The herald., 1898-10-25
PETITIONS OF ALL SORTS
Hitching Ordinance destined to Cause
Some More 1roupIe

lhe council troubles with tne hltchin,
| ordnance uo not seem 10 be over yet. es
| .eruay ffeu IL. hiIuse ana O,ners presented
| i petition alleging tndt IL Is Deing vloiatet
every uay between XII anu DI0uuWay VI
Fourth street, and on HIM street noItn VI
flptn, ana ASKING that some aoIIoE DC taken
| III the matter. lne cross streets between
dlll and broadway are not covered by the
ordnance, however, ana as TO the Other
location mentioned, the council teit that
Chlet Glass was the proper party to looh
alter complaint, SO referred the matter tC
MN.
Gllbert j.. Ovcrton, representing an lnsur-
ance company, prayed lor information as tO
the proper procedure IN the prosecution vi
a damage clam against the city. lie stated
that the Broadway Department store avn
ings had been injured to the amount OF
81 10 by the lre department on August y
Inc claim was assigned to the insurance
company, and Will be prosecuted. The
council turned 1t over to the tlre commission
tor consideration.
II. q. Wiltshire of the W estlake Park I'm
provement association was a petitioner for
the Improvement OF Westlake park by the
construction OIL cement sidewalk around
1T and the repair OF the driveways SO they
Gan be driven over at all times. Incident
ally he asked for the improvement OF Benton
boulevard also. Inc park commission will
have the matter to wrestle with.
The petition OF l.. n. Breed for the open
ing of an alley part way through the block
bounded by Main, Spring, Third and Fourth
streets was. on recommendation OF the
board OF public works, referred to the city
engineer tor the necessary ordinance of in
tentlon.
The petition of c. Krause and others for
the abatement OF nuisance alleged at
fowl and game packing establishment at l34S
Palm street was referred to the health Of
tcer, with instructions that the matter be
investigated
That OF j. NJ. Armstrong and others for
the laying of pipe line in an open zanja
between Adams and Twenty-eighth streets
was referred to the Zanja committee, and
those of George B. Ferris and others and
James Brown and others for more and bet
ter light at the intersection of Moneta and
Thorpe streets and on Thirty-titth and
Thirty-siNth streets, near Vermont avenue,
were referred to the light committee.
Mrs. NJ. +. Georges petton for a lease
of city lands went to the land committee for
The following petitions were referred to
the board OF public works: ID. Folk and
others for some action which shall prevent
the Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric rail-
way from running their ears at such a high
rate of speed on Macy street: d. Botiller,
to have the name of Delgado street
changed to Cecilia; Los Angeles infiarmary,
for the Improvement of Beaudry avenue
from Bellevue avenue to Alpine street; W.
G.. Baylie and others, for the improvement
Of Vallejo street from Avenue 2l to Work
man street; Eliza +. Petrie, for the improve
ment of Garland avenue from Eighth to
Ninth street: Major Bosbyshell and others,
for the onening of Bidwel street from Mag
noEa to Winthrop avenue; Theodore Strang-
man and Others for the improvement OF
Kingsley street from Thirteth to jefferson.