The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-14
STREET WORK ORDERED
REColl1rENDATToNS OF BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS
Property Owners on Second Street OBJ
ject to q Change Of Grade.
Protests and Petitions

| A short meeting was held yesterday by
| the board of public works, only minor mat
tiers coming up for consideration. Recon-
mendations were adopted as follows:
In the matter of the petition of Margaret
A. Messmore and others, asking that the
width Of the sidewalk reservation on JET.
ferson street between Thirty-second stree,
and Vermont avenue be limited in width
| to eight feet, 1t appearing that the side
walk reservation has been regularly estab-
lished at ten feet in width by the city en-
gineer, and that several property owners
have made improvements upon said lines
under authority and approval of the proper
city officials. 1t was recommended that the
request of the petitioners be granted, pro-
vided improvements already made are
changed to conform to the new line with
out expense to the owners thereof; and II
further appearing that other property
owners are DESTROYS Of making further i'm
provements upon said street, that the time
allowed for complying with the provisions
Of the above Recommendation be limited
to the 18th Of June.
We recommend that the petition from
F. 7. Bicknell and others be referred to
the city engineer with instructions to
present an ordinance of intention for the
construction Of a. cement sidewalk eight
feet wide on the east side of Hope street
between Pico and Fifteenth streets.
We recommend that the petition from
Mary Apolla and others for permission
to construct a sidewalk on Seventeenth
street between Figueroa and Bush streets
be denied, as the proceedings for said I'M
provement are pending.
We recommend that the petition from
A. Moore, jr.. complaining that the South
ern Pacific railroad track on Alhambra
avenue at Workman street is not on grade
be referred to the city engineer for in
vestigation.
We recommend that the petition from
Mrs. M. j. Turner asking that portions
Of Violet, Alvira and Dundee streets be
abandoned be granted and that the city
attorney be instructed to prepare the nec-
essary ordinance therefor.
The boundaries of the assessment dis
trict for the proposed opening Of Short
street between Hewitt and Alameda streets
were fixed.
Don't Want a Change
H. T. Newell, d. c. Lane and Mrs. E. A.
Spencer, property owners on the north side
Of Second street between Hill and Olive
streets yesterday filed a protest against
the repaving of Second street between
said points. for the reason that there is
variance between the actual curb line and
the official grade. They ask that the
electric railroad company be ordered to re-
pair and pave the street between its tracks
as they now lie.
More Pumping Cables
Petitions from L. Schwarzendahl and
Chris Hansen, asking permission to erect
pumping cables for oil wells across Yale
and Pearl streets were yesterday filed with
the city clerk for presentation to the coun-
Gil.
A Sewer Petition
J. ]. Mooney has petitioned the council
for permission to construct a six-inch
sewer on Third street between Hill and
Olive streets to a connection with the Hill
street sewer.
Putting in Culvert
A force from the street superintendent
office was yesterday busily engaged in lay
ing culvert under the tracks Of the Trac-
ton company at Third and Main streets,
the company having refused to do the
work. The cost will be collected through
the courts.