Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-07
pueLIc ADVERTISING

Notice OF sale 81 m on Pipe Line
franchise
office Of the City Clerk OF the City
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10 whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that an appli-
cation has been made to the city Coun-
oil 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
Council to offer fFpSi Tor sale and grant to
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 n
period OF twenty-one years to maintain
under the streets and portions Of
streets in said city. described as fol-
lows:
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
C9lleg9 stret TO Date street; thence
along Date street to and upon lot 3 Of
the Garden of Frank Sabichi, being the
southeast corner Of Alhambra avenue
and Date street;
Also. commencing at the intersection
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 800 feet;
Also, commencing at the southeast
corner of Date street and Alhambra
avenue; thence southerly along Date
Also. commencing at a point in
the northerly end of Lyon street
said point being about 500 feet
north of the Intersection of Lyon
and Macy streets; thence south
erly on Lyon street to Vignes street;
thence southerly on Vignes street to
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
as 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:
InaL the pipe TO De la1Q ana MAIN
tanned 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
1000 pounds per square inch, and shall
be laid, with tight joints. which shall
be made SO close as to Withstand a
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
work. That all excavations shall be
made and refilled in strict compliance
with the Ordinances of the said city,
which may be in force at the time of
the performance of said work, and that
the grantee Of said franchise or its
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 a 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 affordine
access to said pipe for the cleaning o,
maintenance thereof; said traps OF
manholes to be SO capped and covered
as to be flush with the street and MOI
to interfere in any way with the use OF
said street for travel or traffic; thai
subjected to a pressure of more thar
five hundred pounds to the square inch
and that the City Engineer, or any oil
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 sale
pipe, and to measure or ascertain the
pressure to which said pipe is being
subjected at the time of such inspec-
ton, and that If, at any time, said pipt
shall be subjected to a pressure exceed
ing five hundred pounds to the square
inch, the franchise herein, granted, .anc
all rights hereunder. shall be forfeited
change of grade, the laying '"a' Of any
sever, or the E, making Of any tt other i'm
and under which said pipe may be laid
shall. in the opinion OF the Street Su
sary any change in the position of sale
pipe, the grantee. or its successors ol
assigns, shall shift or move the same
conformity with the instructions and tC
the satisfaction of the said Street Su.
perintendent,. and in case the sale
grantee, or it's successors or assigns
shall fail to comply with the instruc-
tions given therefor by said official, fol
ten days after service of said instruc-
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-
quired in said notice to be done, and
keep an itemized account of the cost
thereof, which said grantee and it's sue
cessors and assigns, by the acceptance
Of this franchise, agrees to pay lmme.
diately upon its being presented to said
grantee, or it's successors or assigns, OF
to such manager or agent in Los An
geles.
That the work of constructing
and laying down said pipe line shall
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 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 its
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 its