Telegram-herald., 1890-01-01

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Az oAllAAAcE er@uilas permission q
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tlala. ...Ia d. e operate street RAILWAYS u. thr
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ore iae4 y ne Common Couac af
ltr tiA tl ufala Rapids
loa lhai ceusrat perm.S Sslen and
aaI DOT. - afr hereby sNtl aua lrarfeg and
4@N fesie4 ia o4uuci A4iaer. Nuham o.
Nailer. 4 HAYES N..r.s ii Ftrry sra
tns.f associates. o. bg hereafter iucaruoraiea
alU ta iHsl assigns. 30 construct .a. nstn
ia.l tsc sha Pcraie street raUuavs la TIE
>'ireis so thc r,lf ei eraat Rapids
49,. 81 -tr "rt. s@fik aN1 .lttalflf traChs
iol tafa o4fs. SIDE tracks ilrn tables cross
TRACKS ala Switches and tlt same fa kf.p.
maintain -na use auo ip operate thereon
elfr.i laiNaX ears. ruarlts. carr. aars aud
a-fAF 81 ht trih hrftlf after specified aad
arecflb.0. ano la taF manner al4 upan tht
r9lH HliHA> srt iaIh lu ttls ar. laalce NfE.
tamm~nt ns on West Leonard street SO She
Nt,i ciih ALlts, fltlte In l4t o az Said N c.I
Leonard : srvrt 20 Broadway street, tatler ll
aH0 aao a.uaE SAID broadway street 90 "a rsl
bHasr Street lhrucc .u and alvuE h tsf Bridge
>iitFl ID iaa4i streets tatncr lu aNt along
lanal slfcvt to Cam pad .art. 81 called thence
lbrousA alG along tAmpal plaee So called.
O. Nunroe street thence .n and s.all Muuroe
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biNlSi1n street 10 fltth avenue thence b and
along flffn avenue 90 Mad >aI avenue thence
ln aud along Madison avenue ta Thomas
street thence in ano along Thomas street to
See p the said grantees and their assigns
are htrehy authorized 90 operate SD Ele or
double track street railways upuu the streets
OF "a - OF streets ABOVE NAMED. except upon
SAID Broadway street Do which sala Broad
way street the SAID grantees and their
assigns snail only operate siuEie track
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operate single or double track
street railways upon such other streets. ave.
uu-s OF places in said riiy as may. from time
10 tlAlc, bc nNro and determined hy TIE Com
mon Council uf the city az Grand Rapids and
a>>rntcd 10 in writing hy said grantees or their
assigns.
Provided that only a single track. without
turnouts shall be laid on the north side 81
FINN sVennc. from Lafayette street o. Nedi-
son avenue and the said track lo br laid NltA
the inner rail- two aud uue hat feet from The
center 81 the street; and iU rase The Common
Council shall grant franc his- tn ANY other
street al way company ami 10 shal become
Necessary a. cross The track - th- company 90
which tius Ia cflse - granted ~ Cd between
the above mentioned points. Inc grantees or
thrir assigns shall place or allow their trac b
to be placed in such condition ~ not 60 nj
,iTuCt the passage of the cars 81 tNe company
TO which such othef ftanchise Is Era til.
Provided. further. that in case any other
ordiuancr granted 10 any other street rall~
company. OF cable rtllwaN CO.. any. shaii
uliad with. within tn time limited therefor lu
said ordinance. then the foregoing provision
shall cease 10 De- Operative. aad The SAID
grantee herein named shall have The right
10 lag double track iu that portion Of flfth
avenue between Madison avenue and south
Lafayette street.
see g. The tracks ~ said railway when
single track lines are laid. shall bc laid lu The
center ol all said streets. or they may De laid
on either side OF the center Of said streets
except as In the proNso annexed Ia
section Of tais orainanee. Pc
laid within two and one half feet 81 the cen
ter OF said streets. provided that n0 single
track shall be laid on one slcc Of the center "i
a street without the consent Of the common
Council of the city OF Grand Rapids, lu places
where there may DE switches or turu-outs. the
center "t the space within the main ira *
and such switches or furn-0uis shall De az the
center of the streets IN ease th- said grantees
or their assigns shall lay a double track IN any
0f said streets, the inner rail 81 each track
shall De within TWO feet or two and one haii
feet OF the center of the street al the option Of
said grantees or their assigns, tAe gauge ~
said track shall he AZ least Tour feel ani rlgif
and 0ne-half inches and 50 as o. accommodate
the most common width between carriage
wheels.
Sec l. The tracks Of said railway which
hereafter shall b- laid. shall he iaid win such
rails and in such manner as SiialI least oDsirlrI
tie passage OF veh clcs over the same. the kln d
and pattern thereof 10 hr such as ShaN hr
approved II by ne Common touucl before The
same sinai. hc laid; said tracks shall he ~ steel
rails weighing not Jess than twenty seven
pounds 10 the yard said rails shall Poe mot
less than i've inches wide with rise NOT 10
exceed one inch, SAID tracks shat conform
20 the grades Of tie streets a. uoN ce shed.
OF as thy Shall. from time 90 timc. Dee re-es
tahished or altered and do case OF grading or
paving any 81 The streets over which the llne x
of he said railway shall run 10 Z he necessary
go relay said rails. the same shall be done at
the expense of said grantees and their ASST gns
q in all streets or parts uf streets 81 b .ch are
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