The herald., 1897-07-27


site tunnel drift No. /, and running
thence northerly TO the boundary of the
Crystal Springs 14-acre tract, being the
old DEVELOPMENT ditch of Crystal Springs,
length 925O feet. is a decided, misnomer.
CRYSTAL, SPRINGS DITCH
NIT. a,.ah e. no, +, existenoe now but
t., .,,r,Iar+od nv a brar.cb of tha nerco-
-, ,,ina svstep, heretofora sndker, of
NJ. IJ -, Witch ttis so-callad de,,eI-
ar,,aot d;tob IN located and for which
oad;t;or.., riqht of wav ;s claimed
s,-,e.ts, 80 ,a,tsof tho four-acra lot en-
$3.50 as resI estate NV the water com
49,. of q te,-acra lot and or a 10Oo feet
,,,ide strin of lard for which this com
-, 10 ;,,,s 60 ,,oseess, sneoial r;gbts to
So,,o,or water or, and which have SEN
or.te1y baan entered nv, the water corn
80, for +b;s nurnosa. in their schedule
Thara 10 M ditch here nor right of wav
Gov su,ch ditcb needed, and. all the land
IN witch tb;s su,nnosed RIGHT of wav is
Iocoted is entered in their lists of nron-
ertv under 6ifferer.t ITEMS either real
estate or a land unon which the water
oon,nor,, hos richts In foo smn1a to
| doye1on u,tar ard ereot structures for
sucb nurnoses etc II ;s recommended
NOT r. nlaca anv valuation on this ella i'm
os n 10 scbed,led elsewhere as real
| estate ord RIGHTS to deveIon water
Tho schedule list Of the water conn
nanv nresents six items under this head
| ing. AS these features are essentially
subject to legal criticism and opinion,
and controlled more or less by court de-
cisions in like cases, especially where the
ownership of the water controlled by
| the location and flow of the Los Angeles
river is called into question, the remarks
made by this office are restricted solely
| to the availability of such rights to de-
velop water as considered from an en-
| cheering standpoint.
First-Right to develop water or 1347 s
acres Of land in the Rancho San Rafael.
| This right seems to cover the present To-
cation of the town of Garvanza and adj
Joining lands in the Arroyo Seco, south
of the Terminal Railroad bridge. This
land is not suitable for water develop
ments 1t receives the drainage of cess
pools and privy vaults in the town of
Garvanza, and would render the water
derived from such sources dangerous
| to health and unfit for domestic COLI
sumption. The Los Angeles City Water
| Company has never asserted AIRY rights
in this direction by improvements or
use in any shape whatever This right
| is perfectly useless for city water works
| purposes.
TO DEvEJ,O OPP WATER
| cooord-Piobt to deve1on water IN 1877
| ooro. n +ha Arro,o Caoo cost Of the
ponobo Son Rofae1 Or. ~ acres of the
ahova the comnanv has snecial rights
| g., h,,;Id,nn .nao;o1 ,yorks of opv do.
sorint;or th.+ NOV be reou;rad for tbi.
uso ord ,,urnose Tbese rigbts to de-
r.o1o,, ,,..tar .re located m grounds In
,ou,,e nds ~ tho Arrovo seco southea ST
- 49, 49,. ~ Cor,,.rzo Tbav oor.
sti+ute What ia known az the headworl,s
~ 49, car,,.nza ay,stan, ,rbe i,onrove-
49, uoe.noa ~ ~ +ho sohed,la q c
$50, 1919 IT. oors;s+ ~ 14Ao foot
~ 1fteen.incb vitrified nine. laid be-
80. 49, -. ~ ter Az, ioi,+s IN. tba
sand .rd Gravel he'd Of the Arrovo Seco.
r.ther;ng obamber beine wooden
hov ffteen foot hv four feet from six
~ aioht foot deen forms the CONNECTING
i'll botrroar +bass rines, ord the eIeven-
- 49,. ,,,hioh ax+ordin,
-, Do.oaoo .,,.rua 70 70 ct Los An
80, ,,1ts.Soto,,- d;sohorres tho accu-
s,,,1otod ,,-.tor into the HAZARDS reser-
-
,o+,or ~ tho eround revealed
49, faot thot ;nstead Of / OoO. OOO gallor.s
of rater deve1oned here ner day. 10 in.
t;rooted loss than one-seventh of this
amount was available and flowing into
the C>arvanza main. There is a slight
surface flow of water visible, which Is
being collected now by means of a sur
face drain which leads this water
towards and into the outer end of the
percolating pipes, whence the water
flows through these pipes to the gather
ing chamber into the Garvanza main.
This percolating pipe system does not
Seem to be of anV use whatever here, as
thew fail to deliver but approximately
IN ner cent of the quantity of the WISH
hla surface flow of water. The earth
surrounding the percolating pipes is
h.d1v cbo,ed nv silt in the interstices,
ord fail tn do the duty ASSIGNED to them,
hut every appearauce leads to the be-
lief that the water supply obtainable al
this Mace will disappear after short
haa+ed season. The Los Angeles City
water Company. while using the small
ouantitv of water developed here, sup