Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-30
The Proposed Route to the
Sea.
Engineers Pronounce 1t Prac-
ticable.
An Account of the Inspection Made
Yesterday.
Facts and Figures Set Forth in Regard
to the PrOposition-The Advan-
tages of the Centinela Route
Defined.

outfali sewer to the sea was inspected
yesterday by his honor the mayor,
members OF the city council, a number
of engineers and several newspaper
men, in response to an invitation from
the council.
The purpose for which the trip was
organized was to show why the route
which is known as the Inglewood route
is the most feasible for the sewer, and
to have the engineers pass upon the line
and offer any suggestions for improve
ment in the plans prepared by the city
engineer.
The start was made from the city hall
at9 O'Clock. The party consisted OF Messrs.
Innes, McGarry, Nickel, Rhodes, Tuitsg
Rees and Afford, of the council; Geo.
Hansen, J. P. Culver and E. T. Wright,
consulting engineers; j. III. Dockweiler,
city engineer, and his assistant, Mr..
Flynn; Col. H. g. Otis, Col. Jas. j.
Ayres, and representatives of the local
departments of the Express and HER
AID.
A four-in-hand and three-seated car
riage had been provided, the latter be-
luB OCCQPlCO Wy bhO CiSAhCCiSs AhO
party proceeded out Grand avenue to
Mayor Hazards residence where His
Honor joined the procession. Building
Superintendent Mutchmore accom-
panied him.
The route now under consideration is
for the most part identical with that
surveyed by Mr.. Eaton, while he held
the Office of city engineer, but since Mr..
Dockweiler's election some radical
changes have been made in the former
Llans, which have reduced the esti-
mated cost of construction to $3.50, 900,
which is about one-half of the estimate
made by Mr.. Eaton. The latter esti-
mated on sewer much greater in capa-
city than the one now under considera-
tion.
One of the questions to be determined
upon by the party, was whether the
sewer, If laid ON the route proposed,
would reach property sufficient in ex-
tent to take the sewage for irrigation.
The outfall proposed starts in at q
point near the car barn of the Main
street and Agricultural Park Railway
company, and runs in almost direct
line to the coast midway between Ballona
and Redondo. Until within short dis
tance of Hyde Park all the land adjacent
to the line is well watered. That por
tion of the country near the city line has
the benefit of the city's irrigation sys-
tenn, while the land lying nearer to
Hyde Park is in an artesian belt, and at
times the farmers have too much water.
The country about Hyde Park is roll
ing, and to maintain the fall short
tunnel will be necessary. No tunnel
along the entire line will be over 100
feet in length.
The highest point along the entire line
is near Inglewood, and within few
hundred feet of the brick works at that
place.
A stop was made on an eminence
which rises 180 feet above the sea level,
and the engineers got out their maps
and proceeded to trace out the line.
The hill upon which the party stood
commands a wide view of the valley.
In order to keep to the level tunnel
will have to be driven through this hill,
but the sewer will then be high enough
to run the water over all the country
lying towards the ocean, so that any one
desiring it may have the sewage for irri-
cation.
The city engineer explained that the
sewer can be constructed by this route
at less cost than by any other yet dis
covered. 1t will control more land and
is the shortest of any of the routes sur
veyed or suggested.
From the hill on which the party
stood the line runs through the town of
over which Mr.. Freeman refused to give
the city right of way. The distance
from the hill to the ocean is seven miles.
Tho 0O11ntrv copfrolloI frov, %bie
point or upon which the sewage can be
run was estimated by the engineers at
$4,000 acres. The point is high enough
to start in branch towards Rosecrans
and run the sewage to that town should
it be wanted for irrigation.
The land from the hill mentioned to
the sea, seven miles distant, is at pl esent
unwatered save by the winter rains.
The proposition of erecting precipita-
ton works at this point was brought up
by member OF the party who thought
it might be well to clarity the sewage
before putting it on the land and dis
pense with the outfall across the Cent?
nela ranch.
All the engineers present stated that
they considered it necessary that means
should be provided to run the sewer to
the sea.
The city engineer said be bad figured
the expense OF running precipitation
works at $50 per day.
Mr., Culver, an engineer OF wide ex-
perience in sewer work, said that works
could probably be erected for $4,000
and run at an annual expense of $13, 900,
including interest on the bonds; but
even in the event of the erection of such
works he was of the opinion that the
outfall should be built right on to the
sea. He regarded the outfall as a
necessity, and approved Of the route
laid out by Mr.. Dockweiler. The cree
ton of the precipitation works would
thus be in addition to the outfall and
bring the cost of the system up $50, GOO.
The question OF running the pipe from
the clarifying works to the Ballona
slough, was then brought up and Mr..
Culver said that in all his experiments
so far made, no method has yet been
discovered by which sewage can be
clarified to such degree that the super
natant water will not pollute stream.
This running of the clarified water into
Ballona would most likely involve the
city into a suit for the infringement of
the rinarian rights of fartiee omnip0