Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-26

Street Superintendent.
ten blocks for the purpose of affording
access to said pipes for the cleaning or
maintenance thereof; said traps or
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 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
pipe, and to measure or ascertain the
pressure to which said pipe is being
subjected at the time Of such inspec-
ton, ton, and an & that #, at any time, said pipe
ing five hundred pounds to the square
inch. the franchise herein granted. and
all rights thereqander 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
perintendent, and in case the said
grantee, or its successors or assigns,
shall fail to comply with the instruc-
tions, 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 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 it's sue
cessors and assigns, by the acceptance
of this franchise, agrees to pay imme-
diately upon its being presented to said
grantee, or it's successors or assigns, or
to such manager or agent in Los An
gelesg
That the work of constructing
and laying down said pipe line shall
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prosecuted thereafter in good faith,
and anf ,osa shall be e. completed within
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.
successors and assigns shall, during the
life of this franchise, pay to the City of
Los Angeles, in lawful money. of the
annual receipts of such grantee and its
successors and assigns, arising from the
use, operation or possession of this
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 makes the pay
merits provided for. The amount of the
gross annual receipts of the grantee of
assigns, arising from it's use, operation
or possession, shall be deemed and un-
derstood to be. and shall be, the total
in any manner gained or derived by the
grantee of this franchise, or it's sue
cessors or assigns, from the use of said
pipe line. and from or on account Of
through the same. And 1t shall be the
duty of the grantee of this franchise
and Its successors and assigns to file
Angeles, within thirty days after the
expiration Of six years from the date
of the granting of said franchise, and
Of each and every year thereafter, a
statement, verified by the oath of the
manager or presiding officer. of said
grantee, or its SUCCESSORS and assigns,
showing the total gross receipts and
gross earnings collected or received, or
In any manner gained or derived by the
said grantee, or it's successors or as
signs, during the preceding Twelve
months from the use of said pipe line,
and from or on account of the carriage
or transmission of oil through the same.
And within ten days after the time for
filing the aforesaid statement 1t shall
be the duty of said grantee, or its sue
Gessors or assigns, to pay to the City
the aggregate sum of the said percent
age upon the amount of the gross an
nual receipts arising from the use, OPP
GRAFTON or possession of this franchise,
determined and computed in the manner
hereinbefore provided. And any neglect,
omission or refusal by said grantee. or
it's successors or assigns, to file said
verified statement or to pay the said
percentage of the said gross annual re-
ceipts,. at the times and in the manner
hereinbefore provided, shall fpSo facto
work n forfeiture of the franchise here
in granted, and of all rights thereunder,
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
its City Council, may thereupon declare
this franchise forfeited, and may ex-
clude said grantee and its successors
Streets ne of said city under a said Sf franehise
and said grantee and its successors and
assigns shall thereupon and immedi-
ateiy serrender al nha righis In ana nd 10 me me
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-
latlons as the said City Council may
That said grantee, or it's 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 the
City Clerk of the City OF Los Angeles;
and provided, further, that nothing in
strued TO grant TO said grantee, or its
successors or assigns, any right to SELL
transfer or assign said franchise, or any
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
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