St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-25
Ordinance No. 40.

THos. A. PRENDERGAsT, City Clerk.
Sept. 25.
ORDINANCE No. 730.
An Ordinance Relative to the st. Paul City
Railway Company.
The Common Council of the City of St.
Paul do ordain as follows:
Section l. There is hereby granted to the
st. Paul City Railway Company authority,
rights and privileges, as follows:
First-TO operate in the City Of st. Paul
a part of its line hereinafter designated by
underground cable in connection with sta
| tionary engines, such as are constructed and
| operated in the street railway service, upon
what are known as cable lines; and to con-
struct and maintain such cable lines In that
part OF the streets of the city hereinafter
mentioned.
| Second-TO construct, operate and main
| tain in that part of the streets of the city
| hereinafter mentioned, motor or railway
| line, to be operated by steam, cable, electric
| lty, pneumatic or any power besides animal
| power. each upon the following conditions:
| l. Said cable line shall be constructed by
| said company within the following limits,
| viz: On West Seventh street, from Seven
| Corners westerly to Ramsey street, thence
| on Ramsey street to Oakland street; thence
ON Oakland street to Grand avenue; thence
| On Grand avenue to Victoria street.
| 2. Said motor line shall be constructed
| by said company within the following linn
| its, viz: From Victoria street on Grand ave-
| nue., to Manchester avence; thence northerly
on Manchester avenue, when extended to
| Leslie avenue. when extended; and thence
westerly along Leslie avenue, when eX
tended. to Cleveland avenue; thence across
| Cleveland avenue on Leslie avenue, when
extended. 1920 feet, more or less, to the
west line of the east half of the northeast
| quarter of section 5, township 2S. OF range
| %; and thence north or nOrthweSterly to
| the foot of the first line of hills east of the
bank of the Mississippi river and nearly
parallel thereto; thence along the foot of
said line of hills to the west limits of said
city,
Provided that the said line shall not be
located at any point nearer than 600 feet to
the top of the bank OF the Mississippi river.
Said cable line shall be constructed with
two or double tracks and so that said cable
shall be operated completely underground.
And the rails of said cable and motor
tracks shall be laid on the established
grade of said streets, or on that which shall
be established by the City OF st. Paul as the
grade of said streets, on OF as near as prac-
ticable to the center of said streets, and
shall be laid in such manner that carriages
and vehicles can easily and freely cross
said tracks at all points.
The cars to be used on said lines shall be
constructed with all the latest improve
ments for the comfort and convenience of
passengers, and shall be used for no other
purpose than for the tranSpOrtiOn of pas
sengers, and the said company may operate
on said cable lines herein provided,
not exceeding two cars and one Crap
pling Car, attached together, with
one driver in charge of the grap-
pling car, and at least one conductor
in charge of the additional cars; and the
slot or opening into the trenches shall not
exceed in width fve-eighths of an inch,
unless with the permission OF the Common
Council.
Sec. 2. The said company SHALL on max
ing the necessary excavation and works
for the construction of said cable line, re-
place the said streets where such eXcava-
ton or work shall have been made, in as
good condition as they were previously, and
shall keep sixteen feet in width of the
street where said tracks are laid embracing
the space covered by its said double tracks,
and two feet outside of the outside rail on
either side of said track in the streets afore-
said. where said tracks are laid), clean and
in good repair, and shall cause the snow to
be removed from the said portion or sixteen
feet of said street or streets, so as to afford
safe and unObStructed passage to SleighS and
wagons, and cause to be removed all such
snow from the said space of sixteen feet,
completely away from the said street or
streets, within fOrty-eight hours of the
snowfall in each instance. and the repairs
of the said streets. and..t removal aforesaid,
shall be done to the satisfaction of the
Common Council. or such person or per-
sons as may have supervision of the streets
of the City of St. Paul, and at the proper
cost and expense of said company. And
when any new improvements, paving, re-
paving, planking or replanking Grading
only excepted), is ordered by the Common
Council of said city, on any of said streets
or parts of said streets herein mentioned,
the said company shall in the same manner,
and with like materials, make
such new improvements, paving, re-
paving, plankng or replankng (grad-
ing only excepted), on the said space
of sixteen feet in that part OF. said street or
streets where said new improvements afore
said may have been ordered by the Com
mon Council aforesaid. And in case the
said company shall, after notice by said
Common Council of said city, neglect to
make such new improvements, as afore
said,f then the same may be done under the
direction of the City of ST. Paul. at the
expense of said company, and the amount
of said expense shall be assessed by the
proper authorities of said city, upon like
notice to said company, as in other cases of
| assessments, and the amount so assessed
| shall be chargeable to and paid by said
| company
The running of cars or carriages on any
part of said tracks may be suspended by
the Common Council for such reasonable
time as may at any time be necessary on ac-
count of repairs of streets or the building of
sewers or other public improvements, and
whenever it may be necessary to have any
such tracks or parts thereof taken up for
the purposes aforesaid, the same
shall be taken up and relaid at
the expense of said company. The
Chief of the Fire Department or the person
for the time being who may be acting in
| his stead, may order suspension of the
running of any cars on any line of railway
which he may deem necessary during any
fire.
Sec. 8. The rate of fare upon said cable
and motor lines shall be the same as that
upon any of the lines of said company now
| in operation, and the fare tickets issued by
said company, receivable on any of its other
| lines in use, shall be received as fare upon
the said cable and motor lines; provided,
| that the rate of fare upon the said lines