The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-27

was surprisingly small, not more than
fifty citizens being present to take inter
est IN the proceedings. The city en-
gineer handed the report to the city
clerk and then asked permission to read
1t himself before the council, which was
granted. The reading of the report &C.
cupied exactly two hours.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 20, 1897.
To the Honorable Council of the City of
Los Angeles:
Gentlemen-In compliance with your
Instructions of May II, 1897, which are as
follows: In order that no time may be.
lost at this juncture. your committee
would respectfully recommend that the
City Engineer be instructed to proceed
at once to determine, by means of the
data here supplied, the following con-
illusions, towit: First-The correctness
of the da Ia furnished by the water COM
pany. Second-The cost of a new plant
identical in all respects with the present
plant. Third-The present real worth
of the old plant. Fourth-Its availa BILE
value to the city as a part of an ulti-
mately complete plant.
The instructions as given to me by
your honorable body practically involve
four distinct investiga tons, each one of
scope and of general interest suffi-
GENTLY large to be treated by itself For
these reasons I have reviewed in the fol-
lowing the subject matter of the Los
Angeles City Water Company's plant
and its availability for municipal usage
under four different heads, with a con-
oil SIM n Of 10 bn1 wit h
such recommendation as are deemed
best suited to the city's interests con-
sidered from an engineering standpoint.
I have thought it advisable 10 inves-
tigate as closely as possible the. water
works plant in its present state, It's
availability and value, and the data coll
lected and the differences drawn there
from are as correct, impartial, and just
as painstaking labor, within the limit of
time allowed, could procure.
EVERYTHING AGREEABLE
I am pleased to acknowledge the as
sistance and willingness displayed by
the Los Angeles City Water Company
and it's employees in placing their maps,
records and personal help at the dis
posal of the City Engineers office, with
out which considerably longer time
would have been consumed in collecting
the necessary data.
In order to arrive at an exact knowl-
edge of the water works plant and its
multitudinous details, it was necessary
to make for the use of this office copies
of a1l such drawings in possession of the
Los Angeles City Water Company as il
Illustrated in detail the distribution sys-
{a.,a tla lrtitc
works, rights of way ard real estate
holdings. The knowledge thus obtained
was supplemented by notes made from
verbal information received from vari-
Gus sources of the Los Angeles City
Water Companys office. Extracts were
made from their books, some copied YER
batim, others were copied in summar-
lied form, and after obtaining such liz
mation-whch was considered but as
supplementary or explanatory to the
schedule list furn ished heretofore by the
Los Angeles Water Company to your
honorable body-local and specific in
vestigations were made, every piece of
real estate. every reservoir. conduit and
power station was visited and closely
inspected and, in. addition to this, 31S
pipes within the, city limits were ur-
covered, their sizes and condition noted,
the action Of the soil on the metal of the
different pipes observed, the age of the
pipes and all such other observations
were taken 80 as to era BILE this office TO
arrive at fair and positive knowledge
of the conditions ard value of the plant
Accompanying this report is a set of
drawings. In bound volume. which Illus
trafes the water works plant in its pres