Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-07
THE SEWER COMPROMISE.
The General Drift Of Opinion
Favors the Plan.
Some Expressions of Ideas ,EAbout
the Matter.
councilman Tufts Favors the Project
Other Talks About the
Plans Merits.

The compromise proposed between
the city and Dan Freeman regarding
the right of way for an outfall sewer
caused considerable discussion among
citizens Yesterday. The general drift OF
opinion seems to be in favor of the new
route suggested by the compromise. 1t
was even stated yesterday that City At
torney Mcfarland, who is officially sure
that he can beat Mr.. Freeman, eventu-
ally, had personally expressed himself
in favor of the new arrangement, which
does away. with nearly all the litigation.
Councilman Tufts, who is the chair
man of the sewer committee, said yes
terday afternoon:
ST am certainly in favor of the COM
promise. / have talked with number
of business men today, and I have
failed to discover one person who is
against the new proposition. The
compromise will, am sure,
be advantageous to the city.
The extra expense of the longer
route will be balanced by the saving in
damages awarded. Besides, there will
be saving of one and half miles of
laterals, which would cost $4,000. The
fact that the new scheme will give the
city strip of land on the seashore
mile and quarter in length, is also OF
weight. Under the first plan there
would always be danger of difficulty on
account of the discharge OF sewage"
The Hon. E. F. Spence has taken
great interest in the outfall, and said
Yesterday: 81 think the compromise
~ mould 1,a
advantageous to the city. The latter
would be the gamer all round, As soon
as this sewer question is settled prop
erty in this city will be worth Is per
cent more than it is today. The COM
pletion of the sewer will give stimulus
to building, and it would be foolish to
lose several years perhaps in litigation
rather than to accept so fair PROPOSE
tion as this compromise"
City Engineer J. Henry Dockweiler
said: 1.-The compromise route is the
one which will be most satisfactory to
all parties, when everything is taken
into consideration. One of the princi-
pal reasons which induced me to locate
the outfall by way of Inglewood was the
fact that we can dispose of the sewage
by means of irrigation upon the lands
adjoining Inglewood on the south dur
ing the greater part of the year.
ST understand that lawyers of the
standing of Stephen M. White and Gen.
Chapman have guaranteed Mr.. Free
man that the city could not secure the
laterals if the case were appealed to the
supreme court. Now, if we cannot OBJ
tain the laterals, of course we could not
dispose of our sewage, as Mr.. Freeman
controls the land through which the
laterals are to pass, and naturally he
could dictate his terms to the city upon
which he would be willing to take sew
age, or else it would have to be dis
charged into the ocean.
"The compromise route passes along
the southern limits of the town of Ingle-
wood, bringing the main sewer about
5000 feet nearer to the lands that will
use the sewerage. This location will
save about 5000 feet in the three later
ais. We also secure about 5000 feet of
ocean front, where our sewer empties,
which gives the city position of inde-
pendence with reference to the adjoin-
ing land owners on the water front.
SIN addition the city secures the right
of way for the outlall sewer and the
three laterals, which gives clear and
undisputed right of way over stretch
of territory from the west limits of
Hyde park to the ocean, where at the
present time there are about thirty
suits yet pending. Besides this, we Sc
cure the good will of Mr.. Freeman,
which certainly is an item in the con-
struction of 80 large work; and, above
all, we will get sewer Immediately"