Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
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repairing, replacing and changing said
city street fire alarm boxes shall, II
possible. be done by the city authorities
in such n manner as not to obstruct or
injure or prevent the free use of said
auxiliary fire alarm system and its de-
wees; and provided further that the de-
Vices and appliances used In such aux
Hilary fire alarm system shall be such as
actuate the levers In the city's street fire
alarm boxes and said auxiliary fire alarm
must not have any direct electrical con-
nection whatsoever with the said city's
fire alarm circults and In so far as the
city's fifc alarm system is concerned the
absolutely mountaineering in its method
of turning In alarms through the city's
street fire alarm boxes.
That the said conduits and wires and
the said auxiliary fire alarm system shall
lie constructed. and at all times conducted,
operated and maintained and the said
franchise. shall, at all times, be exer-
cised and enjoyed, subject to each and
avery ono Of the following terms and con-
ditions:
That the oonduits to be laid or main
tained under the said franchise shall not
be larger in horizontal diameter than
five inches: that said conduit shall be
made or iron pipe or vitrified tlling, ce-
nment lined pipe or r. wood fiber pipe, laid
sulated; and that said conduit shall be
laid at all points, not less than two feet
below the established grade of the streets
under which said conduit is laid; that said
conduit shall be located In conformity
with the regulations that the City Council
may prescribe; that said conduit shall
be constructed In manner satisfactory
to the City Engineer of said city; and
that all excavations for laying and re-
pairing said conduit shall be done In such
a manner as not to interfere with the
free use of the streets by the public. exo
cept such temporary interference as may
be necessarily incident to the proper
prosecution Of said work; that all exca-
vations shall be made and refllled in
strict compliance with the Ordinances OF
said city which may be in force at the
time of the performance of said work,
and that the grantee of this franchise or
his assigns, shall make such deposits of
money with the City Treasurer as may be,
from time to time, required from per-
sens making excavations in the streets of
the said city, for the purpose of insuring
the restoration of all streets to a good and
perfect condition along said excavation.
That traps or manholes may be con-
structed along the lines Of any of said
conduits, for the purpose of affording ac-
cess thereto provided that said traps or
manholes shall be located and constructed
to the satisfaction of the City Engineer
of said city; said traps or manholes to
be so capped and covered as to be flush
with the surface of the street and not
said street for travel or traffic.
That in the event that change of
grade. the laying of any sewer or the max
ing of any other Improvement in any of
the streets along and under which
said conduits may be laid, shall, in the
opinion of the Street Superintendent of
III the position of said conduit, the grantee
of said franchise or his assigns shall shift
or move the same at his or their own
cost and expense, in conformity with
the instructions and to the satisfaction
of the said Street Superintendent, and in
case the said grantee or his assigns shall
fail to comply with the instructions given
therefor by said official for ten days after
service of said Instructions upon the said
grantee or mis- assigns. or upon the man
aser or agent in Los Angeles of said
cial, may do the work required in said
notice to be done and keep an itemized
account of the cost thereof, which said
grantee or his assigns. by the acceptance
of said franchise, agrees to pay immed-
lately upon said account being presented
to said grantee or his assigns or to such
manager, or agent in Los Angeles.
That the work of constructing and in
stalling said auxiliary fire alarm system
and laying down said conduits in those por-
tions of said city now known as the Con
atus and devices with the citys street fire
alarm boxes, and the work necessary to
the exercise of the privileges for which
said franchise shall have been granted,
not more than four (4) months from the
date of the granting of the said franchise
and shall be continuously prosecuted in
good faith and shall be completed not more
than three (3) years thereafter, so that
within that time complete auxiliary fire
alarm system shall be constructed laid
of Los Angeles of sufficient capacity and
extent to accommodate all of the then
existing bona fide subscribers to or rent
ers of the said auxiliary fire alarm sys-
tenn; and that IL said work be not so
commenced, prosecuted and completed
within the time and in the manner above
specified. the said franchise shall be for
feited.
The right to maintain and operate the
said auxiliary fire alarm system out
side of the Conduit Districts" herein
before referred to may be exercised by
means of overhead wires erected or at
tached to the poles belonging to other
persons or corporations or otherwise; but
If said right to maintain said system out
exercised by means of overhead wires
erected or attached to the poles belonging
to other persons or corporations. the same
shall be exercised by the grantee of said
Iranchlse or his assigns, only with the
consent and authority of the owners of
SAID poles, and such right shall not, nor
snaLi S,i the franchise granted to said grantee
or MS assigns in any manner enlarge or
extend the rights or privileges of the
persons or corporations owning such poles,
OF CONFER upon them any greater or diff
aerent gro en- rights y or privileges than those
granted TO them by the franchise or fran
cnlses under which said poles have been
OF OF may be erected and maintained; and all
,ie nnes or wires constructed or operated
IRON or copper circuits.
- Ihat said grantee and his assigns shall,
II REQUIRED by said city, furnish and allow
IT, during the term of said franchise, the
rlght 70 use, free of charge or expense to
SAID city, the conduits and a certain per-
Gentage of the wires in each cable, as
hereinafter provided, for municipal pur-
poses, such use to be consistent with the
proper and reasonable use of said system
py SAID grantee and his assigns, and to be
exercised In the manner following, to wit:
Wherever conduits are laid for the wires
TO be installed under said franchise the
said city shall be entitled, subject to the
limitations aforesaid, to use said conduits
1or It's wires in all cases where separate
wires are installed; and where such con-
dults are occupied by cables instead OF
separate wires, the said city shall be en-
tltled TO the use of ten per cent of the
wires In each cable. containing more than
1ltty pair, and twenty per cent of the
wires In each cable containing fifty pair
or less, whenever required by 1t for the
purpose aforesaid.
That the rents or charges for service
IN or by the system established or main
tanned under said franchise shall be sub
1ect to regulation by the City of Los
That said grantee and his assigns shall,
curing the life of said franchise, pay to
the city of Los Angeles, in lawful money
or the United States, two per cent of the
gross annual receipts of such grantee and
ms assigns, arising from the use, operation
or possession of said franchise No per-
centage shall be paid for the first five
years succeeding the date of said fran
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