Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-10
ORDINANCE No. 26S.

An ordinance relating to Street Railways in
in the City of st. Paul.
The Common Council of the City of st.
Paul do ordain as follows.
SECTION l, WHEREAS by section 9 of the
ordinance of said city mo. 57) approved JAM
uary S, 1872, entitled Gan Ordinance to auth
orise the construction and operation of
horse railways in certain streets of st. Paul"
it is provided that "From an after the expir-
alton of ten years from and after the passage
of said ordinance the Common Council of said
city shall at any time have the right by Ordi-
lance to purchase said railways, depot, depot
grounds, station house, carriages. cars, horses
animals, harnesses, equipage, furniture and
Improvements of every kind, name and des-
cription used in the construction or operation
of said railways or appurtenances therein re-
ferred to, together with all the corporate
rights or franchises therein referred to, that
might be acquired by the parties, their sue
ceasors or assign therein mentioned; by pay
ing the value thereof to be ascertained as
therein provided; and
WHEREAS, thcsaid term of ten years has ex-
pired and the Saint Paul City Railway Com
pany, owner of said railway property, rights
and franchises, and successor in interest of the
Saint Paul Street Railway Company and of the
parties in said ordinance referred to- is DESTROYS
that said city shall elect, either to-. purchase
the said railway property, rights and fran.
chises or to relinquish the right to make such
purchase; and,
WHEREAS, In case OF such REIMBURSEMENT
by said city, of said right to purchase, it is
the intention of the Saint Paul City Railway
Company aforesaid to make extensive and
costly Improvements connected with said
| railway system, and requiring increased facili-
| ties of raising money upon the security of
| said railways, property, rights and franchises,
and it is deemed by said Common Council
| to be expedient, and for the best interests of
| said city to decline such purchases, and that
| sale city should relinquish the said right of
purchase.
| Now therefore the Common Council of the
| City of Saint Paul do ordain: That the said
| City of Saint Panl declines to purchase the
| said railways, property, rights aud franchises.
and that the right of said city to make such pur-
| chase as reserved and provided in said section
nine of said ordinance is hereby waived and
| forever rellnQuished; and that the right and
| franchise to lay such lines OF railway in the
streets of said City, IN the manner provided in
| said ordinance, and alse in ordinance of said
City number 224, entitled an ordinance relat-
| ing to the acceptance and regulation of street
railroads in the City of Saint Paul, approved
September %, 1880, and all other, the rights,
| privileges and franchises granted or conferred
| by said ordinances, or the Act of the Legisla-
| ture ratifyipg said ordinance, approved Feb
ruary 80, 1872, being chapter liz, of the s sec-
| ial Laws of Minnesota of the year 1872, are
hereby granted, confirmed and continued to
and in 1.-THE Saint Paul City Railway Com
pany' aforesaid, for and during the term OF
its charter, free and clear OF such right of said
| City to purchase aforesaid; and that all parts
| of said section nine of said ordinance No. 81
| inconsistent herewith be, and the same are
thereby repealed
B This ordinance shall not be construed as re.