The herald., 1895-06-21
The County Hospital Sewer
Will Be Built
PATIENTS MAY BE REMOVED
The Supervisors Make a Threat With
Success
The Sewer Committee OF the Council Fixes
the Responsibility for the Defects in the
HoIIenbeck Sewer

The sewer committee of the council will
today take action upon the srbjoined
communication yesterday received from
the board OF SUPERVISORS:
c. A. Luckenbach, Clerk of the Council
Of the City Of Los Angeles:
Dear Sir-At regular meeting OF the
board of supervisors held June II, the
following was declared adopted:
Resolved, That the clerk of this board
be authorized to communicate with the
city council in reference to their COM
munlcation of the 18th inst. relative to
the county paying $l40O for sewer con-
nection at the county hospital. Reply
ing, this board declines to appropriate
$l400 for that purpose, and that its offer
of $1,000 for that purpose made on May 81,
1895 is final, and that there was no I'M
Outstanding on the part of the board that
they should pay one third of the entire
cost of said sewer, as was intimated in
the communication from the city council
OF date June II, 1885,"
The above is signed by T. E. Newlin,
county clerk.
1t is stated that the supervisors have
ordered all of the patients from the coun
ty hospital removed to the county in
Urinary, rather than paw the $500 addi-
tional asked by the city to assist in the
construction of the proposed sewer. The
hospital has over seventy-five inmates.
The whole matter will probably be adj
justed by making new estimates for the
work. which will bring the cost down to
$4,000, in which event the $1,000 offered by
the county will be accepted by the city.
The sewer committee Yesterday made
the following recommendations to be
acted upon by the council next Monday:
In the matter of the defects found In
the construction of the Hollenbeck arroyo
sewer and the repairs of the same recent
ly made by the city and for the RESPONSE
bility of the contractors for said defects.
your committee beg leave to report that
they have fully investigated the matter,
by calling all parties concerned before
them and taking such testimony from
them as was obtainable.
From the city engineer we find that
the pipe used in this sewer was furnished
by the city and was only OF single
strength. there being no double strength
pipe obtainable IN the city at that time,
and that the cement was furnished by the
contractor.
From the foreman in charge OF the re-
cent repairs we find that some of the
joints were very imperfect, the pipe in
some cases not comng together; we also
find that the authorities in charge when
the sewer was built knew that it was pro-
posed to put lake over the spot where
these defects were found. consequently
they should have been more particular
in its construction, and we find further
that Mr. White. desiring to be fair in this
matter had deposited with the clerk the
cost OF the repairs made on the section of
the sewer built by him. and taking all
these matters in connection one with the
other, the neglect of he City to see that
proper, pipe went into the Sc wer, as well as
the neglect of the contractors. to make
the proper points. and desiring to deal
fairly with all concerned, we are of the
opinion that the city Should bear one half
OF the expense of these repairs and the
contractors the other halt, and we SO rec
ommend.
In the matter of the petition asking for
sewer on Twenty-ffth street, from Main
street to Maple avenue, we recommend
that the same be referred to the city en-
giDeer for frontage and practicability.
In the matter of the petition from
Michael Levy asking for refund of
money paid the street superintendent for
connection with the sewer on Kip
street. we are of the opinion that it is
proper for Mr.. Levy to pay said sum, as
said sewer was built by private contract
and Mr.. Levy not having paid any por-
ton of the cost thereof. and he now by
said payment becomes one of the owders
thereof, we recommend as such
owner he now be allowed to connecC and
that any money paid hereafter for further
connection be proportional among the
owners of said sewer, Mr.. Levy with the
rest.
We recommend that the bid of J. E.
White for the construction of sewer on
Soto street to Folsom street, at 95 cents
per lineal foot complete, be accepted, and
the accompanying resolution of award
adopted.
We recommend that the city engineer
be instructed to present ordinance of in
tentlon to construct sewer on Court
House street from Hope to Hill street.
ana on Grand avenue between Court
House street and point 200 feet south of
Temple street,