Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-27
pusLIc ADVERTISING

ofice OF the City Clerk, Los Angeles,
California, February q, 1905.
To whom II may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that an appica-
zion has been made for a franchise grant-
Ing the right to construct, ana Tor
period Of twenty en- years 10 operate
and maintain, In the Si,y ,S Oh aos vyi Hn
10 be used In connection with ana as
Fart On an auxiliary fire alarm system;
And II Is proposed by said Sounclt 70
ofter for sale and grant TO the hignes.
bidder said franchise upon the terms ana
conditions hereinafter mentioned; -,
THAT said franchise Is described as fol-
lows. to wit;
4 franchise granting the right to con.
struct and Law down. and for the period
OF tventy-one years to operate ana halh-
tain, underground conduits ana wires sh.
closed therein In those portions OF tne
City OF Los Angeles known as the Con-
dut Districts" and also the right 10 con,
struct and erect, and for the period OF
twenty-onc years TO operate and main
tain, in those portions Of the said Clty
OF Los Angeles outside OF the
districts known as the Oen1ult
Districts" overhead wires whether
erected upon and attached to poles be-
longing 10 other persons or corporations
or otherwise, also the right to transmlt
through and iOng said underground an9
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
mouse connexions OIllCo tuHuetNAoAA9
all other apparatus necessary TO pc usea
In connection with and as part OK an
auxiliary fire alarm system.
That said franchise may be enjoyed ana
said underground and overhead wires
used in connection with and as an IN
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; ana
said franchise can only be enjoyed, and
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 Ii is proposed by said Council to
pass an Ordinance. contemp oraneously
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 CD years, 10
maintain and operate such auxiliary fire
alarm system in connection with the said
cty's street fire alarm system, provided,
however, that the said auxiliary con-
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 OF 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
gees: 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 cltys street fire alarm
l'oxes, 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
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 citys street fire
alarm boxes, and said auxiliary fire alarm
must not have any direct electrical con-
necton whatsoever with the said city's
fire alarm circuits; and, in so far as the
city's file alarm system is concerned, the
said auxiliary fire alarm system must be
absolutely mountaineering in its method
OF turning in alarms through the citys
street fire alarm boxes.
That the said conduits and wires and
the said auxiliary fire alarm system shall
he constructed. and at all times conducted,
operated and maintained and the said
FRANCHISE, shall, at all times, be exer--
every ono Of the following terms and con-
ditions:
Tha; the coudu.ts to be laid or main
tanned 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 thing, ce-
ment lined pipe CT wood fiber pipe, laid
In concrete, aEd shall be thoroughly in
sulated; and that said conduit shall be
laid at all points. not less than two feet
below the established grade of the streets
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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
to 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
Tree use of the streets by the public, ex-
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 or 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 lie,
from time to time, required from per-
sens making excavations in the streets of
the said city, for the purpose Of insurins
the restoration of all streets to a good and
perfect condition along said excavation.
That traps or manholes may be con-
condults, 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
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 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
II! 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
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
10 said grantee or his ~ ~, s,,ok