Arizona republican., 1895-09-19
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Ordinance No. 199,

Granting to Lincoln Fowler, his heirs O,
 assigns, the right of way to lay t. acks on Vsr | Buren street and Woodland avenue, in the City Of PhPniX '
 The common council of the City of Phoenix I do ordain as follows:
 SECTION l. That Lincoln Fowler his heirs n, l assigns, are hereby granted for period of fifty toO) years the right of way, privileges and iran cnlse, to lay, construct. maintain and oper 4te track, sidetrack, switches, turn0uts tnrnfs hleS | telegraph and telephone lines, and suoh strnct
 ures or appliances as smay be neces sary for the | operation of standard guage Railroad to he one
 rated py horse, electric or steam power over and | along Van Buren street and Woodland
 avenue, from the center of Seventh ayanue westward to city limits.
 SEC. ?. That the said line of railway may con.
 slst of ssngle or double track or both. The known Rs the .'1" rail
 They shall be laid in the best approved man.
 ner ana shall be flush or level with the grade o1 the street as established, and laid in such s
 manner as to ofer little or no obstruction to th | crossing of carriages or other vehicles. and where crossing the tracks of other railways
 the rails of each shall be altered or cut SD as tn permit the cars Of each to pass without oh. SEC. 5. Each track of said line Or svstem ot
 street railway, in case of double track. shall he
 placed as near each other as practicable for ears
 gong ln opposite directions to pass with safety;
 ana In such case the center of the space be, tween said tracks shall be the center line of the
 street. All tracks may be constructed with itb
 sWltcnes or turnouts necessary to the fnII equipment Of the same: provided that no l switch or turnout shall be placed on anv of said streets at any point nearer the curb line of the street than the point where the outer Iina ot the rail of double track might be placed under this ordinance.
 The said track or tracks shall be not 1ass than three nor more than five feet between the rails thereof
 That before any of the street railway tracks oe Ialu, all injury or damage sustained thereby to property abutting on said streets or nubIic places, upon which said tracks are to he Isid small be ascerta1ned and compensated for hy sald grantee or his heirs, successors or assigns in the manner and as provided by law
 All telegraph and electric line holes to ha of sufhc1ent size and strength to carry all wirinp ana III the erection of said poles on the stree1s' of the city council. 0-'
 That tn space between the rails and two feet each side thereof shall be kept by the grantee ln as good condition as the balance of the street st ana al ms own expense, And in case of the paving of said streets, all paving within the space heretofore specified, is to be done st the expense of the grantee
 This ordinance is granted subject to the con- oltlons of ordinance No: 100, governing the construction Of street railways in the city of Ph9nlx, and all existing and subsequent or dinances. VI SEC. 4. That this franchise and right of way IS granted upon the express condition that Lincoln Fowler, his heirs or assigns, shall have constructed under this franchise and in con nectlon herewith, eight miles of track, and operate same by propelling cars over same be- fore July l, 1896.
 SEC. 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publ lcatlon according to law. and the grantee shall pay the cost of said publication.
 n, Passed by the common cour ell of the city of Pheenlx. this 30th day of July, 1885,
 Approved this 3Oth day of July, 1895.
 lsEALl R. L. ROBSON, At'est: I. A. JOBS, Mayor. lDate Of first publication Sept. 5, 1895 i