Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-07-21
An Ordinance
Granting franchise for street railroad TO
tho East Los Angeles and Main street
Railroad Company.

The Mayor and Council OF the City Of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows;
SEcrioSi. That the right Of way may be
and the same is hereby granted TO the
East Los Angeles and Main street rail
road company and its assigns over and
along the following streets OF said city,
until Nov. 9TH 1907, for the purpose of
extending, laying, maintaining and opcr.
ating ono line Of iron street railroad
track, with two parallel rails, distant
from each other at least three feet, and
TO run cars thereon to be drawn and pro-
PEELED by horses or mules, and TO carry
passengers thereon that is TO say:
Commencing at q point on the center
line of the Spring and Sixth street rail
road four hundred and sixty feet south
erly from the present frog point whore
the Spring and Sixth street railroad con
meets with the said East Los Angeles
and Main street railroad, and running
thence from said first mentioned point,
in straight line, southerly TO point on
the center line OF said East Los Angeles
and Main street railroad, opposite TO and
at right angles eastcrly from the point OF
intersection OF the easterly boundary Of
Upper Main Street with the westerly
boundary OF Alameda street, said last
mentioned point being the point where
the two streets merge into one
SRcTfoS 2. The said line OF road shall
be completed within the period of four
months from and after the date OF tho
taking effect OF this ordinance.
SKoTfoN 3. The laying Of the track
shall conform in all cases, where any
part of said route has been graded ao-
cording TO an established grade, to such
established grade, and in all other cases
to the natural grade OF the street through
which IL may run; and when, at any time,
anypart Of said route shall be graded orr the
grade thereof changed or altered, the bed
OF tho road and the track thereof shall
be made to conform Herewith.
SECTION 4. The said grantee and its
assigns shall plank, pave or macadamize
the entire length of the street used by
its tracks between the rails and for two
feet on each side thereof, and shall keep
the same constantly in repair, flush with
the street, and provided with good cross
ines, in length equal to the cross street
in or opposite which said crossing is
lHitlt, anu tilt blltth pt hOt thdh
five feet wide within the rails, and there
be space between the main tracks and
side tracks or turnonts sufficient to allow
cars TO pass each other freely and with
out damage.
SECTION s. At no time shall any adj
ditional rate OF fare be charged on said
route, but only the fare authorized to be
chargedfor the road or roads with which
il is connected.
SECTION G. Within sixty days from
the completion OF tho track, rs herein
before provided, the said East Los
Angeles and Main street railroad com
pany or its assigns shall file with the
Clerk of the Council an abandonment
and surrender OF its franchise and rights
of way from the present point Of inter
section OF the said East Los Angeles and
Main street railroad with the Spring and
Sixth street railroad 90 the point OF in
tersection OF the franchise herein granted
with the former franchise OF the said
East Los Angeles and Main street rail
road, and take up and remove all rails
and cross ties belonging to the said COM
pany between the last mentioned points.
SECTION z. 1t lis expressly understood
that the city of Los Angeles, in making
the grant of this franchise, expressly re-
serves the right to grade, sewer, pave,
macadamize, improve alter or repair all
or either oil sad streets and any part
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