Daily camera., 1898-09-27
AN ORDINANCE

Granting the Right to Construct, Maintain
and Operate In the City of Boulder.
County of Boulder and State of Colo
RADIO, Electric or Power Railways and
Conduits and Other Means for the
fermentation of Power and Heat and
for the Operation OF Otner public EIec-
trlc Utilities.
Be it o dained by the City Council of
the CITY of Boulder:
Section I. That the right of way he
and the same is hereby granted unto
Warren c. Dyer, J. W. Deane, E. {.
Allen and Guy D. Duncan, their sue
cessors and assigns, to build, construct,
maintain and operate line of single or
double track street railway together
with all necessary and convenient
switches, turn outs, side tracks, curves,
turn tables, crossings, bridges. under
ground conduits, poles, over head wires
cross arms, and all means and appli-
ances nece ssary or convenient for the
construction and operation of such rail
way, in, upon, along and across any and
all streets and across any alley that may
be necessary and into the City Park to
the Auditorium building of the city OF
Boulder, county of Boulder and State of
Colorado. for the purpose of transpor'
tation to said City Park, and across any
alley that may be necessary, and through,
over, along and across any and all OF the
streets within said City of Boulder: Pro-
vided, that said road shall not be used
for carrying freight. There is also
granted to said grantees, their success
ors and assigns, the right and privilege
of locating, building, erecting. construct
ing, maintaining and operating In. upon,
across, along, under and over any and
all alleys, streets, parks and public
grounds of the City of Boulder, under
ground conduits. poles, cross arms. over
head wires and all appliances necessary
or convenient for the transmission of
power and heat and Tor the operation of
other public electric utilities, and also
the right to establish, erect and main
tain power plants and depots for the
aforementioned purposes upon their own
property within the corporate limits OF
said City of Boulder. No means or ap.
pliances, however, shall be used which
will endanger the safety of person or
property or obs,ruct such street or al
ley for public use.
Section 2. The right of way for rail
way purposes granted by section one OF
this ordinance shall not be exercised ex-
cept upon the written consent of tbs
owners of the land representing more
than one half of the frontage of any
street, or so much thereof as is sought to
be used for railway purposes having
been first legally obtained and filed with
the City Clerk and approved by the City
Council. The authority given by section
one of this ordinance, to construct and
operate such railway into the said City
Park and to the said Auditorium build
ing, shall not BE- exercised except upon
the written consent OF the Texas-Colora-
do Chautauqua Association through its
managing officers. and of the City OF
Boulder through its Mayor and Clerk,
having been FIRST obtained, which last
said written consent shall specifically
designate the route through said City
Park and the exact terminus of said line
within said Park.
Section 3. The grade OF all tracks
shall be made to conform to the grade OF
the streets whereon they are laid. Should
the grade of any street be changed. the
grade of all tracks shall be made to con-
form to such newly established grade
whenever the city council! so direct.
Section 4. The track shall be laid of
a uniform gauge which shall not be wild
er than four feet and eight aud or e-hali
inches.
Section 5. The track shall be laid in
the center of the street, except in case
of the construction of double tracks on
any such street, and when such double
tracks are laid the center line of such
street shall be the center line between
such double tracks. and except where il
shall be necessary 10 changing from one
street to another to construct curves and
in such cases such curves shall be mads
Is near the middle of the street as the