Arizona republican., 1895-10-25


 common council.
 SEC. Il. That section 3, of ordinance IFS, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
 All awning, balcony or porch posts. or orground supports, and all telegraph, telephone. electric light, electric power. or electrlc street railway posts, now standing, or Hereafter to be located in the streets of the city of Phoenlx, Under per mission already granted by the common coun cil of said city, shall be of iron or wood; and ii wood, the surface or surfaces thereof thall b1 pleined by the person, firm or corporation at whose instance the same may have been erected, or to be erected, and when so plalned, said pJsts Of 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 mlsdemeanor and punished accordingly.
 SEC F. That section 35, article 4, chapter 1, 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 ot any
 ordinance of the city of Pf9nix is guilty of a
 miedemeanor and shall, upon conviction,
 where no other penalty is especially provided, be fined in a sum not to exceed one hundred and eighty dollars and in the case said fine is
 shallbe imprisoned in the city jail until said | fine is paid at the rate of one days imprison- ment for each dollar of said fine. SEC. 13. That aiticle 1, chapter 4, of ordi panee 100, be and the same IS hereby amended | to read as follows
 All rails. laid upon any railroad track or | tracks in the city of Phoenix sha l be of iron or sieel, and of the pattern commonly known as 1 the 'fT' rail; unless otherwise ordered by the common council of said city. Said rails shall
 be lald in the best approved manner. the top l 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 no obstruction to the eros
 sing of carriages or other vehicles or general
 use of sad stleets or alleys by 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
 less than four feet eight and one-half inches 1 or whai is commonly known as standard guage, | unless otherwise ordered by the common coun- | cil of sai d city.
 | Each track, in case of double track shall
 be placed as near the other as practicable for cars going in opposite directions to pass with | safety, and the center line of the space be- | tween such tracks shall be the center line Of | the street or alley upon which they are 1 laid.
 | No single track shall be laid along the cen | ter line Of an- street or alley, but.shan be con structed with reference to the leaving of 8 space sufficient for another parallel line, as in ! the case of a double track. All single track l lines may be constructed with switches ana 1 turn outs necessary to the full equipment Of l the same;
 l PROVIDED, however, that no switch or turn | out shall be 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 | be constructed for the purpose or, or allowed | to impede or prevent the laying of parellel | line of track, and operating and using the same | l to lay such parallel by authority of Said l 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 1 upon which said road is constructed or re- | paired in 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 eny part or portion
 of any street or alley during said construction
 or repairs be blockaded, or public travel there
 on imDeded for greater period of time than | ten days.
 All railroad companies, or parties now operating, or who may hereafter operate any | railroad, or part thereof within the city of
 Phoenix, and whose tracks are now laid, or may hereafter be laid in said city, shall keep | the same in thorough repair and the surface
 or top of the rails Of said track flush or lsvel | with the grade of all streets and alleys upon | which sald rails may be laid, and shall lower | or raise 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
 operating, or that may hereafter operate any
 railroad, part thereo1 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 ordered by the mayor,
 or common council of the city. grade, pave,
 macadamize, cement, gravel or otherwise i'm | prove, as the case may be, space upon all
 streets and alleys in, over and upon which said
 railroad shall have been heretofore constructed, or may hereafter be constructed, from the cen ter of lhe street or alley, to 8 point two feet
 beyond he outer rail; and when so grao ed pay ed ,macadamized cemented, graveled or other wise improved, said railroad companies or
 parties aforesaid oper lt1ng said railroad, shall keep, and maintain sf i'd Improvements in good
 order and repair free If all charge or expense to the city.
 All railroad compa1.Ies. or parties now oper- ating the same, or who may hereafter operate any railroad in the city of Phoenix, and whose
 tracks are now laid, or may hereafter be laid within said city shall. when ordered by the mayor, or common council of said city, con
 struct, m ain taiu and keep, in good repair, such culverts, dltches, storm drains, and other re. quired passages for water along, under and across said tracks ss said cornell may deem necessary.
 The common council of Phoenix reserve the right, at any time and ali times, to take up the | rails, ties and road bed of any railroad now constructed or that may hereafter be con structed within the Ii nits 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 mains, 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, corpord- ton or individual owning said track and road bed: PROVIDED, that if the laying of water, gas, electric light or sewer mains be in the in.
 terest of any private individual, company or corporation, then the costs of the removal of 1 +i. L..d