Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-12

: II ogdslnsd hy the cenmsa ceaneil Of
eltv Of Sraza RAPIDS.
seetiea 1. ltaf consent. permission
asa sashersty are hsfess ssses ssa sTah.-
Esretnc Railway Com sany. rs successors
and Ass.snA 10 construed. nAiEtA4n ara
Use street railways N tue tstiosins streets.
Win al the Necessary and eonssaieat
tracks fer turn-oGts. sioe Uacas tefa
tables. cross tracks aad switches. and toe
same 20 keep. MAINTAIN abc 1sc. ana TO
ope are thereon street railway ears.
coaches. carriages. Scixhs OF otarI
vehicles. sGd 20 use on SAC sfes1s ine
necessary repair Wagons with wnica 10
repair poles ana wires. and dtriaS 40 inc
tern bereinsitec specified aad dsscriecd.
and IN the manner snd upen the eoaai-
IiORs sci forth IN this erdlEahee. VA. =
Commencing on East Fulton street az
its intersection With Dwight street.
thence IN ana along Dwight street 10
LAKE avenue taenee Ia znd Alonk Laso
as~Ras 10 its iutea section Win Ransom
street, thence In and along Ransom sttses
20 is Intersection With PARK street. thence
In ana along PARK street 10 IT'S fntersec-
ton with North Division street. tosaeo
in and along North Division street 10
Pearl street. thencr Ia and alonx rear
street 10 Canal street.
See. :. Toe sAid grantee, Its successors
or assigns. are hereby authorized 10 oprr-
ate coueie track street railways. upon tho
streets or parts Of streets above named.
and 10 construct and operate d5uole
track street railwSss upon sueii other
streets avenues or D. aces In said city as
may, from tine 10 time. be fxed ana de-
termined b. the Common Coaneii OF tho
city Of Graad Rapids. and sss~nled 10 IN
writing b said Etantre, us successors os
assigns. Provided. however. the Common
Council OF the city Ct Grand hhpids re-
serves tue right To grant unto any ether
street railway company now organized. OF
that may hereafter be organized. 70 VS.
the streets herein grantee 10 the keea
Lake Electric Railway Compsny. or taat
NAV hereafter be granted 10 said company
under this ordinance. Including tue
tracks. switches. turn outs ana tnfn Ia
bles poles. wires. cables. electric or
other power thereof OF said Reeds Lake
Electric Railway COMPANY; provided
further. however. that such street railway
company now orsaniked. or that NAY
hereafter be organized. that 10 DESTROYS OF
uslng said tracks. switches. turn outs.
power thereof OF sAid Reeds Lake Eiec'
trio kAiIwAy Compa ny shall frst pay TO the
said Rrca's Lake Electric Railway Com
pany. n lair ana just compensation Tor
sucn use Of said tracks. switches. turn
outs. turn tables. poles. wires. cables ana
electric or other power thereon. as shaii
lie determined upon By board oi arDitia-
ton. consisting OF three persons. 10 De Sc
lccted as follows: one by the Reeds Lake
Electric Railway Company. one by tho
railway company 50 d,o rim: TO use such
tracas. witches. turn outs. turn tables.
poles. wires, sDies aid electric or other
power thereof. and the third member OF
said board Of arbitration shall be selected
~ the mayor OF said city. and the de.
cisiop. determination. and award OF said
board OF arbitration. shall be binding and
Lnal on said companies.
sec. j The tracks OF said railway comp
any where they cross or run parallel Ia the
tracks of the Street Railway Company Of
Grand Rapids. its successors or assigns.
between the east line OF Jefferson avenue
on Fulton street, and the west line of
Ransom street on East Fulton street..
the track of said grantee shall be So laid
that they shall least obstruct the tramc on
the lines OF said Street Railway Company
OF Grand Rapids. It's successors or ASIA u :.
and shall be laid distance not 10 exceed
six inches from the tracks over which cars
are 10 be run in the same direction. pro
vided. the inner rail Of said cOmpAny's
tracks shall be laid within six inches OF
the inner rail of the track Of the said
Street Railway Company Of Grand Rapids.
its successors or asSisns. and the outer
rail of the tracks Of tho said Reeds Lake
Electric Railway Company shall DO laid
within six inches Of the outer rail OF the
tracks OF the said street Railway Com
pany Of Grand Rapids. and elsewhere on
said route. the inner rail OF each track
snail be within two feet Of the center OF
said streets. provided that all tracks shall
De laid under Tho direction OF the city
} engineer.
Src 4. The tracks Of said railway
which hereafter shall be laid. shall be laid
with sirder rails and In such manner as
shall least obstruci the passage of Vehi-
cles over tue same. said tracks
, shall DO or steel rails weisa-
ing not less than forty-nve pounds to
tneiyard. said tracks shall conform TO the
grade of the streets rs now established. or
xs they shall from lime 10 time be re-es-
tabiished or altered; ard IN case Of grad
which the lines Oh said railway shall run.
II it be necessary 10 relay ss!d rails.
the same shall be- done at tne expense Of
said grantee. its successors or assigns
and Ia NJ, streets or parts OF streets
which are not graded and through which
, said railway line snail run. the said gran
tee. its SUCCESSORS or assigns. snail have
the right 70 grade for construction only.
2 such grading to be accOroiag to The eslau-
8 lished grade OF said street.
The said grantee. It's successors or as
) sigas. shall be required 20 keep tue sur
Taco OF the streets inside their rails and
tracks aud eight inches on each side there
Of. In good order aad repair. and as high
as the top Of the rails OF said track. In
the streets where the said grantees It's
successors or assigns. shall operate =
2 double track. they shall be required to
keep the space witsin the rails and tracks.
and eight inches outside OF the tracks. In
good order; and whenever the Common
Council snail order street paved. IL sna 1
be the duty Of the SAID grantee. its sue
cessors or assigns. to pay the expenses
OF paving between their rails and tracks
said grantee. Its successors or assigns.
shalt also remove aud level AL ridge Of
ice or snow that may TALL or be formed be-
tween the rails OF their tracks; such snow
or zoe Ms is removed as aforesaid. shall be
evenly distributed over the surface Of tho
) street In such manner as shall least Oh
strlct public travel thereon, and In case
: the Common Council shall deem IL necess-
arr to. and does AT any time remove a
portion Of the ic: OF snow from any street
through which the said grantee. its sue
ccssors or assigns, may be operating a
5 street railway. then. and la thai case, the
said grantee. It's successors or assigns,
shall bear their proportionate:share OF the
) expenses thereof. determined on the basi ;
! OF the proportion OF the width Of the
streets occupied by said track or tracks
, compared with the whole width o! ths
street. And II the said grantee, its sue
2 any order which the Common Council
nay make In relation to such s6aira, or
aliy order relaiive to any repairs OF the
streets. which the said grantee. It's sue
cessors or assigns. By tho provisions OF
this ordinance, are obligated to make. the
said Common Council may cause the samc
TO be made and collect the expenses
. shereof from the said grantee. its sue csss-
ors or assigns. provided. that the said
grantee. Its su,ccss.rs or assigns. mag de-
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their street railway At all switch points,
curve and turn tables. and at and upon
otner portions of said tracks. the GRADE
whereof shall exceed two and cne-haif
) feet In the Sundrrr; the salt IN ali ca es
, TO be deposited or sprinkled on the sue
face of the rails only. and la such quanti-
ties and In such manner ms shall least i'm
pair the use Of said streets for public
travel. The said grantees. Its Successors
I or assigns. shall be requires 70 pave with
5 such suitable pavement as the Common
5 Council may direct. between its rails &C 4
tracks and eight iaches outside thereof.
Sec. 5. The cars to be used on said raft
way shall he drawn By electric power. and
permission and authority are hereby given
10 the said grantee. lite successors or as
signs. to place ana erect In the streets Of
said eitv. aad on either side thereof. wner-
ever street railway tracks are situsted.
suitable iron poles for suspsHdipg e.rssrie
. virss ever and through such strests the
D kiad and pattern whereof tn he approved
by the Common Council of said ctr before
the ssne gre erected 10 place IN aud over
: said streets. wires or cables for the par
pose Of conducting electricity tb~r~evef
suitable and necessary Ia sulafina appsS-
aarss ara suspension wirss or cables;
also to place IN said streets underground
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