Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-23
ABOUT THE CITY.
The Outfall Sewers Course
Inspected.
In SEARCH OF HEB HUSBAND
West End Board of Trade-AnOther
Statement About Gertie
Grants Journey.

A four-horse dray that was to convey
the members of the City Council and the
City Engineer over the proposed outfall
sewer route pulled up to the Surveyor e
office at the early hour of yesterday
morning. 1t was some time before all
those who had expressed their intention
of making the trip could be brought to-
gether, but when the last one was finally
seated, the carriage, commodious as it
was, was we'll filled, there being present
Messrs. Wirsching, Theo. Summerland,
Van Dusen, Brown, Hamilton, Shafef
and Frankenfeld, whilst in a private
carriage behind followed Messrs. E. H.
Raglan and J. J. Alderman, of East Los
Angeles. 1t was not possible to see any
thing of the surveyed route until Ballona
crossing was reached, but with the aid of
his plans Mr.. Eaton hurriedly explained
what was intended up to that point. A
very difficult piece of work will be en-
countered in the Cienega, where for
three miles the sewer will have to be run
through a marsh. Councilman Wirsching
remarking that the people in the outly-
ing districts of the city were complain.
ing that the sewers were not to be con-
structed right in their immediate regions,
Mr.. Eaton stated that for the 81 100,
600 nothing but the outfall sewer, the
three intercepting sewers and the three
storm sewers could be constructed. To
put in even the mains would entail an ad-
ditional expenditure of about $3.50 900 and
ii sewage facilities were provided so as to
permit of the connection of each house
with the sewers it would be a ques-
tiou of spending about $3,000.-
600. He pointed out, however,
how every part of town would be bene-
fitted by the work as at present proposed,
whereupon Councilman Wirsching said
that he did not think that matter was
we'll understood, and suggested that a
meeting of the Council and City Engi-
neer be held at later date and the
whole thing thoroughly explained
through the medium of the newspapers.
While pointing out the advantages of
the Ballona line, Mr.. Eaton said that
they could, in no wise, compare with
those of the Redondo Beach route which,
through unfortunate delays, had been
lost to the city. One of the principal OBJ.
jections raised in that case was, he said,
tunnel that would have to be bored,
but this would not have cost more than
will be now neces ssary to do the work
through the Cienega marshes.
At Ballona crossing the route was for
the first time encountered, for down to
that point the sewer follows the track of
the Southern Pacific, which company has
offered the necessary right-of.way. The
sewer, after leaving the railroad, trends
to the southeast, and follows the county
road to point about a mile from the
ocean, where it runs on to private prop
erty, over which no right-of-way has yet
been secured. The land on either side
is not capable, except in the instance OF
a few hundred acres, Of receiving the
sewage, so all of the valuable fertilizer
will have to be cast into the ocean. Tide
water is reached at point $500 feet south
of Santa Monica, and little extra work
will be needed at the discharging point
for there are small sand dunes to be cut
through.
The work OF the day being over an ad-
journment was made to Santa Monica,
where an excellent lunch was served at
Bob Eckert's. Then an hour or two was
devoted to looking about town and at 8
O'Clock sharp start was made for home.
The Soldiers Home was visited on the
return journey and a pleasant half hour
passed inspecting the veterans quaiter
The National Boulevard helped the team
out little, and about 6 O'Clock all we're
landed safe and sound again in the busy
streets of Los Angeles.