Arizona republican., 1895-10-20

 | follows:
 All awning, balcony or porch posts, or ground supports, and all telegraph, telephone. electrlc light, electric power, or electric street fallWiy | in the streets of the city of Phenlx, under per | mission already granted by the common cUun- cil of said city, shall be of iron or wood and Ii | wood, the surface or surfaces thereof shall De | plained by the person, firm or corporation at | whose instance the same may have been erected, or to be erected, and when so plained, ! said posts poles, shall be painted with at least two coats of white lead, or of such | color as the common council may designate,
 which paint shall be renewed at least once each year thereafter. Any person or persons, | firm or corporation refusing, or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a mIsdemeanor and punished accordingly.
 | SEC. F That section 35, article f. chapter l, of ordinance 100, be and the same IS hereby amended to read as follows:
 Any person or persons violating, or non complying with any of the provisions of any | ordinance of the city of PhRniX is guilty of miEdemeanor and shall, upon conviction,
 where no other penalty is especially provided
 and eighty dollars and in the case said fine is | not paid the person or persons so convicted shall be imprisoned in the city jail until said f fine is paid at the rate of one day imprison- | ment for each dollar of said fine.
 | SEC. 13. That article 1, chapter 1, of ordi-
 nance 100 be and the same IS hereby amended l to read as follows:
 All rails. laid upon any railroad track or | tracks in the city of Phgnix sha be of iron or
 steel, and of the pattern commonly known as | the ''T" rail; unless otherwise ordered by the
 common council of said city. Said rails shall
 be lad in the best approved manner, the top | thereof to be laid flush, or level with the established grade of the streets or alleys upon
 which said rails may be placed, and when laid shall offer little or no obstruction to the crosl | sing of carriages or other vehicles or genera use of said streets or alleys to the public. Where said tracks or track are crossed by other lines of track, the rails of each shall be
 altered or cut so as to permit the passage of
 cars without obstruction.
 The width or guage of all railroad tracks laid within the city of Phoenix shall be not l less than four feet eight and one-half inches | or what is commonly known as standard guage,
 unless otherwise ordered by the common coun- | cil of said city.
 Each track, in case of double track shall l be placed as near the other as practicable for cars going in opposite direction to pass with safety, and the center line of the space be-
 tween such tracks shall be the center line of l the street or alley upon which they are
 laid.
 No single track shall be laid along the cen
 ter line of an- street alley, but shall be con- | stru0ted with reference to the leaving Of 8 space sufficient for another parallel line, as ill | the case of 6 double track. All single track lines may be constructed with switches and l turn out necessary to the full equipment of 1 the same;
 l PROVIDED, however, that no switch or turn out shall De placed at the intersection of any street or alley, or within fifty feet of sucn | intersection; and provided further, that no switch or turnout herein provided for shall l be constructed for the purpose or, or allowed | to impede or prevent the laying of 6 parellel | line of track, and operating and using the same | by rival parties when granted the right of way | to lay such parallel by authority of Said | city.
 Upon the completion of the construction of any railroad, track or tracks In the city, or the completion of any repairs thereon, the parties constructing said railroad track, or making | said repairs, shall place the streets or alleys | upon which said road is constructed or re-
 paired in as good condition for public travel and use, as said streets or alleys may have | been before said construction or repairs were | made; and at no time shall any part or portion | of any street or alley during said construction or repairs be blockaded, or pubic travel there on imDeded for greater period of time than ten days.
 ] All railroad companies, or parties now | Ope rating, or who may hereafter operate any railroad, or part thereof within the city of | PhnniX, and whose tracks are now laid, or may hereafter be laid in said clty, shall keep the same in thorough repair and the surface or top of the rails of said track flush or level
 with the grade of all streets and alleys upon | which Sald rails may be laid, and shall lower 1 or ralse said track, at sny time said grade may
 be altered or changed by authority of the city, | so as to conform with said alteration or change | of grade when made.
 | All railroad companies, or parties now l operating, or may hereafter operate any rail-
 road, or part thereof wi thin the limits of the | city of Phoenix, and whose tracks are now
 laid, or may hereafter be laid by authority Of | said city, shall, when so oruersd by the mayor, | or common council of the city. grade, pave,
 macadamlze, cement, gravel or otherwise i'm | prove, as the case may be, space upon all | streets and alleys in, over and along which said
 railroad snail have been heretofore constructed, l or may hereafter be constructed, from the cen | ter of the street or alley, to point two feet | beyond the outer rail; when so grao ed, paved, | macadamized, cemented, graveled or other | wise improved, said railroad companies or
 parties aforesaid oper ltlng said railroad, shall l keep, and maintain said improvements Ill good | order and repair free of all charge or expense | to the city.
 All railroad companies, or parties now oper- | at1ng the same, or who may hereafter operate 1 any railroad ln the city of Ph9niX, and whose l tracks are now laid, or may hereafter be laid | within aid city shall, when ordered by the | mayor, or common council Of the city, con
 struct, main tai "a and keep in good repair. such | culverts, ditches, storm dra1ns and other re- | quired passages for water along, under and
 across said tracks as said council may deem necessary.
 The common council of Phoenix reserve the
 right, st any time and ali times, to take up the | rails ties and road bed of any railroad now i constructed or that may heresfter be con- | structed within the hmits of the city, when in
 the judgment Of the council 1t shall be neces-
 sary, in the repairing, grading, macadamizing
 or improvement of any street or alley, or for | the laying of water, gas, electric light and
 sewer mans, or other city improvements.
 Such improvements shall be made by the
 city without unnecessary delay and at the
 cities own cost and expense, except as to talk
 ing up of said rails, ties and road bed, the cost
 thereof to be borne by the company, corpora-
 tion or individ ual owning said track and road bed: PROVIDED, that if the laying of water gas, electric light or sewer mains be in the in. l terest of any private individual, company or corporation, then the costs of the removal of said track, ties and road bed, shall be borne by
 the individual, company or corporation.
 Any default or refusal on the part of any
 person or persons, firm, company, or corpora tiOn operating any railroad within the city oi
 Phoenix who shall fail to comply with any ot