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/ The ordinance reads sS follows.
Az okDINANCE-tirant permission 70 the
keut County street Railway Company a.
construct. own. saintaih and ess certain
haes Of street. railway 10 the city ef Grand
Rapids. on certain streets. avenues. alleys
snd public places taereof.
The Common Council Of the city OF Grand
Section l. That consent. permission and
authority are hereby given and granted and
duly vested ia the said The keat County
Street Railway Company OF Grand Rapids, 20
lsy for single or double track. with ali the
necessary ana convenient tracks for turn outs
side-tracks. cross overs. turntables aud
switches together with all the necessary poles.
wires. etc. and across such sidewalks, OF erass.
w.siAs necessary Tor ingress or egress 10
any barn. car shed or power house of said cont
psuy IN. through and along such streets. ave
nHss. alleys or public places IN the city OF
6f3nd Rapids as the Common Council herein-
after designate. and the same 10 keep. main
tain and use. and To operate thereon street
railway ears. motors. grip-ears. coaches aud
carriages. and during all the term hereinafter
specified and prescribed. and in the manner
and upon the conditions set forth in this ordi-
nance.
See = The said com pany is hereby author
ized to construct and operate. maintain and
use street railways upon the following streets.
viz:
From the intersection OF EastSt. and East
futonSt.. thence westerly In. through aud
along said East Fulton-st To South
College ave; thence northerly, In. through
aud along said South College-sye
% Fountain ST.; thence westerly. in. through
and along said Fountain-st. tn Ottawast.; also.
upon such other streets. avenues. alleys or
public places. contiguous. aud naturally tribu.
tary thereto. as the Common Council may from
time To time. by ordinance. designate as proper
streets wherein TO have street railways.
See. 3. The said Kent County Railway Com
pany," In constructing its said line of railway
shau conform To the grades of the streets a.
now established. or hereinafter established
oy the Board of Public Works or other compe-
tent authority. and in the event of their build
Ing any OF the said lines upon streets avenues.
alleys or public places. the grade whereof has
not yet been made. they shall have the right tn
enter the same. and grade for construction
only. but as directed by the city engineer
See T. The tracks of the said railway shall
be laid In the center of all said streets, where a
single track Is laid or they may be laid either
side OF the center of said streets, provided the
inner rail OF said tracks shall be laid within
three feet and three inches of the center of
said streets; In places where there may be
switches or turn-outs. the center OF the space
within the main track and such switches or
turn-outs shall be at the center OF the streets:
IN ease the company shall lay a double track
in any of said streets, the inner rail of said
track shall be within three feet and three
inches of the center of the street; the gauge
OF said track shall be at least four feet and
eight and one-half inches and so as 20 accom-
modate the most common width between car
ragc wheels.
Sec. 5. The tracks of said railway COM
pany which hereafter shall BE- laid. shall be
laid with such rails and in such manner Us
shall least obstruct the passage of vehicles
over the same, the Kind and pattern thereof
10 be such as shall be approved by the Com
mon Council. before the same shall be laid
and shall conform 10 the surface measures
adopted as the standard by the Common COun-
ell. said tracks shall be of steel rails. weigh
Ing not less than twenty-seyen pounds 10 the
yard; said rails shall be not less than four
inches wide with not more than three-quarters
OF an inch rise; said tracks shall conform To
the grades OF the streets as now established,
or as they shall from time 10 time be re-estab-
lished or altered. and in case of grading or
paving any Of the streets over which the lines
OF the said railway shall run. If it be necessary
70 relay said rails. the same shall be done az
the expense OF said company. The said cont
Dany shall be required to keep the surface of
the street inside its rails and tracks in good
order and repair. aud as high as the top Of the
rails of said track in the streets Where the
company shall operate a double track as
street railway. n shall be required 10 keep the
space between its rails and tracks i'm good or
der. and on unpayed streets they shalt lay aud
maintain an eight-inch stringer OF wood on
Outsides of said rail. and whenever the Com
mon Council shall order a street paved or 9TH
erwiSe improved. 10 shall be the duty of said
street railway company 10 either pave or make
such improvements SO ordered. or pay the ex
penses of paving or making such Improvement
between its rails and tracks: said company
shall also remove or level all ridges and banks
OF snow or Ice that NAV fall or be formed
within the rails of their tracks such snow and
Ice as Is removed as aforesaid shall be evenly
distributed over the surface the street In such
manner as shall least 0bstTuot public travel
thereon. and an case the said railway company
should refuse - level or remove the same.
within a reasonable time. aud the Common
Council shall deem 10 necessary aud does re
move NJ ans time a portion Of the snow and
ice from any portion Of a street through which
the said company nav be operating street
railway then. aud IN that ease. the said rail
way company shall bear So much OF the eX
pense thereof. determined on the basis Of the
proportion ia width OF the streets occupied hv
the track or tracks Of the company compared
with the whole width Of the street. and this
proportion SHAH also govern the expenses for
paving And Il the said company shall ne-
lect 60 obey any order which the Common
Council may make In relation 10 such Affairs
or any order relative 20 any repairs OF the
streets which the said company. by the proyis-
ION ~ this ordinance. are obligated 20 make.
the said Common Council may cause the same
90 be made and collect the expenses thereof
rom said company provided that the said
company mar deposit or sprinkle salt upon
the tracks of their street railway At an switch
points curves aad turntables. and az and anon
other portions Of said tracks. the grade where
OF shall exceed two and one half feet a. the
hundred the salt ia AL eases 70 be deposited
or Sprinkled On the surface q the rails only.
and IN such Quantities and iu sueh manner as