Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-06
A NEW WATER COMPANY.

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NEW WATER COMPANY.
! 1t Proposes 60 Bring i'm Outside
Capital.
An ordinance granting franchise to a
new water company was submitted to
, the Council short time ago and was
discussed by the Board of Public Works
last Friday. 1t will come before the
, Council today. Mr. Uri Embody, of the
East Side, acts as the agent of the COM
pany. TIE important sections of the
ordinance read es follows:
}, SECTION 1. That there be and is
hereby granted to Uri Embody and his
assigns. the right of way over and along
any and all public streets now or here
after laid out in the city of Los Angeles
, fer the period Of fifty years, from and
after the date of the taking effect of this
ordinance, for the purpose of laying down,
maintaining and using therein pipes for
!, conducting water for domestic purposes,
together with the right to sell and dis.
pose of water for domestic purposes as
aforesaid, to the inhabitants of the city Of
from time to time established by an Or
dinance of the Mayor and Council of said
city.
| Provided, and upon the express condi-
ton that the said Embody or his assigns
shall, at all times, when laying down or
Irepsiring any water pipe, or when from
tion in any public street of said city, then
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signs shall, Immediately after such pipe
is laid or repaired, restore said street in
all respects to as good and perfect condi-
tion as the same was in before said work
was commenced; and said Embody and
chise, to comply with all ordinances of
the city of Los Angeles now in force, or
which may be hereafter enacted regulat.
ing the making of excavations or en-
bankments in any public street of said
city, or requiring q deposit with the
| Superintendent of Streets or any other
official Of said city prior to making such
excavation or embsnkment.
And provided further, and this fran
chise is granted upon this express con-
assigns shall at all times furnish water
free OF charge for fire purposes, street
sprinkling, to all public schools, hos
pitfalls or other public buildings belonging
to, or conducted by the city of Los An
geles, and situated along the streets of
said city through which said pipes may
pass. And in case said Embody or his
assigns refuse or neglect to furnish eaid
water for the purposes above enumer-
ated, then the authorities of said city
shall have the right at any time to tap
the pipe belonging to the grantee or his
! assigns, and attach thereto such number
OF fire hydrants, sprinkliDg MIGRANTS or
other conduits as shall be necessary to
connect the pipes of any public building
with water.
A reporter of this paper called upon
Mr.. Embody yesterday afternoon to as
certain what the company proposes to
do in case the franchise is granted.
"The undertaking is bona fde one,"
said he, 'and has absolutely nothing to
do with any company now in existence.
1t hss been alleged that this is an opera
ton in behalf Of the City Water Com
pany to secure for them franchise after
their present contract shall have run
out. This is unequivocally false, es will
be seen as soon as all the facts connected
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not in position at present to give you
the names of those concerned in the ef-
fort to get franchise. Among the num-
bsr in this city there are, however, sew
eral prominent capitalists who possess
the highest degree of public confidence.
"The capital for the undertaking
comes from a syndicate of Boston and
Chicago capitalists. Among those in
Chicago are the Presidents CT two prom
inent banks in that city. Their names
will bs made known when the time
comes.
"The capital of the company is So, ,o0O,-
900, and less would not suffice for the
undertaking which We have planned.
The water is to come straight from the
Sierra Madre mountains, where the COM
psny has secured large reservoir. 1t
city. 1t will not be necessary to con-
struct any dam other than a submerged
one for an outlet to the water, and for a
, protection to the reservoir. The water
is pure and of an unlimited supply.
: "We propose to begin work within
t thirty days after the time that the fran
chise is granted, and will probably have
the greater part of the system completed
|
! all the principal streets and into all OF
the outlying parts of the city where there
} is an assurance or even q reasonable
chance in the future of sufficient de-
mand to justify the undertaking.
, There is no question abou. the ability
OF the company which has been formed
and OF the obtaining of the capital to
} carry out the plan. We shall employ q
large number Of men in the undertaking
and will supply the city with an excel
lent quality OF water, in quantities to meet
the utmost demand that can be expected.
: AS soon as possible all the facts in con.
, nection with the plan will be made
known to the public"
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