The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-12-31
ORDINANCE NO. l25.

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COmpdnW", regulating the maintain
dt'oe and operation of The rdii,Ody Qf
the said Company, and defining the
conditions upon which the said right
Of Uoy is granted,
| BE II enacted and ordained by the
| Town Council of the Town of Blooms
burg, and it is hereby enacted by au-
| thoritv of the same:
|, Specifications of the Streets over
| which the franchise is granted. Poles,
| wires a nd additional tracks: That
| from and after the passage of this ordi-
| nance the Danville and Bloomsbury
| street Railway Company, its successors
and assigns, is hereby granted the
| right, liberty and privilege, to erect,
| construct, maintain and operate over
and upon West street from Second
street to Fifth street, and on Fifth
street from the Scott Township line to
| the MOntour Township line, and on
| Market street from Fifth to Second
street, single line of railway with
necessary tracks and to lay upon said
| Streets or roads its tracks and to erect
and maintain poles and string wires
thereon for the purpose of operating
said railway. Said Street Railway
shall have the further privilege of lay
| ing and maintaining such further and
additional tracks, poles and wires,
under and subject to the restrictions
and regulations hereinafter provided,
as may be necessary to carry their cars
| from the car barn to their main tracks,
provided that before such additional
tracks shall be laid. poles or wires erect
| ed, the consent of the Town Council
shall be first obtained as to location of
\ the same. Permission is also granted
to said Danville and Bloomsbury Street
| Railway Company to use the tracks of
| the Columbia IL Montour Electric
| street hallway Company now in actual
dally Use on Market street, from Second
or Main street to Fifth street, for the
| purpose CT connecting its road with the
road of the Columbia & Montour at
| Market Square in said Town of Blooms.
| burg; providing said Danville and
Bloomsbury Street Railway COMPANY
comply with all the requirements of the
Act OF Assembly in such case made and
provided, relating to the use of the
tracks of one Electric Railway Com
| pany by another.
| PRONISO:- And provided further
that a the rights and privileges grant
| ed and conferred in this secti IN shall
be subject to the terms, conditions and
| regulations hereinafter contained, and
subject to such other reasonable re-
| gulations as may hereafter be passed
by the Town Council of the Town of
bloomsbury.
| section =. Written acceptance re-
qulred to be filed to this and subsequent
| ordinances. Mode of signing the ac-
| ceptance. Before said Railway Com
pany shall have any authority or power
| whatsoever to enter upon, occupy, or
use the streets or roads mentioned in
| this ordinance and pamed for the pur-
| pose OF constructing and maintaining
| their said railway, said Company shall
| file with the Clerk of the Council their
| written acceptance of the conditions
and provisions of this Ordinance, and
of all reasonable provisions and such or.
| dinances as may hereafter be passed by
! the Town Council aforesaid, relating
to Street railways, and also an agree
ment on the part of said Rs ilway Com
pany 10 construct, operate and main
tain their said Railway, its tracks, poles
and wires, subject to the provisions of
this Ordinance and to all reasonable
| provisions of such ordinances as NAV
be passed as aforesaid, relating to Street
passenger railways; which agreement
and written acceptance shall be signed
| by the President of the said Company
and have affixed thereto the corporate
seal thereof, duly attested by the
Secretary, and shall show upon its face
requisite legal authority of said officers
TO sign such acceptance and agreement,
and to ailix the corporate seal thereto,
so as to bind said Company.
| Section 8. Only electrical power shall
be used. That electrical power only
shall be used on the railway construct
ed under the provisions of this Ordin-
ance, and the overhead system shall be
discarded whenever more satisfactory
means of electrical propulsion shall be
brought into practice and commercial
use in communities of similar size.
Section 4. Alignment and grades
and supervision of poles, wires and
overhead work. The said railway
Company shall conform its lines and
grades with the stakes given by the
IoWn Engineer, and shall locate its
poles and wires and construct the same.
both as to street and overhead work
under the direction of the President of
the Town Council and the Town
Engineer.
|
beteen the tracks. The said Railway
Company shall lay and maintain its
tracks in the middle of the streets, or
on such parts thereof, as the Town
Council may direct, and in snch a way
and manner as to conform with the
established grade of the street occu-
pied thereby, and such grade as may
hereafter be established, aud shall
at all times keep the space between the
rails, and for distance of two feet out.
side of each rail in good repair and in
conformity with the nature of the road.
way, whether paved, macadamized OF
otherwise. 1t is further provided that
If at any time the said Town Council
shall determine by ordinance, to pave
any of the streets or parts of streets as
above mentioned which said railway
shall occupy, the said Railway Com.
pany shall likewise and at the same
time pave its road bed between the rails
as well as two feet on either side thereof
with the same material as is used by
said Council.
Section g Requirements as to paving