Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-22
CITY AFFAIRS.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZANJA COM
MTTTEE YESTERDAY.
The Electric Railway and the Palmetto
Street zanja-The Hill People Want a
Chemical Engine-Building Permits.

The zanja committee OF council yes
terday filed the following report, which
will come before council tomorrow:
In the matter Of petition from Los An
geles Electric company for permission
to change the line of zanja now running
along Palmetto and Alameda streets, SO
as to run as follows: Commencing at a
point on said Palmetto street, 600 feet
easterly from the east line of Alameda
street, running thence 100 feet or 130
feet southerly along line parallel with
Alameda street. thence easterly 800 feet
to q connection with the existing zanja
at that point, we recommend that petit
tion be granted The conditions under
which this recommen dation is made are
as follows:
The petitioner will construct and
main tain at its own expense the portion
of the zaDja herein proposed to be
changed, out OF first class 30-inch
cement pipe, also a cemented reservoir
about 80 feet in diameter and 6 feet
deep, through which the water of said
zanja shall run, and petitioner shall
have the right to use the water in said
reservoir for cooling purposes, (and it is
understood that petitioner shall not
contaminate the water in said zanja in
any manner whatsoever) at all times
when the wateris running in said zanja !;
the petitioner shall also lay at its own
expense 6-inch iron pipe, which shall
connect with said reservoir at or near
the bottom of the same, to a point on
Alameda street. to be designated by the
chief of the fire department, under
whose supervision the pipe shall be laid,
said pipe to be used for the purpose OF
attaching a fire hydrant thereto to be
used in the extinguishment of fires, or
any other purpose for which the city
may require the same.
The petitioner to be granted the-right to
use the said water for the purpose afore-
said, for the period of 20years, and shall
pay to the city annually in advance the
sum of $100 gold coin, the work to be
done under the supervision of the city
engineer and water overseer.
The petitioner shall deed to the city
right OF way for said zania over the
proposed new line of said zanja, the
said deed to be placed in escrow for six
months, and if at the expiration of six
months the petitioner shall not have
returned the said zanja into its old di-
rection, then the said deed shall be
placed on record, and the zaDja shall be
considered as located in its new direc-
tion as petitioned for, and we recon-
mend that the city attorney draft an or
dinance in accordance herewith.
WANT A CHEMICAL ENGINE.
The inhabitants OF the hills want one
OF the two new chemical engines bought
by the city. They are disappointed by
the action OF the fire commission, which
places one of the engines in the center
of the city, and the other at the corner
of Sixth and Pearl streets. Mr.. Innes,
of the city council, has accordingly pre-
pared resolution to be presented at to-
morrow's session. 1t reads as follows:
Whereas, We learn that the fire COM
missioners contemplate placing one OF
the chemical engines at or near the cor
ner Of Sixth and Pearl streets; and
Whereas, The unprotected condition
of the hill district was What led the
council to vote money for the purchase
OF two chemical engines, with the un-
derstanding that one of them was to be
located near First and Belmont or
Union avenue; now therefore be it
Resolved, That the fire commissioners
be requested to SO locate one of the said
chemical engines, and that the city
clerk be instructed to present the board
of fire commissioners with a copy CT this
resolution