has been Cancelled.
We would recommend also that the
superintendent of street sweeping be
instructed to have the said street swept
twice a week.
On motion the report was adopted by
unanimous vote. after which the spe-
cial committee was discharged.
FIRE BOND PROPOSITION
A. report was read from the fire COM
missioners, transmitting the plan Of the
board for the issuance of bonds to the
amount Of $150,000, for the purchase of
sites, the erection Of engine houses and
the purchase of additional fire appar-
atus, substantially the same as was
printed last Thursday morning in the
report of the proceedings Of the board.
The same was referred to the finance
committee without debate.
BOULEVARD ROUTE
Councilman Nickel moved that the
city engineer, in surveying routes for
the proposed Pasadena boulevard, sur
vey the route as asked for by the East
Side Boulevard association.
The motion caused considerable de-
bate, Councilman Toll taking the ground
that as the council had placed the
services of the city engineer at the dis
posal of the Merchants and Manufac-
turerers' association, it was not the
proper thing for the council to interfere
in the matter. Councilmen Nickel and
Hutchison, on the other hand, thought
that, as the East Side people had
taken great deal of interest in this
matter, they were entitled to considera-
tion, and that, whereas they had agreed
to employ an engineer to lay out their
route, while the city had made an ap-
preparation to help out the others, he
thought that they should have some
help. The city engineer was called in.
and stated that he did not think that
the amount appropriated, $250,was suffi-
clent to do all this work. 1t would prob
ably require an additional amount, he
could not say just how much.
| On a vote taken, Councilman Nickell 5
motion was defeated by vote Of 5 to 2,
and on the record being produced, which
showed that the amount was not limited
to $3.50, on motion of Councilman Toll,
that amount was fixed by vote Of 5
to 2.
Councilmen Nickel and Hutchison
raised the point that the motion re-
quired six votes to carry the motion
which caused some discussion, which
was finally stopped, after all the men,
bers had spoken their little pieces, by
the chair ruling against the point.
TwENTY-E ST. PROTEST
The street superintendent having put
in an appearance, the matter of the pro-
tests against the acceptance Of a por-
tion Of Twenty-eighth street, was again
called up, and, after the reading of
| the protest, and there being no response,
the same were promptly denied. Mr..
Drain then addressed the council, say
ing that this thing of fling frivolous
protests was becoming quite fashionable
of late, as the people had been spoiled
by the Main street protests. Mr.. Drain
entered a vigorous protest against what
he called the practice of holding up
contractors in the hope of getting dis
counts, or for other reasons, and said
that he hoped that some means could
be devised to stop the practice. Mr..
Drain said that in one instance a man
who had been a candidate for a city
Office and had been defeated, had busted
himself in getting up a protest before
even a load Of gravel had been put on
the street, and that too, when he was
too cowardly to sign his own name. In
another case where protest had been
filed the contractors could not secure
settlement by granting discounts. Mr.
Drain said that he intended to compel
the contractors to do good work, but
when they did so they should be pro-
tected, and he would try to see tha.
they were.
Councilman Hutchison agreed with
Mr.. Drain, but no formal action was
taken.
STREET IMPROVEMENT
The city engineer presented the follow
| ing supplementary report:
Ordinances of intention to construct
a cement curb and walk (5 feet wide)
on the north side Of Fourth street be-
tween Grand avenue and Hope street
and to construct cement curb and walk
| e feet wide) on the west side of Grand
avenue between Fourth street and Fifth
street. Adopted under suspension Of the
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