Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-21
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Rock Island:
SECTION l. That the Moline & Rock Island
Horse Railroad company i hereby granted the
right and authority 10 construct, maintain and Op
cate n single CT double track IA lway. with all
necessary and convenient side tracks. switches,
curves and sppendages, for and during the full pc
Rod of twenty year, from and after the passage
and approval Of thi- ordinance along the follow
route, viz: Commencing 81 the track Of the Union
street railway company, At the intersection Of
Third avenue and Nineteenth street. in said CITY;
thence eastrry along and over said Third avenue
10 the int section Of Third avenue and Twenty
fourth street. and thence noTthwardly along and
said Twenty fourth street and over and across
Second avenue to the premises of he United
states government. al the government wagon
bridge leading 10 the island of Rock Island: and
also 10 col struCt- maintain and operate single or
double track railway, with all necessary and con
yenieni side tracks, witches, curves and append
ages, for and during said per cd. along and over
Fifteenth street. in sAid civ between Second and
Third avenues rngc her with the righI. subject
| the consent Of the Union Street Railway company
10 run its cars and operate its railway over the
/ tracks of the SAID last named company, along
Third avenue from sAid Fifteenth street to salu
| Nineteenth treyt Provided, however And thi-
grant i upon the express condition stipulation
/ and mutual agreement that no track or ira L.
shall be lAd, or attempted 10 be laid. leased, pur
/ cha ed. or in any manner whatsoever, obtaited
| operated, used or maintained nv this company, OF
| in connection with any company. OF it. track, in
! upon OF Slong Twentv-fonrh street between Third
~ q tlltn avenues or lands ana properly adjacent
thereto, and any attempt 10 co meet, pass over,
use, operate, lease. purchase or maintain street
! railway track or traCks on said street between
| said Third and Fifth avdhues shall render his
grant void and ipso facto be thereby forieited.a
/ cease and determine
SEC ? Said tracks shall he laid with a tram
rail uf not lees than two and three quarter inChe-
in width in that part Used BY wagons and shall al
| all times be kept. nearly As practicable, on a
level with the surface Of the avenues and streets,
| along and upon which they shall he Constructed.
| And said company shall, al its own expense, keep
| the spaces between the rails. and for The dlslAn g
Of eighteen inches on esCh side Of it. track. IN
| good condition and repair And said company
shall also, NJ it, own expense upon the request of
the city, huhd and construct all such parts of any
gutter water course, th7t may be by the city au
thorized and constructed. 20 to cross it, said
tracks, IN such manner the remaining portion Of
such CUTTERS or cour-c- may be constructed by The
city, and tothe extent OF the width occupied by
said companys tracks and eighteen inches on each
side thereof. The gusge Of said track shal. ot
four feet eight and one-half inches.
SEC. 5. Said company. it. conductors and drty
ers may. by ordinance Of the citv council. he pro
hlbiied from stopping the cars al ANY = Get cro>s
ing as to unnecessarily interfere with or inter
rupt the travel of the streets which they ma!
cross.
SEC. 4. said company Is hereby authorized ant
empowered during The term hereby granted, To op
crate its said IA lway and cars, either by hors'
power or electricity, and If by electricity by suct
system thereof, a. the council may by ordinance
| permit and approve
SEC s. The power ard authority hereby grant
ed, are upon tie condition that said com. any shal
ond will comply with all its obligations 10 owner
OF property abuttng upon the above mentione'
route now in such case prescribed by statute.
SEC. E. said eomdany may requisite and estah
fish from time 10 time such rates Of fare for tn
transportation OF passengers over the road Ms the
may proper, provided that the charge frnr
one extreme to the other or any less distance
shall moi exceed five cents except when 10 accom-
modate the public. the shall be run SITTER 10 3
O'Clock p. m, in which case fare of ten cent
msy be charged for each person, unless dlter
ent compensation be agreed upon hy the comptn
and the persons: and further provided. that sal
, company shall have the right TO charge psssen
gers carrying trunks or packages on the front pla
forms Of the cars, an extra fare not to exceed te
cents.