Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
PUBLIC ADVERTISING


Office of the City Clerk OF the City OF
Los Angeles, Cal, December 21, 1905.
TO whom 1t 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 GER
ain franchise, granting the right
TO construct, and for the period
Of twenty (2D years to main
tain and operate pipe line for
the purpose of carrying beer over
and across certain street in said
city, hereinafter mentioned, and dur
ing said term to conduct, carry and
transmit such beer through such pipe
line.
And. it is proposed by said City
the highest bidder said franchise. on
the terms and conditions hereinafter
mentioned. That said franchise is de-
scrib9d as follows, to wit: A
franchise to construct, and for Il
period of twenty-one (2D years to
maintain and operate pipe line for
the purpose of carrying beer over and
across certain street in said city az
follows, to wit.
Commencing at a point in the west
erly line of Antonio avenue distant
eighty tSOD feet southerly from the
southerly line of East Main street and
running thence eastcrly across SAID An
tonic avenue and parallel with said
southerly line of East Main street to
the easterly line of said Antonio ave-
carry, condueSt and d'u transmit PsniRu such N
beer through and by means of said
pipe line. together with the right to
construct and maintain all such sup
ports, appliances and attachments as
may be necessary for the purpose of
.1 en.lslehtly maintaining and operating
Said pipe line for said purpose
That the terms and conditions upon
which the said franchise will be offered
Tor sale and granted are the following
That the pipe to be maintained under
said franchise shall not be more than
ten QO inches in diameter. That said
pine liae shall not pe less than eighteen
of said street.
said pipe line shall be commence
ed in good faith within not more
1n3n than tour ca months. from the
cate. OIL the granting of this fran
chise. and shall be continuously
prosecuted thereafter in good faith,
and shall be completed within not
and that if said work be NOS so com
menced, prosecuted and completed with
IN the times and in the manner speci-
filed, said franchise Shall be forfeited
That the said grantee and his or its
successors and assigns shall during the
lie OF said franchise pay to the
money of the United States, two
C2) per cent of the gross annual
or its successors and assigns. aris-
sion of said franchise No percentage
shall be paid for the first five years
succeeding sue e., the date of said franchise
put thereatter such percentage shall be
payable annually and said franchise is
to be forfeited by failure to make the
payments provided for
And 1t shall be the duty of tho gran
successors and assigns to file with the
City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles
at at the expiration Of six 90 years
said franchise and at the expira-
ton of each and every year there
after a statement, verified by the
cath OF said grantee or his or it's
the manager or presiding officer of said
grantee or his or its successors and as
signs, showing the total gross receipts
ceived by said grantee or his or its
successors or assigns during the pre-
eding twelve months from the use, ope-
ration or possession Of said franchise
ana within ten, days after the time for
fling aforesaid statement it shall be
the duty of said grantee and his or its
Successors ana assigns to pay to the
city treasurer of the City of Los An
Seles the aggregate sum of the said
percentage upon the amount of the
gross annual receipts arising from the
franchise, determined and computed in
the manner hereinbefore provided.
And any neglect omission or refusal
ny Sdltl SIdlllee OF ms or It's successors
or assigns to file said certified state
ment or to pay the said percentages Of
me tin, sald ia. gross annual receipts at the
provided shall ipso facto work a for
feiture of said franchise and of ali
rights hereunder to the City OF Los
Angeles.
That said grantee or his or its suc-
cessors or assigns shall not sell, trans
fer or assign said franchise or any Of
the rights or privileges granted thereby
IL n wTiIting' Hlsd in the, office. of the
and provided .sprther, that nothing in
strued to grant to said grantee or his
or it's successors or assigns any right
to sell, transfer or assign said fran
chise or any OF the rights or privileges
thereby, granted. except in the manner
That the City of Los Angeles shall
nave nave the rlgnt ] at the expiration OF the
years to purchase the said pipe dpe
line and all property in the street street
hereinbefore mentioned. belonging
oessors in interest. constructed
under the grant hereby made or used
by said grantee or his or its successors
chise at fair valuation. provided that
che option to make such purchase shall
be declared by resolution of the CITY
Council passed iss not not more than three
TO the expiration of said period Of
tWenty-one years.
The valuation OF the property pro-
posed to be purchased pursuant to the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be
determined by board of three arbitra-
tors, of whom one shall be appointed
by the city, one by the said grantee or
mis- or its successors In interest, and
the third by the two arbitrators so an
pointed. Said arbitrators shall he
appointed within thirty days after
the. declaration by the city OF its
option 70 purchase said, property In
file an award within the time herein
after limited, new board OF three ar
hereinbefore prescribed. TO de-
termine the valuation of said prop
erty. The board of arbitrators shall
lmm edlately upon appointment OF
its members enter upon the discharge
of it's duties. Any vacancy in the board
OF arbitrators shall be filled by the
party who made the original appoint
mont TO the vacant place. Hhe award