Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-08
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Notice OF sale of m OF Pipe Line
Franchise

Franchise
office Of the City Clerk OF the City
Of Los Angeles, California, July 17th
1905.
TO whom IL may concern:
Notice ia 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 70
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.
c,Ad And that y Is proposed by said dc fitty ~
the highest bidder said franchise, on
the terms and conditions hereinafter
mentioned. That said franchise Is de-
to construct and lay down, and for a
period Of twenty-one years TO maintain
and operate, an oil pipe, line along and
under the streets and portions OF
streets in said city described as fol-
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
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 street 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
street $50 feet
the northerly end of Lyon street
said point being about 500 feet
north of the intersection of Lyon
and Macy streets; thence south
thence southerly on Vignes street to
Commercial street; thence westerly on
Commercial street to its intersection
Together with the necessary service
connections to deliver oil on the prop
and portions of streets.
And during said period of twenty-one
years to carry conduct and transmit
pipe line. together with the right to
construct and maintain all such traps,
manholes, appliances and attachments
as may be necessary for tho 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
tained 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
Withstand 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
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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
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 it's
successors and assigns, shall make
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 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 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 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
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
men, the franchise herein. granted, and
all rights Hereunder. shall be forfeited
That in the event that a
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 its 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
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 lmme-
diately upon its being presented to said
grantee, or its successors or assigns, or
to such manager or agent in Los An
geles.
and laying down said pipe line shall
%ith,n be commenced Taf Ge1a i'm in good faith
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 II 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