The herald., 1898-02-08
WATER MANEUVERS
Yesterdays Moves in the Council on
the Important Question

After the disposition of routine in
troductory matters, things were at once
livened UP by the introduction of an
important resolution on the water ques
tion, presented by City Attorney Dunn,
with the following recommendation:
II enclose herewith a resolution, pre-
pared by Messrs. Lee &, Scott and my
SELF and OF which we advise the imme-
diate passage by your honorable body
and the service of the same on the water
company, as in the said resolution pro-
vided."
The resolution reads:
Resolved, That in order to enable the
city of Los Angeles to inquire into the
value of the Improvements hereinafter
mentioned, and thus be able when the
proper time arrives to endeavor to agree
upon such value with the proper party or
parties, and meet the obligations of said
city. the successors in interest of John
S. Griffin, P. Beaudry and S. Lazard,
under the contract in writing purported
to have been made between the mayor
and common council of the city of Los
Angeles, for and in behalf of the city of
Los 4ngeLs, party of the first part, and
said Griffin, Beaudry and Lazard. par
ties Of the second part, bearing date of
July 20, 1868, and recorded in the office
of the county recorder of the county of
LOS Angeles. state of California in book
vof miscellaneous records, pages 42S
ct seq, BE and they are hereby re-
quested TO furnish, as soon as practi-
cable, to this council an itemized list or
Inventory, with particular description
of all the water works purported to be
leased to said Griffin, Beaudry and La
Zard, in and by said contract, and also
of all the improvements made in, about
and upon said water works in pursuance
of said contract Che value of which i'm
provements the municipal corporation,
the city of Los Angeles, is, according to
the terms of said contract, obligated
to pay said Griffin, Beaudry and Lazard
or their assigns, at the expiration of
thirty years from the execution of said
contracD, together with the name or
names of the corporation or corpora
tione, person or persons, entitled to re-
ceive payment of the value of each and
every parcel Of said improvements un-
der and by virtue Of the terms of said
contract.
"Resolved, further, That in case said
successors in interest of said Griffin. |
Beaudry and Lazard fail or refuse to |
1urnlSn, Wltnln fedSOnaDle time, to this |
council such list or Inventory, the CITY
of Los Angeles will consider itself re- |
leased from any obligation Of endeavor- |
ing to agree upon the value of said i'm |
provements with said successors. or of
arbitrating with them concerning such
value.
Resolved further, That the city at
torney be and he is hereby directed to |
transmit copy of these resolutions to
the Los Angeles City Water company
and to the Crystal Springs Land and
Water company, and to demand from
each of said companies compliance
Herewith"
Upon the finishing of the reading of |
the resolution Councilman Nickel of
the water supply committee moved it's
adoption. The resolution came from
the associated counsel, representing the
city in the water question and there
were legal and valid reasons why it !
should be passed. This brought Grider
and Hutchison to their feet. The former
asseverated that he saw no use for the
resolution as the city engineer had al
ready furnished such an inventory as