Arizona republican., 1895-09-05
Ordinance No. 199.

Granting to Lincoln Fowler, his heirs or assigns, the righs of way to lay acks on Van Buren St eet and Woodland avenue, ill the City of Ph9nix
 The common council of the City of Phoenix do ordain as follows:
 SECTION l. That Lincoln Fowler, his heirs or assigns, are hereby granted for period of fifty (50) years the right of way, privileges and iran ch1se, to lay, construct, maintain and operate track, sidetrack, switches, turnouts, turntables, telegraph and telephone lines, and such struct- ures .or appliances as 1may be necessary for the operation of standard guage railroad to be oDe- rated by horse, ,ele ctric or steam power over ana along Van Buren street and Woodland avenue, from the center of Seventh avenue westward to city limits.
 SEC. 2 That the said line of railway may con- sist of ssngle or double track or both. The rails shall be of steel and of the style pattern known as toe ''1' rail.
 They shall be laid in the best approved man. ner and shall be flush or level with the grade Of the street as established, and laid in such manner as to offer little or no obstruction to the crossing of carriages or other vehicles; and where crossing the tracks of other railways, the rails of each shall be altered or cut so to permit the cars of each to pass without Ob struction.
 SEC 8. Each track of said line or system of street railway, in case of double track, shall be placed as near each other as practicable for cars going in opposite directions to pass with safety; and in such case the center of the space be- tween said tracks shall be the center line of the 1 street. All tracks may be constructed with | witches or turnouts necessary to the full 1 equipment Of the same provided, that no | switch or turnout shall be placed on any of
 said streets at any point nearer the curb line of the street than the point where the outer line of the rail of double track might be placed under this ordinance.
 1 The said track or tracks shall be not less
 than three nor more than five feet between | the rails thereof
 That before any of the street railway tracks I N.1I dar, 1 to property abutting on said streets or public places, upon which said tracks are to be laid, shall be ascertained and com pensated for by
 said grantee or hi. heirs, suecessors or assigns | in the manner and as provided by law. All telegraph and electric line poles to be of
 sufficient size and strength to carry all wiring,
 and in the erection of said poles on the streets, the same are to be placed under the supervision of the city council.
 i That the space between the rails and two feet
 each side thereof shall be kept by the grantee
 in as good condition as the balance of the
 street and at his own expense. And in case of 1 the paving of said streets, all paving within | the space heretofore specified, is to be done at
 the expense of the grantee. 1 This ordinance is granted subject to the con l d1t1ons of ordinance No. lO0 governing the | construction of street railways in the city of Phauix, and all existing and subsequent or
 dinapces.
 SEC. 4. That this franchise and right of way | is granted upon the express condition that
 Lincoln Fowler, his heirs or assigns shall have
 constructed under this franchise and in con
 rection herewith, eight miles of track, and 1 operate same bv Dropell1ng cars over same be- | fore July l, 1S96
 SEC. 5. This ordinance shall take fleet and
 be in force from and after its passage and publ
 ication according to law; and the grantee shall 1 pay the cost of said publication.
 | Passed by the common cour eil of the city of 1 Phenix, this seth day of July, 1895. Approved thls 30th day of July, 1885. [sEALl R. L. ROBSON, | Attest: T. 4. JOBS, Mayor. | City Recorder.
 [Date of first publication Sept. 5, 1895