Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-04
pUsLIc ADVERTISING
Notice Of sale Of an OF PIPE Line
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OF Los AnBeies, NaiiloFnia, July Atb'
10 whom Il may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that an appll-
cation has been made to the City Coun-
Gil OF the City OF Los Angeles for a
franchise, granting the right to
construct and lay down, and to main
tain and operate, an oil pipe line along
and under certain public streets Of the
City Of Los Angeles.
And that 4 IS proposed by said city
the highest bidder said franchise, on
the terms and conditions hereinafter
mentioned. That said franchise Is de-
scribed as follows, to wit; A franchise
to construct and lay down, and for a
period OF twenty-one years to maintain
and operate, an oil pipe line along and
under the streets and portions Of
streets in said city. described as fol-
Commencing at the westerly boundary
of the City OF Los Angeles at the inter-
section of Vermont avenue and First
street; thence easterly along First
street to Beaudry avenue; thence north
erly on Beaudry avenue to Diamond
street; thence easterly on Diamond
street to Figueroa street, thence nOrth-
erly on Figueroa street TO New Depot
street; thence along New Depot street
TO College street; thence easterly on
along Date street to and upon lot of
the Garden of Frank Sabichi, being the
southeast corner of Alhambra avenue
and Date street:
of College and Adobe streets thence
northerly on Adobe street to its north
intersection with Bernardo street,
Also commencing at the southeast cor
ner of Date street and Alhambra ave-
nue.; thence easterly along Alhambra
avenue $50 feet;
Also, commencing at the southeast
corner of Date street and Alhambra
avenue; thence southerly along Date
street $50 feet.
Also, commencing at a point in
"a Of efF
said point being about 500 feet
north of the intersection of Lyon
and Macy streets; thence south
thence southerly on Vignes street to
Commercial street; thence westerly on
Commercial street to its intersection
with Amelia street;
Together with the necessary service
connections to deliver oil on the prop
erty along the above described streets
and portions of streets.
And during said period OF twenty-one
years to carry, conduct and transmit
crude petroleum oil through the said
pipe line, together with the right to
construct and maintain all such traps,
manholes appliances and attachments
a. may be necessary for the purpose of
safely and efficiently operating and
maintaining said pipe line.
That the terms and conditions upon
which said franchise will be offered for
sale and granted are the following:
tained shall be not more than eight
inches in diameter; that the said pipe
shall be regular lapwelded steel line
pipe, shall be of sufficient strength to
Withstand a pressure of not less than
1000 pounds per square inch. and shall
be laid with tight joints. which shall
be made SO close as to Withstand
pressure of 1000 pounds to the square
inch without leaking.
That said pipe line shall be laid at
all points not less than two and one
half feet below the established grade of
the streets under which such pipe is
laid That all excavations for laying,
moving or repairing said pipe line shall
be done in such manner as not to in
terfere with the free use of the streets
by the public, except such temporary
interference as may be necessarily Incl
dent to the proper prosecution of said
made and refilled in strict compliance
with the Ordinances of the said city
the performance of said work, and that
the grantee of said franchise, or it's
successors and assigns, shall make
such deposits of money with the City
Treasurer as may be from time to time
required from persons making excava-
tions in the streets of said city, for the
purpose of insuring the restoration of
all streets to good and perfect condi-
tion along such excavations.
That there shall be traps or
manholes constructed along the line of
said pipe at intervals of not more than
ten blocks for the purpose of affording
access to said pipe for the cleaning or
maintenance thereof; said traps or
manholes to be so capped and covered
as to be flush with the street and not
to interfere in any way with the use of
said street for travel or traffic; that
subjected to a pressure of more than
five hundred pounds to the square inch
and that the City Engineer, 'or any OF
his duly authorized deputies. or the City
Boiler Inspector shall have the right
at all times, to inspect the pumping
machinery. that may be used for the
purpose of forcing oil through said
pressure to which said pipe is being
subjected at the time of such inspec-
tion, and that If, at any time, said pipe
ing five hundred pounds to the square
inch, the franchise herein granted, and
all rights hereunder. shall be forfeited
change of grade, the laying of any
sewer, or the making of any other inn
provements in any of the streets along
shall, in the opinion of the Street Su-
perintendent of said city, render neces-
sary any change in the position of said
assigns, shall shift or move the same
at its or their own cost and expense, in
conformity with the instructions and to
the satisfaction Of the said Street su-
grantee, or it's successors or assigns,
shall fail to comply with the instruc-
tions, given therefor by said official, for
tions upon the said grantee, or its sue
cessors or assigns, or upon the manager
or agent of said grantee, or it's sue
cessors or assigns, in Los Angeles, he,
the said official, may do the work re-
quired in said notice to be DONE and
keep an itemized account of the cost
thereof, which said grantee and its sue
cessors and assigns, by the acceptance
of this franchise, agrees to pay imme-
diately upon its being presented to said
grantee, or its successors or assigns or
TO such manager or agent in Los An
geles.
and laying down said pipe line shall
be commenced in good faith
within not more than four months
from the date of the granting of this
franchise, and shall be continuously
prosecuted thereafter in good faith,
and shall be completed within
not more than three years thereafter;
and that IL said work be not so COM
menced prosecuted and completed with
in the times and in the manner speci-
fled, this franchise shall be forfeited
That the said grantee and it's
successors and assigns shall, during the
life of this franchise, pay to the City of
Los Angeles. in lawful money of the
United States, two per cent of the gross
annual receipts of such grantee and it's
successors and assigns, arising from the
use, operation or possession of this
franchise. No percentage shall be paid
Tor the first five years succeeding the
date OF this franchise. but thereafter
such percentage must be payable an