Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-08

An Ordinance Giving and Granting Ito Sumner
Z Durham, his Associates and Assigns the
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Line OF the Lancaster City street Railway
SECTION |. Be II ordained by the Select and
Common, Councils of the City Of Lancaster,
that for the purpose Of introducing electricity
as the motive power tofl the Lancaster CltyStreet
Railway Company and the East End Railway
end sSa bSve The his rsbi S op
crate motor street cars and erect and main tain
poles on both sides Of each street along the
route Of said railways, at such poiuts as the
gineer In charge OF the said construction OF said
street railways and the street committee Of city
the poles opposite sides Of the streets so to
carry the wires which connect tile electric cur
Provided said wires shall be maintained at
the heighto not less than eighteen feet above
the grade orasrfacc OF the street or streets, and
poles and wires shall DO subject to The approval
OF the street committee of city councils. sStL,
And provided further, the City OF Lancaster
shall have the right to the poles to support and
convey the city wires as the city of Lancaster
may now or hereafter desire to operate, said
wires to be erected so not to interfere with
the operation of said railway.
And provided further, that all poles shall be Of
as possible and to be painted OF a color approved
by the street committee OF city councils
Section 2. That whenever the city of Lancas-
ter shall hereafter pave or macadamize any
street or 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 raX-
ways, with the same kind of blocks, or material
with which the city OF Lancaster paves or ma
cadamizes the said street or streets, and If the
said railway companies, their successors or
signs, shall neglect or refuse 10 do the said
work, then the city of Lancaster shall do the
same and recover the cost and expense thereof
from the said railway companies.
Section & That the said street railway COM
panies Tor sumner T. Duuham his associates or
assigns In consideration of the franchise here
city of Lancaster on before tho first day of
June, 1880, and annually thereafter the sum of
nifty cents on each and every pole which may
be erected and maintained by them within the
city limits, and the further sum OF Ave dollars
for each and every car which said railway COM
panies may use and operate.
Section I. That the said street railway conf
panies las operated by sumner Il. Dunham, his
provisions of an ordinance, entitled" An Ordi-
nance Regulating Passenger Railway Compa-
niles In the City Of Lancaster" approved March
3, 1887.
be required to run their cars at intervals at not
less than from 10 to IL minutes during business
hours and that the rate of speed shall not ey-
coed seven miles per hour in the business parts
Of the city.
Ordained and enacted into u law at the City
w. X. BEARD,
President of Common Council.
DAVID L. DEEN,
Clerk Common Council.
President Select Council.
Clerk Select Council. fb-3td