Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-20
A NEW LEVEE,
A Railroad Offers to Build 1t
on the East Side.
LAND WANTED IN RETURN
The Projected Road to Salt Lake al
Last Assumes a Substantial
Appearance.
A NEW LEVEE.
LAND WANTED IN R

Ihe following petition, which was read
before the City Council yesterday, will
be perused with interest by all con-
cerned in the development of the city:
Your petitioner, the Los Angeles,
Utah and Atlantic Railway Company, a
corporation duly organized under the
laws of the State of California, being
desirous of constructing and operating
its line of road through your city,
respectfully petition your honorable body
to grant to it right of way, and along
the following route, to wit:
Commencing at a point $50 feet north
Of Hof street at the north boundary line
of the official bed of the Los Angeles
river on the east side of said river, and
running thence southeily and embrac-
ing strip of land sixty feet wide from
the east line of said river easterly to the
south boundary of said river.
And also that the City of Los Angeles
will sell and convey to your petitioner
the following described lands, to wit: /:
Lot 2, in block 81, and being bounded on
the north by Hollenbeck avenue, on the
west by the Los Angeles river, and on
the east and south by lands of d. Hos
letter; also, lots and 4, in block H,
and bounded north and east by Hostel
ter avenue, south by patent boundary of
the city, and west by the Los Angeles
river.
And, in consideration of the grant of
said described lands, your petitioners
will build levee from said north bound
ary of the official bed of the river along
the easterly line of eaid official bed Of
the Los Angeles river to the south bound
ary line of said city, in accordance with
the plans and specifications now on
file in the Office of the City Clerk
for building levee on the east
side Of said river, at its own expense,
and keep the same in good repair so as
to protect the property of the inhabitants
of said city from the high waters of said
river, for period Of fifty years, and for
the due and faithful performance of the
promises and covenants made and en-
tered into on its part will give bond and
security in such sum as the city may re-
require, and will commence and COM
plete the same at such time as may be
agreed upon between this company and
your honorable body.
And your petitioner asks for a right of
way across Hoff street, Downey avenue,
and Kurtz, Macy, Also, First. Second,
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth streets and
Hollenbeck avenue, Hostetter and Stew
enson avenues, and al any and all other
streets and avenues at such points upon
said streets as said railway company
shall construct its railway tracts; said
right of way to be granted for and during
the full period of fifty years from and
after the adoption of an ordinance grant,
ing the franchise herein petitioned for.
ADDITIONAL POINTERS.
A HERALD man hunted up the gentle
men who are managing the affairs of the
company in this city for further informa-
tion on the subject.
"We will do all we PROMISE" said Mr..
S. F. Scott, the gentleman appealed to,
"and if we get our franchise the day is
not very far distant when the oft.spoken
OF road from Los Angeles to Utah will be
in practical existence. AS to how we
will build from the southern limits of the
city to the ocean, is not yet definitely de-
cided. We have an option on the Los An
geles and Ocean road, and this will bring
US to the crossing to Rattlespake Island,
which is our property. So you see by
that route we can run out to Deadman's
Island and enjoy deep-water privileges
equal to those in possession OF the South
ern Pacific. We also have right-of-way
to Wilmington via Compton, and a big
effort is being made to get us to build
in that direction, but as before said We
have made no promises and no decisions.
AS to how we will enter the city from the
north, would prefer to keep private for
the present. We own the road from
Raymond to Altadena, which was once
spoken of as being a Salt Lake
line, and in addition to this we have
several surveys, each of which is quite
practicable. Our road will be of stand
ard gauge, and will 60 through to Salt
Lake, tapping en- route very rich mineral
districts of coal and silver. The line
will be constructed independently of
any of the transcontinental railroads,
and will give Los Angeles more direct
line to the northeast than is offered by