San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-21
AN ORDINANCE

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lines of street railway, within the cor
: porate limits of San Antonio, and af-
n fixing penalties for failure to COM
ply with the terms thereof
: Be it 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
its of this city, nor any agent, servant,
emplOye or officer of such person, firm
or corporation, shall charge a fare of
more than five go 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 (6) o'clock a. m, until twelve Q2)
o'clock midnight, and after that hour
not over ten (10) cents per passenger;
by one continuous passage is meant
a passage without layover, except for
such length of time as is necessary for
the next car to arrive going towards
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 dscOn-
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 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
feTred 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 it's 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
to his destination on said other line.
And it 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-
Tey 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 requr- |
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 Co. South Heights.
Going north at East Commerce street |
for the cemeteries.
Going north at Avenue G, 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 |
l. & 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 I. & G. N. depot and Lakeview.
On the I. & G. N. Depot Avenue c
| and Government Hill line as follows:
Going southwest. at Losoya street, |
for the Arkansas Pass depot.
Going southwest, at Soledad street
| for the San Pedro Springs
Going southwest, at Military plaza