Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-09-16
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance requiring the ST. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Company to make the crossing Of
College street by its railroad in the
City of Texarkana, Arkansas, safe
for passage and travel and to pre-
vent injury to persons and property
passing over said crossing and pro-
viding a penalty for failure to do So.
Be it enacted by the City Council
of the City of TeXark0ua, Arkansas:
Section 1. That The St. Louis Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway
Company be and it is hereby required
to make the crossing Of College street
by its railroad and switches in the
City of Texarkana, Arkansas, safe and
convenient for the passage of persons,
animals and vehicles of all kinds; by
bridging or tunnelling said cross
ing or by putting gates or arms on
each side thereof by which the lives
ofpersons and property of every kind
may be safe while passing over said
crossing.
Section 2. That in case the said
st. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway Co. should bridge its tracks
at said crossing, the bridge shall be
of sufficient strength and capacity and
made of sufficient length so that the
elevation of said bridge at each end
can be assembled by teams drawing or
dinary loads and wide enough for two
wagons of ordinary width to safely
and easily pass each other thereon.
Section g. That in case said Rail
road should tunnell said crossing said
tunnell shall be wide enough for two
wagons Of ordinary width to safely
and easily pass each other therein, and
said tunnell shall be at least thirteen
feet from bottom Ihereofto underside
Of said track, and said railroad is fur
ther required in the event said tracks
are tunnelled to make o sidewalk on
each side thereof Of at least SIX feet
vide and at least two feet higher than
the road-bed Of the tunnel.
Section 4. That if gates or arms
are put up on each side Of said tracks
the same shall be Of not less than
twenty-five feet in length, and the
same shall moi keep any person desir-
ing to cross waiting at any one time
more than three minutes, and when
open shall remain so until all passen-
gers and vehicles and persons in
charge of animals within distance Of
one hundred feet on each side of said
crossing shall have crossed; and while
said gates are open no engines or
trains shall be run or operated on
said tracks, and no whistles shall be
blown or bells rung within distance
of one hundred feet Of said crossing
until said gates shall have been closed,
and no car or locomotive shall stand
within ten feet Of said crossing while
said gates or arms are open.
Section 5. That the ST. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway Com
pany is hereby required to comply
with the terms of this ordinance and
make said crossing safe for the pas
sage of persons, animals and vehicles
within two months after the passage
Of this ordinance, and for each day
that it shall fail to comply with the
terms Of this ordinance, by bridging
or tunnelling said crossing, or by pro-
viding the arms or gates herein re-
quired, after the two months shall
have expired it shall forfeit and pay
to the city Of Texarkana, Arkansas,
the sum Of twenty-five dollars.
Section G. That in the event that
the said railway company or any Of
its employees shall violate any Of the
provisions of this ordinance, shall be
deemed guilty Of n misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
in any sum not to exceed twenty-five
dollars for each violation.
Section 7. That this ordinance
shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
STATE OF ARKANSAS, !
COUNTY or MILLER, :
CITY OF TEXARKANA. J