Arizona republican., 1895-10-30

All awning balcony or porch posts, or ground supports, and all telegraph, telephone, electrlc
 light, electric power. CT electrlc street railW " posts, now standing, or hereafter to be located in the streets of the city of PhCen1x, under per mission already grautSa by the common Goun. cil Of said city, shall be of iron or Wood ana II wood, the surface surfaces thereof shall De plained by the person, firm or corporation at whose instance the same may have been erected, or to De erected and when so plalned, said p1sts or 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 st least once each year thereafter Any person or persons. firm or corporation refusing, or neglectlng to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of & mlsdemeanor and punished accordingly.
 SEC. F. That section 35, article 1, 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 Pf9nix is guilty of 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 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 imprlsOn-
 ment for each dollar of said fine.
 SEC. 13. That article 1, chapter 4, of ordi
 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 s eel, and of the pattern commonly known as 1 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 I 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 stleets or alleys by the public. i 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 Phenix shall be not | less than four feet eight and one-half inches 1 or wha5 is commonly known as standard guage,
 unless otherwise ordered by the common coun- cll of sa d city.
 Each track, in case Of a 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, but:shall be con sructed with reference to the leaving of & space sufficient for another parallel line, as in the case of 6 double track. All single track 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 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
 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 1 upon which said road is constructed or re- | paired in as good condition for public travel | 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 travel there on mDeded for greater period of time than | ten days.
 l All railroad companies, or parties now 1 operating, or who may hereafter operate any l railroad, or part thereof within the city of | PhCanix, and whose tracks are now laid, or
 may hereafter be laid in said city, shall keep l 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 Sad rails may be laid, and shall lower
 or raise said track, at fny 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.
 l All TdllrOdQ COmp mpduleS. CT pdTlleS HOW
 operating, or that may hereafter operate any
 railroad, 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 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, u space upon all streets and alleys in, over and upon which said | railroad shall have been heretofore constructed,
 or may hereafter De constructed, from the cen
 ter Of the street or alley, to point two feet | beyond the outer rail; and when grao ed pay | ed,macadamlzed, cemented, graveled or other wise improved, said railroad companies or
 parties aforesaid operating said railroad, shall | keep, and maintain ss i'd improvements ill good
 order and repair free If all charge or expense l to the city.
 | All railroad companies, 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 air tai and keep in good repair, such
 culverts, ditches, storm drains 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, 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 imits 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
 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 corpora- tion 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
 said track, ties and road bed, shall be borne by such individual, company or corporation.
 Any default or refusal on the part of any
 person or persons, firm, company, or corpora ton operating any railroad within the city of | Phoenix who shall fail to comply with any of
 the provisions herein before contained, for a