Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-21
CITY SEWERAGE.
What MIR. j. G. DAILY Meant by His
Proposition.

what Mr. j. g. Daily Meant by His
Proposition.
A few days ago morning paper pub
lished an article in relation to the pro-
posed sewerage of the city, which spoke
of the proposition OF Mr.. J. G. DAILY,
made to the City Council on November
goth last, in derogatory manner. A
reporter of the HERALD yesterday called
upon Mr.. j. G. DAILY, who was quite in
dignant at the manner in which he had
been spoken of. He said that contrary
to the article in question, he represented
no system and had no patents to dispose
of to the city, nor was he making any
kind of fight against anybody or any
system, and he thought that his treat
ment had been unfair.
In reply to questions, he said that he
had made the proposition simply to have
the city severed, and he had proposed
no system, and did not expect to get the
contract unless his bid was the lowest.
He had offered to do great amount of
work for the city in getting the ordi-
nances ready, and in arranging prelimi-
nary matters 30 that anybody could bid,
| free of charge, and so far the Council
had not paid enough attention to him to
even ask what his proposition was. The
proposition he placed before the Council
| was made with view of getting the
much-talked Of sewer system of the city
| in operation. While he acted as CITY
Attorney he had studied the matter
thoroughly, and had become conversant
with the needs of the city, and he was
convinced that action was needed, and
not talk. With this end in view,
he had gotten together a number OF
capitalists who were ready to bid for the
construction of the sewers whenever the
right steps had been taken by the Coun-
Gil. They did not expect any favors
| from the Council, but would bid for the
work just as any other person could do
under the laws of the State. He had
started his proposition by saying that it
must "be governed by the ordinary rules
of business and the laws of the State of
California, the city to know just what it
shall receive, as shown upon maps and
profile, and what it shall pay for it when
received" Then, in case his bid was
the lowest and accepted by the Council,
he proposed to give bond in any sum
for the faithful performance of any con-
tract which might be awarded him.
One of the provisions was that he
should approve all the record entries of
the Clerk OF the Council and the Super
intendent of Streets. This his confreres
desired him to do, since they would then
know that the proceedings were legal
and there would be no risk. The third
section of the proposal was that the
Council should pass sill ordinances re-
quired by law. The law requires that
all contracts shall be let to the lowest
bidder, and Mr.. Daily could not gain any
advantage by the proceedings over others
who might desire to bid. If his bid was
accepted he made an offer as follows:
l will have furnished all the material
an labor required in the construction of
the entire sewage system of the city, &C.
cording to the Eaton plans or such other
plans as the Council may adopt; all the
materials of the highest grade (the Akron
pipe now in the city yard to be used and
the city allowed the same price as al
lowed i'll the construction of the system
for the same pipe). All lateral sewers
to be assessed pro rata upon the property
fronting thereon, as by law provided.
All intercepting main and branch main
sewers to be assessed upon all lands af-
fected and benefited thereby, as by the
6OhOAol low PkONiuCuj Out bdlu d65os6-
ment shall not be paid until the property
assessed is reached in the construc-
ton of the system and connection
there with, made available by the con-
struction and completion of the sewers in
the assessment section of the work,
within which the property assessed is
situated. The price to be paid to be de-
t.rmined by the Council and other party,
and fixed at maximum price or sum
per linear foot, within each assessment
district. Work to be commenced five
days after signing of contract, and vigor-
ously prosecuted to completion. To COM
mence delivery of sewage Of the central
sewage district at the south boundary OF
the city within ninty days after COM
mencement. The entire system, when
complete and paid for shall be turned over
to the City Of Los Angeles free and dis
charged from all debts, and liabilities or
obligations for materials or labor.
All this applies to the system inside of
the city limits and had no reference to
the outfall sewers or to any system for
the disposal of sewage, but Mr.. DAILY, to
show that he was willing to compete
with anyone for the construction Of this,