The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-24
WHAT WATER WILL COST YOU.
The Council Adopts a New Or
dinance, and Prices.
Temple Street Property Owners
Must Pungle Up.
The Proposed Regarding Vim Cost
Them SIG, 72s.53 A Report
which Contains Some Inter
esting Items.

The city council held special meet
ing yesterday at which some important
business was transacted.
Councilman Munson. as president OF
the water supply committee, presented
the following ordinance:
An ordinance regulating the rates and
compensation allowed to be collected by
any person or corporation supplying
v,ater for domestic use and private pur-
poses to the inhabitants OF the city of
Los Angeles during the year commence
ing July l, 1894, and ending June 30,
1885, :.
The mayor and common council of
the city OF Los Angeles do ordsin as
follows
Section THAT the monthly rates to
be collected by any person or corpora
ton engaged in the business OF supply
ing water to the inhabitants OF the caty
OF Los Angeles for domestic and private
purposes for the year commencing July
/, 1894, and ending June 30, 1895, are
hereby fixed as follows:
For every tenement or dwelling house
OF not exceeding three living rooms, &C.
cupied by single family, 50 cent?.
For every tenement or dwelling house
OF four living rooms, occupied by q single
family, 80 cents.
For every tenement or dwelling house
OF five living rooms, occupied by single
family, 81.
: For every tenement or dwelling house
OF six living rooms, occupied by single
family, $1.15.
For every tenement or dwelling house
q
single family. $1.30.
For every tenement or dwelling house
of eight living rooms, occupied by q
single family, SLAB.
For every tenement or dwelling house
of nine living rooms, occupied by q
single family, sl.60.
For every tenement or dwelling house
of 10 living rooms, occupied by single
family, $1.75.
For every tenement or dwelling house
of over 10 rooms and occupied by single
family, for every additional room, 10
cents.
For hotels or boarding houses, in ad-
dition to family rates, for each boarder,
20 cents.
For lodging houses, in addition to
family rates, for each ledger, 10 cents.
For business blocks, for each office, in
addition to basis rate OF ~, 10 cents.
For private fire hydrants, each 81.
For restaurants and eating houses,
according to daily average OF people fed.
tor each % people per day, 81.
For bath tubs In private residences,
each tub % cents.
For public bath tubs, each tub $3.50.
For public urinsls. 81 each.
For private urinals, each 30 cents.
For water closets in private residences,
25 cents.
For public water closets in business
blocks, 81 each.
For public water closets in stores, 30
cents each.
For public water closets in hotels,
$3.50 each.
For sprinkling lawns and gardens, l
cent per front foot for lots not exceeding
100 feet depth.
For all additional areas proportion
ate rate shall be charged. Provided that
the sprinkling rate for no yard shall be
less than % cents. Also that when the
amount OF lawn or 'shrubbery, or both,
does not exceed 40 square yards, the
minimum rate OF 20 cents shall be
charged.
For horses kept for private use, in
cluQluB Wat5T LOE WbbAluS toulCloes Ou6
horse, % cents; each additional horse,
10 cents.
For livery, boarding and hack stables,
including water for washing vehicles,
for each horse, 40 cents.
For feed and sale stables where no
wash rack is used, for each horse, 20
cents.
For each water trough in public
streets, $1.50.
For bakeries, In addition to family
rates, for each barrel of -four used, 5
cents.
For boarding schools, in addition to
family rates. for each pupil, 10 cents.
For barber shops, for each chair, 30
cents.
For each soda fountain, 81.
For steam engines, for each horse
power, 80 cents.
For building purposes, for each 100
yards Of plasteriDg, 40 cents.
For cement walks, for each 100 square
feet, 20 cents.
For cement curbs, for each 100 lineal
feet, 40 cents.
For each 1000 brick laid, including
wetting Of brick and Stacking OF lime, 10
cents.
For each saloon, not including water
closet or urinalB, So.
For each water beer pump, 81.
For stores, warehouses. butcher shops,
confectionery shops, halls, photograph
galleries, printing offices, markets, book
binderies, blacksmith shops, and for
ether purposes not enumerated above,
according to the estimated quantities OF
water used, from 81 upward.
All railroads, distilleries, breweries.
elevators, machine shops, manufactures
and all other consumers not mentioned
above. requiring large quantities of
water, shall be governed by the follow
ing meter rates: For each 100 cubic
feet. in quantities OF 1000 cubic feet or
less, 70 cents. For each 100 cubic feet
over 1000, 20 cents.
Sec. 2. All rates except meter rates
are due and payable in advance, and
meter rates are due and payable at the
end OF the month, excepting that de-
post may be required thereon for not
exceeding three-quarters of the esti-
mated quantity used.
Sec. 8. ANY person who shall charge,
demand, collect, or receive, either as
owner, agent, collector or Q mployee of
any water company or person furnish
ing water to the inhabitants OF said city
Tor domestic use or private purposes,
any rate OF compensation for water
furnished to any inhabitant Of the city
IF In &. -