Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-11
PuelIc ADVERTISING
Nosice OF sale Of an on rive Llu

Notice OF sale of an OIL Pipe Line
office Of the City Clerk Of the city
o. Los Angeles. California, July 18th
10 whom II may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that an appli-
cation has been made to the city Coun-
Gil OF tho city Of Los Angeles for q
franchise. granting the right to
construct and lay down, and to main
tain and operate, an oil pipe line alone
and under certain public streets of the
city Of Los Angeles.
,oA,na,, And that = 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 q
period Of twenty-one years to maintain
and operate, an oil pipe line along and
under the streets and portions OF
lows:
Commencing at the westerly boundary
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
College stret to Date street; thence
along Date street to and upon lot 3 of
southeast corner of Alhambra avenue
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
street $50 feet
Also, commencing at a point in
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; thence westerly on
Commercial street to it's intersection
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
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:
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 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
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 grantee of said franchise or its
successors and assigns, shall make
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
ton 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 atfording
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 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
ma he fA, ~
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
ton, 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
cbIhse That Of in sradn the the event that
sewer. or the making of any other i'm
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 its successors or
at its or their own cost and expense, in
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-
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-
Guired 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 uponcits being presented to said
grantee, or it's 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
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 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 its