San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-20
AN ORDINANCE.


charged by persons, firms or corpora
tons owning or operating any line OF
lines of street railway, within the cor
porate limits of San Antonio, and af-
fixing penalties for failure to COM
ply with the terms thereof.
Be il ordained by the city council
of the City of San Antonio, as follows:
Section l. No person, firm or corpo-
ration owning or operating any line
or lines of street railway, either with
in or partly within the corporate linn
it's of this city, nor any agent, servant,
employee or officer of such person, firm
or corporation, shall charge a fare of
more than five 81 cents for convey
ing a passenger in one continuous pas
sage, over any continuous line or lines,
from any one point to another situat-
ed on any such line or lines, and with
in the corporate limits of the city, from
| six 90 o'clock a. m, until twelve Q2)
o'clock midnight, and after that hour
not over ten 1O) cents per passenger;
| by one continuous passage is meant
| a passage without a layoVer except for
such length of time as is necessary for
| the next car to arrive going towards
his destination; and by a continuous
line or lines is meant, all lines belong
ing to, or operated by the same person,
firm or corporation, and which connect
with each other by means of switches,
turntables or otherwise, and if discOn-
nected and the distance between the
ends of such lines is one block or less
provided that nothing in this section
shall be construed to mean that any
passenger shall be entitled to passage
further than to the point where the
car on which he has been transferred
turns into the approx nate direction
from which he came, unless such pas
senger pay an additional fare. And
when a passenger is accepted on a car
of any such line, such passenger hav-
ing paid to the conductor or other per-
son in charge of said car the fare here
in provided for, and it sail be neces-
sary for such passenger to be trans
ferred to another car, in order to pro-
coed to his destination over another
line owned or operated by the same
person, firm or corporation, and con-
Meeting herewith, or approaching
within one block of such first line, it
shall be the duty of such person, firm
or corporation, and OF, its conductor
or other person in charge of such first |
car, to deliver to any such passenger |
a transfer ticket, or other written ev-
idence of his having paid such fare, |
and of his right to be carried through I
to his destination on said other line. !
And 1t shall be the duty of such person |
firm or corporation, owning or opera |
ting said lines, and OF his or their en-
plOyes. upon demand and presenta-
ton of such transfer ticket, to con-
Vey such passenger TO his or her des-
tinatiOn on said line, and without any |
further charge; provided. that not |
more than one transfer shall be requir-
ed to make any one trip, and prOvid- |
ed further, that no end of any line |
shall be arbitrarily established with |
the object of defeating the purpose of |
this section.
Section 2. That within the meaning |
of section l, of this ordinance is the
follwing: that on the lines enumera-
ted, and at the points designated, shall
be given the following transfers: On
the San Pedro Springs & Arkansas Pass
depot line as follows:
Going south, at Soledad street, for |
Lakeview and l. & G. n. depot.
Going south, at Avenue c, for Sunset |
depot and Government hill.
Going south, at Avenue C, for Gov |
eminent hill via Nolan and Pine |
streets. |
Going south at East Commerce street |
for the cemeteries.
Going south, at East Commerce |
street, for South Heights.
Going south, at Arkansas Pass depot, |
for Beanville and EnglewOod.
Going north. at East Commerce |
street for South Heights.
Going north at East Commerce street |
for the cemeteries.
Going north at Avenue c, for Gov |
eminent hill via Nolan and Pine
streets.
Going north at Avenue c, for Sunset |
depot and Government hill.
Going north at Soledad street, for
I. & G. N. depot and Lakeview.
On the South Heights line as follows:
Going west, at Alamo street. for the
Arkansas Pass depot.
Going west, at Alamo street, for San
Pedro Springs.
On the Cemetery line as follows:
Going west, at Alamo street, for
Arkansas Pass depot.
Going west, at Alamo street, for San
Pedro Springs.
On the Nolan street line as follows:
Going southwest, at Avenue c. for
the Arkansas Pass depot
Going southwest, at Avenue C, for
San Pedro Springs
Going southwest, at Avenue c, for
the l. & G. n. depot and Lakeview.
On the 1. & G. y. Depot, Avenue c
and Government Hill line as follows:
Going southwest at Losoya street,
for the Arkansas Pass depot