Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-28
> SUBWAY RIGHTS
. WHICH CITY
WANTS GUARDED

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@ Following clauses are stipulated (.
@ by City Attorney Mathews In per- {.
@ mits which he will present to the (:
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@ pany will receive permits unham- 9
@ pered by the twenty-One-yenr @
@ limit and take chances on getting @
@ new franchises then. @
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@ Plans for the subway must be {.
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@ The company will receive twen- &.
@ ty-one-year franchises for Flower (:
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Monday is the final date now set for
passage of the privilege permits lied
for the Hartman interests which seek
to build subways under public and pri-
vate ground in Los Angeles about six
miles in length and also extensions of
surface lines to connect new and old
routes.
For the first time since the subway
legislation was broached City Attorney
Mathews and Harriman's attorney
John d. Pope, got together before the
council and in open session reached a
tentative agreement which will go be-
fore the city council in the shape of the
proposed ordinances or permits grant
ing subway and tunnel rights for the
greater trolley system which will cost
over $5,OOO,OOO
Mr.. Mathews was not ready yester-
day to report the final ordinances be-
cause he said he had mo descriptions
west of Vermont avenue" In plain
language his office had not been fur
nished the accurate lines which the
company wanted to use for traversing
Los Angeles territory so that the route
could be legally and exactly stated in
the franchise Though engineers and
attorneys for the Los Angeles and Inter
urban railways have been dancing at
tendance on the city attorneys office
for a fortnight this oversight was not
discovered till a few minutes before the
council called -or the city attorneys re-
port This primarily was the caui for
postponing action till onday-the last
day of the year and t,le b inning of
the last week of tie existence of the
municipal body. The new council takes
hold on the first Monday in January.
Where Interests Divert
Mr. Mathews stated that personally
he favored giving the company as much
latitude as possible in carrying out its
plans for spending money to annihiate
time between the city and Hollywood
and the beaches but rs law officer of
the city it was his duty to see that all
municipal rights were rigidly guarded.
On the other hand for several days
the Hartman attorneys have expressed
willingness to accept a mere permit
from the city and armed only with a
paper go ahead eXpendinL five millions
and practically creating a new rapid
transit system.
CounciImen Impatient
The new turn of delayed affairs was
plainly not to the liking of the council
men, who were anxious to have the
franchise granted, all of them having
expressed themselves as convinced that
there was a popular demand for the
improvements, that the city's charter
and ordinances provided safeguards.
that the business community wanted
no obstacles put in the path of the big
enterprise, and that it would be the
GROWING act of their session to grant
the privileges asked.
me company was practically in the
attitude of taking whatever the city
chose to offer and go ahead on the
mere assurance of permit granting
them the right to sink tunnels.
1t Is admitted that the twenty-one
year limit undoubtedly prevails I'm such
matters and that the COMPANY must
look to future Developments To get
around what appears to be an iron
clad charter provision.
The attorneys concede that as far as
the Flower street and Vermont avenue
crossings are concerned there is no
doubt about the limit, but through and
under private ground. with both sides
owned by the trolley company there
can be no clashing interests
Giants Get Together
Shortly after O'clock President
Summerland announced that he was
ready to hear the city attorneys report.
Come up here. Mr. City Attorney
Mathews and Judge Pope l want to
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