Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-04
AN ORDINANCE,
Authorizing and Regulating
the Equipment aud Opera
ton of Certain Street Rail
WAYS bY Electric Power.

Re it ordained by the City Council of the city o
Rock Island:
SECTION J. The Moline X Rock Island Hors,
Railroad Company and the Union Street Railway
Company, their respective SUCCESSORS and assign.
are hereby authorized 10 equip with and operate 10y
electric power their respective street RAILWAYS nov
constructed which may hereafter DO constructed
III the said city OF Rock Island and for the purpose
uf such equipment and operation hereby given
the privilege OF using the streets avenues alleys
and public grounds OF said Y Of Rock leland for
the erection and maintenance thereon OF the naces
sary posts. poles and supports. aud the plscng OF
strIugng therein aud thereoVer OF all necsssaiy OF
convenient wires for conducting currents OF elec-
triolty, such IA may be required Tor the motive
power OF such respective Street railways, and also
Tor furnishing electric light to the operated on
such respective street railways: and may so equiu
ana operate their said respective street railways
with the eiectro-notiyc power known rs the ThUmp
son \ Houston system. such other system sys-
SENS a. they respectively may from time TO time
toe mt,
SEC. J. said respective companies, their success.
assigns shall place and locate the necessary
posts and poles Tor the operation OF their respective
railways 10y electric power under the supervision
and direction OF the Street Committee OF the CITY
Council of the city OF Rock Island such posts ami
poles shall be OF cedar wood. shaved. straight and
symmetrical, and of uniform size, and shall be
pIllted with at least two coats OF paint and kept
painted. subject To- the approval OF said Street Com
nIlttee. and shall be erected and maintained il!
the streets and alleys Of sak city axe no un-
Necessary distractions IL such streets alleys
the use thereof by the public. And in the event OF
any unnecessary obstruction being made by any
one OF SAID companies the City Council OF said city
shall have the power to remove such obstruction
and charge the expense thereof TO- ana collect the
same from, such companies. All posts, poles and
wires erected by said companies shall be placed
and maintained A. TO avoid danger TO all persons
and adjacent property, and all such wires shall be
maintained at an elsN alton OF not less than twenty
feet above the surface OF the street. provided how
ever that at the cruSsiuls OF all steam RAILWAYS
wires shall be elevated not less than twenty two
feet above the surface Of the street and case OF
change Ui grade Of any street whereon any post
poles may have been erected or placed by any com
pauy. then such company shall change such posts
and poles and reset them under the direction @: said
City Council
SE,. 8. such posts and poles shall be SO placed
not - interfere with the construction or placing
OF any water pipe. gas pipe, drain sewer or the
How Of water tuerefrpm. which has been, or NAV
hereafter DC. placed by authority OF said city.
No one OF said companies shall place their posts
or poles OF wires - a. to unnecessarily interfere
with thu posts poles OF any telegraph tee.
phone. or electric light or railway company now
being lawfully operated ia The city OF Rock Island
SIC. 4. All the wives OF said respective comma
MES shall b. covered with waterproof! Insulation.
tNCep- IA" uoiley-Wlrr, which shall be stretched
above the centre OF the respective railway tracks ~
elevation OF less than twenty feet above
the surface Of the street, aud than twenty
feet above the OF the street at the cross
ing, of all steam railways
SIC. 3. Each Of said companies shall at all times
keep the cars on it. railway road-worthy aud IN good
order and safe COnd non AID shall also at all times
keep its road bed and tracks in good or.r and safe
condition, 10 afford safe and convenient travel
thereon and thereov"r. and said and machinery
tSr operating the same shall. a all times be pro.
vided with the best approved appliances for protect
ing the lives and persons OF passengers on the said
respective railways and OF the public travelling on
crossing the streets which each OF said re.
speCtve railways NAV be operated and no street ear
shall be operated on across any street al
grs aJer rate of speed than ten miles au hour and
none Of said respective railways shall be so operated
as to cause injury to persons p.operty in said
city.
No one of said railway companies. respectively
shall upon any part it, line where the grade ~
than three hundred and twenty u , feet Operate
and carry upon its cars more Passengers than the
seating capacity OF said ears shall accommodate
anu ten passengers i'll addition thereto on a car
twelve feet IN length and fifteen passengers in addi-
ton thereto ON car sixteen feet III length and upon
such grades no passenger or other person excepting
employees OF the company operating the car shall
be permitted to stand or Fids upon the front plat
forms thereof.
SEC i. The city OF Rock Island reserves the right
t" make such further rules and regulations concern
ing the operation of each OF said railways by cleo
tric power Is the public safety may require.
SC: = Zach OF said respective companies shall
be liable Tor and pay 10 persons injured whether in
person or property. all damages which NAV result
from the careie -sIess .Iigence Of snCh COMMA
ny. or any OF its agents, servants or employees in
the erection man 'enance and use OF said p0les
po Is and wires, and the operation Of such ,oupa,
ny r railway 10y electric power and each o. said re.
spettEe companies shall said city safe and
harmless nom all damages. costs and
u"h winch may accrue against It by reason of the
erection, maintenance and use OF SAID posts and
poles and wires, and the operation OF said railway
by electric power, and with these conditions shall
give bond To the city Of Rock Island for itself its
SUCCESSORS and assigns in the penal sum of twenty
thousand tZU,WOj dollars with security to be APP
proved by the tity Council Of said city Such bonds
shdll AT all shines be kept good by said respective
companies with security to be approved bv such
City Council. and the said bonds must be accented
by said City Council before any posts poles or
fr4a .tru all Is MIA
ordinance. And said bonds shall be further condi-
toned Tor he faithful performance of the terms
conditions ana requirements of tins ordinance
SIC. >. This ordinance is supplemental to several
Ordinances which have been heretofore passed by
the City Council of the city of Rock Island and az,
proved by the Mayor OF said city, authorizing the
SAID respective street railway companies to con
struct and operate street railways, the city OF
ROCK Island, illinois. and shall not be construed AZ
rnpalrlng or repeating any of the said ordinances
or any Of the provisions thereof but as cumulative
and addt thereto and the rights and privileges
granted by this ordinance shall continue and endure
lhuI the expiration OF the time granted or
hereafter to be granted by said city of Rock Island
10 salu respective companies tu maintain Oper-
ate their respective street railways in said city.
SIC. q II case any one OF said respective ra il
ways a. so operated. shall ne held To be nuisance
by any court OF record In the state of Illinois then
said city shall have the option forfeit the right of
such company to operate such railway by electric
power, unless such company shall so remedy its
method Of operating its railway that the same shall
under the order OF such court. cease to he a nui-
sance.
= SEC. 10 This ordinance shall apply in all re-
spect not only to each ef said respective companies
but also 10 Its successors and assigns.
SIC. II. If either OF said respective companies
their successors assigns shall wilfuy violate or
al to comply with any of the provisions of this or
dinance, and shall continue to do for more than
thirty (I days after being notified by said cty of
such violation or failure, then such company shall
forfeit the rights and privileges granted by fhis
dinance.
SEC IL. Each of said respective companies, for
ITSELF Its successors assigns shall within thirty
days from the passage and approval OF this Ordi-
nance he with the City CLERK OF the city of Rock Isl
ana us acceptance, in writing, of the terms and
conditions OF this ordinance, and upon the filing
within such time of such acceptance this ordinance
shall take effect and not otherwise.
Passed Sept -, 1879.
Approved
Attest: WILLIAM MCCONOCHIE
ROBERT koEHLER, Navor
tSealI City CLERK.