Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-17
m ordinations Of the Internal

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The result of tae several sewer bond
elections gives the highest Importance to
the only system that was carried. II Is
unfortunate that this system was so
peculiarly worked out in the plans OF
the Engineer as to make all its projec-
tions towards the outlet at the south
western corner of the city to connection
with the proposed Ballona ousfall, which
was voted down. The question now is
whether the plans of the internal system
can be legally changed. If the vote car
ried with it the plan and that Is unalter-
able. then the outfall will have to be
progressively carried easterly south OF
Agricultural Park until it reaches the
Tweedy and other lands that require the
sewage for purposes of irrigation. But
that would involve an additional ex-
penditure of perhaps $4,000. But some
of our lawyers are OF the opinion that we
are not so tied by the plans that changes
may not legally bs made in the interior
system so as to carry it to the south
eastern corner of the city by laying the
iuterceptor from point higher up on the
west line of the city that will give the
requisite fall to reach the river. From
the point of present debouchment in the
plans to the river it is impossible tc
secure any fall, because it is from
twenty-five to thirty feet lower than the
river. Therefore elevation will neces'
sarily have to be obtained at a higher
point inside the city limits, unless it is
deemed bsst to reach the lands that re-
quire irrigation by an outfall south o.
Agricultural Park.
But we have a precedent in the
changes that were made in the schoo
sites and buildings after the bonds had
been voted which may be cited as appli
cable to such changes ss the necessities
of the situation may compel in the in
ternal sewer system. Although the or
dinance in the former case specifically
described the sites and character or cos
of the buildings to be erected, yet thess
descriptions were not adhered to. II de-
parture from the ordinance and plans
could be legally made in one case, il
could be legally made in the other. o
course it would be stupid and vair
thing to build system of internal sewer
age that was dependent for its cutie
upon another system which can have nc
existance in fact.
Tho ornfaipa1 orJth0vtfinu urill h<
called upon to meet this new emergency
by dropping all psrtisanship on ths
sewer question and taking broad and
stasesmanlike view of the facts as they
exist. 1t would probably be better tt
carry an outfall direct to the laads re-
quiring the sewage on the line of the
river than to adopt any other method
By that method ths sewage would reach
the point where it can be most quickly
and cheaply put to valuable use, and
perhaps with the minimum of objection
from the people outside the city wht
have heretofore complained about thl
spread of sewage in their neighbour oods
There is another thought which sug
gests itself in this connection. If th,
plans can be altered without affecting
the legality of the bonds, why may no
the main sewer outlined on the map fol-
the western edge of the city, running
from the northern to the southern
boundary, be materially modified
There is no such settlement of people in
that part of the city as would justify the
enormous expense of this entire line Of
sewer. If that part of the system could
be modified to the mere needs of the
few houses on its line, there would be an
economy in the expenditure that would
probably leave enough money, after the
other needed parts of the system had
been constructed, to enable the city to
cover the cost of the outfall to the lands
that would be benefited by the sewage
This is point that is we'll worthy of the
most careful consideration.