The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-04-21
AN ORDINANCE

To provide fof lighting tho track Of the CihoinnAa
Zanesytle Railroad company with gas within the cor
porate limbs " the city ol Lancaster o. and 10 Tegu
late The speed Of all trains On sad track and 20 pre-
sent the standing Of all cara engines, Ae, IN or up
on the streets, lanes and alleys ofsad city, and 10
repeal an Ordinance Of lke intent, passed Decem.
s Ies lSth ls5e PT9ydg i9r lighting the .5Aek
company, within the corporate limits OF s~ad city d
sEcrros l. BE Il ordained by the Citg Council Of ne
Der ist In the year 1855, entitled An Ordinance %
provide for lighting the track 0i the CiBcnnat, VII
corporate limits Ofthe city Of Lancaster and % reg
ulae the speed Of MI trains SAID track aud 70 pre-
vent the standing Of all trains, engines &c, in or up
on The streets, lanes and alleys Of said city, be- and
sEc. II. Tha; the Cincinnati & GAINESVILLE Railroad
company be, and the sarne 2 hereby notified snd re-
quircd to erect, on before the fifteenth day Of Au-
gust, d. 1854, lamp posts burners lamps, and ml
the other necessary fixtures for burning gas and
lighting the track Of the said company with gas,
within the corporate limits Of the said city, in order
that the track Of the said company within the corpo
rate limits ofthe said city shall be- lighted with gas,
according 10 the provisions and specifications fol-
lowing, that Is the style and sze Of the said lamp
posts, burners lamps, and all the other necessary
fixtures for burning gas shall be the same those Dt
the other lamp posts, burners lamps, and the other
necessary ixtures for burning gas now used by the
said city olLaucaster for lighting the streets thereof
with gas; and that the said lamp posts, burners and
lamps shall BE- crested at the following points along
said track and within the corporate limits Of said
city; that 5one on the southeast corner Of Column
bus and Lawrence Streets one at the northeast cor
ner OF Winding and Lawrence streets one at the
southwest corner Of Jackson and Lawrence streets
at the northeast corner Of Jackson and Lawrence
streets one at the southeast corner ofJobn Swartz5
lot one at the southeast corner ofthe old DR.. ". H.
Kreidcr lot; and at the northwest corner OfSyc-
amore and Lawrence streets; and that gas shall Dc
connected and conveyed 10 the same 1t now Is "a
the other city lamps, by pipes Of the same material
style and size with those that the said city nov uses
for conveying gas to the city lamps on the streets
thereof, and which 10 be laid under the ground
two and One-half feet, in the same manner as tht
pipes conveying gas through the streets Of the sale
SIC. H. That from and after the erection Of the
said lamp posts, burners, lamps, and all the othel
necessary fixtures for lighting the track Of the sac
company within the corporate limits OF the said city
i the said Cincinnati Zanesyille Railroad COMPANY
shall be charged for and required to pay for all th'
gas consumed in the same, at the same rate per 100
cubic feet as is now paid or to be paid by the sale
city for gas consumed by the city lamps and also th'
proportion OF the expense Of lighting and extingush
ing gas in said lamps in the ratio that seven lamp
bear to the whole number Of lamps now used o.
hereafter to be used by the said city for lighting tn
streets thereof with gas, and which charge shall b.
collected from said company monthly, immediatel!
after the payment by the said city of its gas bills Tha
the time OF the lighting and eYtnguishng OF gas Il
the said lamps along the track of the said compan!
within the corporate limits aforesaid shall be regula
ted by the City Council Of the said city Of Lancaster
by instructng the city lamp lighter thereof.
| SEC. ~, That upon the neglect or refusal OF tn
said Cincinnati & GAINESVILLE Railroad company 4
erect the said lamp posts, burners, lamps, and al
the other necessary fixtures and apparatus tor burn
ing gas to light the track Of the said company, wit
in the corporate limits Of the said city, accdrdiug
the provisions and specifications OF this ordinance
within the time herein fixed, at their own cost an
eXponse or after the erection Of the same, neglee
or refuse to pay its proporonate charge for the g.
consumed therein for lighting the track ofthe Ha
company, within the corporate limits Aforesaid, fn
the further expense Of lighting and extngl- nm
the gas in the same, the sad Cincinnati Zncsvll
Railroad company be, and the same is hereby notihe
that then, and in that event the said city OF Lancas
ter shall, according to the provisions and specica
tions Of this ordinance, erect the same along th
track Of the said company within the corporate limit
of the said city, and then assess the cost OF til
erection thereof, and all tho other charges mad
after the erection thereof against the said Cnclnna
4 GAINESVILLE Raroed company, and collect the sam
as Is provided in the 18th section as amended Apr
18th, 1858, ,nd which took effect May ls 1853 of a
act entitled can act to provide for the Organization
cites and incorporated villages" passed Nay Sd, 81
Sec, V, That the said company shall not leay
standing any train, or cars, engine or engines
or upon any of the Streets lanes and alleys Of sal
city Of upon the crossings thereof, at any period ic
greater length Of time than is actually necessary fc
the transaction of the business Of such train, car
cars, engine or engines, proded ho,ceUer that when
locomotive train comes to rest upon the lnterset
ton Of any street, lane or alley within the corporal
limits Of said city, and the detention or stOppag
shall consume thirty minutes or moro Of time, III
train shall then be severed andiree passage afforded
and further, that the engine shall be severed irol
tne tram or car, and not lett 10 STAND IN lrOntot
about any dwelling house along said track, and 4
every violation of said section, fine Of notless tha
ten dollars, nor more than thirty dollars, shall
assessed against and collected ofslld company, ar
also Of every other person having charge thereof
SEC. VI. II shall he unlawful for sa company
any conductor engineer or other person IN chcrl
rhavng control OF amy engine or train Of sait con
pany, 10 run cause to be run, the track O; n
said company located in o. upon any ofthe 'ree-
lanes or alleys of the sHd city or the crossings tnai
of, at any place west of the intersection of ilp
and aAffN
orcar at greater speed than five miles per houl
md for every violation Of this section fine not le
than twenty dollars, nor more than seyenty-hye do
lars shall be assessed against and collected of sa
company, and every engineer, conductor or oth'
person charge Of or having control OF any engine
train as Aforesaid.
SEc. VII. This ordinance Ih0ll take effect and
in force from and after its passage and legal public
+ ton
-, JtGo3 HITE, P. c, c.
t Attest: W, I, KING Guy Clerk.
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