Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-02
COplclusi0ns. o.

These estimates Of cost, together with what
has been said before, indicate that:
First-There is no legal authority to pollute
water course and to create and MAINTAIN
nuisance therein, and. therefore, crude sewage
can not be discharged into the Los Angeles
river, or anv other available stream.
Secoud-For this reason it Is not within the
proyince of the com mission to consider an
outiall sewer to the river not for fro the CITY
or to any other water course Within reacn,
without making provision for the proper puil-
feation Of the sewage at the point of dis
charge.
Third-If the annual cost Of purify ing the
sewage by precipitation is capitalized ana
total expense of any such method OF disposal
in this locality Is far too expensive, and the
commission can not recommend 1t.
Fourth-The filtration of sewage OF the win
ter months upon 800 acres of lanu near the Los
Angeles river, or the Ballona creek. is more ex'
pensive than the cost of an outfall to the sea,
but this difference is not so great that IL might
not be balanced by other considerations than
the question of cost.
Fifth-The expense of taking care OF the
sewage during the winter months may posBi-
raised during the summer months, but this
conclusion depends greatly upon the skill, 1n-
telIigence snd integrity of the management.
Sixth-The operation of hltratlon areas on
the part of the city would oolige 1t to enter
directly or indirectly into competitive business
for the raising and sale of crops, which is to be
Seventh The owners in severalty of those
large areas which by reason of their size can
alone proftably receive the amount of sewage
upon which the present estimate is based, re-
fuse to enter into any engagement to take this
sewage, unless the city qua antees them against
any loss resulting from litigation.
Eighth.-The city can give this guarantee or
can guarantee the general public against the
creation of a nuisance, only when 1t is in posi-.
tion to dispose of the sewage properly at all
times.
Ninth.-Other things being equal. an outfall
to the tea, which requires minimum of care
and attention on the part OF the municipality,
Is therefore to be preferred
The outfall sewer to Long Beach along the
Los Angeles river is the most expensive among
the sewers projected to the ocean.
Teuth-There are prospective objections to
the disposal of the sewage at Long Beach by an
outfsll sewer along the river, on account of the
shoals and sloughs prevailing in that locality.
removed further into the ocean by pumping.
Eleventh-The only TWO remaining lines OF
outfall sewers, namely, TO points petWeen santa
Monica and Redondo Beach, are equally COM
m .ndable from an engineering point of view,
and the preference between them may be de-
cided on the & ounds Of cost
Twelfth-The Outfall sewer by the Ballona
route is the cheaper one, and therefore more
preferable.
Thirteenth-The draining of the cienega and
incidentally improving its value may be accom-
plished by laying tiles in the same trench with
the sewer, which tiles can drain into the creek
The best position of the outfall sewer where
located through clay beds near the railroad,
would have to be carefully de.ermtned, in or
der to prevent jsrrng of the structure, but
there is no serious difficulty whatever in this
respect
Fourteenth-If the sewage Is freed Of float
ing matter, by sc eens p. aced on the line OF the
sewer near the coast, none of it can drift TO
points along the shore aud there deposit.
Fifteenth-By Carrying the outfa.l 1000 feet
into the ocean from the shore and letting the
sewage escape twenty-five feet below low
water, no sewage will be traceable in the ocean
water, even with strong currents, at distance
OF one and one half miles from the outlet, and
che mical analysis will be unable to detect
any traces of sewage at d. stance of two miles
Sixteen h-Whiie Los Angeles, at the present
time, derives no income from the sale OF its
sewage for irrigal ion, and can presumably
derive no income from such source whilst iS is
obliged to solicit land owners to receive the
sewage, and to guarantee the users against loss
by litigation, it IL unquestionably fact that
with an outfall sewer. the city will be placed in
an independent position, and Will De en-
abled to sell the sewage at market rates to those
who desire its use.
Seventeenth-The income from the sale of
sewage, current rats, when the population of
the city reaches 200, 900, will be 3 per cent,
ou the Investment in building the outfall
sewer.
Eighteenth-In view of the above, the com.
mission recommends the construction of all
outfall sewer to BallOna; with possibly tenn
porary reduction in tho cost by using wooden
1ums in crossing the marshes near the ses, and
by contracting Tor the sale of sewage water
during the irr CATION season.