Arizona republican., 1895-11-01

and the same IS hsreoy amendeQ Vo 1eal as follows:
 All awning. balcony or porch posts orground supports, and all telegraph, telephone. electric light, electric power or electric street fa1lw " posts, now standing, or Hereafter to be located in the streets of the city of Phoen1x, Under per mission already granteI by the common coun. cil of said city, shall b5 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 10 be erected, and when so plained, 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 corporation refusing, or neglectlng to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a mlsdemeanor and punished accordingly.
 SEC. 12 That section 35, 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 Prenix is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, where no other penalty is especially provided; be fined in 8 sum not to exceed one hundred an1 eighty dollars and ill 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 lmprlson- ment for each dollar of said fine.
 SEC IS. That article 1, chapter 4, of ordi,
  | to read as follows:
 All rails, laid upon any railroad track or tracks ill the city of PhoeniX shal be of iron or steel, and of the pattern commonly known as the ID 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 said sheets 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 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 whaS is commonly known as standard guage, unless otherwise ordered by the common coun- Gil Of sad city.
 Each track, in case of a double track shall | be placed as near the other as practicable for cars going ill 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 ecu | ter line of an- street or alley, butshall be con 1 slructed with reference to the leaving of 8 space sufficient for another parallel line, as in l the case of 8 double track. All single track | lines may be constructed with switches and I turn outs necessary to the full equipment Of 1 the same;
 1 PROVIDED, however, that no switch or turn | out shah 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 | 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 l 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 1 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 imDeded for greater period of time than | ten days.
 l All railroad companies, or parties now I 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 l-Vel
 with the grade of all streets and alleys upon
 which sad 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,
 
 of grade when made.
 All railroad companies. or parties now
 operating, or that may hereafter operate any
 ralroad or part thereof wi Ghln the limits of the city of Phoenix, and whose tracks are now
 laid, or may hereafter be laid by authority oi
 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 alleys 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 point two feet
 beyond the outer rail; and when so grac ed pay
 ed, macaddmiZed, cemented, greveled or other
 wise improved, said railroad companies ol
 parties aforesaid Operatlng said railroad, shal
 keep, and maintain s9 i'd improvements ill good
 order and repair free of all charge or expense
 to the city.
 All railroad companies, or parties now oper
 atng the same, or who may hereafter operate
 any railroad ill the city of PheniX and whose tracks are now laid, or may hereafter be lai6 : within said city shall, when ordered by the mayor, or common council of said city, con struct, m aip taia and keep in good repair, sucl
 culverts, d1tches, storm drains, and other re quired passages for water along, under anC across said tracks as said council may deem
 necessary.
 } The common council of Phoenix reserve tht 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 mitS of the city, when il the judgment of the council it shall be neces r sary, in the repairing grading, macadamizins or improvement of any street or alley, or fo the laying of water, gas, electric light anc sewer mains, or other city improvements, Such improvements shall be made by tn, city without unnecessary delay and at tht cities own cost and expense, except as to talk
 ing up of said rails, ties and road bed, the cos } thereof to be borne by the company, corpora
 tion or individual owning said track and roaC bed: PROVIDED, that if the laying of water f gas, electric light or sewer mains be in the in l terest of any private individual, company O , corporation, then the costs of the removal o said track, ties and road bed, shall be borne b, such individual, company or corporation. Any default or refusal on the part of an,
 person or persons, firm, company, or corpora
 tion operating any railroad within the city O 1 cl,ol