Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-10-27
RAILWAY ORDINANCE.

privilege Of laying down and construct
ing Its tracks, and of building and grading
its road, and Of erecting and maintaining
its trolly poles and wires, and OF operating
its cars and motors along, through ant
over certain OF the streets OF Rockville
subject to certain regulations, restrictions
reservations and requirements.
Section BE it enacted and it is hereby
ordered by the Mayor and Council of Rock
Vile:
That there be and is hereby granted tc
The Washington and Rockville Railway
Company of Montgomery County, a body
corporate, the right and privilege of laying
down and constructing its tracks, aud OF
building and grading its road, and OF erect
ing and OF maintaining its trolly poles and
wires, and OF operating its cars and motors
along, through and over Montgomery Az
enue and Commerce Street, from the East
ern to the Western limits Of the Town oil
Rockville, in accordance with plat filed by
said Railway Company with the Mayor and
Council of Rockville, except rs hereinafter
set forth, subject to regulations, restrictions,
reservations and requirements hereinafter
prescribed.
Section BE it enacted and it is hereby
ordered
"rhat the said Company shall lay down
cry Avenue to a point forty feet East of the
Eastern margin of COURT Street, and thence
Westernly single track only over the South
side OF Commerce Street, at u distance of
tour feet from the curb, to Anderson Street !;
thence in the middle OF said Commerce
Street to the Western limit OF said Town,
and shall use in said construction rails OF
such form as shall be approved by the Mayor
and Council OF Rockville; the said track
shall be so laid down and constructed as to
offer as little impeachment to the free and
easy passage of vehicles upon, along and
across the streets hereinbefore mentioned, as
may be practicable in the proper construc-
ton OF said railway, and to that end the top
of the rails in said track shall always, and
at every point. where practicable, make an
even surface with said streets said Compa-
ny shall cause the space between the
rails and also between the tracks on said
streets to be macadamized with finely crush
ed blue lime or flint stone, to be put down
in a workmanlike and substantial manner,
so as to present and maintain an even sur
face, and it shall in like manner and with
like material macadamize space two feet
wide on each side of the outside rails OF said
Railway, and shall at all times maintain said
macadam In said manner and OF even sur
face. The said company shall restore the
said streets in other respects to condition
| equally as good as that in which they may
exist prior to the laying down and construc
| ton of said tracks and the exercise of the
rights hereby conferred. And where the
said Company shall find 1t necessary to
change the present grade of any portion OF
either of said streets for the purpose of the
construction of its said Railway, said Com
pany shall 80 change the present grade OF
said portions of said streets tor the entire
width of said portions OF said streetsto con-
form TO grade SO made for its railway, and
restore such portions OF said streets 80 regrad-
ed to Il condition equally as good as the same
now are, and where such change of grade
Is made in the street the pavements or side
walks shall be taken up and relaid 80 as to
have the same conform 90 the grade OF the
street as changed, and II such grading shall
be at the intersection OF any cross street, the
said Company shall so grade such cross street
as to make convenient and proper access to
the streets along which said Railway shall
be constructed, and wherever said tracks
shall cross any gutter on said streets, said
| Company shall cause said gutter to be COW
cred with proper plates the full width OF the
street to support said tracks 30 as 10 afford
and maintain AS convenient passage Tor We
hices as practicable and not to obstruct the
flow of water in such cutters; and the said
| Company shall at no time use any portions
of its tracks in the said Town OF Rockville
as siding or place Tor The storage Of its
cars, but said tracks shall at all times be I'M
INSTRUCTED except when the cars are 10 pas
sage through the said streets.
Section Sand be it enacted and ordered:
THAT the troly poles to be erected by said
Company shall be neat, comely and sub.
.,,I nd th fxrJira ahaIl I'M oir
insulated and maintained in the most ap-
proved and scientific manner and condition
and so as to afford, as far AZ possible, abso-
lutte safety To persons and property; the
overhead trolley shall be supported from
side poles placed at intervals on the line Of
the curb at such points rs the Mayor and
Council may require, and no pole shall be
placed in the roadway except upon the writ
ten consent of the Mayor and Council. And
| in case, in the construction OF SAID trolley
line, the wires now in use in said Town for
electric lights, or telephone or telegraph
lines shall b. disturbed or in anywise inter-
lered with, said Rail way Company shall re
| place or restore the same in like manner as
| the same now are
Section And be it enacted and ordered:
"That the laying down and construction
Of said tracks and the building and grading
of SAID road, and the erection and maintain
ance OF said trolley poles and wires shall be
subject to the approval of the Mayor and
Council, and any change therein directed by
said Mayor and Council shall be carried into
effect by said Company.
section 5-And be il enacted and ordered /:
"That the entire expense of the cOnstruc-
ton and maintainancs OF Paid tracks and
road, and the portion Of said streets included
| In I'D uIn n
be laid and kept in repair by said Company,
as hereinbeiOre provided, as well rs the grad
ing and repair Of other portions Of said streets
as hereinbefore set forth, and the repair and
replacing Of any electric light, telephone or
| telegraph wire, and the erection and main
uinance of said poles ana wires In accord
ance with the regulations, restrictions, reser
vations and requirements prescribed by this
ordinance, shall be borne by said Company
aud the said Company shall be liable for and
shall satisfy all damage TO person or property
occasioned by It's exercise OF the rights and
privileges hereby conferred, and shall by its
bond in the sum Of FIVE thousand dollars,
with security 10 be approved by the Mayor
and Council OF Rockville, and renewable from
time to lime as the said Mayor and Council
may require, indemnify and save harmless
the said Mayor and Council OF Rockville from
| all loss, costs or damage by reason OF the ex-
ercise OF said rights and privileges and the
use OF the Aforesaid streets, or either OF them,
by said Company for the purposes herein con-
templatedj and the approval or direction Of
the Mayor and Council AS hereinbefOre pro-
vded, shall not relieve the said Company Of
its sole and exclusive liability in the premises.
Section 6--And be II enacted and ordered
"Tha, no steam engine shall be used by
said Company upon and over the tracks and
road hereby authorized to be constructed up
on said streets, or either of them, and the
speed OF cars or motors operated thereon sha III
not exceed six mics per hour.
Section 7-And be ii enacted and ordered /:
"That the rights and privileges hereby
granted to said Company shall be forfeit and
void II the construction Of said tracks and
road hereby authorized shall not be COM
menced by said Company within thirty days
from the passage OF this ordinance, or II the
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