Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-22
AWARDS Street
WORK CONTRACTS
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS LET'S
IMPORTANT JOBS
As a Result Of Interesting Property
Owners Five Pending PROPOSE
tions Are Investigated
Further

The plan Of the board of public works
to interest property owners in the
awards of contract for Improvements on
their streets is having the desired eff
feet and many persons who are included
in the various assessment districts have
appeared before the board and given
their opinion on the prices asked by
contractors.
Through this action on the part OF
interested persons the board is holding
up five awards of contract until they
can be investigated by the city engineer.
After a contract is awarded the prop
erty owners have ten days i'm which to
take the contract out of the hands of
the successful bidder and do the work
themselves by private contract.
Awards made yesterday were as fol-
lows:
The improve Ninth street from 1900
feet west of Hoover street to Vermont
avenue-Awarded to Charles Stans-
bury at $34O per lineal foot for grading
and graveling 35 cents per lineal foot
for cement curb, and 10 cents per square
foot for gutter.
To improve Percy street from Lorena
street to block s. Schmitt tract-Award-
ed to c. Il. Groat at $3.50 per lineal foot
for grading and graveling 3S cents per
lineal foot for cement curb, 10 cents per
square foot for gutter and IA cents per
square foot for sidewalk.
To improve Sabina street from Lorena
street to block s. Schmitt tract-Award-
ed to w. 7. Mcbride at $265 per lineal
foot for grading and graveling, 3S cents
per lineal foot for cement curb, 10 cents
per square foot for gutter, and IA cents
Der square foot for sidewalk
To improve Spence street from Steph-
enSon avenue to Sixth street-Awarded
TO c. e. Groat at $2.65 per lineal foot
for grading and graveling, 3S cents per
lineal foot for cement curb, 10 cents per
square foot for gutter and IA cents per
square foot for sidewalk.
To improve Esperanza street from
Sixth street to Stephenson avenue
Awarded to Frank Gillespie at $2.35 per
lineal foot for grading and gravelng,
3S cents per lineal foot for cement curb,
10 cents per square foot for gutter and
IA cents per square foot for sidewalk.
To improve Sixth street from Lorena
street to block 7, Schmitt tract-Award-
ed to Frank Gillespie at $2.65 per lineal
foot for grading and graveling, 3S cents
per lineal foot for cement curb, 10 cents
per square foot for gutter and ID cents
per square foot for sidewalk.
To curb and sidewalk Rose street
from First street to Second street
Awarded to F. w. Whittier at 3S cents
per lineal foot for cement curb and IA
cents per square foot for sidewalk.
To sewer Avenue % and Barranca
street-Awarded to F. w Whittier at
$4,000 for sewer complete.
To sewer Avenue Sc from Pasadena
avenue 6SO.19 feet southeasterly-
Awarded to F. w. Whittier at $795 for
sewer complete.
To sewer Temple street and other
streets-Awarded to Alsop Engineering
and Construction company at $4,000 for
sewer complete.
To sewer Yale street from Bernardo
street $50 feet northerly-Awarded to
r. F. Ware at $245 for sewer complete.
To sewer Boyle avenue from Hollen-
beck arroyo to Seventh street-Award-
ed to R. F. Ware at $1,000 for sewer
complete.
To sewer Gates street from Main
street to Barbee street-Awarded to f.
w. Whittier at $795 for sewer complete.
To sewer San Benito street from
Brooklyn avenue to Bailey street
Awarded to John Genilla at $116O for
sewer complete.
To sewer alley north of Adams street.
between San Pedro street and Stanford
avenue-Awarded to R. F. Ware at
$467 80 for sewer complete.