Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
PUBLIC ADVERTISING

and ms Part Of nm Auxiliary Fire
Alorm System IN the city Of Los An
Office Of the city Clerk, Los Angeles,
california, February %, 1906.
70 whom IL may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that an applica-
lion has been made for franchise grant
ina the right to construct, and for a
period OF twenty-one (21) years to operate
and maintain, in the city Of Los An
geles, underground and overhead wires
10 be used I'm connection with and as a
pGTt OF an auxiliary fire alarm system.
And 1t rs proposed by said Council to
otter for sale and grant to the highest
bidder said franchise upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter mentioned.
That said franchise Is described as fol-
lows. to wit:
a franchise granting the right to con-
Of twenty-one years to operate and main
tain, underground conduits and wires en-
closed therein In those portions of the
@ du 81 APssS' sSad asO ER0 Re Fl sSt e to com
struct and erect, and for the period of
twenty-one years to operate and. main
~ Los Angeles outside of the
pistficts," A"Swr oyerhcad q wires Pe wRetReT dS
erected erected upon and attached to poles be.
or otherwise; also the right to transmit
through and aionE said underground and
99siig 9sieirhIad h wires fire n,r alarm signals and
snection Herewith to construct, operate
nnd maintain all necessary service wires,
house, connections, office connections and
nll other apparatus necessary to be used
IN connection with and as a part OF an
4 auXlliaIy fire alarm system.
Z" Ihat said franchise may be enjoyed and
used in connection with and as an in-
legral part of an auxiliary fire alarm
system, Its apparatus and devices, which
q 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
q 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 1t is proposed by said Council to
pass an Ordinance, contemporaneously
WIN the passage of an Ordinance granting
ing and granting to such highest bidder
the grantee of said franchise the privilege
10 connect an auxiliary fire alarm system,
its apparatus and devices, with the said
ely street fire alarm boxes, and for
ghe period of twenty-one (2D years, 10
maintain and operate such auxiliary fire
eIarm eia system in connection with the said
however, that the said auxiliary con-
ilectlonS shall be made and maintained in
such manner as not to interfere with
-. .
alarm, boxes as at present or hereafter
established; and also provided that the
sald AUXILIARY connections shall be made
faction of the Chief Engineer of the Fire
department. of the said City of Los An
geles and provided further that nothing
~ sad grant of said privilege to connect,
maintain and operate such auxiliary fire
alarm system, shall be construed as in
any any Mise TO- prevent S,e the proper authorities
}ot the said City of Los. Angeles from
renewing, repairing, replacing or changing
any of. the said city's street fire alarm
hoxes but ali of said work, of renewing,
repairing, replacing and changing said
.y .eity,S street fire alarm boxes shall, if
possible. be done by the city authorities
"a sueh a manner as not to obstruct or
hnJure or prevent the free use of said
Auxiliary fire alarm system and its de-
wees; and provided further that the de-
wees and appliances used in such aux
lllary IRE alarm system shall be such as
eetuate the levers in the citys street fire
alarm BOXES, and said auxiliary fire alarm
must not Eave any direct electrical con-
nection whatsoever with the said city's
fire alarm circuits; and, in so far as the
cty's fife alarm system is concerned, the
said aux; lialy fire alarm system must be
aoosluteiy snon-interferng in it's method
:or turning in alarms through the citys
street IRE alarm boxes.
That the said conduits and wires and
= the said auxiliary fire alarm system shall
pe constructed. and at all times conducted,
operated. and maintained, and the said
franchise. shall, at all times, be exer-
tfScu anu elJOyeu subject to each and
every ioro Of the following terms and con-
tlitionS:
Tha: the conduits to be laid or main
tanned under the said franchise shall not
ba larger in horizontal diameter than
nv inches; that said conduit shall be
made or iron pipe or vitrified tiling, ce-
ment. lined pipe, or wood fiber pipe, laid
IN concrete, and shall be thoroughly in
Suiated; and that said conduit shall be
iaid at all points, not less than two feet
below the established grade of the streets
iG lof6 n 1,nt .otl
conduit shall be located in conformity
with, the regulations that the City Council
may prescribe; that said conduit shall
be constructed in 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
g manner as not to interfere with the
free use of the streets by the public, ex-
eept such temporary Interference as may
be necessarily incident to the proper
prosecution of said work; that all exca-
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 of
money with the City Treasurer as may he,
from time to time, required from. per-
sens making eXcava lions in the streets of
the said city, for the purpose of insuring
the restoration of all streets to a good and
perfect CONDITION along said excavation.
That traps or manholeS may be oon-
,structed along the lines of any of said
,condultS, Tor the purpose of affording ac-
cess thereto, provided that said traps or
manholeS shall be located and constructed
lin 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 and along and under which
said conduits may be laid, shall in the
opinion of the Street Superintendent Of
said city, render necessary any change
in 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
-faif 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
ager or agent in Los Angeles of said
grantee or his assigns, he. the said OFF,
cia1. may do the work required in said
notice to be done and keep an itemized
account aof 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
TO said grantee or his assigns or to such
INA naReT or agent i'm Los Angeles,