Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-02

Notice of Sale of n Franchise to Con-
struct and Maintain Underground and
Overhead Wires In Connection With
aud ns Part of an AuAiiihFy ne
Alarm System In the City OF Los AN
Office of the City Clerk, Los Angeles
California, February 70, 1906.
TO whom II may concern: .,,,,
Notice Is hereby given that an aPp,,Hd Iya e.
tlon has been made for trancnlse gram
Ing the right to construct, ana lor n
period OF tWenty-one (zll years 70 oPslaoe
aid maintain, in the City OF Los tAns An.
geles, Underground and overhead wires
10 b. used In connection with and as a
Fart o. an auxiliary fire alarm system; %
And 1t Is proposed by sald SouhclL 70 ~
bidder said franchise upon the Terms anu
cohditions hereinafter mentioned; Col.
That said franchise Is described as lol-
lows. to wit:
a franchise granting the right to con,
struct and lay down. and for the perioa
OF tNenly-one Years TO operate anu main
tain, underground conduits and wires en-
Closed therein in those portions OF the
Lity of Los Angeles known as the Con-
duit Districts" and also the right 70 CON
strnet and erect, and for the perlou T' ,0L "a
twenty-one years to operate and MAN
tain, in those portions of the said Clty
OF Los Angeles outside Of OF itt the
fstTiets knoWn 6yerbeaa as wires Re WHether
erected upon and attached to poles pc
longing to other persons or corporations
ol otherwise, also the right 10 transInll
overhead wires fire alarm signals ana
calls by means of electricity and III con-
nection herewith to construct, operate
and maintain all necessary service "lrest
mouse connections office connections ana
ali olher apparatus necessary 10 pc useu
in connection with and as part Oh All
auxiliary fire alarm system.
That said franchise may be enjoyed anu
said Underground and overhead Wires
used in connection with and as an IL
tegral part of an auxiliary IRE alarm
re- ann raj
SAID auxiliary fire alarm system, appar-
atus and devices must be, by the grantee
OF said franchise, connected with lne Sdlu
city 6 street fire alarm boxes; ana salu
auxiliary fire alarm system must be, py
the grantee OF said franchise, maintalned
and operated by said grantee in the mode
and manner hereinafter provided for; anG
said franchise can only be enjoyed, anG
said underground. and overhead wires
used, in connection with and as an IN
tegral part of such auxiliary fire alarm
system, its apparatus and devices.
That it Is proposed by said Council to
pass an Ordinance. contemporaneously
said franchise to such highest bidder, CIV
ing and granting to such highest bidder
the grantee of said franchise, the privilege
TO- connect an auxiiary IRE alarm . SYSTEM ~
citys street fire alarm boxes, and, for
the period of twenty-one CD years 10
maintain and operate such auxiliary me
alarm system in connection with the said
citys street fire alarm system, provided
however, that the said auxiliary con-
nections shall be made and maintained ~
the efficiency of said city's street fire
alarm boxes as at present or hereafter
established; and also provided that the
said auxiliary connections shall be made
under the supervision and to the salts
faction Of the Chief Engineer of the Fire
Department of the, said City of Los An
geles; and provided further that nothing
in said grant of said privilege to connect,
mair tain and operate such auxiliary fire
alalm system, shall be construed as IN
any wise to prevent the proper authorities
Of the said City of Los Angeles from
renewing, repairing, replacing or changing
any OF the said clty's street fire alarm
epalrihe, replacing and changing said
-.ey SsfeG Inc uIafm boxes shall, IL
.eeiDIe. Je zone py the CITY authOrltles
N such manner as not 10 opstruct 81
nJul or Dletent the Tree use OF salt
tuiiIilry fire alarm system and its de
wees; ard provided further that the de
vices and appliances used In such aux
.Iiary lire alarm system shall be such as
actuate the Ievers in the city street fire
alarm boxes, and said auxiliary fire alarm
must not have any direct electrical CON
fire alarm circuits; and. in so far as the
city s fl4G alarm system is concerned, the
said auxiliary fire alalm system must be
absolutely mountaineering in its method
of turning in alarms through the city's
street fire alarm boxes.
That the said conduits and wires and
Le constructed and at all times conducted:
operated and maintained. and the said
franchise shan. at all times, be exer-
cised and enjoyed, subject to each and
every one Of the following terms and con-
ditions:
THAI the condu,ts to be laid or main
taiaed under the said franchise shall not
bs larger in horizontal diameter than
iiv.. inches; tha. said conduit shall be
made or iron pipe or vitrified thing, ce-
ment lined pipe, oI wood fiber pipe, laid
In concrete, ard shall be thoroughly in
slllated; 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
10 the City Engineer of said city; and
that all excavations for laying and re-
pairing said conduit shall be done in such
manner as not to interfere with the
cept such temporary interference as may
be necessarily incident TO the proper
prosecution Of said work; that all eXca-
vations shall be made and refilled 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 tie,
from time to time, REQUIRED from per-
sons making excavations in the streets of
the said city, for the purpose of insurins
the .restora ton of all streets to good and
perfect condition along said excavation.
That traps or mannoleS 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
in conformity with the, instructions. and
to the satisfaction of the City Engineer
OF said city; said traps or manholes to
bo SO capped and covered as to be flush
with the surface of the street and not
to interfere in any way with the use of
said street for travel or traffic.
That in the event that a 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
said city, render necessary any change
la 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
fam 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
ager or agent in Los Angeles of said
grantee or his assigns, he, the said Off
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