Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-03-03
THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1858
AN AMENDED ORDINANCE
Submitted to Second Street Residents fol
Approval or Disapproval.


nance granting certain permission to
the Marietta Electric Company as re-
vised by the committee of property
holders on Second street and the Lob
dell canvassing committee.
The committe named deem it advis-
able to publish this proposed ordinance
that it may be set before the people
for their consideration and SO that
any objections, if such may arise may
be reported to an adjourned session Of
the committee, to be held at the Coun-
Gil cham ber Friday evening this week,
at Z o'clock.
AN ORDINANCE
Granting permission to The Marietta
Electric Company to construct, nndi'-
tain rnd operate certain extensions Of
street ratlUay ronte No. 2.
Be it ordained by the City Council of
the City of Marietta, Ohio, as follows:
SECTION l. That permission be and
is hereby granted to The Marietta
Electric Company, its successors and
assigns, to construct, maintain and
operate extensions of street railway
route Mo 2, as fellows, to-wit: An ex-
tension commencing at the Southerly
end of its present track on Second
street, and extending from thence
Southerly down Second street to con-
nection with the railroad track of The
Marietta Railway Company. at point
as near as practicable, where the track
of The Marietta Electric Company,
continuing in the center of Second
street would cross the first side track
now crossing Second street, but be-
tween the curb lines of said street; also
an extension commencing with con-
nection with the present track of The
Marietta Electric Company on Second
street, within or near Sacra Via street,
and extending thence Westerly
through SacraVia street to Allen
street, and thence Northerly along AL
len street, which extension is to be To-
Gated and built upon a location to be
designated by the Railroad Committee
of said City Council.
SECTION 2. That the foregoing grant
shall be for and during the term
of the grant made to Andrew
L. Gracey, John Kaiser and Nelson
Moore, their successors and assigns,
said The Marietta Electric Company
now being said assigns, made in and
by an ordinance passed by the City
Council of said city on April z, 1885,
and shall be subject to all the terms
and conditions contained in an ordi-
nance entitled "An ordinance estab-
fishing street railway route, to be
known as route No. 2, and fixing the
lo iob
the same shall be constructed and op-
Grated" passed February 25, 1896, and
said extension shall be considered as a
part of route No. 2. Provided, how
ever, and the foregoing grant is upon
this condition, that The Marietta
Electric Company, and it's assigns,
shall pave with brick between the
rails of their track, and one foot on
the outside of each rail, wherever such
track comes in contact with the city
street paving, at the present time or at
any time in the future, such paving to
be done under the direction OF the
Paving Committee of said City Council,
and the said City Civil Engineer.
SECTION 8. That said The Marietta
Electric Company, its successors and
assigns, be, and they hereby are,
granted the permission and right to
cars, loaded or empty, at any time be-
tween 10 o'clock p. m. and l o'clock a.
m, net exceeding three (3) cars in one
night nor more than two (2) cars on
any one trip oyer it's track between
said connection with said railroad
track of The Marietta Railway Comp
any and the plant of E. j. Lobdell and
the intermediate plants of The Mari
eta Chair Company and John Fl.
Becker for a period of ten years. No
locomotive or steam car shall be run at
any time over the tracks of said The
Marietta Electric Company and no rail
road freight car shall be left standing
on the track of said The Marietra
Electric Company, except at the man
featuring plants of E. j. Lobdell, The
Marietta Chair Company and John FL.
Becker, for the purpose of loading or
unloading freight cars.
SECTION 4. 1t is further understood
and agreed to, that in making the con-
nection with the present track of the
Marietta Railway Company, that The
Marietta Electric Company control
said switch, and run their trolley wire
over such portion of said railroad track
to enable them to enter on said track
of The Marietta Railway Company. to
receive from or deliver to said The Ma
rietta Railway Company such cars for
transit between the Railway Comp
any's track and the plants of E. j.
Lobdell, The Marietta Chair Company
and John H. Becker, or in effect, that
the trainmen of said The Marietta
Railway Company shall not have use
of the switch put in by the Electric
COMPANY, nor shall under any circum-
stances have any right to shove cars
onto, or receive cars from the track of
said Electric Company.
SECTION 5. Be it further understood
that if any Of the conditions of this Or
dinance are violated at any time by the
said The Marietta Railway Company,
or the Marietta Electric Company, this
ordinance shall become null and void.
SECTION o. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in full force when ac-
copied by The Marietta Electric Comr-
any. and after the earliest period al
lowed by law.