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the construction and operation of
street Railroad in the city Of Los An
gslez to the City Railroad Company
Of Los Angeles. q corporation.
The Mayor and Council of the City Of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows,
SECTION /. That the right Of way be
and the same is hereby granted TO the
City Railroad Company Of Los Angeles,
corporation, and to its successors, over
and along the public streets Of said city
named In this ordinance, for the period
OF thirty years from and after the pas
sage of this ordinance for the purpose OF
making all necessary excavations for.
and constructing. laying down, main
tanning and operating street railroad,
with necessary turn-outs and switches,
with iron or steel rails; provided, that
no rails known as I rails shalI be used
in the construction of this road; and
running cars thereon, TO be drawn and
propelled by horses. with the right at
any time within the life of this fran
chise to adopt and Substitute all electric
or cable system: That Is to say, com
mencing at point on the center line Of
the present constructed track Of the
City Railroad Company, said initial
point being located one hundred and
sixty feet northerIy from the north line
produced westerly of the Pico House
property, and running thence along the
center line Of Main street northerly to
the intersection Of Main street and Ala
media street; thence along Alameda
street on o center line parallel with and
| sixteen feet west of the Southern Pacific
Railroad northerly to point on the
center line Of the present constructed
track of the City Railroad, said point
being located fifty feet north OF the
north boundary Of College street, pro-
duced easterly.
Provided and upon condition that the
said grantee or its successors shall plank,
pave or macadamize the entire length
of said route along which said road may
be constructed, between the rails and
for two feet on each side thereof, and
shall keep the same constantly in repair
flush with the grade of the streets, and
provided with good crossings for all
kinds of vehicles and with all necessary
and proper fumes and culvsrts for the
free and uninterrupted passage Of water
under said tracks from lands higher than
said tracks or roadbed Is required to be,
and that there be sufficient space be.
tween the tracks and each Of the tracks
and side-tracks or turnouts to allow the
cars TO pass each other freely and with
out danger, and provided further that
the laying Of said tracks as hereinafter
provided shall conform in all cases when
any grade has been established to such
established grade. and in ell other cases
to the natural grade Of the streets
through which they may run, and when
at any time any part Of the said route
shall be graded or the grade thereof
changed or altered, the bed of the road
asd the track thereof she'll be made to
conform Herewith. Provided further
that when the streets along said route
or any of them are paved or macadsn.
lied or after having been paved or mac
adamized shall at any time be repaved
or macadamized with other material or
in different manner, the said grantee
or it's SUCCESSORS shall repave
or macadamize its said route
between the rails and for two feet on
each side thereof with the like materials
and In the same manner to correspond
with said street. Provided that the rate
Of fare for any distance along said road
and the road known as the City railroad,
owned by the City Rail Road Company,
shall at no time exceed five cents for one
passenger.
SECTION 2. It is further understood
that the ciiy in making the grant Of this
franchise expressly reserves the right 10
grade, renew. sewer, pave, macadamize,
improve, alter or repair all or either Of
said streets or any part thereof. and to
lay down pipes for water, gas and other
purposes, such work to be done by the
city SO as to obstruet or injurs said road
as little as possible.
SECTION 3. Provided that no turn
out or switch shall be constructed ex-
cept in places designated by the Council
Of the City Of Los Angeles; nor shall
such turnout in any case be nearer than
twenty-five feet to the junction Of any
street or the intersection of any cross
streets.
The City Surveyor shall designate the
radii Of curves to be used in swinging
the lines of this road from one street to
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the direction, and Of sidings and
switches.
SECTION 4. The above rights and
privileges are granted upon the express
condition that the said road shall be
commenced within three months and
fully completed. equipped and in run
ming order within one year from and
after the passage of this ordinance. 1t
is further understood that the franchise
is especially granted upon all and each
Of the provisions and conditions herein
contained. And il said grantee or its
successors shall fail in any particular to
comply Herewith or with either of them
then and in that case all rights to this
franchise except as hereinafter stated
shall be thereby forfeited and the grant
shall be null and void. and that nothing
herein contained shall be construed in
any manner a. granting an exclusive
franchise.
SECTION s. The Clerk Of the Council
shall certify to the passage Of this ordi-
nance and shall cause the same to be
published once In the Los Angeles
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in the city of Los Angeles, and thereupon
and thereafter it shall take eject and be
in force