Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-12
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
OUTLINES CONDUIT SYSTEM
Presents Suggestions to City Council
and Asks Ordinance for Dis
trict Be Passed

CITY Electrician Manahans recon-
r,endation for the conduit system Tor
This wear has been adopted py Ihe
hoard of public works, and thaI ue-
nartment will ask the city council 10
Incorporate the suggestions OF the
electrician in an ordnance
The limits picked out by the eIec-
trician do not constitute entlreIy wv
miles of district as provided for by Or
dinance, and the board was curious oIls,,,,3 ~
l-nov why leniency had been shown
tbe CORPORATIONS that are compelled 10
Mace two miles of wires Underground
evarI, wear. The district selected by
Mr. Manahan measures 1910 lneal
feet and is formed as follows: First
street from Los Angeles to Center
1850 feet: Second street from Los An
geles to Alameda, 1870 feet; SeVeItn
street from Hill to Figueroa' l9oo Ieel'
and Wilmington street from First 10
Second, 600 feet. -.
In answering the question of the
hoard as to why the district selected
vas not the full two miles Mr.. Mana
han said: ,4;o,,-
"This includes a territory, particu-
larlv in the case of First and Second
streets. where there are a large num-
her of wires, and on Second street
15,OOO-volt circuit. The placing OF
these wires underground is materially
more expensive than on streets preVl-
ously included in extensions OF tne
conduit districts. In addition to the
above territory l understand from pre-
vious discussions with your honorable
board that it is your intent to rec
ommend the laying of conduit before
the paving of the following streets:
san Pedro street from Fifth street to
Also street, 1860 feet; Second street
from Alameda street to Santa Fe ave-
nue.. 1910 feet; Sixth street from Los
Angeles street to San Pedro street.
1890 feet, being a total of $500 feet.
"In view of the fact that the above
streets will all undoubtedly be paved
during the year 1910, thus requiring
the companies to lay 1.3 miles of con-
duit and to clear UP wires in lag miles
of streets during that year, 1t is my
opinion that this is a reasonable re-
ouirement on the part of the city,
Sand for City Only
While the removal of the river bed
material is hard on the bridges,
whether this material is shipped out
side or used in the city, Mr. Hum
phreys realizes that it would be i'm
practicable to forbid its being removed
at ALL but believes that it should be
used in Los Angeles, as 1t is the city
that must pay the cost of repairs to
the bridges. He concludes his report
as follows:
"While we do not wish to impose a
burden upon our surrounding cities,
yet in view of the fact that they are
compelled to obtain this sand and
gravel by long hauls. it would seem
that they should make some other ar
rangement at the present time to OBJ
tain this sand and gravel from some
other point, and there are several out
side points from which good material
can be obtained. For instance, San
Gabriel river, Pacoima and Tujunga
woshes 1 would respectfully recon-
mend that the honorable city council
be requested to pass an ordinance pro-
hibiting the removal of sand and
gravel from the river bed to be re-
moved beyond the city limits, and to
instruct the police authorities to en-
force a compliance with the ordi-
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