Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-04-09
First Publication April 8. 1881
UkDInANIE 40. 81.
Be i Ordained BY the Mayor and cOunc

OkDlNANLb no. 81.
Be II Ordained by the Mayor and Council
OF the Cry Of Albuquerque, N. NJ:
Section l. That Jvsepn U. Baldridge,
Frank II, Sturges, j. q. Albright, Of said
Guy, aud Miiilam SeagrUye Maglll, OF
New YORK, their heirs, executors or as
signs, are hereby empowered aud granted
tue right 10 construct, maintain aud
operate by electric or compressed ali
power a line OF street railway IN, upon
aud along all streets, ways aud passages
and their intersections now laid out aud
accepted by the city authorities Of Albu.
Quefque, New Mexico
sec. 2. That the authorization con.
Veyed by the preceding section ~ the
parties therein named snail constitute 4
franchise for such street railway opera.
ton throughout the city Of Albuquerque,
New Mexico, Tor a period OF twenty nye
years from the date VI the passage OF this
ordinance upon the following conditions
and limitations:
kirst-fhe parties to whom this fran.
chise Is granted hereby agree TO con.
stIuct u operate nj least two miles Of
the road within eighteen months after
the date OF the passage Of thus ordinance.
second - Before the franchise men.
toned In the last section shall become
vested or said parties therein mentioned
shall be authorized 10 locate, construct
On maintain said street railway on a
or either Of the streets OF the city Albu
querque Aforesaid, they shall present a
petition To the mayor and city council
signed by the owners of the land repre-
senting the northern m half OF the
frontage OF each and every street or part
OF street that IL sought 10 be USED for
such street railway purposes.
Ihird-And Il IL further provided that
the p0rties mentioned, on accepting the
rights and privileges herein granted,
shall deposit In u Of the banks or ia
some other equally safe depository In
the city OF Albuquerque, n thousand
dollars (Sl,0OO), 10 be a forfeit TO
the city II they shall fail 10 com
meme and execute the work Of
constructing and operating said street
railway according 70 the terms, condi.
tiOns and limitations set forth In this
ordinance; said sum 10 be deposited with
In sixty days after the acceptance Of this
ordinance.
Fourth-It is further provided that un
I'll the city shall reach a population OF
fifteen thousand inhabitants, there shall
not be any license OF charge against said
street railway or operating machinery
thereof other than the general city tax.
but when the population OF the city shall
reach fifteen thousand inhabitants n A..
cense Of thirty dollars per annum shall
be paid upon each car used and operated
upon said road; and when the population
OF the city shall reach twenty thousand
inhabitants there shall be paid a license
OF hfty dollars per annum for each car 80
used on said road.
Hfth-Ihe rights and privileges here.
In conferred 70 the parties named by the
passage OF this ordinance shall not be- In
terpreted as exclusive; but 10 Is hereby
agreed by the mayor and city council OF
Albuquerque. New Mexico, OF the first
part, by the persons herein named OF the
second part, that from the date upon
which the construction OF this street
railway Is commenced, NJ other rights,
privileges or franchise for a street rail-
way within the city limits shall be
granted BY the city authorities until the
time allowed by this ordinance and stip-
Ulated In the preceding section, eighteen
months, shall have expired, subject, how
ever, 10 the conditions and limitations OF
section two, and 10 have no effect upon
rights now existing.
Sec. 2. Full authority for the con-
struction OF the road-be the laying aud
maintenance OF the ties, rails, single or
double track, switches, poles, and wires
shall be subject 10 the approval OF the
mayor and council, and other usual AZ
lures and appliances inherent In the CON
struction and operation OF an electric
street railway Is hereby granted 10 the
parties herein named with the express
condition that all construction shall con-
form 10 the grades OF the streets already,
or In the future TO be, established; that
suitable crossings ut all intersecting
points OF the public highways with street
railway line must be maintained
by the operators OF said railway
In such a manner az 10 cause no public
inconvenience; and upon said operators
rest the charge and maintenance OF the
portion Of the public highway ~ shall be
included between Its tracks and two feet
on each side Of the road track or tracks
In such manner as render IL at all times
safe aud proper roadway for vehicles.
and In kind OF payement TO conform with
that OF the streets used.
Sec. 4. The validity OF this franchise
shall depend upon the strict coniOrma-
ton OF the operators 10 the embodied
conditions and continuous operation Of
such line as may be constructed by them
under the terms OF this grant exception
made for strikes, accidents OF aOod, DIRE
or other force major.
Sec. 8. The said line of street railway
shall not interfere with the drainage or
water system OF said city, which reserves
all rights 10 intersect the line at all
points where the needs OF its present or
future water and sewage system may re-
quiTe 1t.
Throughout the life OF this franchise
the operators hereby agree TO charge a
fare for each passenger not exceeding
dye cents, with transfer On intersecting
line OF lines OF the said company for
each continuous trip from point TO point
within the city limits now or hereafter
10 be established. the conveyance OF pas
sengers 10 be performed In asate name
and with due regularity and dispatch.
See. 0. The operators OF said street
railway shall be liable for all damages 10
life or property resulting from the neg
ligence Of the operators, their employees
or faulty construction, equipment OF
maintenance OF the street railway sys-
tenn.
Sec. Z. Any interference with the
rights embodied In this franchise, the
obstruction OF the track 10 delay the pas
sage Of cars, destruction or injury OF any
part Of the equipment or property OF this
street railway system shall constitute a
misdemeanOr and be punishable by fine
OF not less than five nor more than one
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for
a period of not less than three nor more
than sixty days, or both.
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be In full force upon its passage.
8. ALBRIGHT, Mayor.
JOHN s, TRIMBLE, City Clerk.
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