Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
An Ordinance Granting to NJ. W. McGrath,
His Heirs and Assigns, a Franchise to
Build and Operate a Street Railway in
the City Of Santa Fe, County Of Santa Fe
and Territory Of New Mexico.
CHAPTER -------.

JAN LII
Be it ordained by the City Council of
the city of Santa Fe:
Section 1. That there be and hereby
are granted to NJ. w. McGrath, his
heirs and assigns, the right, privilege.
grant, authority and franchise for and
during the period of fifty (50) years
from h date of the passage of this or
provisions and reservations thereof, to
locate, lay down, construct, build, equip,
operate, maintain, sell, purchase, lease
and run a street railway or railways,
together with appliances and buildings
and real and personal property neces-
sary for the proper and successful To-
eating, building, constructing, main
tanning, selling, purchasing, leasing and
running of such street railway or rail-
ways in, yer and Upon the streets,
roads, alleys, lanes, avenues, arroyos, |
bridges and public highways within the
present corporate limits of the said city
of Santa Fe and within any territory
which may hereafter be annexed to said
city of Santa Fe.
Sec. 2. That due consent in writing
as prescribed by law is hereby granted
and given to said M. w. McGrath, his
heirs and assigns, during said term of
fifty (5O) years, and to his and their
agents and employees, to build, con-
struct, operate, repair and maintain
suitable tracks, single or double, of
including all required switches, turn
outs, and to use and operate the same
for said term in, upon and over said
streets, roads, alleys, lanes, avenues, ar
royos, bridges and public highways
aforesaid in so far only as the same be-
long to said city.
Sec. 3. That for the purposes of the
construction, building, repairing, MAIN
tanning, using and operating said rail-
way or railways, and the said tracks,
switches, %turnouts and appliances ap-
pertaining thereto, the right, license,
privilege and franchise is hereby duly
granted to the said M. w. McGrath, his
heirs and assigns, for the said term of
fifty (5O) years, to %excavate said streets,
roads, alleys, lanes, avenues, arroyos,
bridge and public highways aforesaid,
and to use and so construct, build, re-
pair, operate and maintain said tracks
over and upon any of the bridges within
the said city limits, but no switch or
turnout shall be placed upon any of
such bridges without special consent of
said city.
Sec. 4. That the rate of passenger
fare to be charged on said railway or
railways shall not be more than five (5)
cents per person for continued passage
one way between any points within the
corporate limits of said city Of Santa
Fe, and that no fare shall be charged
for children under three (3) years of
age if accompanied by a grown person,
and At least two (2) full trips shall be
made each hour from six (6) o'clock a.
m. continuously to eight (8) o'clock p.
m. of each and every day, unless and
excepting the operation of said railway
or railways be delayed through strikes,
fires or the elements, or by some other
cause beyond its control and not the d.
rect result Of it's own negligence.
Sec. S. All and singular the said rail-
way Or railways, and the property be-
longing or appertaining thereto, shall
be free and released from any taxation
for city, county, school and territorial
purposes only, for and during a period
of five (5) years from I'M after he
passage of this ordinance, and after the
expiration of said five years all and
singular the seid property shall be as
sessed and taxed in the same manner
and charged the same rate of taxation
as other taxable property within said
city.
Sec. 6. From and after the expiration
of a period of twenty-five years from
the date of the passage of this ordi-
nance, five (5) per cent Of the net earn
ings of said railway or railways shall
be paid to said city annually in addi-
ton to said taxes, and that from and
after the expiration of said period of
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the lands, premises and property, real
and personal, Of said railway Of rail-
ways, shall be subject to a lien to secure
to said city due payment of said five ()
per cent of the net earnings.
Sec. z. That said M. w. McGrath, his
heirs or assigns, shall, during the said
term of fifty years, use and keep in
proper repair at his or their expense, all
and singular such portions of said
streets, roads, alleys, lanes, avenues,
arroyos, bridges and public highways
as may lie between the said tracks,
switches and turnouts, and to the
tent of at least twelve (12) inches on
each side Of each track, switch and
turnout.
Sec. 8. That it be and hereby is made
an express condition hereof that said
M. W. McGrath, his heirs or assigns,
shall commence the construction Of said
street railway or railways within twen-
ty COY days from the date of the pas
sage Of this ordinance, and shall have
laid and constructed in a proper man.
ner at least n mile of track in six
months from the passage of the ordi-
nance, and four az miles in the aggre-
gate of such tracks, switches and turn
outs, on or before the expiration Of two
| (2) years from the date of the passage
of this ordinance; otherwise this grant,
license, privilege and franchise, as also
this ordinance, shall thereby become
forfeited, and be thereafter null and
void without any further action and or
dinance by said city.
Sec. 9. The. in 80 far as feasible the
said railway or railways and the said