The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-24
AN ORDINANCE
Confrrring On the Lakeside Hallway Conn
pauy it's Successors and Assigns tho
Right 20 Build ana OporaUe an hieo-
trio Railway on Certain Streets in
tho Borough of Shenandoah.

spc RE A. ordained by the Town Council
OF the Borough OF shenandoah, ana IL Is mere
By ordained by the authority OF lhe same
that permission IS hereby granted TO IN"
Lakeside Railway Company, itS successor
and assigns, subject To tine several conuluo
ana provisions hereinafter set iorth ana CON
tanned, TO construct and lay one single rhll.
way track with the necessary switches ana
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Centre street from line of East MahanoN
| Township to western eud of Centre street.
| thence uOrth 10 Coal streetalong pubic hlgn-
| Wv immediately west of kOhinOur CollierY
| thGnce west along Coal street 70 west man
anOy Township line returning east on Con-
! street to Spruce sueeli thence hoIlu on
spruce street to Line sirgeti hence east on
! l.fne street TO white street thence snulh on
| White street 10 Centre street; thence east on
| Centre street to East Mahanoy township
ProUided That the top Of the rails Of the
| said main track shall not be higher than one
| inch, aud shall in ali cases Oe put Gown SO
! that the tops OF the rails VIII O5 even win
! the established gruCes OF the respective
Provided also: lst-That the said Lakeside
| K flWuy Company its successors or assigns
| shall In GOOD faith, commence the construc-
| ZION of tine saic rail way aud turn outs withll
! one year from the date Of the passage OF lhls
| ordinance, and complete Inc same Wlthli
| two years thereafter, ana that all streets ana
| parts Of streets herein mentioned ana upon
| which the said railway ana lu n-outs sha
| not be laid and completed at t9e tNplIatlnI
| of two years from the date OF the passage
hereof, snail be forfeited, and an rights unde
| this ordinances as to said Lakeside Railway
Company, It's successors and ~ igns shtl'
thereupon Immediately cease ana become
2d-That the width or gauge of said rail.
way track and tuIn-ouls shall be 4 teeJ 6t2
incnes, and all the rail TO be used In the cor
struCtfon OF said railway track ana turn-outs
shall be the ct" pattern
| 3d-That all streets and pGrts OF streets
mentioned in this ordinance shall be paved
by the said LaHesife Railway Company, liz
successors or assigns, at its own expense,
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each side thereof TO width OF Is inches WIFI
mountain stone or other suitable material.
subject To the approval of said Town Coun,
Gil, as rapidly as the construction OF salo
railway proceeds and shall. in Ike manntl
pave the streets wherever turn-ou shall %
laid the entire Width thereof b5tween the
, curb lines for the tull length OF said turn
outs a d thirty 1907 feet beyond the extreme
. ends of such turn-outs; ana the sald Com
} pany shall at ali times, without delay anu
upon tyc (5) days notice gwen Oy the Chiei
burgess, repair and re-paVe INSIDE ana oul
side of said tracks and turn-uut5. whenever
the paving shall get out OF IepHlii ana, upot
failure Of said company to do so, the Borough
] of Shenandoah may do the work ana recover
the expense thereof, together with penalty
q OF 20 per centum OF the cot of such paving
r added thereto, in an action at law against
Itb-Thai, If poles be used in the construc
tiun of said rail way. the Corporation Ol tue
Borough OF shenandoah reserves the nght u
l use the same free of charge for hre-ularm
, and other purp SOS, IN Il manner however
so as not TO interfere with the operation o.
e said railway.
| Railway Company, its successors or assigns
! TO any street or part OF street upon Whlcl
| said rail wav shall be constructed under III,
| provisions of this ordinance, or OF any Ordl
! nance hat may hereafter be passed -hdll D'
Forfeited as to such street or part OF stree
whenever said Company, or It's successors
# assigns, shall fail on ceuse 70 operate any
Ia porlion OF said railway for period OF on'
D. Gth-That the said lakeside Railway Com
pany its successors or assigns shall pay al
, damages, either direct or consequential, tina
- N arise ia consequence o. tne construc
q. ton cr operation or their railway ana turn
10 outs, aud shall nuld harmless Hud inUemntt.
% the Corporation OF the Borough OF shenan
doah in all suits at law mat may arise there
/ 7th-That the material excayated on anv O
= the streets ON which thB tracks or tho SAT-
y railway VIII be located ana not neeied b.
the satd Company or It's successors OF assigns
n | shall be delivered, aJ the expense OF sal
- | Company, al such place AS the Committee o
y Roads ana Highways of said town Councl
q. may direct iOr tie use of the Borough, pre-
vided; that such material need not be haule
more than six -QuHres tor Borough puru Oses
* Sth-fhe cars 10 be operated on said raj
es way shall not be run at greater rate G
" speed than six miles an hour in the Boroug
. limits
9lh-Ali persons may drive with wagons
b. carr ages, or other couVeyances on sui
tiacks, without becoming trespassers pre-
- vided they do not retard or In any way intel
ID fere with the operation OF said railway
lOth.-Ihat the construction OF said rafwa
I
IL thereto shall be subject to the supervisio
a. and approval OF the Committee on Roads an
~ Highways of said Town Council, ana all pole
:. | erected for the purpose OF conveying pOwe
W shall be of wood suitably painted ana place
at such points as may be approved by th
lr said Committee; provided however, that n
.o power other than that furnished by eleclrict
oO or by horses, shall be used, ana thut all wire
le shall be at least ghteen feet ab I'VE the grad
OF the street; ana no coal o. freight cars sha
! be allowed tu pass over said traces.
IL uth.-The Borough OF shananuoahi by ii
properly constituted officers shall, at a
q ! lines have the right 70 make repai or in
y prOvements to culVerts aud sewers under th
IN surface occupied by said lWay ana 70 Ope
and remove the SAID tracks and turnout
I'M whenever II shall deem the same necessaf
'' for such purpose, without obstruction or n
lg reference by the said Railway Company {
! its successors or assigns,
y, I2th That the said Lakeside Railway Con
.' uauy, its successors or assigns. shall pay Al
n- nually into the Borough Treasury the sum
IS i've dollars per car FOR each car run or ope
d ated ION said railway within the bOrOuE
limits, for the FIRST hve years after IL cou
30. mences operations, and ten dollars per cl
T. Tor each car run or operated after the eXpir
! ton OF the said hVe years.
l3th-in the event Of IRE, or the alarm
ed fire, nj ght of way must be yirlued readily an
Dy at once TO the FIRE engines ana hose carriage
- and the said Company, its successors or Il
n signs, shall not BY lhe running ofits cars,
IL In any other way, inierfeld with the prop
M ana ne cessary use OF The said nre engine
~ hose carriages, hose or hook and ladd
Ia 4h-That the said Lakeside Railway Cor
m pany, It's successors or assigns shall, with
oo ninety (9O days. after The passage OF this {
'o dinance, pay all expenses incurred in q
In printing aud publishing OF the same, ana Il
~ with he town clerk Written acceptance
the provisions Of he ssme, under the oc
iy pOrate seal OF said Companyi otherwise th
As ordnance shall be void ana OF no effect,
,v Enacted and passed into au ordinance
- Shenandoah the l5In day OF June is9S
Chief burgess.
10 OSCAR BETTERIDGE,