Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-02-10

March 9th, 1907, and the Acts amendatory
thereof and supplementary thereto, for the
purpose Of constructing and operating
Street Railways in and through the streets
OF the city Of Alpena. Therefore il is here
BY ordained by the Common Council of the
city OF Alpena ~ follows:
SEC. j. That consent, permission and
authority 10 hereby given, granted and vest
ed in and TO said Joseph II. Comstock, John
Muellerwciss, Jr. and John Donovan, their
associates, successors and assigns, for the |
period OF thirty years from and after the |
date OF passing this ordinance, TO use all |
the streets and bridges in the city Of AL |
pena, exclusive OF every person or corpora |
ton except as hereinafter provided, for the
purpose Of constructing and laying single
and double track for a street railway, and
Tor no other purpose, with all necessary
and convenient turn-outs, side-tracks and
switches, In and along the course Of the
same, to keep, maintain and use and oper-
ate thereon street railway cars and carriages
during all the term heretofore specified and
prescribed, and for no other purpose and
in the manner and upon the conditions set
forth in this ordinance and that said
grantees, their associates or assigns shall
not be required to construct more than three
miles Of such railway on any of said streets
| or bridges in any ono year nor unless 1t
shall be determined by the Common Coun-
Gil of said city, that the business of the
street or locality shall warrant the building
of the same. The rates of fare for each
passenger shall not exceed five cents for
travelling over said road in the cars or car
riages thereon in any one direction, except
oyer Eleventh and Charlotte streets. If
said company shall build their road upon
Eleventh and Charlotte streets for OCCASION
al use, they may charge over said last named
streets, an additional fare while they are so
used occasionally; but when said street
railway over said Eleventh and Charlotte
streets shall be brought into general use by
said railway company in connection with its
system, then the rate of fare limited in this
section, shall prevail on said Eleventh and
Charlotte streets. When passenger shall
enter q car or carriage of said company for
the purpose Of going from one point in
said city to another point therein, and the
car or carriage in which he has paid his
fare, shall not 60 to the passengers destina-
| ton, and such passenger shall be required
to change cars, said company, by transfer
tickets or other proper MEANS shall so ar
range that the FIVE cent fare so paid by the
passenger shall carry him to his destination,
although he may be required to travel in
more than one of said company's cars or
or carriages, in reaching such destination.
Provided, said passenger shall take the first
car or cars upon the line or lines to which
he may, for that purpose, be transferred SO
rs 10 make his trip to point of destination
a continuous one, as near as may be. The
bridges in said city shall be used by said
company in such manner as not to interfere
with the navigation of Thunder Bay RIVER.
Said company shall lay two tracks on each
bridge over which it passes, and cars in
crossing such bridges shall take the right
hand track. Between Washington avenue
and Second street bridge, on Second street,
said company shall construct and operate
only single track, and in said distance
there shall only be one ordinary switch or
side track. On Dock street between Second
street bridge and Miller street, said company
shall construct and use only one single
track, and in said last named distance, there
shall be but one ordinary switch or side
track.
| Sec. 2. The railways for all the streets
shall be laid near the center thereof, if a
single track, and if double track, the
second track shall be laid within two feet
and four inches eft. 4in) of the other
track. And said rails on all said rail-
ways shall be laid the same distance
apart as the width of an ordinary wagon.
And they shall be so laid as to interfere as
little as possible with the use of said street
by wagons, carriages and sleighs.
| SEC. 3. The cars to be used on said rail-
ways shall be drawn by motors or animals |;
but no steam motors shall be used. Cars
shall be run over said roads as often as the
Common Council of said city shall deter
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are used by said company, it shall use all
means known to science to prevent damage
thereby, to persons or property.
SEC. 4. No cars shall be allowed to stop
on cross-walk, nor in front of any intersect-
ing street, except to avoid collisions. When
the conductor of any car is required to stop
at the intersection of streets to secure or
leave passengers the car shall be stopped so
as to leaye the rear platform slightly over
the crossing.
SEC. 5. The grantees, or their associated
successors or assigns shall employ careful,
sober and prudent agents to take charge of
their cars while on the road, who shall use
every caution not to do any injury to any
team, carriage or person on foot.
SEC. 6. Conductors shall not allow ladies
or children to enter or leave the cars when
such cars are in motion.
SEC. T. The cars shall, at all times, be
entitled to the track, and every vehicle up
on the track of said railway, shall turn out
when the cars come up, SO as to leave the
track unobstructed and so that the cars
may pass unobstructed, and the driver of
such vehicle refusing to do SO, shall be liza
BILE to penalty of SIS, on conviction be-
fore the Recorder or Justices court of said
city, and costs of prosecution (; and in de-
fault of payment of said fine and costs, shall
be imprisoned until the same is paid. Said
imprisonment not exceeding thirty 1907
days.
SEC. 8. Cars after sunset, shall be pro-
vided with colored signal lights. And all
the cars used by said company, shall be
properly heated during those parts of the
season when their heating is necessary for
the comfort of the passengers.
Sec. Q. Nothing in this ordinance shall
be construed SO as to prevent the Common
Council of said city from authorizing the
laying down of water or gas pipes, sewers
of laying down said water and gas pipes and
sewers shall be done in such manner as
not unreasonably to damage said railways
| or their use.
Sec. 10. This ordinance shall be void
and of no effect unless the grantees shall,
within one month after the granting of the
ordinance, notify the Common Council in
writing of their acceptance Of the provisions
of the same.
SEC. IL. The track Of said railroad shall
be laid on paved streets even with the pave
ment, and after laying su ch track, said
company shall replace the pavement as
near as can be, in as good condition as il
was in before said track was laid. And
said company shall, at all times, keep the
pavement between the rails of its track and
so far as interfcred with by said railway, in
good repair. And on unpaved streets, said
track shall be laid in such position as to
conform to the grade of the street as cstab
lished by the Common Council of said city,
and said railroad company shall plank be-
tween the rails and on the sides thereof in
such manner as to render the crossing OF
said track at any place on such street easy
BY vehicles. And in case the Common
Couucil at anv time cauee auy unpaved