Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-23
RAILWAY FRANCHISES.
A List of Those Granted
During Several Years.
WHICH WILL BE FORFEITED ?
City Attorney Daily Visits the Attor
ney General in Relation to This
Interesting Question.

hUOuC tnTee Weeks dRO Olty htlOihCJ
DAILY was instructed to proceed north
ward to San Francisco and Sacramento
to take steps to have all those franchises
of street railroads forfeited, the terms oi
which have not been carried out to the
full letter. 1t was decided that fran
chise could not be revoked without an
action through the courts, and it was tc
obtain permission to commence the suits
in the name of the People vs.. the State
from the Attorney General, that he went
north. He returned on Thursday last
but has been quite i'll ever since his re.
turn and has not yet made his report tc
the City Council. Before he went north
he was furnished with list of the street
railroad franchises in the city liable to
be forfeited if they have not been carried
out. How many of these have beer
fully complied with will be the question
with the Board of Public Works when
Mr.. Daily has made his report. The list
offranchises, granted up 10 within year
and which were to have been carried
out, as follows:
December 4, 1873, Spring and Sixth
Street Railroad, to R. M. Widney for
twenty years, from Main and Spring
streets along Spring to First, to Fort, to
Fourth, to Hill, to Fifth, to Olive, to
Sixth, to Figueroa, one line, horses or
mules, to commence inside OF six months
tween tracks to be planked, paved or
macadamized and in event of D. V.
Waldron failing to comply with terms OF
franchise granted July 7, 1878, to lave
right of way over streets from Main and
Spring along Main to Alameda.
September IL, 1874, to Spring aud
Sixth Street Railroad Company for
twenty years, single track, from Main to
Alameda along Alameda to Southern Pa
cifc Railroad depot, horses or mules, to
be commenced in three months and COM
pleted in six months, to plank, pave OF
macadamize between tracks.
September "a, 1874, to John G. Down
ey, o. w. Childs and John M. Baldwin
for twenty years, one line OF track, horses
or mules, commencing at junction ol
Main and Spring streets, to Washington
to Figueroa, to city limits and right to
run over line of Spring and Sixth Street
Railroad Company from Main and
Spring streets one block, to be com.
menced within three months and COM
pleted in sixteen months, to plank, pave
or macadamize between tracks.
March IS, 1875. Spring and Sixth
Street Railroad Company, extension Of
time, ninety days, granted to complete
road.
March 26, 1876, San Pedro Street Rail-
road to R. M. Widney, for thirty years,
from south boundary of city along San
Pedro to Los Angeles street at First, or
Los Angeles to Arcadia, to Sanchez, to
Marchessault street, to Eternity street,
to Stearns Mill, to Forbes street, to
Southern Pacific depot, over convenient
route across river, to Downey avenue, to
its eastern terminus, to be commenced
in sixty days and completed in eighteen
months, to plank, pave or macadamize
between the rails, power to be horses OF
mules.
June II, 1875, Also Street Railroad to
w. 81. Workman and A. II. Judson, sc
years single track, horses or mules, from
Arcadia and Main, along Arcadia and
street, to be commenced in one year and
completed in two years, roadbed to be
planked, paved or macadamized.
December 2, 1875, Spring and Sixth
Street Railroad, 20 years, single line OF
the northern terminus of the line as
granted by previous franchise, running
northerly along Alameda street and
thence over property to the Los Angeles
Infrmary, to be commenced in six
months and completed in one year, to be
planked, paved or macadamized between
the rails.
? May 26, 1875, to J. F. Ward, John s..
Thompson ani John Haley, rs years
single track, horses or mules, commence
ing at First and Los Angeles, along First
to Spring, to Seventh to Charity, tc
Washington, to be commenced in foul
months and completed in two years, to
be planked, paved or macadamized be-
tween the rails.
October IL, 1876, to G. E. Beane and
J. s. Crawford, for 20 years single line
track, horses or mules, commencing al
Main and Washington, along Main tc
Jefferson, to Figueroa, to city limits, to
be commenced in three months and
completed in two years, to be planked,
paved or macadamized between the
rails.
November I'd, 1876, to Spring and Sixth
Street Railroad Co., modification OF line
from Sixth and Figueroa, to Hill, on Hill
to Fourth, to Fort, to First, to Spring, to
Main, Upper Main, to corner of Ann and
San Fernando, to Los Angeles lnfirmary,
to be completed in twelve months.
January 18th, 1877, to ]. W. Potts, II.
J. Grow, Thos. A. Carey, l. A. Weld and
p. Beaudry, for twenty-five years, single
line of track, commencing at Spring and
Main street junction, along Temple to
city limits, horses or mules, to be com.
rnenced in one year and completed in
three years, to be planked, paved or mac.
adamized.
February LIST, 1877, to Los Angeles and
Also Avenue Street Railroad Co., twen-
ty-five years, single track, horse or mules,
from Main and Arcadia, along Main tC
junction of Main and Spring.
December, 1877, to ]. s. Griffin, re.
pealing franchise to 1. w. .Hellman and
to John S. Griffin, and granting right Of
constructing single line of street railroad
horses or mules, commencing on Main
near Commercial street, thence along
Main to Olvera, to Macy. to Alameda, tc
San Fernando, to Downey Avenue, to
Gates street, East Los Angeles, to be
commenced in one month and completed
in one year, roadbed to be planked
paved or macadamized.
September, 9th, 1882, to l. w. He'll.
man for thirty years, one line of track
from San Fernando street, near Ann, to
Virgin street, to New High, to Marches
sault. to Plaza, along Main to First, tc