Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-29
ORDINANCES No. Gao.

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The City Of Seattle does o1csin as Ioi-
lows:
SECTION /. That there be and hereby is
granted unto y. Z Grueile, Jshn Z. JoT-
dan and rdwsrd p. Edison. their q socisies.
successors ami assigns. upon the co2cl-
tons and susjsscT 70 the resery Afio1s heTe-
matter speci1ed the right OF way for snd
the authority 70 locate. lay down Sno
maintain tracks for. and 10 construct
eGuip. operate, uisintain SRd extend q $ =
TEN Of railways with single or deueie
tracks. together with necessary and con
venlent switches. size tracks turDoatS
and turn I oles. Oh the pubic streets.
avenues. alleys and high Esys Tlthln the
boundaries OF the city of Seattle county
of king. and Territory Of WSshIngt0n.
under the name and style OF the queen
City Railway Company. As t5ilowa To-
wit
Beginning st the western terminus Of
Madison street. on the sh re or Eliiou
BAY, and running thence easterly alsng
&C d upon said Madison street toIhe inter
section Of said Madison street with the
section line between sections = and s., In
township y moth, range east
Beginning at the intersection OF said
Madison street with the sect oG line be-
tween sections y and 81. in township .
north. rams Z east. and running thence
eazteriy along and upon said Madison
street, as tue same IL now located. or As
the same may be her after located and
extendsd as and for a public street, TO the
eastern terminus Of said Madi On street.
as the same is now or may be hereafter
located and thence easter,y and north
eriy aong and upon any OF the public
streets Of said city affording the most
practicable route for a rail gay. 10 he
west shore of Lake Washington.
Beginning at the int rsection OF the
north boundary line Of the city of Seattle
with the line OF the west shore OF Lake
" ashington. and running thence south
erly on the most practicable route, as the
same mzy be found at the time of con
structicn of such railway either along
and upon the shore of sal / lake or along
and upon any of the pa bic streets, alleys.
avenues or highways which are now or
may be hereafter established or dedicated
10 pub &c use. along and near 10 the shore
of said lake TO Duke street
And beginning al the = estern terminus
of Washington street, on the shore of al
lott bay, and runuing thence along and
upon said Warrington ST eet to south
Fourth street. and along and upon South
Third street. fl ON sid " ashinA ton stree,
TO King street : and also along and upon
said South Fourth street, from said Wash
ington street. TO ~ i'll street thence along
and upon Mill and hird streets to Jahes
street; thence alCng and upon James
street to Four h strt ct ; thence along and
upon Fourth street 10 Seneca street :;
thence along and uVon Seneca street to
Seventh street; thence along and upon
Seventh street to Union street: thence
aleng and up.n Union street. TO Fifth
street: thence along and upon Fifth street
10 Battery street; thence along and upon
Battery street TO Sixth street: thence
along and upon 5, Xth street to Depot
street; thence along and upon Depot
street to Brant street; thence along and
upon Brant street to the shore of hlliott
bay.
Sec. 2 That the tracks of said railways
shall he not more than five feet between
the rails, which shall be of good quality
Of iron or steel. aud of improved pattern
and construction, aud laid as nearly as
practicable in tie center and flush with
the grade of the street, alley, avenue or
highway in which they are laid. and so as
to permit the free passage OF the cars of
any other railway crossing the same,
which nothing herein contained shall
prevent; and [ rails may be used in the
co struction of said system of railway s.
but only in streets. alleys. avenues or high
ways. or portions thereof which shall not
have been graded at the time of the con-
struction of such railways therein, and
all 4 rails used shall be taken up and re-
pls ced with fiat rails by the owners OF
said railways as soon as that part of any
street, alley, avenue or highway in which
the same nay be laid shall be graded.
, Sec. 3. That the owners of said rail-
ways shall pave. plank. macadamize. or
otherwise improve that portion of the
street or streets, alley or alleys, avenue ~
avenues. highway or highways on which
III If said railways may be laid, the en-.
til e length thereof between the rails and
tracks thereof, and for the width OF one
foot on each side of said tracks, of the
same materials used by the city, when.
ever the city snail plank, pave, macadam-
ize or otherwise improve such streets,
alleys, avenues or b ghHays and keep The
same in repair.
Sec. That the owners of said railway
shall be liable to the owners of property
alb ting on such streets. alleys, avenues
or highways in which said ra lways may
be located, respectively, for any and all
injuries and damages caused thereby, the
same to be asc5rtaIned by agreement OF
the parties concerned, or upon petition OF
the owners OF such property, respect vely.
in like manner as provided in chapter ISS
sect oAs 2i7S to 2i71. inclusive, OF the Code
of WASHINGTON Territory. for the appro.
priatiOn OF lands for private cOrpo- i ms,
and section Ii of the haI ter of the city
OF Seattle, as amended by Act of the Leg
stature of Washington Te ritory. az
y owed Nov. Is. 1883. the judgments and
DEGREES in all such eases TO be that the
owners of such railways shall pay the
damages AWARDED, and on such payment
| shall be entitled TO thu right of way and
n no petition or such compensation shall
be filed within twoy years after the tracks
Of such railways, spectipely, shall be
laid, such claim shall be barred.
Sec. s That the motive power by which
such railways and their cars or carriages may
be operated shall consist of horses, mules,
steam duIEmies traction engines or cab es
propelled by steam, Compressed air, electric
ity OF otherwise, provided that such steam
dummies or traction engines shall not be
used on any of said railways located west OF
the eiast line of Eleventh street. or in any part
Of the CITY east of Eleventh street after such
locality shall become 50 densely popul&t ed
that the use of sssch dummies or Ell. lines Will
be dangerous TO hfe or properly.
Sec 6. That the cars ard dummies to be
used upon such railways shall be of improved
pattern aud obstruction and supplied with
modern brakes OF othey stoppIge appliances.
See. Z. That such cars ana dumn=les shall
be run at stated and convenient intervals, and
at rate of speed not 70 exceed six miles
per hour ON any street west of Elev.
aoth street. Add Tor violai cos of tie pro-
visions VI this section he owners of said
railways shall ray TO the city of seattle the
cum OF one hundrod dollars as a penalty for
each offense. the same TO be recovered In a
civil action In tbs name OF the eity,
See 8. That the rate OF fares To BE- charged
BY the owners of such railways for trans
porting passengers moreover shall be not
more than Eve cents for sch passage one way
b-tween term nal poihts on each separate line
OF said system Of railways. excepting the line
alot ( the lake shore, on ~hich the fare shall
not be n ore THAI ten cents for each passage
one way. And the owners OF said railways
may charge and receive for transportation OF
packages and freight over their lines, ressosa-
hle rates therefor, subject. however. to regu.
lAtioo and Limitation by ordinances OF the
city of Seattle, TO he hereafter sdoptea Fro
vtded. That within the meaning OF ihi. sec
ton the railway from the west end Of Madf
son street to the intersection OF said street
vi b the section line between 3. ctioBs Is Aad
IS, Pail be deemed one separate Iine, and iLe
railway exteading from the point last men.
tio8ed To the shore % Laka Washington
shall be deemed one separate line: and
the railway from the point last meution-
ed, on the shore of Lake Washington
TO the east end of Duke street, shall be deem.
ed enc separate line; and the railway from
the west end Of Washington street, and from
the intersection OF South Third and King
STREETS, and extending along and upot. Wash.
lngtsn, south Third, south Fourth. Mill.
Third. James, FOURTH, seneca, Seventh, Union,
tIf b. Battery, Sixth. Depot and BFant streets,
20 the west end o. brant street. shall be deem.
ed one separate ltne.
sec. 3. That nothing in this ordinAnoe con.
tanned shall prevent the CRY Of Seattle from