Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-03
PUBLIC ADVERTISING


Notice of Sale of a Franchise to Con
struct and Maintain Underground ant
Overhead Wires in Connection witt
and ns Part of an Auxiliary tlr'
Alarm System In the City OF Los An
geles.
Office of the City Clerk, Los Angeles
California, February %, 1906.
| 10 whom II may concern:
Notice is hereby given that an appnca
tion has been made for franchise grant
ing the right to construct, and Tor
and maintain, in the City Of Los An
geles underground and overhead Wlret
| TO be used in connection with and as
Fart o. an auxiliary fire alarm system; .,
And 1t Is proposed by said Council tC
offer for sale and grant to the highesl
bidder said franchise upon the terms ane
| conditions hereinafter mentioned.
That said franchise is described as tol'
lows. to wit:
| a franchise granting the right to con,
struot and Law down. and for the, perlou
| OF twenty one Years to operate ana main
| tain, underground conduits and wires en-
closed therein in those portions OF the
duit Districts" and also the right to con;
struct and erect, and for the period OF
twenty-one years to operate and main nam
taln' IN those portions OF the SAID City .iy
Districts" overhead wires whether
erected upon and attached to poles pc
longing to other persons or corporations
| ol otherwise, also the right TO transmit
through and a;ong said underground and
overhead wires fire alarm signals ana
| calls by means of electricity and IN con-
nection herewith TO construct, operate
and maintain all necessary service wires,
| house connections. office connections ana
| all other apparatus necessary to be used
| IN connection with and as part OF an
| auxiliary fire alarm system.
Ihat said franchise may be enjoyed anu
SAID underground and overhead wires
used in connection with and as an M
tegral part of an auxiliary fire alarm
system, its apparatus and devices, whlch
SAID auxiliary fire alarm system, appar-
atus and devices must be, by the grantee
or said franchise, connected with the sai
cltys street fire alarm boxes; ana salu
auxiliary fire alarm system must be, py
the grantee of said franchise, maintained
and operated by said grantee in the mode
and manner hereinafter provided for; ana
said franchise can only be enjoyed, ana
said underground and overhead wires
tegral part of such auxiliary fire alarm
system, its apparatus and devices.
pass an Ordinance. contemporaneousl
with the passage of an Ordinance granting
said franchise to such highest bidder, CIV
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 ca years, 10
maintain and operate such auxiliary fine
alarm system in connection with the said
city's street fire alarm system, provided,
however, that the said auxiliary con-
nections shall be made and maintained IN
such manner as not to interfere with
the efficiency OF said city's street tire
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 Ill
any wise to prevent the proper authorities
OF the said City of Los Angeles from
renewing, repairing, replacing OF. changing
hoXes. but ali of said work of renewing,
repairing replacing and changing said
city s street fire alarm boxes shall, ii
possible, be done by the city authorities
in such manner as not to obstruct or
injure or prevent the free use of said
auxiliary fire alarm system and its de-
vices; and provided further that the de-
vices and appliances used in such aux
iliary fire alarm system shall be such as
artudle the ieNerS IN Inc CITY street flIG
alarm poNes. 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
city's fl4'e larm system is concerned, the
said aux; ;lialy fire alan m system must be
absolutely mountaineering in its method
of turning in alarms through the citys
street fire alarm boxes.
1 nat lIe Sdlu COnQultS ana wires ana
the said auxiliary fire alarm system shall
be 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
every ono Of the following terms and con-
ditions:
Tha- the conJu!ts to be laid or main
taiaed under the said franchise shall not
be larger in horizontal diameter than
liva inches; thai said conduit shall be
made or iron. Pipe or vitrified thing, ,ce-
mea6 m Iined pipt or G Wo9d y fiber pipe lald
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 tnat the City Council
may prescribef that said conduit shall
be constructed III a 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
free use of the streets by the public, ex-
cept such temporary interference as may
be necessarily incident to the proper
vations shall be made and refiled 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 CT
money with the City Treasurer as may lie,
from time to time, required from per.
the said city, for the purpose of insurins
the restoration 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 tile
opinion of the Street Superintendent of
said city, render necessary any change
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
aeer or agent in Los Angeles of said
grantee or his assigns, he, the said off,
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