Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-05-10

6. The track or tracks shall be all of the
standard guage of four feet, eight and one
half inches The rails shall be T rails of
suitable size and weight for the purpose
for which they are intended, but not less in
weight than forty-eight pounds to the yard.
All ties shall be oak or chestnut of the di-
mansions of five and one-half by five and
One-half inches or five by six inches, to be
placed not more than two and one-half
feet apart from centre to centre, and under
each joint of the rails.
I. The railroad company shall connect
the joints of all rails with copper wire or
wires, and shall also connect each rail in
one of its line of rails with the opposite
rail in the other of said lire of rails, with
copper wire or wires of suitable size, for
the purpose of the return of the electrical
current.
s. The railroad company shall provide and
use suitable insulators at the point of con-
tact and connection between the trolley
wire and the supporting wire or wires con-
Meeting the same with the poles on either
side of the railway, to prevent the escape
and conduction of the electrical current;
and where double line of poles is used,
shall also provide and use suitable insula-
tors on all supporting wires at point in
the same on each side of the trolley wire
and between said trolley wire and the poles,
and when a single line of poles is used
shall place suitable insuators in each sup
porting wire between the pole and trolley
wire, thus providing double insulation
wherever there are two lines of poles.
9. The railroad company shall apply to
its cars, and electrical lines, from time TO
time, such modern practical Improvements
and devices as may be necessary to secure
safety of persons and property; also TO
prevent electrolysis of the village main
drains and pipes, and to prevent interior
ence with or injury to the village fire alarm
system or other property belonging to said
village or town. If by reason of the cleo
trio current of said railroad company, or
by its fault, said main drain or pipes are
injured by electrolysis, or the fire alarm
system is injured, said railroad company
shall be responsible to the village for such
damages.
10. The turnouts required by said rail
road company shall be two in number, and
shall be located as follows: One on West
ern avenue near the water tower, to be
about 80 feet in length, and the other at
the south side of Milestone bridge across
Main street, to be about 80 feet in length
| and not to exceed go feet in length. All
changes in turnouts, or additional ones re-
quired, shall be as fixed and determined by,
and subject to, the approval of the select
men upon application of the railroad com
! pany. for that purpose.
IL. In the construction of the railway
all bridges crossed thereby shall be i'm.
proved and strengthened in such manner
and to such extent, by said railroad com
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shall be required by reason of the use OF
the same for said railway, and which they
shall order and direct.
II. The railroad company shall keeI
the portion of the highway between its
tracks and for distance of two feet OF
each side thereof in as good condition fol
travel in all respects as is the adjacent
street, except that it shall not be obliged L
make repairs upon highway bridges othel
than as provided herein; and shall so grad,
the surface of the streets and crosswalk:
within and adjacent to its tracks that per
sons and vehicles can conveniently cross Of
| turn off from the same. If said railroad
company shall fail to keep said portion o
the street and its tracks in suitable repair
and condition, the selectmen shall notify
said company in writing of such default o.
negligence on its part, and if said compan!
shall not make such repairs to the satisfac
ton of the selectmen and road commits
sioner, within two working days after sucl
notice, the said road commissioner shall
make such repairs at the expense of tn
railroad company, and said railroad com
pany shall pay the expenses thereof.
Is. The location of the tracks of salt
railway in any of the streets hereinbefort
named may at any time, whether before o
after the construction of said railway, b'
changed by agreement of said railroad
company, said selectmen, and said bailiffs
Il. Said railroad company shall prompt
! ly remove the surplus snow and ice iron
it's tracks and space two feet wide on eacl
side thereof, so that it will not impair pub
lie travel, and in such manner as not t
leave the snow thrown out in an uneven
ridge so as to obstruct wagons, sleighs o
other vehicles, and shall remove from tn
streets the snow so thrown off its track
when in the opinion of the selectmen tn
same is necessary. On Chaplin street, i
the selectmen shall deem it necessary TO
the the convenience of travel that any par
of the snow shall be removed from the flu
width of the street, the railroad compan
shall remove the same when directed b
the selectmen, at its own expense. If tn
railroad company shall neglect ana ran
comply with this provision the town sha
have the same remedy as is provided in tn
preceding section.
-. The railroad company shall max
such trimmings of shade trees as shall /
necessary in careful manner, and by pei
mission and under the supervision and sui
ject to the approval of the bailiffs of sal
village or the selectmen of the town, as I'll
case may be-
Is. Whenever the selectmen shall deel
and declare that the public needs and col
venience require a change in the locatio
of the rails and wire in any portion of an
street to some other location in said stree
the railroad company shall make sue
change of location upon notice, and if sal
/ railroad company shall neglect or refuse
: make such change, the selectmen ms
2 cause such change to be made and Il