Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-11

4 n ORDINANCE to authorize the Halle
~ ton and North Side Electric Railway
Company, of llIZlcton, LuZcrue county, Penn.
sylVania, TO lay tracks and operate its road
upon certain su Gets within the borough Oi
Frccland, LuIcrl c county, Pennsylvania.
BE it ordained and enacted by the burgess
and town council of the borough of Frcolund,
in council met, and it is hereby enacted 10y alI-
Section /. That the Ha2lcton and North
Side Electric Railway Company be ana is
hereby authorized to lay and construct its
tracks with the necessary switches. turnOutS
ana crossoyers, and operate the same over and
upon the following streets of said borough:
On Centre street from the south end Of the
borough line to Walnut street, along Walnut
street euStwurdly to the borough line and ON
Front street, South street, Pine street, Main
street and johnson street. The tracks shall
be laid in the centre of the street, excepting
so much of the streets named as shall by
the borough authorities be deemed necessary
for turnouts The kind of rail to he Il stand
ard rail, not less than sixty (tOl pounds to the
yard, the top of said rail to be laid even with
the grade of said streets, as given by the bur-
Ough authorities.
See. 2. The said Hazleton and North Side
Electric Railway Company shall keep their
tracks in good condition so that the same can
be crossed with safety to persons and vehicles,
and shall mucNdamiZe the inside of tracks,
and also twelve Q2) inches in width on the
outside on each track until such time us the said
borough council may by ordinance direct any
of the said streets to he paved, when the said
company shall forthwith conform to the kind
of paving so authorized.
Sec. 3. The said Huzlcton and North Side
Electric halfway Company may erect poles
and wires to operate the said railway with
electricity, but the borough council shall be
entitled free of charge, to use such poles for
fire and police alarm wires, provided that
such use i'll no wise ntcricrCs with the opera
ton of said railway.
Sec. 4. Any material eNcaYated by said
railway company in the construction of its
railway, and not needed by said company,
shall be delivered by said railway company ut
such points as may be directed by the borough
N M inG. N lt. Iig
mated, it shall be removed 10y the said railway
company and deposited ut some place selected
and provided 10y said company outside the
borough limits.
Sec. 5. The said railway company shall run
its cars at rate OF speed not exceeding eight
(S) miles an hour within the borough limits.
Sec. 6. All poles erected for the purpose of
conveying power shall placed at proper and
suitable points along the line under the super
vision of the borough authorities
Sec. I. The borough OF Freeland, by its
properly constituted officers, shall ut all times
have the right to make repairs and improve
ments to cillvcrts and sewers under the sur
face occupied by said railway, and to open
and remove the said tracks and turnouts
whenever it shall become necessary for such
purposes, but If possible without obstructng
the running of cars of the said railway COM
pany, and the said railway company shall at
all times keep clear of all Instructions all
water courses crossed by said railway at the
point of such crossing.
Sec. s. In the event of fire, or the alarm of
fire, that right of way must be yielded readily
ana ut once TO thc 1re apparatus oil sad Dor
ough, and the said railway company shall not,
by the running of its cars, Interfere with the
proper use of said apparatus during the time
of any fire.
Sec. 8. Said railway company shall be liable
for all accidents that may happen through the
negligence of said railway company in the
construction or operating of the same, and
save harmless the borough of Freeland from
all suits Mt law that may arise thcrefrOm.
Sec. 10. That the said railway company
shall, within thirty go days after the passage
of this ordinance, file with the borough clerk
acceptance of the provisions of this ordinance,
under its corporate seal, otherwise this ord-
nance shall be void and of no effect,
Sec. IL. Whenever the said railway COM
pauy shall cross any streets across which water
courses now run, they shall, il necessary, con-
strllct culvcrts beneath their tracks and one
% foot ON each side of such tracks, so as to
preserve Il regular grade, and shall Mt all
times see that such culNcrts are kept clear and
open and are of sufficient dimensions to allow
all surface water to pass through under such
tracks.
Sec. L. Said railway company shall run its
cars ut intervals of not more than one % hour
apart ut all times between six 80 O'Clock Il. m.
and ten 40 o'clock y. m.
Passed finally in council, February II, A. ID.
1896 Attest, Frank DePiCrro president.
Thomas \. Buckley, secretary.
Approved February %, 1895.
Patrick Mclaughlin, burgess,