Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-28

JAMEO l1ANIIB1,
Street Superintendent.
access to said pipe for the cleaning 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
| said pipe shall never, at any time, be
subjected to pressure of more than
five hundred pounds to the square inch.
and that the City En- gineer, 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
pipe. and to measure or ascertain the
pressure to which. said pipe is being
tion, and that If, at any time, said pipe
shall be subjected to a pressure exceed
ing five hundred pounds to the square
inch; the franchise herein granted, and
That in the event that
change of grade, the laying of any
provements in any Of the streets along
and under which said pipe may be laid
shall, in the opinion of the Street Su-
sary any change in the position of said
pipe, the grantee, or it's successors or
assigns shall shift or move the same
conformity with the instructions and to
the satisfaction of the said Street Su-
perintendent, and in case the said
grantee, or its successors or assigns,
tfonS given therefor by said official, for
ten days after service of said instruc-
tions upon the said grantee. or its sue
cessors or assigns, or upon the manager
or agent of said grantee, or its sue
cessors or assigns in Los Angeles, he,
the said official, may do the work re-
qutred 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
diately upon its being presented to said
grantee, or its successors or assigns, or
to such manager or agent in Los An
geles.
That the work of constructing
and laying down said pipe line shall
be i+b,n commenced MN iced in in good faith
from the date of the granting of this
franchise, and shall be continuously
prosecuted, !, thereafter in good faith.
not more than three years thereafter;
and that if 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
franchise. No percentage shall be paid
for the first five years succeeding the
date OF this Ordinance, but thereafter
such percentage must be payable an
nually. and this franchise is to be for
feited by failure to make the pay
ments provided for. The amount of the
this franchise and it's successors and
assigns arising from its use, operation
or possession, shall be deemed and un-
derstood to be, and shall be- the total
gross earnings collected or received, or
in any manner gained or derived by the
grantee of this franchise, or its sue
pipe line, and from or on account of
the carriage or transmission of oil
through the same. And it shall be the
duty of the grantee of this franchise
with the City Clerk of the City of Los
Angeles, within thirty days after the
separation S ira ra Of SIX years from the date
within thirty days after the expiration
of each and every year thereafter, a
statement, verified, by the oath of the
grantee, or its successors and assigns
showing the total gross receipts ana
gross earnings collected or received, or
in any manner gained or derived by the
said grantee or its successors or as
signs, during the preceding twelve
months from the use of said pipe line,
or transmission of oil through the same.
And within ten days after the time for
tlling the aforesaid statement 1t shall
be the duty of said grantee or it's sue
cessors or assigns, to pay to the City
Treasurer of the City of Los Angeles
the aggregate sum of the said percent
age upon the amount of the gross an
nual receipts arising from the use, op-
Grafton or possession of this franchise
determined and computed in the manner
hereinbefore provided. And any neglect
omission or refusal by said grantee, or
its successors or assigns, to file said
verified statement, or TO pay the SAID
ceipts,, at the times and in the manner
hereinbefore provided, shall ipso facto
work forfeiture of the franchise here
in granted and of all rights hereunder,
to the City of Los Angeles
That any neglect, failure or
refusal to comply with any of the con-
ditions of this franchise shall there
upon Immediately ipso facto effect a
forfeiture thereof. and the said city by
it's City Council may thereupon declare
this. franchise forfeited, and may ex-
and assigns from further use of the
streets of said city under said franchise.
and said grantee and it's successors and
assigns shall thereupon and immedi-
ately surrender all rights In and to the
same, and this franchise shall be
deemed and shall remain null, void and
of no effect. Provided, however, that
said grantee its successors or assigns,
shall have the right to remove said pipe
from said streets, subject TO such regu-
lations as the said City Council may
That said grantee. or its sue
cessors or assigns, shall not sell, trans
fer or assign said franchise, or any of
the rights or privileges granted hereby,
except by a duly executed instrument
in writing, filed in the office OF tho
City Clerk of the City Of Los Angeles;
and provided further, that nothing in
said franchise contained snail be con-
strued to grant 10 said grantee, or it's
successors or assigns. any right 70 sell,
transfer or assign said franchise or any
OF the rights or privileges thereby
granted, except in the manner afore-
said.
That the City OF Los Angeles shall
have the right, at the expiration of the
aforesaid period, to purchase the pipe
lines and all properties In any OF the
streets hereinbefore mentioned, belong
ing 10 the grantee OF said franchise. or
his or its successors in interest laid or