Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-11-10
RAILWAY ORDINANCE.

ington and Rockville Railway Company
of Montgomery county," the right anu
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, ana OF operating
its cars and motors along, through and
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
ville
That there be and is hereby granted to
The Washington and Rockville Railway
Company of Montgomery County, a body
corporate, the right and privilege of laying
down and constructing its tracks, and 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 Av.
enue and Commerce Street, from the East.
ern to the Western limits of the Town of
Rockville, in accordance with plat filed by
said Railway Company with the Mayor aud
Council of Rockville, except as hereinafter
set forth, subject to regulations, restrictions,
reservations and requirements hereinafter
prescribed.
Section 2-Be it enacted and it is hereby
ordered:
THAT the said Company shall lay down
and construct a double track on Montgom
cry Avenue to 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 a 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 aud 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 macadamzed with finely crush
ed blue lime OF flint stone, to be put down
in 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 a condition
equally as good as that In which they may
exist prior TO the laying down and C0nstruc
ton OF said tracks and the exercise OF the
rights hereby conferred. And where the
said Company shall find It 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 50 change the present grade Of
said portions of said streets for the entire
width OF said portions OF said streets to con-
form to grade 50 made for its railway, and
restore such portions OF said streets 80 regrad
cd to 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 a. To
have the same conform TO 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 81 as To afford
and maintain AZ convenient passage for We
hicles az 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 u siding or place for The storage Of its
cars, but said tracks shall at all times be I'M
INSTRUCTED except when the cars are in pas.
sage through the said streets.
Section Sand be IL enacted and ordered:
a.. tod Il
Company shall be neat, comely and sub
stantia and the trolley wires shall be strung,
insulated and maintained in the most APP
proved and scientific manner and condition
and 30 as to afford, as tar as 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 as 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 10 said Town for
electric lights, or telephone or telegraph
lines shall be disturbed or in anywse inter-
iered with, said Railway Company shall re
place or restore the same in like manner a.
| the same now are
Section 4-And be il 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 Sand be il enacted and rdered
"That the entire expense OF the c0nstruc-
ton and maintenance OF said tracks and
road, and the portion OF said streets included
therein and adjacent thereto, as aforesaid TO
be laid and kept in repair by said Company,
as hereinbefore provided, as well as the grad
ing and repair OF other portions Of said streets
as herein before set forth, and the repair and
replacing Of any electric light, telephone or
telegraph wire and the erection and main
tsinance of said poles and wires In accord
ance with the regulations, restrictions, reser
| vations and requirements prescribed by this
ordinance, shall be borne by said Company
and the said Company shall be liable for and
shall satisfy all damage,to person or property
| occasioned by it's exercise or 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 Rock vile, and renewable from
time to time 40 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 eI-
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-
templated and the approval or direction OF
the Mayor and Council as hereinbefore pro-
vided, shall not relieve the said Company of
It's sole and exclusive liability in the premises.
Section 6-And be il enacted and ordered
"Thai no steam engine shall be used BY
said Company upon and over the tracks aud
road hereby authorized to be CONSTRUCTED up
on said streets, or either Of them, and the
speed of cars or motors operated thereon
shall not exceed six miles 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 If the construction Of said tracks and
road hereby authorized shall not be com
menced by said Company within thirty days
| from the massage Of this ordinance, or II the