Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-11-01
Ordinance No. 20 Of the Village
of Alma, Michigan.

An Ordinance granting permission to
the Ann Arbor Railway Company to
| lay out its road and to. construct and
| operate the same upon and across the
roads, streets, lanes, alleys and high.
ways OF said village and TO regulate the
same.
SECTION i The VILLAGE OF ALMA or.
dams. That the Ann ArbOr Ry Co, Il cor.
pOtation organized and doing business under
/ the laws Of the state OF Michigan, Its success
eOTs and assigns. Is hereby granted permission
| 10 lay out its road and construct ana operate
/ the same as now established through the village
| or alma, Michigan, and 10 operate the same
| upon Jud across the roads, highways, streets,
| lanes and alleys of said village, which the sai
route Of It's road shall! lie along and cross SUBJ
| Jet. however, TO the terms and conditions of
| this ordnance.
sECrIoN !. The said corporation shall not
! lay out its road through said village TO exceed
| one hundred feet in width.
! 6ECTIOS 3. That the terms and conditions
| agreed upon by the said Ann Arbor Railway
| Company and the Common Council OF said vii
| lage and the basis upon which the said com
pauy IS permitted TO occupy and cross the
ROADS streets, lanes, alleys and highways OF
| the said village, and construct and operate its
said road through the said village are as FOL
| lows. tO.wit:
The said Ann Arbor Railway Company is to
cross and intersect the streets hereinafte
| named at the point designated in its map OF
said route rs established, and in manner fol
| lowing, VIZ:
@j TO pass the intersection of Lincoln and
Center streets at cut below the present grade
of said streets, OF not TO exceed three 90 feet:
! tb) To cross Forest street, on the grade OF
said street; (c) To cross tho first street east
| and parallel with Forest street, hereby desig'
| mated as church street, at not TO exceed u
| mi OF thrcC0l feet above the present grade OF
said street; I'D To cross and intersect state
| street at not % exceed four 90 feet above the
| present grade OF said street; (e) To cross and
| lutersect Woodworth Avenue, at not TO exceed
| five 81 feet above the present grade OF said
| street. % TO cross Ely street and the one
| quarter line road south from Ely street on
| section three CD in township eleven Ql) north
| Of range three CD west, nOt to exceed two %
! fCct above the present grade of said streets;
| Provided, that the Detroit, Lansing Northern
| Railroad Company, corporation Will cause
| the grade Of its track 10 conform with the
| grade Of the Ann Arbor Railroad Company on
| State street as constructed hereunder. The
! word grade" as used in this section shall be
| deemed as intending the point where the
| center OF the said Ann Arbor hallway Com
| pany S track crosses the said highways. Per-
| mission is hereby further granted 10 cross the
| lanes and alleys between the streets herein
! described on a grade to conform with the
! street crossings herein provided and establish
| cd.
! sand ann ArbOr Railway Company 10 cross
| said streets IS further limited upon said Com
/ pauy performing the following, to wit: at the
! intersection Of Lincoln and Center streets the
| SAID Company shall cut the grade or the nigh
| way to a true grade from the top of rail where
| said road crosses TO u distance OF one hundred
] ana IlltN ilAll Get nOFlU anu inc sdult
south on Lincoln street, and distance OF two
| hundred and nifty t2jo) feet west and two hun
| dtcd feet cast on Center street and the whole
\ to be thirty. five 800 feet wide between slopes
| ,b) The said Company shall I'LL to Il true grade
| from top OF rail where said road crosses on
| Church street" north 10 the track of the
| Detroit, Lansing y Northern Railroad Com.
! pany, and south TO the north line OF Mechanic
/ street and TO be thirty.fYe Correct between
slopes; (c) The said Company shall I'LL to a
| true grade from the top OF rail where said road
crosses on state street, north to a distance OF
two hundred and fifty ESQ feet and south to
| theapproaCh OF the bridge crossing Pine River,
and 10 be thirty. eight tS) feet between slopes
| Cd The said Company shall I'LL 10 a true grade
! from the top OF rml where the seid road crosses
Woodwork Avenue north to the Detroit. Ian
sing "a Northern Railroad Company's track
crossing Pine River and shall be thirty-eight
(}S) feet wide between slopes; (e) The said
Company shall hll to a true grade from the top
OF rail where the said road crosses Ely street,
west 10 distance OF seventy i've ti5l feet and
the same distance to the east % The said
Company shall I'LL to a true grade from the top
Of rail where the said road crosses the one
quarter line Aforesaid, north and south to a
QistapCo OF seveuty'tive l5l feet each side OF
track. The grades last aforesaid shall bc
thlrty-iiyo ISL feet wide between slopes. The
grades aforesaid are established on the basis
that the said Company will make the maxi
mum cuts aud fills on the highways aforesaid
permitted under this ordinance; should any
street be crossed at a less cut or fll. the high
way grades provided for In this section may be
shortened accordingly. All sidewalks inter
sccted by said road to be raised or lowered 20 a
grade 10 correspond with grade OF streets as
established hereunder provided only that the
anglo al the grade shall remain the sanio on
the approach 10 SAID track as noGr n can be
estimated on each OF the said highways, and