The herald., 1898-03-29
MISCELLANEOUS MArrERs
All Kinds Of Grist few the Municipal

On motion of Mr.. Toll a II proceedings for
the improvement of Orcl .arta avenue from
Thirtieth to Jefferson sire ,ets were ordered
abandoned and the petit tom for the i'm
provement ordered recalledssfron( the hands
of the city engineer.
The final ordinance exte hiding the limits
of the chicken district" to kcover the Whole
city, was passed unanimo esiy, and unless
vetoed by the mayor win become law.
Hereafter the fowl fancier twho allows his
chickens to run at large I'LL be liable to
arrest and fine.
On motion of Mr.. Blan thard the city
engineer was ordered to pi tesent an or0i-
nance of intention to lay a c lement walk on
the south side of Also $ treet between
Pleasant avenue and the ri yer; also to de-
fine the official bed of the trroyo Seco.
Mr.. Nickel moved that be engineer be
directed to present an ordi aance of inten-
tion to establish the grad of Avenue 81
between Pasadena avenue md Longfellow
street The motion was q dopted.
Property owners on Los Angeles street,
between Second and Third were granted
permission to pave their st rect under pri-
vate contract
Specifications for the cons truction of de-
composed STdultc StTcctSs - PASPaAC CN w
the city engineer, were eferred to the
board of public works.
A committee of three arch' kects consist
ing of Lester Moore, T. A. E sen and Julius
Krause, was appointed und er a resolution
passed several weeks ago on recommended
ton of the building committt ha, to examine
and report on the condition X the city hail.
Commissioners for the ope' ting of an alley
In the block bounded by Tt nth, Eleventh,
Grand avenue and Hope erect were ap-
pointed as follows: J. E. Toakum, Rufus
H. Frost and ]. L. Slaughte r.
The Pasadena and Paciff + Railway COM
pany was ordered to r. imove a target
switch which stands in the tmiddle of Belle
vue avenue, near Beaudr y avenue, and in
it's place to put in a swi tch level with the
street, also to put its tra' kks on a level with
the street at that point, leaving the street
in good condition.
The petition of prope Fty owners asking
that two wooden culv Arts 16x20 be put in
across Tenth street a t the intersection of
] and X streets, who're a creek or arroyo
crosses, was referred to the bridge COM
mittee.
Permission to epect sample street signs
which are so made as to be readable at
night was asked by the Illuminated Sign
company. 1lhey are to be put up at Downey
and Griffh, avenues, Hill and Temple
streets arl and Orange streets, Figueroa
and Adams streets and Washington and
San Pedro streets. Permission was grant
ed, the sig as to remain at the pleasure of
the council. Another petition from a rival
firm asking the privilege of erecting sam
pie signs on the streets corners, but failing
to state the location where desired to erect,
was referred to the board of public works.
H. G. Wiltshire, proprietor of the Fiesta
park ostrich farm, presented protest
against having to pay SIS per month license
required of plates of amusement. If he had
known that he would have to pungle up
he says he would not have brought his
birds here from Fullerton.
Once more the much -bandied-about de-
mand of G. ]. Griffith for s39. 20 expenses in
curred in transferring Griffith park to the
city was referred, this. time to the finance
committee, from whichtit originally started
on its wanderings.