Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-04-05
First Publication April 8. 1881
ORDINANCE no. 50.
Be II Ordained BY the Mayor and Council

FRANK N. SturRes, j. u. Albright, OF said
city, and William SeagrOye Magill, Of
New York, their heirs. executors or rs.
signs, are hereby empowered and granted
the right 10 construct, maintain and
operate by electric or compressed air
power a line OF street railway In, upon
and along all streets, ways aud passages
and their intersections now laid out aud
accepted by the city authorities Of Albu.
q%uerque, New Mexico
Sec. 2. That the authorization con.
yeyed by the preceding section to the
parties therein named shall constitute n
franchise for such street railway opera
tiOn throughout the city Of Albuquerqup.
New Mexico, fUr a period Of twenty i've
years from the dats Of the passage OF this
ordinance upon the following conditions
and limitations:
Eirst-The parties to whom this fran.
ehise Is granted hereby agree 10 CON
stfuct and operate at least two miles Of
the road within eighteen months after
the date OF the passage Of this ordinance.
second Before the franchise men
toned In the last section shall become
vested or said parties therein mentioned
shall be authorized TO locate, construct
or maintain said street railway on IA
or either OF the streets OF the city Albu
querque aforesaid, they shall present q
petition 10 the mayor aud city council
signed by the owners OF the land repre-.
senting the northern one half OF the
frontage OF each and every street or part
Of street that Is sought 10 be used for
such street railway purposes.
Third-And IL h further provided that
the pOrties mentioned, on accepting the
rights and privileges herein granted,
shall deposit In one OF the banks or Ia
some other equally safe depository In
the city Of Albuquerque. one thousand
dollars ($1,000l to be n forfeit 70
the city II they shall fail TO com.
menee and execute the work OF
constructing and operating said street
railway according 10 the terms, condi
ttons aud limitations set forth In this
ordinance; said sun 10 be deposited with
In sixty days after the acceptance OF this
ordinance.
Fourth-It Is further provided that I'M
I'll the city shall reach a population Oi
fifteen thousand Inhabitants, there shHl
not BE- any license or charge against sal,
street railway or operating machiner
thereof other than the general city tax
out when the population OF the city shall
reach fifteen thousand inhabitants "A II.
cense Of thirty dollars per annum shall
be paid upon each car used and operated
upon said road; and when the population
Uf the city shall reach twenty thousand
inhabitants there shall be paid a license
OF nifty dollars per annum for each car 30
used on said road.
kifth-The rights and privileges here
In conferred u the parties named by the
passage Of this ordinance shall not be in.
1 u.W.EagaN M a-alau.. k.V A. A.. .a.
greed by the mayor and city cOuncil OF
Albuquerque. New Mexico. Of the first
Jatt, by the persons herein named OF the
second part, that from the date upon
which the construction Of this street
railway Is commenced, no other rights,
privileges or franchise for a street rail-
way within the city limits shall be
granted by the city authorities until the
time allowed by this ordinance and slip.
ulated In the preceding section, eighteen
months, shall have expired, subject, how.
ever, TO the conditions and limitations OF
section two, and 10 have no effect upon
rights o existing.
Sec. 2. Full authority for the con-
structi0n OF the road.bed, the laying and
maintenance OF the ties, rails, single or
double track, switches, poles, and wires
shall be subject TO the approval OF the
mayor and council, and other usual fix.
lures and appliances inherent In the con,
structiOn and operation OF an electric
street railway is hereby granted TO the
parties herein named with the express
condition that all construction shall con-
form 10 the grades OF the streets already,
or In the future 10 be, established; that
suitable crossings at all intersecting
points OF the public highways with street
railway line must be- maintained
by the operators OF said railway
IN such a manner az TO cause no public
inconvenience; and upon said operators
rest the charge and maintenance OF the
portion OF the public highway ~ shall be-
included between its tracks and two feet
on each side Of the road track or tracks
In such manner as render il at all times
safe and proper roadway for vehicles,
aud In kind OF pavement 10 conform with
that OF the streets used.
Sec. 4. The validity OF this franchise
shall depend upon the strict confOrma-
ton OF the operators to the embodied
conditions and continuous operation OF
snch line as may be constructed by them
under the terms OF this grant exception
made for strikes, accidents OF flood, fire
or other force major.
Sec. 3. The said line OF street railway
shall not interfere with the drainage or
water system OF said city, which reserves
all rights TO intersect the line at all
points where the needs OF its present or
future water and sewage system may re-
quife II.
Throughout the life OF this franchise
the operators hereby agree 10 charge a
fare for each passenger not exceeding
nVa aanta Uith tranuHaE ON fuNaraaaftua
line or lines Of the said company for
each continuous trip from point To point
within the city limits now or hereafter
10 be established, the conveyance OF pas
sengers TO be performed in asate manner
and with due regularity and dispatch.
Sec. O.. The operators OF said street
railway shall be liable for all damages TO
life or property resulting from the neg
ligence OF the operators, their employees
or faulty construction, equipment or
maintenance OF the street railway sys-
tenn.
Sec. Z. Any interference with the
rights embodied in this franchise, the
obstruction OF the track TO delay the pas
sage OF cars, destruction or injury OF any
part OF the equipment or property OF this
street railway system shall constitute a
misdemeaDOr and be punishable by fine
OF not less than five nor more than one
hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment for
a period OF not less than three nor more
than sixty days, OF both.
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in full force upon its passage.
s. Albright, Mayor.
JOHN s. TRIMBLE, City Clerk.
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