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Oity Hall~ 8~nta ~la, Gal. Jan. Bi,. 1914 a~ B p.m., The Board met in regular adjourned session. Present Trustees, Alderman, McPhee, ~reenleaf, Board cal~ed to order by President Frank ~y. In Rs Paving South Birch Street In Re Farmers &Mar. Nat'l Bank Building Orubb, ~y and the Clerk. The ~etition of g.B. Smith, et al, property owners on Birch Street between the South line of ~irst St. and the ~orth line of Fairview in the City of Santa Aha, petitioned the Board to take the necessary steps requiring the ~avement of the said street in accordance with the specifications as shown in Specifications ~o. 94 of the City of Los Angeles. The cost of the paving of street intersections to be borne l~roportionatsly by the property owners on said street, the concrete base to be 4 inches thick and ~he asphaltic concrete wearing surface to be 1 inch thick. On motion of Alderman, seconded by MoPhee, it is ordered that the prayer of the petition be granted, provided how- ever, that the street be paved under the specifications ~o. BO of the Oity of Santa Ana. On motion of Orubb, d~ly seconded and carried, it ordered that the contractor be allowed to open five blocks on South ]~rioh Street for the purpose of ~ading and that as soon as the said five blocks are in suitable shape for ~raffic the contractor will be allowed to open the balance of the street. On motion of Orubb, seconded by Alderman and carried, the Street Oommittee are empowered to employ m~m soon as necess- ary a Street Inspector to inspect the work on ~outh Messrs. J.A. Turner, O.A. Rig,s and W.A. I~zff for the Farmers & Merchants ~ational Bank of Santa Aha, appeared before the Boardand stated their intention of building a Class "Am buildin~ at the ~outhwest corner of Fourth and Main Streets in the City of Santa Aha and requested the privilege to arrays fire escapes cn said building in accordance with the fire escape emotion of Class "A" building of the Los Angeles City Ordinance; and fire escapes and water connections in accord- ance with arrangements made with the Committee appointed by the 2card to investigate as to fire escapes and water connec- tions, and that one fire escape be installed at the end of the hall on the west wall of the said building, and it is understood and a~reed that only one fire escape need be iz- stalled on ~he building. On m~ion of Orubb, seconded Alderman, the foregoing re%uest of the Bank officials was