Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-13
pvsLro ADVERTISING
ordinsnce No, I2'ssS

assigns, the right to construct ana LOT
q period of tWenty-one CID years to
maintain under ground and overhead
wires In connection with and as a part
OF an auxiliary FIRE alarm system in
the City OF Los Angeles.
The Mayor and Council OF the City OF
Los Angeles do ordaln as follows:
Section 1. That the right. privi-
ieRe and franchise is hereby grant
ed to the Los Angeles Fire Alarm
Company and its assigns to con-
struct and iav down. and for the period
Of twenty-one Years to operate ana main
tain, underground conduits and wires en-
closed therein In those portions of the
City OF Los Angeles known as the Con
duit Dietrlcts,' and also the right to con-
struct and erect, and for the period OF
tain, In those portions Of the said City
Of Los Angeles outside Of the
districts known as the Conduit
DISTRICTS. overhead wires whether
erected upon and attached TO poles be-
longing to other persons or corporations
on otherwise, also the right to transmit
through and along said underground and
overhead wires and alarm signals and
calls by means of electricity, and In con-
nection herewith to construct, operate
end maintain all necessary service wires,
house connections. office connections and
all other apparatus necessary to be used
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 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
citys 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 underground and overhead wires
used, in connection with and as an in
tegral part of such auxiliary fire alarm
system its apparatus and devices.
Sec 2. That the said condults
and wires and the said auxiliary
FIRE alarm system shall be con
structed, 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
ditions: - ''' -
That the condu.ts to be laid or main
tained under the said franchise shall not
b5 larger in horizontal diameter than
five. inches; thac said conduit shall be
made Of iron pipe or vitrifed tiling, ce-
ment lined pipe. or wood fiber pipe, laid
in concrete, and 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
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 to
the Board of Public Works of said city;
and that all excavations for laying and re-
pairing said conduit snail be done in such
manner as not to interfere with the
free 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 OF the performance of said work,
and that the grantee of this franchise or
its assigns, shall make such deposits of
money with the City Treasurer as may he,
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
Sec. 8. That traps or manholes
OF any of said conduits, for the
purpose of affording access there
to, provided that said traps or
manholes shall be located and constructed
in conformity with the Instructions and
TO the satisfaction of the Board of Public
Works of said city; said traps or man
holes 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.
Sec, A. That in the event that
any sewer or the making of any
other improvement in any of the
streets along and under which said
eonduits may be laid, shall, in the
opinion of the Board of Public Works of
said city, render necessary any change
i'll the position of said conduit, the grantee
OF said franchise or its assigns shall shift
or move, the same at its or their own
cost and expense, in conformity with
the Instructions and to the satisfaction
OF the said Board of Public Works, and in
case the said grantee or its assigns shall
fail to comply with the Instructions given
therefor by said Board for ten days after
service of said instructions upon the said
grantee or It's assigns or upon the
manager or agent in Los An geles of
said grantee or its assigns, said Board
may do the work required in said
notice to be done and keep an itemized
account of the cost thereof. which said
grantee or its assigns, by the acceptance
of said franchise, agrees to pay immed-
lately upon said account being presented
manager or agent in Los Angeles.
Sec. 5. That the work of con-
sstructing and installing said aux
Hilary fire alarm system and Law
tlons of said city now known as the Con
duit Districts, and connecting its appar-
atts and devices with the city's street fire
a.arm boxes, and the work necessary 10
the exercise OF the privileges for which
said franchise shall have been granted,
shall be commenced in good faith within
not more than four (D months from the
date of the granting of the said franchise
and shall be continuously prosecuted in
good faith and shall be completed not more
than three (3) years thereafter so that
within that time complete auxiliary fire
alarm system shall be constructed laid
down and operated within the said CITY
of Los Angeles of sufficient capacity and
extent to accommodate all of the then
existing bona fide subscribers to or rent
ers Of the said auxiliary fire alarm sys-
TEN; and that If said work be not so
commenced, prosecuted and completed
within the time and in the manner above
specified, the said franchise shall be for
feited.
Sec. 6. The right to maintain
and operate the said auxiliary fire
alarm system outside OF the Com
duit Districts" herenbefore referred
10 may be exercised by means of
overhead wires erected or attached
to the poles belonging to other
persons or corporations or otherwise; but
II said right TO maintain said system out
side of the said Conduit Districts" be
exercised by means of overhead wires
erected or attached to the poles belonging
70 other persons or corpora tions, the same
shall be exercised by the grantee of said
franchise or its assigns, only with the
consent and authority of the owners OF
said poles. and such right shall not. nor
snail the franchise granted to said grantee
or us assigns, in any manner enlarge or
extend the rights or privileges of the
PERSONS or corporations owning such poles,
or confer upon them any greater or diff
Ierent rights or privileges than those
granted to them by the franchise or fran
enlses under which said poles have been
or Or may be erected and maintained; and all