Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-24
PUBLIC ADVERTISING

Alarm system in the CITY OF Los AM
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California, February %, 1906.
To whom It may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that an applica-
tion has been made for a franchise grant
ing the right to construct, and for n
period Of twenty-one (2D years TO operate
and maintain, In the City Of Los An
geles, underground and overhead wires
TO be used In connection with and as
Fart OF an auxiliary fire alarm system;
And It IS proposed by said Council TO
offer for sale and grant to the highest
btddcr said franchise upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter mentioned. 49,
That said franchise is described as fol-
lows, to wit:
A franchise granting the right to con,
struct and lay down. and for the period
of twenty-one years to operate and main
tain, underground conduits and wires en-
closed therein in those portions Of the
City of Los Angeles known as the Con
struct and erect, and for the period OF
twenty-one years to operate and main
tain, in those portions of the said CITY
Of Los Angeles outside OF ~. ths
districts known. as the CONDUIT
Districts" overhead wires whether
erected upon and attached TO poles be-
longing to other persons or corporations
or otherwise, also the right to transmit
through and aiong said underground and
overh9ad wires fire alarm signals and
nection Herewith to construct, operate
and maintain all necessary service wires,
house connections, Office connections ana
In connection with and as part Of an
auxiliary fire alarm system.
That said franchise may be enjoyed and
said underground and overhead wires
used In connection with and as an III
tegral part of an auxiliary fire alarm
system, Its apparatus and devices, which
said auxiliary fire alarm system, appar-
atus and devices must be, by the grantee
of said franchise, connected with the said
city's street fire alarm boxes; and said
auxiliary fire alarm system must be, by
the grantee of said franchise, maintained
and operated by said grantee in the mode
and manner hereinafter provided for; and
said franchise can only be enjoyed, and
said said underground and overhead wires
tesral part of such auxiliary fire alarm
system, its apparatus and devices
That 1t is proposed by said Council to
with the passage of an Ordinance granting
said franchise to such highest bidder, Civ
ing and granting to such highest bidder
the grantee OF said franchise, the privilege
to connect an auxiliary fire alarm system,
its apparatus and devices, with the said
city's street fire alarm boxes, and, for
the period of twenty-one CID years, to
maintain and operate such auxiliary fire
alarm system in connection with the said
city's street fire alarm SYSTEM provided,
nections shall be made and maintained in
such a manner as not to interfere with
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,
maintain and operate such auxiliary fire
alarm 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 city's street fire alarm
hoxes but all of said work of renewing,
repairing, replacing and changing said
city's street fire alarm boxes shall if
possible. be done by the city authorities
in such manner as not to obstruct or
tnjure or prevent the free use of said
auxiliary fire alarm system and it's de-
wees; and provided further that the de-
vices and appliances used in such aux
iliary 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 citys
fire alarm circuits; and, in so far as the
citys fhe alarm system is concerned, the
said auxiliary fire alarm system must be
absolutely notwithstanding 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
cised and enjoyed, subject to each and
every ono Of the following terms and con-
ditions:
That the condu,ts to be laid or main
tanned under the said franchise shall not
bs larger in horizontal diameter than
Nv. inches; that said conduit shall be
made or iron pipe or vitrified tiing, ce-
mcnt lined pipe or wood fiber pipe, laid
in concrete, and shall be thoroughly in
snlated; 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 a 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
a 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 refled 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 insurinA;
the restoration of all streets to a good and
perfect condition along said excavation.
lIdl tIdDS OF may De con-
structed along the lines of any of said
conduits, for the purpose of affording ac-
cess thereto, provided that said traps oil
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
be 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 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
III the position of said conduit, the granted
of said franchise or his assigns shall shift
or move the same at his or their owr
cost and expense, in conformity with
the Instructions and to the satisfaction
of the said Street Superintendent, and il
case the said grantee or his assigns shall
fail to comply with the instructions giVeT
therefor by said official for ten days after
service of said ins tructions upon the sale
grantee or mis- assigns, OF upon the man
ager or agent in Los Angeles of sale
grantee or his assigns, he. the said Off
clal. may do the work required in sale
notice to be done and keep an itemizeC
account of the cost thereof, which sai(
grantee or his assigns, by the acceptance
of said franchise, agrees to pay imrn> -
lately upon said account being presented
to said grantee or his assigns or to sucf
manager or agent In Los Angeles.