Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-23
- DLOFF ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, EVENING FEBRUARY 1898

successors or assigns, shall have oc- leupied one of said streets with their
 tracks, the common council of said | lefty shall have the right to reserve,
 by resolution or general ordinance, l the other one of said streets, before
 the track is laid thereon, and no
 track or tracks shall be laid upon such street, so reserved, with out
 the consent of the common council.
 See. Is. Nothing contained in this
 ordinance shall be so construed as to
 take away from the Common Council
 of said city, the exclusive power now
 exercised over the streets, highways
 and bridges within it's corporate
 limits.
 Sec. 19. The said city hereby re-
 serves all rights, to enforce by fine or
 penalty any of the provisions of this
 ordinance.
 See. 20. If after the passage of this
 ordinance in the opinion of the Com
 mon Council of said city. new or ad-
 ditional lines of street railway shall
 be constructed in said city, said
 Common Council shall give to said
 grantees, their successor assigns, 60
 days notice in writing to put in and
 construct the same, which notice
 shall specify the extent and route of
 such proposed new line, and if said
 aeseyfcr
 shall fail or refuse to construct such
 new lines or additional new line,
 then said city shall have the right,
 and hereby reserve the right, to
 grant to some other person, com
 pany or corporation, the right and
 privilege to put in and operate a
 street railroad upon such proposed
 new rout and upon any street or said
 avenue of said city not at the time
 occupied In good faith by the gran l. tees therein, their successors or Il assigns;but before any suchfranchise U or right shall be granted to such
 other person, company or corpora le tion, the Common Council of said Q, city shall first request and give the y grantee herein, their successor or Q, assigns the right to construct q y street railroad over the streets thus it proposed to be granted to such other e, person, company or corporation, ,and SC upon the same terms, conditions as and restrictions as proposed to bt or granted to such other person, com h. pany or corporation, and not more IT. than two miles of new road shall bt ;h required in any one year, ,and no new ts road shall be required under this sec
 tfon on any street where the sam' S. has not been improved to an estab d lished grade by said city.
 SIS Sec. 21. The ears of such stree al rail roads shall be run in accordanc ad with the following rules and regula y tiyns:
 IT. First. No car shall be run at ; 's greater rate of speed than - mile oi per hour within the corporate limit ,i n of said city.
 i' Second. No car shall be permitte' oi to stand on any street unless il u actual use and waiting for pas @s, @ sengers.
 nn Third. Cars driven in the sam ee direction shall not approach eac ,oi other nearer than 50 feet, except i n0 case of accident or at or near sta v, tions, or when coupled together. 'y Fourth. No ear shall be stoppe '" on any cross walk or in front of an '9,' intersecting street, except to ayoi collision, or damage, or injury t po persons or property, or to take 0
 or let off passengers, at such point lc- such ears shall be stopped at til all cross walks on the far side of tI ", street so as not to impede travel o ed any such cross walk or street mol ra- than necessary but said cars ma TOT stay at any point between any tw
 intersecting streets.
 uc- Fifth. No car shall be left stant be- ing at any point more than ten mi to utes, or at railway depots, except of cases of special delay by unayoidab Of causes.
 ng Sixth Conductors or employees pc, such cars shall be used by those me charge of the ear and motors to pr nse vent injury to teams, carriages, bu or gies, wagons or other vehicles. em Eighth. In case of fire the e md shall be stopped when ordered by Il ac- city marshal, any policeman or u to chief of the fire department. lay Ninth Said grantees, their su
 cessors or assigns shall provi ue- head lights and keep them light ion after dark on all cars operated ieir electricity, and shall give signal in sounding a gong whenever over-ta md ing any person or vehicle crossil lay walking, driving on said street ra eni. way tracks, and shall sound sa wi gong whenever approaching al