Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-01

An OrutuduoS hi"''hS A'5" o' Wy -
the Los Angeles Ostrich Farm Rail
way Company. and to its successors
and assigns, over and along certain
streets in the City of Los Angeles.
The Mayor and Council of the City y
Los Angeles do ordain as follows: ;
SECTION |. That the right of way be
and the same is hereby granted to the
Los Angeles Ostrich Farm Railway
Company, and to its successors and as
signs, over, upon and across those Ger.
tain streets in the city of Los Angeles
as hereinafter mentioned, for and during
the whole period of thirty 1907 years
from and next ensuing after the date OF
the taking effect of this ordinance, for
the purpose of laying down, operating
and maintaining thereon, one line OF
iron railroad track, the rails OF said
track to be provided on the outside with
plank not less than four inches wide to
be spiked to the cross ties up to and
flush with the top of tine rail. and of
running cars thereon for the transporta-
tion of passengers and freight over the
line of said road, and for such switches
and turnouts as may be necessary or
proper for the operation of said rail-
road. Said grant is made upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
SECTION .. The line of the road bed
of said railroad shall be as follows:
Commencing at point in Bellevue
avenue where it intersects with the west
line of Upper Main street, and runnin 6
along the center line Of Bellevue avenue,
excepting such portion of the route
where tracks exist at present, to the
center of Beaudry avenue, thence along
Beaudry avenue to Elysian Park ave.
nue., thence continuing on Elysian Park
avenue with steam motor road
through Reservoir street to a point
about 900 feet easterly from the inter-
section of Reservoir and Alvarado
streets, thence across Alvarado street at
a point about $40 feet southerly from the
intersection of Alvarado and Reservoir
| streets, thence northwesterly crossing
Reservoir street about 900 feet easter.
ly from the point of intersection of Rss-
ervoir and Micheltoreno streets, thence
| northerly crossing Micheltoreno street
at point northeasterly abont 200
feet from the intersection of Michelt0
reno and Reservoir streets, and crossing
| Effie street at a point about ], 400 feet
| westerly from the interse ction Of Etfie and
Micheltoreno streets, thence nOrtnerly
to the north boundary of the city.
The cars to be run or propelled from
| place of beginning to Elysian Park ave-
nue. by horses or electricity, two horses
io, To nanb tho nm nj mi mo
portion of said road to be operated by
steam motor or electricity.
SECTION 3. If at any time the pres.
ent defined and established lines of any
OF said streets over which said right Of
way is hereby granted, should be
changed or altered In any way, the road
bed and line of the said road shall be
shifted and changed by the said grantee,
its successors or assigns, within ninety
days Tor such other time as said Council
shall designate, after notification there.
| of, to such route on either side of the
center line of any of said streets, as the
| Council of said city shall designate.
SECTION 4. The said grantee shall
within six months from and after the
date of the taking effect of this ordin-
ance, complete the laying down, build.
ing and construction of the said road,
and have the same ready for the running
of cars thereon and in actual operation
over the entire length of said railroad as
aforesaid. That il at any time for the
space of ninety days said road or any
part thereof shall be unused as rail.
road, the franchise for said road or the
part thereof so unused shall be thereby
| forfeited.
SECTION S. In the construction of
said railroad along the line of any of
said streets within said city, the said
grantee shall place the rails of said road
in such way that the top of the rail
shall be flush with the street, and the
laying of the track shall conform in all
cases where any part of said route has
been graded, according to such estab-
lished grade, and in all other cases as
near as practicable to the natural grade
and surface of the street; and whenever
at any time any part of said streets shall
be graded, or the grade thereof
changed or altered, by the Council
OF said city, then the bed of the
road and the tracks thereof shall be
changed and shifted by the said grantee
| SO dS " CUulOIu W SuCh hOW OiuOlhA
grade; and whenever the said road shall
cross any zanja or water ditch, used for
irrigation within said city, good and
proper culverts shall be constructed so
as not to interfere with or impede in the
slightest degree the flow of water there
in; and whenever at any time the said
route shall intersect any street now or
hereafter to be opened across any of the
said streets along which said right.of-
way is granted, or shall pass in front of
any such street forming a junction with
any OF said streets along which said
right-o way is hereby granted, then and
in such case the said grantee shall con.
struct and maintain good, proper and
substantial board crossing the whole dis
tance across or in front thereof.
SEC. 6. The city reserves the right
to grade, renew, sewer, pave, macadam-
ize, improve, alter, or repair any or all
parts of said streets, and to lay down
pipe therein for water, gas and other pur-
poses, and to construct sewer and zanjas
over and long the same, but such work
is to be done by the city 80 as to injure
said road as little as possible, and the
city shall have the right at any and all
times to use, manage and control the
said streets as public streets to the same
extent and with the same power, when.
ever deemed necessary, as if this fran
chise had not been granted.
| SEC. 7. The city reserves the right, as
public convenience may require, to lay
out and improve streets through and
across any part or portion of the track
or tracks to be laid by said grantee over
the route aforesaid, and to construct and
pass under said railroad track any wa
ter canal, or zanja or water ditch, at the
expense of said city; the said grantee. its
successor or assigns, to correspond the
track of said road to the required grade
of such water canal, zanja or ditch, the
expense of changing the said track or