The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-01

village.
= Council Of the Village of Avondale, that street
passenger railroad route, W tn double trnck Is
established as follows Beginning at the south cor
poration line on Burnet avenue, thence north on
Bnrnct avenue to Shillto street thence east on
shillto street TO Harvey avenue, thence north on
| Harvey avenue To Rockdale avenue, thence east
wardly on X ckdae avenue to its intersection
with the west line OF the Main avenue And per
mission to construct and operate said street rail
road is hereby granted to j. D. Macneale, upon
| the following terms and conditions and in the
| manner hereinafter set forth:
FirSt-The tracks shall be laid upon the sides Of
the streets occupied by the route, the outside rail
| at the uniform stance of two feet from the curb
| line Of the street, and shall be OF the uniform
gauge OF five feet wo and onehalf inches, and laid
| upon ties and with one strnger on the inside OF
| the inner rail. A T rail may be used OF the pat
tern now used on the Spring Grove avenue in
| Cumminsylle Cincinnati, and OF the weight OF
| OF the 81 eets as are disturbed by the Company
shall be put in good repair at the expense OF said
| Company, and the cutters between the outside
| rail and the curb line shall be unobsructed and
| put in good condition by the Company.
| Second--That portion of the street between the
| rails shall be graded and mettalcd and kept i'll
good repair and condition by the Company dur
| ing the term of this grant The Company shall
construct at all street interscCtio ms plank cross
ing for vehicles, with plnnks be tween the rails,
and upon all curves crossing the streets the space
between the rails shall be planked and at all
| points where the tracks may cross each other
the spaces between the rails between tracks, and
for al least foot outside of the tracks sha be
paved by the Company with bowlders on layer
of clean gravel placed upon the foundation on
which The tracks are laid.
| Third-The tracks shall be suitably drained aud
underdra ned by the Company so as to permit the
water from the street between the tracks and from
between the rails to pass freely into the cutters Of
the street: and the metal between the rails shall
be put and maintained not more than one inch
above or below the rail surfaces, and the surface
of the rail shall be upon the line OF the Established
grade OF the streets,
Section 2-The cars used on said route shall bC
platform cars, which shall be 30 constructed as Il
allow passengers ingress and cgress from each side
Of the rear platform. No motive power eXccp
horses and mules shall be used on SAID route, ant
said cars shall be run in sufficient numbers TO ac
| C immediate .he public.
The grantee shall carry passengers over sai(
route and its connections upon and for the follow
ing rates Of fare:
+ First-From the corner of Rockdale and Mail
, avenues to the south corporation line of Avon
dale, OH Bu'net avenue, for the single cash fare o
} five (j) cents per passenger.
3 Second--From the south corporation line o
Avondale on Burnct avenue to the corner OF Rock
dale and Main avenues for the single cash fare O
? five (5) cents per passenger.
q Third-Packages OF tickets containing twenty
five tickets, good for any distance upon said rout
l between the two points above named, shall b
1 furnished on the cars for 81.
| FOuTtIl-Tr rom inc corner Oh NtuIl anu fOCkutl
avenues, in Avondale, to the corner Of Fifth an
Walnut Streets in Cincinnati, via the Mt Aubur
Inclined Plane, or from the corner Of FIT
and Walnut streets in CINCINNATI to tn
: in n'i'i Avondale via the Mount Aubu
Inclined Plane for the single cash fare of tifce
;. (15) cents per passenger.
Fifth-Packages OF eight tickets, good fos an
distance between the two points last above nance
via the Mt. Auburn Inclined Plane shall be fu
+ nishcd on the cars for 81.
Sixth-From the Lookout House on Mt Aubnr
y to the corner Of ROckdale and Main avenues fy
: cents, packages OF 20 tickets, good between sal
y points for 81.
Section g. Ibis grant is for term of twent
years, but 1t is made with q reservation to tn
Council oi the right to order the whole or any po
ton of the rails to BE- taken up whenever the sam
: shall not have been used il the regular carTyln
o Of passengers for the space of six months An
: this grant shall be void il the construction OF IL
= tracks authorized hereunder shall not have bee
/. | commenced within SIX months and complete
). within twelve months of the date of this OrdiI
u ance. Provided, that if the grantee shall not hay
f; | obtained a grant from the CITY OF Cincinnati
V the right to construct road to connect with th
II ronte from its south terminus to the LoOkO,
4 House on Mt, Auburn by January lst, 1850 the
u this grant shall be and become void on that dat
IS Section 4. The grantee herein, before cor
{ mencement of the construction OF sa
:, road and after the passage of this ordnanc
+ shall obtain the consent, in writing OF majOr
y Of the property holders the line OF So railrof
II demnfy and hold harmless the village from q
claim OF private individuals or corporations f
>, loss or damage occasioned by the construction
- operation OF said road.
IL Section s. The Engineer of the Village shG
!. give the grade and line of said railroad and Il
]. mode and manner Of the construction Of the rot
Y. shall be subject TO the direction and approval
} the Village Engineer and the Committee on Ra
- roads of the Council Of the Village And Il
v Railroad Company shall raise or lower their tract
n, at their own expense, TO conform with any chan
ID OF grade that may hereafter be made in any Of 4
id streets used or crossed by its tracks. And {
81 grantee shall pay the expense OF such SURVEYS
by the Village Engineer as may be necessary
lie the construction of the road.
Section 6. The Village reserves the rig
- to permit and grant to any oil
company the right to use in Il
~ case not to exceed one-tifth part of the cnt
route herein described, except that the villa
- may grant to any company, in place OF such oil
"A fifth, the right to use the part Of the route
n Rockdale avenue, upon the condition that I
III company using any part If the route so grant
81 shall ray propOrtonate Part Of the cost OF Ci
n struction of the part OF the route SO granted a
E thereafter bear proportionate part OF the expel
"a OF maintaining in repair SO much OF the route
q may be so used by any other company; and p
II vided that the company SO using part OF 81
n tracks shall run its ears III the same direction
II the cars are run over the entire route herein
n Scribed.
II Section THE grantee herein is not to be
81 Quired to purchase any omnibus line, nor TO kt
d the streets in repair except as herein before
n yidcd.
81 Section s-This ordinance shall take effect fr
n and after its publication, as required by law.
Ia ' Holm DICKSON