The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-06
NO. I6---I8 88.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
ARE9OLUTION

8 "A HG9OAOA LION
Granting o. Franchise to and Authoriz
ina the Mayor and Recorder of Sal
Lake City to Sign Contract Wit
1.-THE salt Lake and Fort DougIa
Railway Company"
Be 1T RESOLVED By the City CoumcI O.
Salt Lake City: That 'Phe Salt Lake
Fort Douglas Railway Company" it,
Way, for the period of twenty years
lover and along the following named
streets of said city, to construct, main
tain, and operate two or three-raiied
steam railway, from point connecting
with said railway company's track al
the intersection of Eighth South and
Fourth West Streets, north along said
Fourth West Street to the Utah Central
Railway depot. between North and
tSOuth Temple Streets, on the terms and
conditions contained in the following
agreement, to- wit:
This agreement, made and entered
Into this. day of..........-.
IN the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and lightweight, by and
bet Eesn Salt Lake City, a municipal
corporation, organized and existing IN
der the laws of Utah Territory. party
of the first part, and hereinafter de-
signated as "said city," and The Salt
Lake & Fort Douglas Railway Com
pany, railway corporation of Utah
Territory, hereinafter designated as
''said railway company" party of the
second part, Wit1leSSeth:
| Whereas, the said railway company is
about to construct and operate through
the streets of Salt Lake City railroad
to carry passengers and freight for
hire, and for this purpose has applied
to said city for right of way over and
along its streets and highways, and for
the privilege of laying tracks and run
ming cars thereon, and the said city has
granted said application for period OF
twenty years to said railway company
on the terms and conditions following,
to-wit:
First-In consideration of the coven-
ants and agreements made by the said
railway company, and hereinafter con-
tanned, said city has granted. given and
extended, and by these presents does
grant, give and extend unto the said
railway company a right of way and
transit, and a right to build, own,
maintain and operate two or three
rallied steam railway, with power to
move cars thereon from a point con-
Meeting with said railway company s
track at the intersection of Eighth
South and Fourth West Streets, north
along said Fourth West Street to the
Utah Central Railway depot, between
| North and South Temple Streets, with
necessary and convenient side tracks
and spurs to enable said railway COM
pany to connect with the Utah & Ne
vada Railway, with the Utah
Central Railway, and with the
Railway; side tracks, spurs and
made only by consent and with the ap-
proval of the City Council of said city;
Provided, That no freight shall be loaded
or unloaded except at the terminal
points or depots of said railway.
In consideration aVhereOf, The said rail-
way company has agreed for itself, its
successors and assigns, and by these
presents does agree for itself, its success
sors and assigns:
First-That all tracks laid by said
railway company shall be in the centre
of the streets, except where it is neces-
sary to make curves in connecting with
the said Utah & Nevada Railway, with
the Utah Central Railway, with the
Denver & Rio Grande Western RailWey
and with the said railway company's
depot grounds; and no tracks shall be
laid upon any sidewalk except to enter
or leave the block 20 which it is ada
cent.
Second-That the said railway COM
pany's tracks shall be laid upon and
conform to the established grade of the
street upon which they run. and if such
grade is afterwards changed by order of
the City Council, said railway company
shall, at its own expense, change its
track to conform to the same, and
shall keep the road ballasted with
gravel to within two and half inches
of the top of the rails.
Third-That the said railway COM
pany shall gravel and maintain, in good
condition, at the established grade, the
street along which the track runs. for a
distance of forty feet on each side of
said railway, subject to the approval of
the Supervisor of Streets, said improve
ments to be made within one year after
the date of this agreement, and said
railway company shall have permits |
sion to take gravel for said purpose
from the city gravel block free of charge. |
Fourth-That said track shall, with |
out cost to the said city, be kept and |
maintained in good condition and re-
pair along its entire length, and the
whole space between the rails and one |
foot on each side thereof shall be kept |
paved or ballasted of the same material |
as the street traversed, and made to |
conform to the established grade there
of. Said railway company shall put in |
and maintain, to the acceptance of the
Supervisor of Streets, stone or. plank |
crossings between the rails and one foot |
on the outside of the rails for the entire
width of each and every street crossed |
by it on said Fourth West Street, and |
the top surface of said stone or planks
shall be on level with the top Of the
rails.
Fifth-That said track shall be laid |
and the road operated so as to cause no |
impeachment to the common
and ordinary use of said street on which
it is laid. And the said railway COM
pany shall comply with the direction of |
said city in the construction of its line,
and in the operation of the same within
the limits of said city, when it does not
interfere with the points of special
agreement as herein set forth.