The herald., 1898-03-01

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property OF the Los Angeles Mountain wa
ter company. properly executed by its offi-
GERS. under its corporate seal. and done by
authority Of an act Of its board of direc-
tors.
.By authority Of this option. we hereby
offer to sell to the city Of Los Angeles all
the property of the said corporation, con-
sisting OF the following, to-wit:
Lot 5. section 6. township south, range
Is west, 8. b. NJ. consisting of 40 acres Of
land, upon which would be located the out
let tunnel at the diverting works; also a
right OF way from the outlet tunnel to the
tract known as Monte Vista; an interest
equivalent to right of way through the
rancho Tejunga; nine reservoir sites on
the Big Tejunga river; the water ditch
formerly constructed by F. A. and John
J. Johnson; 965 feet of tunneling and 1000
feet of open ditch, together with all maps,
field notes, water rights. surveys and prop
erty of every character and description to
said corporation belonging.
I'VE will sell the same for 900. Very
respectfully yours.
Pacific Land and Mining Company.
(''By c. e. BROOKS, Vice President.)
("Attest. A. D. BANK, Secretary.D
"HEMET, CAL. Feb. IA. 1898.
ITO the Chairman of the Water Commit
tee. City Council of Los Angeles, Call
Dear Sir: On behalf of the Lake Hemet
Water company, I am authorized to make
the following propositions:
For the consideration of seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars O.o00), we will
sell to the city Of Los Angeles the follow
Ing described property, to-wit: Our dam,
reservoir site, water rights, main bitches
and fumes.
1.-THE Hemet dam is constructed of gran
ite masonry. Its dimensions are as fol-
lows: One hundred feet thick at the base,
80 feet thick at point ITO feet high. where
an offset of IS feet is made and the wall
reduced to IL feet thickness. This parapet,
so called, is 12M feet high, and is 10 feet
thick at the top. making the dam 122ls feet
high from its base. Its foundation and its
entire structure have been built with view
to carrying it to height of 100 feet When
this is done, the estimated capacity of the
reservoir will be about II 900, 900 900 gallons
1.-The reservoir site consists of 1920 acres
of land, on which our reservoir is located
Our water rights are all the waters of the
South Fork (main fork) of the San Jacinto
river and its tributaries. Our main ditch
is constructed of stone masonry, except
where crossing canyons. when 1t Is con-
structed of trestlework and wood fumes
Our masonry bitches and fumes have a
carrying capacity of $500 miners inches of
water, and extend from our diversion dam.
situated at the mouth of above-named
South Fork, to point on the Hemet lands
distant about fifteen miles
1.-THE Hemet company has already sold
about $50 inches of water. 1t would want
to reserve sufficient water for the balance
of it's land, or about 750 inches. Yours
truly.
Lake Hemet Water Company,
cBy w. f. WHITTIER, President.
AS soon as the report was read Mr..
Nickel moved that the recommendations
contained be adopted.
Mr.. Toll opposed this motion, not be-
cause he was in any way opposed to the
recommendations themselves, but he
thought the means suggested would not
bring about the result desired by the COM
mittee. "If you take that action it will
be like putting the horse before the cart"
said he. I'VE are not now SO much con-
cerned about the titles to these pieces of
property as We are desirous of knowing
which of the three propositions submit
ted by the committee is the best, every
thing considered, and which is the one we
will desire to accept If we take any of
them. The committee has submitted three
propositions. and it is certain that two
of them will be rejected. Now, is 1t not
better for us first to learn which is to be ac-
cepted, and then examine into that one,
rather than make an exhaustive examina-
ton of three two of which we will never
use?"
Mr.. Toll offered as a substitute motion
that the report be referred back to the
special committee, with instructions to
report as to the relative feasibility of the
several plans, but this failed of a Sec
ond.
Chairman Grider of the committee said
that when the committee had begun work
there had been many propositions before
them, but they had been able to sift them
all down to three, the others not being
worthy Of consideration. 1--WE have not
been able to secure the services Of our
own engineer, as he has been busy in court,
and much of our information comese from
engineers interested in the properties ex-
amined. The verification of this informa-
tion by the city engineer is absolutely
necessary He will be furnished all the
data required by the other engineers, and
before we can know which Is the best plan
the city engineers and city attorney must
look into all the propositions"
Messrs. Mathuss, Nickel, Ashman and
Hutchison also favored the immediate
adoption of the recommendations and Mr..
Nickelps motion prevailed