Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-05
pUsLlc ADVERTISING
NotIee Of Sale Of o. on rips Line

1905.
10 whom it may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that an appli-
cation has been made to the City Coun
Gil of the City Of Los Angeles for q
franchise. granting the right to
tain and operate, an oil pipe line along
and under certain public streets of the
City Of Los Angeles.
council to offer for 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 a
period Of twenty-one years to maintain
under the streets and portions OF
streets in said city, described as fol-
lows:
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 Ftgueroa street to New Depot
street; thence along New Depot street
to College street; thence easterly on
College 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 $50 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
and Macy streets; thence south
erly on Lyon street to Vignes street;
thence southerly on Vignes street TO
Commercial street; thence westerly on
Commercial street to it's 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
crude petroleum oil through the said
pipe line. together with the right to
construct and maintain all such traps,
manholes, appliances and attachments
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:
That the pipe to be laid and main
tanned shall be not more than eight
shall be regular lapwelded steel line
pipe, shall be of sufficient strength to
withstand a pressure of not less than
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
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moving or repairing said pipe line shall
be done in such manner as not to in
terfere with the free use of the streets
as may be necessarily Incl
dent to the proper prosecution of said
work. That all excavations shall be
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
successors and assigns. shall make
such deposits of money with the City
Treasurer as may be from time to time
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 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
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 Engineer, or any of
his duly authorized deputies, or the City
Boiler Inspector. shall have the right
at Al times, to inspect the, pumping
purpose of forcing oil through said
pipe, and to measure or ascertain the
pressure, to which. said pipe is being
subjected at the time of such inspec-
tion, and that if. at any time, said pipe
shall be subjected to a pressure exceed
ing, five hundred pounds to the square
all rights Hereunder, shall be forfeited
change of grade, the laying Of 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-
perintendent of said city, render neces-
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
Shall fail to comply with the instruc,
tionS given therefor by said official for
ten days after service of said instruc-
lions 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-
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
That the work of constructing
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,
not more than three years thereafter; after
and that If said work be not so com
1nenced, prosecuted and completed with
in the times and in the manner spec-
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 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
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