Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-20
WATER RATES.
The Agreement with the Ctrv ~.
ter COmpanv


The Agreement with the CITY w..
ter Company.
A meeting of the committee of the
Council on water rates was to have been
held yesterday afternoon at 2 O'Clock
but Councilman Summerland was the
only member who was in attendance.
The representatives of the various water
companies were present, but the meet.
ing was adjourned until 10 O'Clock this
morning, when it is expected that the
otner members OF the committee will be
present; The representatives of the CITY
water Company have prepared state
ment OF the agreement between the CITY
and the water company. This agree
ment was, 1t is stated, ratified by the
Legislature in 1869 and 1870, and ite
provisions are in substance as follows:
mat during the period of agreement
TO not reduce the water rates, or SO fix
the price thereof to be less than the rates
then existing and charged for water
The city agreeing to make no other
lease, sale, contract. grant or franchise
to any person or persons, corporation or
company. for the sale or delivery of water
to the inhabitants of said city, for domes-
tic purposes, during the continuance of
the agreement;
The City of Los Angeles giving to the
Los Angeles City Water Company the
right to lay pipes in any and all of the
streets of said city, and to dig and make
all necessary excavations for that pur-
pose, and the right of way through, upon
and over lands or streets belonging to
the City OF Los Angeles;
That at the expiration of the agree
ment the City of Los Angeles agrees to
pay to the Los Angeles City Water Com.
pany, the value of Improvements
made in and about, or upon said water
works during the period of the lease or
agreement.
The Los Angeles City Water Company
agreed topay to the City of Los Angeles
81 500 per annum during the term of this
contract, and for further consideration,
the water company to surrender to the
City of Los Angeles, and cancel all claims
they then held for repairs on said water
works and damages, amounting to $S, 900;
To make the following Improvements,
about, in and upon the said water works,
at their own expense, to wit: lay down
in the strests of said city, twelve miles Of
iron pipes of sufficient capacity to supply
the inhabitants of the city with water for
domestic purposes, and to erect one
hydrsnt to be used as a protection
against fire, at one corner Of each cross
street where the water pipes then were
or should be laid thereafter. Also the
water company to erect at its own ex-
pense, an ornamental fountain on the
public plaza of said city and the water
company at its own expense, to construct
such fumes, bitches, machinery and
reservoirs, in connection with said water
works, as may be necessary to supply
the inhabitants with water and the
water company further agreed to furnish
water for the public schools, city hospi-
tails, and jails free of charge, and to pay
all State and county taxes during the
period OF lease or agreement.
The. rates which were then in exis-
tencewere as follows, and it is urged that
the city cannot lower them at this time !:
For tenements occupied by single fam
lily OF not more than five persons. ... 8 90
For each additional person ........ Is
| Bathing tubs in private houses (for each
tub) ....... ............. ........ 90
In public houses, boarding houses, bath
ing establishments, barber shops (for
each tup) .......... :. .............. 8 90
Bakeries, according to the monthly use "
of -four, for each twenty. FIVE barrels 90
Boarding schools, in addition to the rate
tor private families, for each scholar. 20
Building pprp oses, by special contract
Horses. private, including water for
washing carriages, for one horse. 25
Omnibus, stage. stable, each horse. ..... SO
Truckme ms carts and saddle horses - so
Provided that in no case shall any sta
BILE be charged less than ............ 2 90
Horse troughs. for each trough on side
walk ........; ......... SIS to 10 90
Hose on premises not having front of
more than twenty-five feet, for the
right to attach hose noG exceeding
three-fourths of an inch orifice, for
washing sidewalks and sprinkling
streets, in addition to the charges for
Hotels, taverns and boarding houses. w
not including water for baths or for
uses without the house, for each bed
for boarders and dodgers within the
same: In addition to the rate for pri-
vate families s,................... 25
For each boarder. Observation-Disclosures. 20
Lodging houses. in ad dition to rate of
family keeping the house. for accom-
modation for each person within the
Gardens = sprinkling gardens and
grounds. not more than one hundred
.quare yards area. ........... ,...... 90
Above this area. for every one hundred
square yards shall be charged ...... ,l21
Porter houses groceries. refectories, etc,
shall be charger &C the discretion of
tne water register r.................$ So to 10 90
Stores offices and warehouses, aud ten,
ements not included in any other
classification, and requiring only an
ordinary amount of waller. at the dis.
cret1on OF the water register, not less
than than 49,. -, 90
Water r-closet-for each water. closet pub
lie: e :;,:...,..,. 2 90
Water-c -closet-tor each watercloset, pri.
vate e........:.:...:. ................ 1 90
For large quantities of water, when the
quantity used does not exceed $4,000
gallons per month, there shall be
;; charged for each LOCO gallons con-
sumed, as ascertained by meter or 9TH
erwise Observation-Disclosures. 15
When the quantity is over Is 900 gal
Ions per month, for each 1 900 gallons l 90
For water used for manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, under 10000
90