Telegram-herald., 1889-10-25


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s4l4 grantees, o. BE incorporates hereafter
Whereas Said grantees desire the sr&ag
herrgY made 60 tr "a pressS s1Jfvet g. tAs
rights 90 tbe said street Halfway tsml aA9 81
0Iaud Rapids
Council "a Ihc titg oi ur1na Rapids
~ersl9u J. That consent. pefHilssioh sh4
S4tAsiity are hereby gwen ana siaatsa ana
G-s vested iu Samuel Nathcr. iillam a..
Aafher. WI Mayes aad george 4. Perry ana
their associates. o. be hereafter efEaAl1r0
into a body corporate. aud 90 their asslgns.
Z cua, MAINTAIN a-a ase s.ifSs ieis"-ss
g. Iae following streets. vita al lhc
necessary aud convenient tracks ipr
turn outs side tracks. turn tables.
cross tracks and switches. and tie same 81
Keep maintain and use. ana a. operate there
ca ii rrt railway cars. coaches, carriages.
sleigh 3r other vehicles. and during al the
terra hereinafter specified ana described. and
n tie manner ana upon Tie conditions set
To- th ia thls ordinance. hlt.
Commencing on Hall street az is intersee-
ti0u with Madison avenue. tHeuee Ia and
along lialtstreet 10 Division street thence on
aud along Division street 10 Monroe street.
Commencing on jefferson avenue al its inter
section with Han street, Thence ln and along
jefferson avenue 10 Blakciy aNcuutt thence
IN and along blakti d avenue 10 South DIVISION
street Commencing a the intersection oi
last street aut Wealthy aYeuuF. thence Ia
and along Neoithy az nue 10 Lagrafe street.
thence in aud along LagraNe street O. Enst
.af o HHl Hal.. - d
street 90 Monroe street, thence Ia and along
Monroe street o. Division street. t0Mmenc-
in- ar the intersection ol Last street ana
sherman streets thence lA. ana along Last
street 10 Cherry street, thence ia and along
Cherry street 20 Stale street. thence
ia and along State street 90 Jefferson avenue :
thence in aud along Jefferson avenue 10 East
Fulton street, thence in and along East ful-
ton street 10 lis intersection With LagraNc
street Commencing az ihe intersection OF
South l0nla street and Cherry street. thence
in and along South louia street 60 Monroe
street Commencing al the intersection Of
Indiana street and Buiterworth aveDuei
thence "n Buttrrworth avenue 10 " est Broad
way; thence on West broadway 10 watson
street thence on Watson street 10 cold street ;
thence on Gold street 10 ShaWmur avenue !;
thence on Shawmut avenue 10 South Front
street; thence On south Front street 10 Pearl
street thence on Pearl street and Pearl street
bridge 10 tampau Place. 50 called; comm Tr-
ing az the intersection OF stocking and
seventh streets. thence on stocking street TO
West Bridge street: commencing AT the com
pauy'S barn on jefferson street, and thence
across and on Jefferson street 10 West Bridge
street; commencing At the Il tersectiOn Of
Myrtle and Scribue~ streets. thence on ccrb-
ner street 10 West Bridge street commencing
at the city limits on West Bridge street as
they now exist thence on West Bridge street
o Bridge street bridge. thence across said
bridge and on East Bridge street 10 Canal
street; commencing on Colt avenue at Sweet
street. thence on Colt avenue 70 Plainneld
avenue, thence on Plalnneld avenue 10 East
Leonard street, thence on East Leonard street
10 Canal street thence on Canal street 10 and
across Campau Place 10 Monroe street, thence
on Monroe street 10 North Division street (;
also. OF such other streets and piac and a.
shall be necessary and most convenient 10
reach the power house OF said grantees and
their assigns, from the street railway tracks Of
said city. constructed or that may hereafter
be by them constructed. together with the
right TO connect all said tracks. Provided.
that no cars shall be run for passenger or other
traffic over the tracks constructed from the
street railway lines OF said grantees and their
assignS 10 reach their power-h0useS.
Sec ,. The said grantees and their assigns
are hereby authorized 20 operate single or
double track street railways upon the streets
or parts OF streets above named, and 10 con-
StTuct ald operate single or double track
street railways upon such other streets. ave
nues or places In said city as may, from time
10 time be fixed and determined by the Com
mon Council OF the city of Grand Rapids. and
asScnted 10 n writing by said grantees or their
assigns.
single track lines are laid. shall be laid in the
center OF all said streets. or they may be laid
on either side OF the center of said streets,
provided. the inner rail- OF said tracks shall DE
laid within two and oue-half feet OF the cen
ter OF SAID streets. provided that no singel
Track shall be laid on one side of the center Of
a street without the consent of the Common
Council of the city of Grand Rapids; ~ places
/ where there may bee switches or turn outs. the
center OF the space within the main track
and such switches CT turn-outs shall be at
said grantees or their assigns SHALL lay
double track IN any OF said streets. the
inner rail OF each track shall be within two
feet or two and One-hall feet OF the center of
the street at the option OF said grantees or
their assigns; the gauge OF said track shall be
at least four feet and eight and one-half inches
and 50 as 20 accommodate the most common
width between carriage wheels.
Sec. I. The tracks Of said railway which
hereafter shall be laid, shall be laid with such
rails aud I'm such manner as shall least Obstruct
the passage OF vehicles over the same the kind
ana pattern thereof 10 be such 3s shall ne
approved OF by the Common Council. before the
same snail be iaid said tracks shall be OF steel
rails, weighing not less than twenty-seYen
pounds TO the yard; said rails shall be not
Tess than five inches wide, with n rise not 10
exceed one inch; said tracks shall conform
10 the grades OF the streets as now established.
or as they shall. from time 10 time. De Te-es-
t8biished or altered and in case Of grading or
paving any Of the streets over which the lines
OF the said raj lWay shall run. II II be necessary
10 relay said rails, the same shall be done ~
the expense Of said grantees and their as.igGs;
and in all streets or parts Of streets which are
not graded and through which said railway liue
shall run, the said grantees and their Is
signs shall have the right 10 grade foT con
Strucfion only. such grading 10 be accord
ing to the established grade Of said street.
The said grantees aud their assigns shall
be required 90 keep the surface OF the street
inside their rails and tracks In good order and
repair. and as nigh as the top OF the rails oi
said track In the streets where said grantees
Il A
they shall be required 10 keep the surface Of
the street within the rails aud tracks IN good
order; and whenever the tommORG Council shall
order a street paved, II shall be the duty 0l
said grantees and their assigns 10 pay the ex
pcnscs Of paving between their rails and
| tracks: said grantees and their assigns shall
! also remove or level All ridges Of snow or tcf
| that NAV fall or be formed within the rails oi
/ their tracks. such snow and ice as is removed
/ aS aforesaid shall be evenly distributed over
/ The surface OF the street pa such manner "a
| shall least obStruct public travel thereon. and
/ I'm case the Common Council shall deem
| IL necessary 10. and does II any tifne remove
/ 70 portion 90 the snow and ice from any street
! through which the said grantees and theu
assigns may Dee operating street railway
then. iu that ease. the said grantees and She L
assigns shall bear their proportioDate share
+ of the expense thereof determined on ia.
basis ot the proportion az the width or fht
streets occupied DT the said track or track
compared with the whole width 81 the street
And if the said grantees or their assigns
shall neglect O. obey any order which the
Common Council may make IN relation q
such affairs. OF ans order relative 20 anl
renairs az tha streets whfrhthe said grantees
( hv the provisions of this ordinance. ar
Z Dh gated 20 make, fhf sai4 inmnou iHHnrl
NAV cause the same g. D. made and collect Ia
rVnc1ses thereof from said grantees and fhei
Z ASS lns- Provided. thaf fhe said Erasfrf
and taeir assigns NAY deposit or sprnk, i
salt upon the tracks # their street rail
uav RI aH switch points, curves and furH
. tables. and af and upon other portions 20 sai 4
frark "a. fhe Grade UnerroI shf.I exceed iWo and