The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-03-04

n An ordinance granting tho hight O
u way through the streets Of the CITY O
Greenyllle for Electric Street Rail
way purposes, 10 the Groenvlle Llgh
ana Car Company, It's successors o
assigns, and contract with tho Green
VIE Light II Car Company for light
ing The streets of tho city,
Be II ordained by the City Counei
OF Greenyllle, that the right of way
ana privileges to construct, own and
maintain u trolley electric railway
through the streets of the city Ol
Hfeenvllle for freight and passenger
tralllc IS hereby granted TO the Green
vile Light II Car Company, its sue
cessors or assigns, provided that said
DreenVllle Light and Car Company,
lts successors or assigns, shall COM
mence tho work OF construction ofsaid
railway as speedily as practicable,
ana shall have electric railway in
p actual operation by the first day Of
November, 1899, from the intersection
OF Central Avenue and Walnut street
to the Yazoo " Mississippi Valley
Railroad on Washington Avenue; and
If said street railway is not In opera
alton between said points by tho
above mentioned date, it shall forfeit
to the City all rights that may have
been granted to ii under this ordinance
and contract; and that il will forth
with remove all material from the
streets placed thereon by said COM
pany, ana to Insure the removal of all
material from the streets OF the City,
the City OF Greenyille is given, and ii
i hereby agreed that it shall have,
lien upon all the property placed by
the SAID Greenyille Light and Car
Company, It's successors or assigns, on
or in the streets of said city to be used
IN the construction of said railway,
! and 10 protect the city from damage
III case the said GreeDyIlle Light and
Car Company, its successors or assigns
fail to remove said material from the
streets Of the city, because of the
failure of said Company to complete
| tho construction OF said line of railway
as herein provided and agreed upon
In tho construction of fsaid street |
railway under tho provisions of this
| ordinance and contract, the level OF
tracks shall conform 10 the grade |
given by tboG city Englneeg and adopt |
| bN ~ Wv "4tl NhAHblll Ahi SbiN 1
| tracks shall be kept at said grade by |
said railway company. And In con-
structing said railway tho QTossf'"
shall DO oount6rsunk si~ i-' rs
- the street, and at street |
/ crossings the company shall put in |
aud maintain suitable crossings 50 as |
to afford no distractions to travel. |
And the City reserves the right to |
pave between said rails and ifpaved |
the company shall maintain SAID pat |
Wing, aud Keep the same IN good !
condition.
One of the considerations for the pas
sage Of this ordinance and contract is
that uuper no circumstances shall the
Greenyille Light d Car company, its
successors or assigns, charge more
than five cents for SINGLE ride in one
direction.
The GreenyilIe Light q Car Com
pauy, Its successors and assigns, shall
also have the right 10 operate on said
line or lines Of street railway cars
for the purpose Qf freight traffic, pro-
vided the cars used for freight traffic
bIidIl III nv hlSN~ lAAlNiiSAp NlNh Wv
passenger service, or impede or in
any wise ohstruct the tree passage OF
wheeled vehicles along the streets OF
the City of Gleenville. Provided,
however, that no more than one track
shall be laid down in any street with
out permission of the City Council be-
ing first had. Aud provided further,
that the City Council may from time
to a IA p at |
The City Council of Greenvllle here
by grants to said Gre2uyllle Light u
Car Company, It's successors or as
signs, an easement through the fol-
lowing streets, viz Washington ave-
nue. from the crossing OF the Southern
Railway Company to the River Front,
and on Walnut street from Central
avenue to Washington avenue and
after the proposed railway has beea
constructed and in operation from the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
to the Southern Railway on Walnut
street, then said Company is hereby
granted the use of any other street for
further extensions of its lines OF rail-
way, and also an easement over any
lands or other privileges that the City
may own leading to the river front,
comforting Oh said Railway Company
the right to construct all necessary
turnouts and switches for the present
and in the future. The rights and ease.
ments to so use and occupy sad
streets shall be irrepealable except
upon u forfeiture of the terms of this
ordinance and contract by a breach OF
its provisions, and shall continue for
fifty years from the date the same be-
comes operative. The City Council OF |
Greenyllle, however, reserves the |
rig hit to regulate the construction OF
said railway tracks, switches and |
poles, and the manner OF laying them |
at all uGeg. aud the schedule upon |
which ears shall be run shall be liked |
aud agreed upon as eXtentiops are
made in the future.
VI
Tue GreenYille Light & Oar Uampa-
Inv lis successors or assigns, agree TO |
| save harmless the city OF GreeuNllle |
| from all damages that may be sus-
| tanned by persons or to property by
| reason of defective construction OF SAID |
electric street railway, or In the oper-
alton of the same, or in defective wires |
ON The streets, should the city be held |
liable therefor at the SUIT of any per-
son injured and ii SO held liable the
| CITY may against said Company, ITS |
successors OF assigns, withhold pay |
ment for City Lights until such ludg- |
menls be liquldated.
VII
The Grcenyille Light s Car Compa- |
nv, its successors or assigns hereby |
agree and contract 10 construct and /
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