Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-01

| A ORDINANCE to authorize the Hazle-
| ~ ton and North Side Electric Railway
S1Itnpaihy' OF Hazleton, Luzerne county, Penn
syNahlti, 10 lay tracks and operate its road
upon certain streets within the borough of
fTeeiahd, rec duzerne county, Pennsylvania.
Bc IL ordained and enacted by the burgess
and town council of the borough of Freeland.
IN IN council met, and it is hereby enacted by au-
| thorlty of the same.
SIDE Electric Railway Company be and is
| hereDy authorized to lay and construct its
r'S oruSks WIN the necessary switches. turnouts
ana cfossoyers, 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 alonp Walnut
| street eastwardy to the borough line and on
| front street, South street, Pine street Main
street ana johnson street. The tracks shall
| De lald IN the centre of the street, excepting
| so much OF the streets named ms shall bS
| the borough authorities be deemed necessary
Tor turnouts; The kind of rail to be stand
ard rail, not less than sixty (6O) pounds to the
yard, the top of said rail to be laid even with
the grade OF said streets, as given by the bor-
Sec. 2. The said Hazleton and North Side
hlectrlc halfway Company shall keep their
tracks in good condition so that the same can
eS oe crossed % with safety to persons and vehicles,
ana snail macadamize the inside of tracks
ana also twelve Q2) inches in width on the
outside on each track until such time as the said
borough council may by ordinance direct any
OF the said streets to be paved when the said
company shall forthwith conform to the kind
OF paving so authorized.
al
Electric Railway Company may erect poles
ana wires to operate the said railway with
electrlclty, but the borough council shall be
emitted, free of charge, to use such poles for
nre and police alarm wires, provided that
such use in no wise interferes with the opera
ton OF said railway.
Sec. 4. Any material excavated nv said
railway company in the construction of its
railway, and not needed by said company,
shall be delivered by said railway company at
such points as may be directed by the borough
authorities; provided that if no place be desig-
mate mated, IL snail be removed by the said railway
company ana deposited at some place selected
ana PROVIDED by said company outside the
borough limits. '0
=. Sec. 8. The said railway company shall run
lts cars NJ rate OF speed not exceeding eight
~ miles an hour within the borough limits.
Sec. d. All poles erected for the purpose of
sUisfyg suitaSya power shall placed at proper and
vision OF the borough authorities.
sec. Z. The borough of Freeland, by its
properly constituted officers, shall ut all times
have the right to make repairs and improye-
mentS to culverts and sewers under the sur
lace occupied by said railway, and to open
whenever it shall become necessary for such
purposes, but if possible without obstructing
the running OF cars of the said railway COM
pany, ana the said railway company shall at
all tlnes keep clear of all Instructions all |
water courses crossed by said railway ut the |
point of such crossing.
Sec. 3. In the event of fire or thp alarm of |
llre, that right OF way must be yielded readily |
ana at once to the fire apparatus of said bor- |
''iiu eiic runway company shall not |
by the running of its cars, interfere with the |
proper use of said apparatus during the time
of any fire.
Sec; .. Said railway company shall be liable |
Tor 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 at law that may arise therefrom.
sec. III. That the said railway company |
shall, within thirty 800 days after the passage |
OF this ordinance, file with the borough clerk |
acceptance OF the provisions of this ordinance |
under It's corporate seal, otherwise this ordi- |
nance shall be void and of no effect.
Sec. IL. Whenever the said railway COM |
pany snail cross any streets across which water |
courses now run, they shall, if necessary, con
struct culyerts beneath their tracks and one |
W foot on each side of such tracks, so us to |
preserve a regular grade, and shall at all |
tllnes see That such culyerts are kept clear and
open and are of sufficient dimensions to allow
all surface water to pass through under such
tracks
Sec. IL. Said railway company shall run its
cars at intervals of not more than one Q) hour
apart ut all times between six 90 O'Clock A. m.
and ten CU O'Clock p. IN.
Passed hnally in council, February 12 A ID.
1873. Attest, Frank DePierro, president
Thomas A. Buckley, secretary
Approved February %, 1885
Patrick Mclaughlin, burgess.