Arizona republican., 1895-10-22

SEC. Il. That section g. of ordinance l7s be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
 All awning, balcony or porch posts. or ground
 supports, and all telegraph, telephone. electric light, electric power or electric street raliwl "
 posts, now standing, or hereafter to be located in the streets of the city of Phoen1x. under per
 mission slready granted by the cum mon coun.
 cil of said city, shall be of iron or wood ana III 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 or poles shall be painted with al least two coats of white lead, or of such a color as the common council may designate, which paint shall be renewed sr 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. 12 That section S5, article 4, 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 Phenix is guilty Of
 misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction,
 where no other penalty is especially provided, be fined in @ sum not to exceed one hundred 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 fine is paid at the rate of one days imprison- ment for each dollar of said fine. SEC. 13. That article 1, chapter 4, Of ordl nance 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 be of iron or | steel, and of the pattern commonly known as the IT" 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 eros
 sing of carriages or other vehicles or general | use of sad sheets or alleys by the public. l 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 or what is commonly known as standard guage,
 unless otherwise ordered by the common coun- Gil of said city.
 Each track, in case of double track shall be placed as near the other as practica ble 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 laid.
 No single track shall be laid along the cen
 ter line of an- street or alley, butsshall be | structed with reference to the leaving of a space sufficient for another parallel line, as in
 
 lines may be constructed with switches and turn outs necessary to the full equipment of the same;
 PROVIDED, however, that no switch or turn out shall be placed at the intersection of any street or alley, or within fifty feet of such intersection; and provided further, that no 1 switch or turnout herein provided for shall be constructed for the purpose or, or allowed
 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 public traveI there
 on lmpeded for 8 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
 Phonix, ana 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 lavel with the grade of all streets and alleys upon
 which sad rails may be laid, and shall lower or raise said track, at eny 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 ompanies. or parties now | operating, or that may hereaftef operate any
 railroad 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 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, a space upon all streets and alley in, over and upon which said | railroad shall have been heretofore constructed, | or may hereafter be constructed, from the cen | ter of the street or alley, to polnt two feet | beyond the outer rail; and when so grac ed pay | ed ,macadsmized, cemented, grayeled or other
 wise improved, said railroad companies or
 parties aforesaid opera atlng said railroad, shall
 keep, and maintain said improvements in good ! order and repair free of all charge or expense | to the city.
 ating the same, or who may hereafter operate | any railroad in the city of Phoenix, and whose 1 tracks are now laid, or may hereafter be laid
 within said city shall, when ordered by the l mayor, or common council of said city, con. struct, m air taia and keep in good repair, such culverts, dltches, storm drains, and other re- | quired passages for water along, under and across said tracks us said council may deem | necessary.
 The common council of Phoenix reserve 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 it shall be neces-
 sary, in the repairing, grading, macadamizing
 or improvement of any street or alley, or for 1 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 l thereof to be borne by the company, corpors- | tion orindividual 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 | said track ties and road bed shall be borne by | such individual, company or corporation. l Any default or refusal on the part of any person or persons, firm, company, or corpora-