Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-25


streets, and on Fourth avenue
in the city of Rock Island,
and 10 connect and operate
the same in connection with
its own line and other Street
Railways.
Bsn 0rdaiaedb BY the C-:y Council Of ne CITY Of
Rock Island:
SECTION l. That the Moline and Rock Island
Horse Railroad Company is hereby granted the
right and authority to construct operate and main
tain single double track railway with all neces-
sary and convenient side tracks, switches, curves
and appendages, for and during the full period of
twenty l20) years from and after the passage and
approval Of this ordinance. upon and along the
following streets and avenues IN said city OF
Rock Island, viz
Upon and along said Nineteenth street from the
intersection of said streets with Second avenue TO
its intersection with Third avenue, in eaid city;
also upon and along Fifteenth street in said CITY,
from its intersection with Third avenue 10 its in
tersee.ion with Fourth avenue, and from said last
named intersection west upon and along Fourth
avenue to its intersection with Fifth street, and
from the intersection of Ninth street and Fourth
avenue south upon and EloLg Ninth street 10
Eleventh avenue in said city; together With
tracks With the other tracks of said Horse Rail
way Company, or of the Union Street Railway
Company at said Intersection or any Of them. and
10 operate the same in connection with said track
or tracks part of one system. Said tracks to
be laid and said line TO be completed on the hrst
day OF june, A. ID. 1890.
STC ,. The gauge of said tracks shall be four
feet eight and one half inches; said track shall be
laid with tram rail Ct not less tnan two snd
ihree-qusrters inches in width inside the tread OF
the car wheels for and on that part used by wsg-
ons, and shall at all times be kept and maintained
on level with the adjacent surface of the aV-
enues and streets upon and along which they may
be constructed; and said Company shall at all
times, and al it, own charge, cost and expense,
keep and n aintain the spaces between the rails
and eighteen inches each outer side thereof.
in good condition and repair, and reasonably safe
and practicable for teams, wagons, carriages aud
vehicles TO pass over and along said tracks snd TO
cross and recross the same: and grade. pave ana
macsdsmiLe the same, so that the same shall be
put and thereafter kept in as good condition ana
repair a. the remaining portions of said streets
corresponding with and opposite said railway
tracks, shall be- be put and kept By the city
council. And il the grade or the nature OF the
surface OF said streets shall be changed the SAID
company shall 80 change and grade the surface OF
said portions of said streets ss 70 correspond with
| such changed grade al their own expense ana IN
that regard shall comply with all reasonable ofdi-
| nances of said city council. Aud the said Com
pany shall be liable for all legal consequential
| damages which may be sustained by any person
| or by the city of Rock island by reason OF the
| csrelessness, neglect or misconduct OF said Com
psny or any agent or servant thereof IN the course
| OF their employment in the construction or the
use OF said tracks for said railway; and said Com
pany shsiI also AT Its own charge and expense,
upon written notice from the mayor OF the city,
build, construct and maintain to the extent of the
| width between the tracks ana eighteen inches on
| each side thereof. all sueh part parts OF any
gutter drain or water course or sewer that may De
| authorized and ordered to be made and con-
| stTucted by the city council so to cross the
| track or tracks of said Horse. Railway Company,
and shall 80 build and construct the same OF
! like material and in like manner ind form Is
| the part which may be constructed by the city;
| ali frogs formed where curves switches are put
| in shall be provided with guards go a. TO protect
life and property of travellers said street
| against accident
SEC. 8. Said Horse Railroad Company is hereby
| authorized and empowered 10 operate its railway
line and cars over the routes herein granted, dur
ing the term of twenty years aforesaid, by either
horse power or 'ectricity, such other power a.
the city council may allow; but il by electricity
II shall only be such system thereof as the city
| council may permit and approve. Said conf AM
Its conductors, drivers and employees may bt
prohibited by ordinance OF the city council from
stopping or holding 81 any street crossing 81
{ as to unnecessarily interfere with or interrup
travel along the streets which they may cross.
SEC. :. The rights, privileges snd authorit.
hereby granted. are made and conferred upon a,
/ condiJoa that the said Company shall and will q
all times comply with all its obligations to tn
owner or owners of property sbutting or adjoin
| ing and adjacent 20 the aforementioned severn
| routes, which are prescribed by statute and pro
vided always that IL said Horse Railroad Com
road shall not avail itself of the rights and priv
leges hereby granted, and fail TO build, connec
/ and operate sseh track or tracks a. above proyid
ed. or any portion thereof, by before the hrs
day OF June next or at any time abandon or ceas
, the operation of said track or tracks, or OF an
portion thereof after the same are built, then a
the rights and privileges hereby granted and con
ferred shah ut once lapse and determine and b
, | declared sDrfeited
SEC. 3. That said Horse Railroad Company ma
| regulate and est blish, from time to time, sue
rates OF fare for the transportation OF PASSENGER
on its sold road. as they may see proper. Pre-
vided, that. within the limits OF said city III
maximum charge for one fsre shall not exceed tn
sum of five cents, except however, that when car
| shsll be run after eleven O'Clock y. IN. 10 accom-
modate the public, fare for each person Sfte
that hour until five O'Clock a. m. the folowia
morning. not to exceed ten cents within the CT
| limits may be charged. And further provided this
2 said Company shall have the right to charge pas
| sengers carrying trunks or packages on the fror
platforms of the cars an extra fare not 10 excee
ten cents. Provided, further, that said Compan
shall issue to through passengers transfer-:icket
from the east and west terminus OF the Union
line good for transportation upon either the RE
| Line or "Blne LiDe' To or from Moline wtthoT
additional cost.
/ SEQ. q. That rights, privileges or authorit
hereby granted TO the Moline and Rock Islam
Horse Railroad Company, shall be deemed, col
strued or held 10 estop or prevent the city. by OF
dinauce for such purpose, from establishing, a
tering or changing the grades, or making an
] | other desired Improvements in or upon an
| street or avenue upon or along which said CON
pany's railroad may be constructed or laid. nor
lnvaiidate or contravene the city's right to col
| struCt or cause TO be constructed any culver
drain or sewer in, upon across any such street
| or avenues or any part thereof whenever sal
| city may by ordinance direct and provide for I'll
| same; nor limit restrict the cty's right to in
| terrupt and prevent the transportation OF pas
| seugers and running OF cars over and upon an
such street or avenue TO such extent and for sue
length OF time as may be reasonably requisite an
needed for making any of the Improvements
| this section mentioned.
SEC. z. The right hereby conferred are granite
upon the express condition that said Horse Raj
road Company shah comply with all ordinance
OF the city OF Rock Island now in force aud whc
| may be hereafter enacted and upon failure so
90 ali rights and privileges hereby granted shall
| once cease, lapse and determine.
SEC 8. The said Moline and Rock Island Stree
Railroad Company shall execute aud furnish
said city OF Rock Island bond with sureties an
conditions satisfactory to the mayor in the sum @
: Ten Thousand Dollars for the faithful perfoI
1 in this ordinance
| SEC. g. The above ordinance shall be inoDers
| tive and void unless the said Moline and Roc
, Island Horse Railroad Company shall within sixt
days from this date procure the removal of a
| tracks OF the Union Street Railway Company froI
| Third avenue west of Fifteenth street, and sha
hle with the city clerk within said sixty days n
agreement properly executed by the Union Stree
Railway Company. formally abandoning all rigt
OF way on said Third avenue west OF FifteeDt
street, as well as all right TO construct q secoD
track on Fifth avenue between Nineteenth an
| Twentyfirst streets.
Sec. To- The tracks shall be located by and hui
uni der the supervision of the mayor and street an
alley committee.
| Car TO leave each terminus of the Union line 3
I pass given point each way every fifteen mil
utes. Speed not to be less than five (5) mite
n per hour
Passed February Sd, 1890.
VI approved:
Al VIM. MoCoNoCHIE,
| Attest: ROBERT KoEHIER, Maycr