Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-07

An Ordinance Giving and Granting ito Summer
7. Durham, his Associates and Assignsl the
Cars and Erect and Maintain Poles on the
Streets OF the City OF Lancaster, Along the
anne ,Ss OF the Iansaser fnS CITY stree' Railway
SECTION I. Be It ordained by the Select and
Common Councils Of the City of Lancaster,
that for the purpose Of Introducing electricity
as the motive power of the Lancaste CityStr
Railway Company and the East End Railway
Company tSumner I. Dunham, his associates
and assigns.l shall have the right to on,
crate motor street cars and erect and maint tain
poles on both sides OF each street along the
route OF said railways, at such points as the en-.
gtneer In charge of the said construction of said
street railways and the street committee of city
the poles on opposite sides of the streets so ms to
carry the wires which connect the electric cur
Provided said wires shall be maintained at
the height OF not less than eighteen feet above
the grade or surface of the street or streets and
all Of the work In locating and erecting said
poles and wires shall be subject 10 the approval
OF the street committee of city councils
And provided further, the Clty OF Lancaster
convey the city wires as the city OF Lancaster
may now or hereafter desire TO operate, said
wires To bo erected so as not to interfere with
the operation of said railway.
And provided further, that all poles shall be of
wood uniform In height and thickness near
as possible ana To be painted of a color approN ed
by the street committee Of city councils.
Section 2. That whenever the city of Lancas-
ter shall hereafter pave or macadamize any
street streets along the line OF said street rail-
way companies, with asphalt blocks, Belgian
blocks, asphalt sheeting. or broken stone, the
said street railway companies, their successors
or assigns, shall at the same time pave and ma
cadamize the street occupied by the railways;
that Is to say, between the tracks OF said rail-
ways, with the same kind OF blocks, or material
with which the city of Lancaster paves or ma
eadamizes the said street or streets, and IL the
said railway companies, their successors or as
signs, shall neglect or refuse 10 do the said
work, then the city of Lancaster shall do the
same aud recover the cost and expense thereof
Section 3. That the said street railway COM
panies Tor sumner T. Durham, his associates or
assigns In consideration OF the franchise here
by granted shall pay to the treasurer OF the
city of Lancaster ON or before the first day of
June, 1880, and annually thereafter. the sum OF
hty cents on each and every pole which NAV
be erected aud maintained by them within the
city limits, ana the further sum OF fiys dollars
for each and every car which said railway COM
panies may use and operate.
Section =. That the said street railway COM
panies las operated by sumner T. Dunham, his
associates and assigns, shall be subject To ali the
provisions OF an ordinance. entitled " An Ordi-
nance Regulating Passenger Railway Compa-
niles In the City OF Lancaster" approved March
5, 1857
Section s, That the railway companies shall
less than from 10 to IL minutes during business
hours ahd that the rate OF speed shall not ex-
ceed seven miles per hour In the business parts
OF the city.
Ordained and enacted into a law al the City
OF Lancaster, January ), 1850:
President of Common Council.
Clerk Common Council.
President Select Council.
Clerk Select Council, f-std