El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-18

operated when purchased under the
restrictions of tbs ordinance.
Section provides for the assign.
ment OF the street railway and lighting
and power privileges and prohibits the
assignment to different persons, un.
le-s by the consent Of the council.
Section provides that the $4,000
comp elton ard operation of four miles
of ra'lway.
Section provides that all street
railway franchises heretofore granted.
which are not being used by the opera
tion OF street cars thereon should be
and are forfeited.
Section 10 regulates the street car
fare at five (5) cents for each passenger
for one trip, whether by same or trans
fer cars.
Section III provides that She riebt-of-
way along Oregon street and Campb- IL
street from Fifth street south to the
river shall not both be used, but that
one or the other shall be selected with
in six months, and the right over the
ST. eet not so selected shall be forfeited.
Section IL provides that the ailway
and electric light and power system
shall De completed and operated with
in two years from the date of the
deposit.
Section IL provides that after the
completion of said railway, upon fail
ure TO operate the same wit out reason
able excuse for the period of thirty
days. the council may forfeit the fran
chise to that portion of the line not so
operated.
Section Is permits consolidation or
aft i-tiOn with similar lines of railway
operated in tn city OF Jusrez.
Ses ton IL pro- ides that after the
completion OF said railway the cars
shall be run so as to pass given point
on said line every half hour between
the hours OF g. m. and l p. m, and
oftener # the city council may reason
ably SO prescrib-.
Section II fixes the :life OF the fran
chlse at hf y years.
Section Is provides that the general
street "a lway o"dinance passed jan
uary 20, 1888, shall 10 no way be re-
pealed by this ordinance except as re-
lates to the time of commencing the
work OF completing the system, and
the time OF forfeiture in the event of
ceasiDg to operate the line or liaes of
railway.
Judge Clark stated that it was not
the feeling of the Committee or the
people to try and GUST the present car
first refusal of the blu ldlng of the new
line
H. r. Wood said that the large map
bad cost the committee $40 and be
thought that it would be good idea to
pass around the hat.
The report of the committee was
adopted and on Mr.. Kohlberg's motion
it was agreed that all of the committee |
1T fifteen as named on the franchise be |
on hand IN Thursday night at the coun-
Gil meeting
Here again M. Woods revived his |
bat no ti"n, but Tom OKe fife came to |
the rescue and asked that the commit
tee be given the privilege OF paying
this bill. The privilege was grant d. |
vote of thanks WIS extended to the |
committee for the work which they
had done.
=, Some suggestions were made by
Messrs. McCu' cheon, J. J. Taylor, S.
J. Prudential, and w. n. Small.
Mr.. kohlberg said that for fear any.
body might misunder> tand why the
names OF the committee were put in
The franchise asked for, he would say
hat some names had to be placed be-
ore the council and the names of the
,om mittee of fifteen were naturally
aiken, because these gentlemen
wanted to get in for the first slice of
he pie If there was to be any. The
meeting then adjourned.