Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-02
AN ORDINANCE

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A n OhD1N hNCE
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To Amend an Ordinance passed July "a,
A d. 1888 to further Authorize the
Moline & Rock Island Horse Railroad
ComDany TO Extend its Route and |
Construct. Operate and Maintain its |
I inc of Railway Track within the CITY |
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of Rock Island in unon and ALONG |
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RI II Oriojys9 h, fbs C;tv Co,,ncH oF The Cgty of
Rock Island
SECTION l. That the Moline & Rock Island |
Horse Railroad company il hereby granted the |
right and authority to construct maintain and OPP
crate single ur double track ra lway with MI |
necessary and convenient side tracks. switches, |
curves and appendages of or pertaining TO sncu |
line OF street railway for and during the full pc
rjod of ts enty wears from and after the passage
ana approval ofthis ordnance yyer and along and
following route, viz: Commencing and connecting
with the track of the Union street railway com
pany, at the int r-ection of Third avenue md
Nineteenth street, in said city. and extending
thence easterly along aud over said Ihr.. avenue,
cross ing the tack of said Moline & hock Island
railroad al right angles Twentieth street, and
continuing to the int sec ton of Third avenue
and Twenty fourth street, and thence nOrthwardly
alons and over said twenty fourth street across
Second avenue TO the premises of the United
States Government AT The government wagon
brdrp lraiipt 10 the islat of Rock Island pro
vidad that said street railway company may CON
strurt and maintain curye at said intersection
If ThiIg ayenpe and twentieth street. beginning
a. a roint on Third avenue east of Twentieth
and curying uorthwardv and connecting with the
said railway on Twentieth street. Also TO Con
| sTrrr, on,.rate and maintain with all necessary
and convenient swift ches and curyes for and dur
inc said per cd of tyeut, wears single or dolble
/ track railway commencing and connecting with
This compauys track at the intersection of Second
avepua and Fifteen street and extending thence
rlI1 ,-er and along Fifteenth street to its
intnrsscIin,, with rhird ayenue in said CITY to-
~ III ~ firth,r ri,Iht and nrivlege uDon
/ ~ ,,,rifter consent 81 The Union Street Railway
Inmnany firsr Ind and obtained therefor and flied
in M office of the rity clerk of the city of Rock
Leland IN connect ami ioin its said truck on Fiji
! tacnth street IN and with that Of said Union
straat Railway on said 'rbirtI avenue and there
| mon ra nm is ears and operate its connected
railway track over and alongthe tracks sidetracks
| and switches of the said JIn-ou Street Railway
-,osi,,, from said noiut Of intersection and con-
.,it, !,ast,rs~tti,, a. and sIong Third avenue TO
the aforema,'rioned connexions nj the inter-ec-
tion If said syenue and Nineteenth street Pro-
| ,iJaS bcysaTar and his yrart is made unon the
| aynrass Cordifion stinTlaTion covenant and
st+ree, emf that no track or tracks shall be laid
| or sttemntad 70 he laid leased purchased or in
any manner whatsoever be obtained operated or
maintainrd by this compaIy or in connection with
any orher conpauy or lis tracks in upon, over
| and along Twenty fourth street or any other
street or streets within the city limits east Of
said Twenty fourth street. in said city between
Third Fourth ard Fifth avenues either Ct
them or III, upon, over and along any streets,
east of Twentieth street, in said city, between
Third and Fourth avenues, or any lands and prem
| ises admitting or adjoining and adjacent 10 any
street or streets east of said twentieth and Tween
| III. h..fNp 4
| Third and Fourth and Third and Fiji b avenues.
or either or any + them. and any attempt to SO
| connect pass over use operate lease purchase or
msinrsi,, a street railway tracks on said streets.
| betg cen said Third Fourth and Fifth avenues, or
I either of them aforesaid. or over and along
auy lands and premises abutling or adjoining and
adjacent thereto AS aforesaid, shall render inns
J grant void and al rights and privileges granted
| Herewith and thereby snd all authority derived
| therefrom shall re forfeited cease and determine
SEC. :. The gnage of said track or tracks shall
| be four feet, eight and one-hAf inches, aud Ill
! IT OK or tracks of this company shall be
laid with a tram rail of not less than two
and three quarter inches in width inside
tue trend OF the wheels for a
. on that part used by wagons, and shall a
all times be kept, a. nearly as prsctcable' on
level with the adjacent surface of the avenut'
and streets, along and upon winch they may OF
constructed, and said company shall At all times
at its own cost charge and expense, keep he
$ aces between the rails. ana eighteen in hes OF
each outer side thereof in good condition and re
pair, and reasonably safu and practicable 10
teams. wagons carriages and vehicles, to pas
over and travel along the said tracks. anl
re-cross the same; ana sad company shall also
: nj its own cost charge and expense, upon writer
notice of the MAYOR of The city, build, Cunstruc
and MAINTAIN ali such mart or parts of any gutter
box drain or water course that NAV be authorize
; and ordered BY the city council To be made AM
, | constructed 50 a To cross its said tracks, an
shall build ana construct the of the sam
material and in like mannpr and form as the part
| which may he constructed Iyv IN. city and 10 tn
| extent of the distance or width between sal
| tracks and eighteen inches on each outer sid
. | thereof
. | SIC Said roUnany its conductors driver
aud en,nInvps may he prohjbirea by ordinance Z
: | the civ council from stopp.ng the cars at AZ
| street crossing so rs TO unnecessarily intrgfer
win ar interTunt rho travel on tn. streets whc
> hey may cross and no transfer tickets shall b
issued and used from the line running to MoIin
? to The line running 10 Davenport nor COnversel,
wit ont me consent OF the city council by ord
name, first had and Obtained therefor
= sc said cnmnapv is hereby authorized an
emDnyyr red 10 onertte rs sad IN way and en-
during the term hereby granted by either hor,
7 power or electricity and if by electricly il sha
! be by such system thereof as the council NAV |
II ordinance permit and approve
Il SEC s The rights privileges and authorii
4 ! hereby Granted arr. unon the condition mat Il
. said cornIary shall and Will fnIIy compiy with a
: | and singular its obligations TO the owner or ow
Il ers of the property abuttlng or adjoining Il
z | route or routes herein designated in manner Of
u as the same are or may bc prescribed by statut
Provided. however, THAI if the said Moline al
d | Pnrk Island Horse Railroad company shall at ~
d | time fora period of three consecutive noutl
. | during the said term of twenty years abandon.
{ fail neglect or refuse 10 operate and mainIa
q apy part or parts of its street railway track
tracks over and along the route and in and upt
:, the streets designated and the use of which f
Ii street railway purposes was granted in The ord
e | nance pas ed july End A D. Sss and of Il
:; routes and streets herein designated and grant,
IL in tension thereof To the full extent and co
= dilioned and provided IN said ordinance of Ju
10 , 1888, and in this ordinance amendatory theret
. then and in that case each aud all Of such part
parts of said routes az shall be abandoned
ID which said company shall for the period of thrt
If consecutive months aforesaid, fail, neglect
refuse TO operate or maintain, shall be there
4r forfeited and all rights and authority granted
ID said ordinances to said company shall as the sa
80. part or parts Of its routes become void and q
termined
IS SEC. G. Said company may regulate and esta
n Iiab from time to time such rites of fare for I
transportation of passengers onits said road tn
ie may see proper, provided that within the city Ii
e. its the m ximum charge for one fare shall not e
coed the sum of five cents. and that the esabli'
l. ed rate within the city limits shall at all times
| md fui-I, ,,rnr nrt inmate tn rhp rate