The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16

| Illdl III Une event OF a Olnerence DetWeS
/ the said City Engineer and the said Com
2 pany as to location of said tracks, tn
: same shall be referred for decision to tn
City Council, whose decision in the mat
{ ter shall be final. The tracks of sal
| company shall be constructed Of what ar
ordinarily termed ''T'' rails and the sam
{ are not to be elevated above the surfac
Of paved streets to exceed one-haIf inch
and on unpaved streets the same are no
70 be elevated above TIE surface of tn
, street TO exceed one and one-half inche
and all rails laid on paved streets shall
be at least sixty pounds per yard il
weight and rail on dirt street not to b,
less than forty-five pounds per yard il
weight. Said track shall be OF the stan
dard guage of four feet, eight and one
half inches. Said tracks and roadbed are
to be maintained at all times in good
condition. The railway track, turnouts
side tracks and switches shall be laid 81
as not to obstruct public travel more thar
necessary and shall be laid and maintain
ed subject TO the direction of the City
Council of said city
Sec. g. The cars Of said company shall
be operated for a period of not less than
sixteen hours of each day and shall not be
allowed to stand longer than five minutes
at either terminus OF the road on Douglas
| avenue west of Hydraulic avenue and on
Main street and Topeka avenue. The cars
| shall be run at intervals upon an average
of ten minutes or less on the following
| named streets and parts of streets, twelve
hours a day; said cars shall leave car
/ house so as to be at the corner of Main
/ and Douglas not later than six o'clock
a. m: From Seneca to the Santa Fe railroad
on Chicago and Douglas avenue and from
Oak street 10 Douglas avenue on Main
! street. The cars shall be run on Topeka
/ avenue at intervals not greater than fif-
teen minutes, on Douglas avenue from the
! Santa Fe railroad to Mosier street not
| more than twenty minutes and on the
following streets not more than twenty
1 minutes, to-wit: Fairview avenue, South
Main street and Maple street, from Seneca
street to Garfield University; to Fair
mount at intervals not greater than forty
minutes. All cars that run after sunset
shall be provided with a headlight and
signal light at each end, which light shall
be SO placed that it can be seen readily
at distance Of two blocks, and a bell
shall be at all times attached TO the cars
and such bell shall be rung continuously
for one hundred feet before reaching any
street crossing 10 warn the people OF the
approach Of the car.
Sec. 6. That to prevent the destruction
or muulation of shade trees along the
streets and highways of said city 1t is pro-
vided that said company, its successors
or assigns. are hereby prohibited from
cutting or trimming trees except under the
direction of the City Engineer, or some
person duly authorized by the City Coun-
Gil so to 90.
Sec. Z. The rate of fare, for any con-
tinuous and regular trip, from one ex-
IRENE point to another. on any lines of
said street railway including transfer from
one of the lines to another, may be but
shall not exceed five cents; and the said
company shall be required to give trans
fer tickets from one line of it's railway
to another for a continuous passage with
out extra charge, but not for the trnasfer
on a parallel return route Provided fur
Their that children of less than five years
of age, when accompanied by parent,
guardian or some other person in charge
thereof, shall be allowed to ride free.
Sec. 8. All rolling stock, live stock, re-
pair shops and the business office of said
company shall be kept in the City of
Wichita.
Sec. .. The City OF Wichita reserves
the right to take up the track or tracks
and remove the rails of said company
when necessary 10 effect any public i'm
provement; the taking up, reIaying of
such tracks and placing the roadbed in
its former condition to be done at the
expense Of the city without unnecessary
delay.
Sec. 10. The tracks and cars propelled
thereon may be used for the transfer of
passengers, materials and supplies to be
used in the construction, repair and oper-
alton of said railway, as said company
may require and for the conveyance of
such other property as it may desire, and
in no case shall the cars on said railway
be propelled by any other power than
electricity.
Sec. II. The cars of said railway shall
at all times be entitled to the track and
the drivers of every vehicle on the track
or by the side thereof shall turn such |
vehicles out upon the opproach of any
car so as to leave the track unobstruct- |
ed for the passage of such cars; provided |
that steam or other apparatus of the City |
OF Wichita shall at all times when an
Swering an alarm of fire, have the right !
of way where possible upon, over, across |
and along the tracks of said company |
and the cars of said company shall be |
stopped Immediately upon the sounding of |
fire alarm and the approach Of fire ap- |
paratus. and at all times the cars shall |
be stopped when the apparatus of the |
Fire Depar tment shall be within Il dis |
lance of three hundred feet of said COM
pany's cars, and said cars shall remain |
at a standsun until said Fire Department |
has passed.
Sec. i. Ma cars in any case In the bus
mess portion of the city shall be run or
operated at a rate of speed more than
eight miles an hour and when cars are
turning corners from one street to another
the cars shall not go faster than three
miles an hour. In suburban districts cars
may be operated at a rate of speed not
exceeding fifteen miles per hour.
Sec. IS. When in any year the gross re-
ceipts of said road shall amount to S50.-
600 or over, the said Railway Company
shall. during such year, only pay to the
said City Of Wichita the sum OF two and
one-half per cent Of the gross receipts in
excess of 900 and the daily receipt /
books, etc, OF said company shall at ali
reasonable times be open for inspection
at the company's office, and It shall be the
duty Of the secretary OF the said company
70 render TO the Mayor and CounciImen
OF the CITY o. Wichita a verified state
meat Of the said roads gross receipts at
the end OF each and every month. And
the said company shall pay TO tie