Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-14

The MAJOR and Council of the City of Los Anqe.
les 10 hereby OrddiR as JOlioi0s:
SECTION /. That right of way be, and the
same is hereby granted TO the Los Angeles
cable Railway Company aud its successors and
assigns, to construct, lay down, maintain and
operate for The term Of fifty years ON and after
the taking effect of this ordinance, double
track street railway, with all the necessary
witches and turn.outs along and upon the fol
lowing streets, in the city of Los Ang eles; that
is to say: Commencing at the junction of Ar
cadia street with Main street, in the city of Los
Angeles; running thence easterly ON Arcadia
street to Les Angeles street, thence across Los
Angeles street to Also street; thence easterly
along Also across the tracks of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company on Alameda street,
to the Los Angeles river; then across the Los
Angeles river, with single track over the
street railroad bridge as now located, to the
easterly side of said river; thence along Also
street to what was known as Pleasant avenue
and now named Also street; thence along said
Also street to First street; connecting with the
tracks ofthe cable road on First street near the
junction with Boyle avenue.
SEC. 2. Provided and on condition that said
grantee or its successors or assigns shall use in
the construction of said road the modern or
improved rail, and shall plank, pave or mac
adamize the entire length OF the streets used by
their tracks, between the rails and for two feet
on each side thereof, and shall keep the same
constantly in repair, flush with the grade of the
streets and provided with good crossings; and
that there be sufficient space between
the tha tracks and saa sSaS tt to al
each other freely and without danger; and that
the gauge of the said tracks shall not be less
than tn ee feet six and one-h half inches, q #.
81 in. J: and PrOuided further: that the road
bed of the track snail conform in all cases to
the established grade as established by the
proper authorities of the City of Los Angeles;
and when at any time the whole or any part of
said road shall be paved, and said paving or
macadf mizing, exc pit the space between said
gauge lines, shall conform in material to that
used by the city authorities for lhe balance of
the street through which the road runs
Prouided further, That at no time shall the
fare for any distance on said road, one way, ex-
Get the sum Of five cents (5 cts), for OIL e pas
of eighteen years, who shall attend the Public
Schools OF the City of Los angeles, as pupils.
shall be required to pay but one half of the said
fare on its cars, from or to said schools; pro.
vided SAID pupils shall purchase their fares in
quantities of at least one dollars worth at a
time; such tickets to be available only when
going to and returning from school, between
the hours of a. m. and p. m, and said
grantee or assigns shall provide for and sell
such fares to said pupils, or for their benefit at
all times when solicited so to do, on ii being
made to appear on certificate of a teacher of
the Public Schools, that such pupil is i'll at
tendance at the Public Schools of said city.
Aud,
Provided further, That the grantee or assigns
of said road shall, on or before the 18th OF De-
eember each year, pay to said city, such license
fee upon each car as may be required by the or
dinance of said city. And
Prorided further, That If at any time for the
space of six months the said road or any part
thereof, shall be unused sire ct railroad, the
franchise iOr the portion so unused shall be
thereby forfeited it is under.tood and agreed
that the city expressly reserves the right to use
and control all the public streets for any and
all purposes the same as if no franchise ex-
listed said use to be made so as to obstruct and
iniure said road as little as possible 1t is un-
derstood that through the entire route granted,
the center of the street, line as near there to
as practicable, is intended. The above privil-
eges are granted on condition that the said
company shall complete, equip and have said
road in full running order and operation
within six months from the taking feet of this
ordinance; and any failure to complete the
said road within the time above described,
shall operate as forfeiture of the entire route.
Furthermore, this franchise is gran ed upon
each and ali of the provisions and conditions
hereunto containt d; and if said grantee or its
assigns shall fail III any particular to comply
Herewith. then and in that case all rights un-
DER this ordi ance shsll thereupon and imme-
diately be forfeited, and this grant shall there
upon be null and void, and nothing he rein con-
tanned shall be construed as granting an ex-
elusive franchise.
SIC. 8. The lines hereby authorized to be
constructed shall be taken and con nsidered as a
part of the system operated and controlled by
the Los Angeles Gable Railway Company, in
the city of Los Angeles and that but one fare
shall be charged for travel for any distance
one way upon said line, or the lines with " hich
the same is connected.
SEC. 4. Sald railway company is hareb re-
quired TO file, in the office OF the Clerk of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles an accept
ance, in writing, of the provisions of this ord
nance under its corporate seal, and signed by
its Vice President and countersigned by its
secretary, within thirty 800 days after the
taking effect OF this ordinance.
SEC. 5. The Clerk of the Council shall certify
to the passage of this ordinance, and shall
cause the same to be published once in the Los
Angeles DAILY HERALD, and thereupon and
thereafter it shall take effect and be force.
] hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance
was adopted by the Council of the City of Los
Angeles, at its meeting of July LIST, 1889.
FREEMAN G. TEED,
City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles.
Approved by
HENRY t. HAZARD,
Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.
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