The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-24
SANTA MONICA
City Trustees Transact Bushes
Southside improvements

SANTA MONICA, May 23-At the meet
ing Of the board of trustees this afternoon
two bids were received for sprinkling the
streets. Frank Ockert offered to do the
work for one year at 221a cents per hour
per team, two years at q cents and three
years at 20 cents. However, 8. r. Chat
field, who has been doing the work for
some time, offered to do 1t at 20 cents per
hour per team for one, two or three years,
and he was awarded the contract for three
years.
Ordinances were passed declaring 1t to
be the intention Of the board to construct
lateral sewers between Third and Fourth
and Fourth and Fifth streets, and the sign
ordinance was amended so as to allow
signs not extending more than six inches
from the buildings over the sidewalk.
The chairman was authorized to make
the first payment Of $275O on the outfall
sewer wharf to the Thompson Bridge COM
pany as soon as the material is landed,
which Is expected in three or four days.
The board is paving the way to spring
again new bridge proposition on the peo-
pie at an early day.
Bills to the amount of $83. rs were ordered
paid.
Lnc SOutn Slue pTONlSeS 10 D6 WIN the
north in the matter Of catering to the sum-
mer visitors of the coming season. In the
past there has been little in that part of
the beach settlement to attract visitors,
except for those simply in search of rest
and quiet; but this year things will be diff
ferent. The old bathhouse belonging to the
Y. M. c. A. of Los Angeles will be turned
into hotel and Messrs. Kinney G Ryan
will erect another bathhouse, which, al
though 1t will not be on large scale, will
be constructed with an eye to comfort and
an appreciation Of the benefits of sunny
dressing rooms The former bathhouse
was never open to members or guests on
Sundays, which, Of course, the latter will
be, thus adding to the south beach the one
much needed adjunct for the enjoyment Of
the summer visitor who can spend but one
day Of the seven at the seashore.
In one respect the south beach will forge
ahead Of the north in that a pleasure wharf
will soon be reality to that end of town.
The schooner Ruby A. Cousins, Capt. Hud-
son, has arrived from Coos bay with the
material necessary for its construction,
and yesterday Thos. Thompson of San
Francisco, who has the contract for its
erection, arrived with his foreman and will
push the construction to an early compile
ton. The material will be fioated down
from the long pier, and about five days will
be consumed in the unloading and floating
to the proposed site. The wharf will be
completed on or before July LIST.
Brevities
In aid of the fund being raised by the
school children Of the United States for the
building of battleships, Emma Muller and
Harry Stevens, primary pupils years of
age, gave literary and musical entertain
ment at the Clayton on Saturday evening
which was a decided success. The even
ing's receipts. amounting to SIS, will be
evenly divided between the fund for the
american Girl" and that for the "Ameri-
can Boy"
Wesley Russell left today for the Alamo
mines in Mexico, to be absent an indefinite
period.
Walter Robertson returned from River
side today after an absence Of four months.
Mrs. Mary e. Barker of Sierra Madre Is
the guest Of Miss Eula P. Bixby.
L. w. Godin and wife and Mrs. c. 8.
Jewell are late arrivals amongst Hotel
Arcadia's Los Angeles guests