The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
STREET WORK
Ordinances Passed, Protests Heard and
Bids Opened

In the matter of street work the fol-
lowing action was taken, based on rec
concentrations from the various city Off
GERS and council committees:
In the matter of the failure to sell the
property delinquent on assessments for
widening Hoover street from Seventh to
Pico, the amount due being $2019. 80, 1t was
reported that numerous attempts had been
made to sell the property, but there were
no bidders. The matter was referred TO
the city attorney for further instructions
as to how to proceed.
Ordinances were presented by the city
engineer and adopted, as follows:
| Establishing the grade of Grand View
street, from Seventh street to Eighth
street.
| Changing and establishing the grade of
Fifth street. from Bonnie Brae street to
Burlington avenue.
| Establishing the grade of Magialena
street. from Bloom street to Railroad
street.
Changing the name of Mia street to Lee
avenue.
| Grading. ETC., McGarry street, from Ninth
street to Fourteenth street
| An ordinance ordering the opening and
widening of Tenth street, from Elwood
street 10 Wilson street, and the appointing
Of commissioners.
| Also similar ordinance in the matter Of
the opening and widening of Pico street
from Alvarado street to the west city
boundary.
Also similar ordinance for the widening
and Strengthening of Lyon street, from
Also street to Macy street
| A protest against widening and straight
ening Buena Vista avenue. from Bellevue
avenue to the river. was considered T. D.
Mott jr, and Charles Mcfarland appeared
for citizens whose property would be af-
fected either by assessment for the work
or by confiscation CT land. and asked that
the whole city be made to help pay for
the Improvement of the street, since it was
to be boulevard leading to the parks and
would benefit all the people CT the city
even more than It would benefit the people
along the street.
| Attorney Gibson, representing the South
ern Pacific company. said that If the city
undertook to widen Buena Vista street it
would have a law suit ON Its hands, as the
| company had tracks on the street and oil
tanks valued at $4,000 on the land that
would have to be used in widening the
thoroughfare. and would fight any measure
to dispossess 1t of its property.
Attorney III. c. Ladd and Walter S. Max
we'll also entered protests against widening
Buena Vista street, and It was finally de-
cided to allow the matter to go over for
| four weeks, in order that a combined pro-
test might be presented, which the coun-
ellis officers could look up in detail
The protest against the widening of Tenth
street was denied.
1t was ordered that Los Angeles street
between Second and Third streets, be swept
three times each week.
Bids were opened as follows and referred
to the board of public works:
To improve Jasmine street, from Eleventh
to Pico-R. Fl. McCray proposed: Grading
and graveing. s17O per lineal foot; redwood
curb. is cents per lineal foot; cutters, 20
cents per linea foot; sidewalk 10 cents per
square foot; crosswallks, SIZE per lneal
foot F. G. Harmon: $500. q cents, IS cents,
- cents, s1.30. M. S. Cummings: $1.43, 20
cents. cents, II cents. s1.35 r. Sherer:
20. 1s cents, 20 cents, 10 cents. s1.25.
To improve Thirty-seventh street. from
| Figueroa street to Vermont avenue-R.
Sherer proposed: Grading and graveling, GO
cents per lineal foot: curb, 20 cents per lineal
foot; sidewalk, 91a cents per square foot:
crosswalks, s1.2o per lneal foot. Tryon &
Converly: 81, 81 cents, 10 cents, II cents,
$l.35. NJ. 8. Cummings: 81 cents. 30 cents,
| 9h cents. S1.S5. +. C. Harmon: 80 cents,
80 cents, 10 cents, s1.20. J. Helm: 6S cents.
20 cents, 9 cents, S1.30. r. H. McCray: CT
cents. 80 cents, 10 cents, $1.25. e. w. Shafer
60 cents, Is cents, So cents, s1.30. Charles
IStansbury: 70 cents 30 cents, 10 cents. s1.25.
| To sidewalk Twenty-second street. from
Hoover street to Thornton avenue-J. Helm
proposed: Curb, So cents per ineal foot;
sidewalk, So cents per square foot. Frank
| Whittier: Sidewalk SIS cents per square
foot: M s. Cummings; idewall< cents per
square foot.
| The Pasadena Railway company was or
dered to grade and pave its right of way to
the approaches of bridges in this city, and
also to pave and put in proper condition
North Main street along their line of tracks.