The herald., 1898-02-26
DON'T WANT RAILROAD
PROPERTY OWNERS WISH TO
PRESERVE ALvARADo ST.
NO DISCRIMINATION IN SIGNS
City Auditor Nichols Refuses to Pass
the Demand Of Prof. Foshay for
Travelling Expenses

Nearly all the morning session of the
board of public works yesterday was oc-
cupied In hearing arguments for and
against the granting or advertising of O
franchise for an electric road over Alvara-
do street, south and west from Seventh
street. A big delegation of property own
ers appeared in opposition to Mr.. Hinton's
petition, and urged that there were ample
street car facilities in their part of the
city without any additional lines; that AL
varado street was the only good driving
thoroughfare which now remained in that
section of the city. These arguments had
their weight with the committee. and they
were backed up by majority of the prop
erty frontage along the street. The matter
was taken under consideration.
The Los Angeles Sign company was
again represented before the board by At
torney Rush, who reiterated his demand
that the police department be directed to
treat all sign companies and bill-postfng
companies alike; that the present ordi-
nance be enforced without discrimination,
or that 1t be SO amended as to permit all
companies to enjoy the same exemptions
and privileges as the Wiltshire company Is
permitted to enjoy. Attorney Rush stated
that the Wiltshire company was violating
the ordinance In dozens of places about the
city; that the company disregarded the re-
quirement as to height of signboards along
sidewalks: that 1t paid no attention to set
ting the high signs thirty feet back from
the sidewalk line, and that the Wiltshire
signs were placed on public property.
The afternoon session was occupied in
the consideration of routine measures.
Martin Marsh appeared before the board to
urge consideration Of his application for a
conduit franchise. but nothing was done.
The following recommendations were
made:
In the matter of proposals received to
improve Adams street. between Hoover
street and Congress avenue. we recon-
mend that the bid of L. Brodie, at 20 cents
per lineal foot for grading and IS cents per
lineal foot for crosswalks be accepted.
We recommend that proceedings to side
walk Alvarado street, between Ninth and
Eleventh streets. be abandoned. and that
the ordinance repeating the present pro-
ceedings and providing for a sidewalk on
said street be filed, the property owners
having agreed to lay such sidewalk by
private contract.
With reference to the grade of Work
man street, near Alhambra avenue, we
recommend that the city clerk be instructed
to communicate with the Southern Pacific
company and request 1t to appoint a time
for its representative to meet with the
board of public works for a conference in
regard to said matter.
We recommend that the Terminal Rail-
road company be instructed to lay planks
on both sides of and between it's tracks the
entire distance across Avenue Al, and that
the street superintendent be directed to
place crosswalks across Midland avenue,
on the north and south sides of Avenue Al.
We recommend that the city engineer
present ordinance of intention to improve
Beaudry avenue, between Bellevue avenue
and Alpine street.
We recommend that the city engineer pre-
sent an ordinance of intention to grade,
curb with cement and sidewalk Boylston
avenue, from First street to Second street,
under the bond provisions of the vrooman
act, provided the cost of such Improvement,
according to his estimate. will exceed 81
per front foot.
We recommend that the bid of L. c.
Myers to Improve Washington street, be-
,tween Central and Compton avenues. at
% cents per linea1 foot for grading and
graveling, 2Sh cents per lineai foot for
curb. 9A cents per square foot for side
walk and 81 per lineal foot for crosswalks,
be accepted.
In the matter of the report of the park |
commissioners, with reference to the or
dinance dedicating portions of Wiltshire
boulevard, Occidental boulevard and Hoo
yer street for the purposes of public |
street, we recommend that said ordinance
be referred to the city attorney with in
structions that he prepare a new ordi- |
nance providing for the dedication of |
Wiltshire boulevard as a public street, but
leaving out sections with reference to
Occidental boulevard and Hoover street. |
In conformity with the recommendation of |
the park commissioners.
We recommend that the petitions from |
HI. G. Wiltshire, from the Wiltshire Posting |
company and from M. A. Newmark G. Co.,
ct al, asking that signboards erected be-
fore the approval of the present sign
board ordinance be exempted from the
provisions of said ordinance, be denied.
In connection with the city engineer, the |
following recommendation was made:
We recommend that the appeal of C. H. |
M. Shibley ct al. from the acts and deter
limitations of the superintendent of streets
in accepting the work of the Improvement
and sewering of Bauchet street, between
Date and Avila streets, and in issuing his
assessment, warrant and diagram therefor
be denied, and that the said acts and deter
limitations of the superintendent of streets
be confirmed and adopted.
FOSHAY'S DEMAND REJECTED
Auditor Nichols Refuses to Allow His
Expenses to Milwaukee
The demand of City Superintendent of Il