The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-10


| council for the passage Of the fran
chise ordinance hereinafter set out.
ORDINANCE NO. -.
An ordinance granting to the Spokane
Traction company, a corporation,
its successors or assigns, the right
to build, equip and operate Gin one
or both directions at its option) a
way system upon certain streets
of the city of Spokane.
The city of Spokane does ordain as
follows:
Section l. There is hereby granted
to the Spokane Traction company, a
corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the state of WASH
ington, it's Successors and assigns,
the right to construct. equip and op-
crate a street railway system in the
city of Spokane for Ne carriage of
passengers. express, baggage, mail
and freight; and to that end to lay
| down, build, construct, equip, main
| tain and operate single or double
| track electric railway, together with
sidewalks, switches, turnouts, cross
| ings and connections over, across along
and upon the followings streets and
! public places in the city of Spokane,
to-wit:
| Commencing at the center Of Olive
| avenue, opposite the center of Ma
della street; running thence north on
Madelia street to Broadway; thence
east on Broadway to the intersection
of the tracks Of the Occur d'Alene
& Spokane Railway company, ltd.
with said Broadway, between
Lacey street and Nelson street.
| Also commencing at the GEN.
ter of Washington street, OPP
posite the center Of First avenue;
thence east on First avenue to point
not further east than the center line
of lot three CD in block eleven I'D
| of Railroad addition to Spokane, ex-
tended, curving to the south line Of
said block eleven SO as to connect
| with the railway terminal switches
located on the west one hundred and
twenty-five feet of said block eleven.
Also commencing at the center of
| Washington street, opposite the CEN
ter of Sprague avenue; thence east
on Sprague avenue to a point not
| further east than the center line of
lot three so in said block eleven
I'D extended, curving to the north
line of said block eleven, so as to
connect with the railway terminal
| switches above described
Provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed so as to
authorize the laying of more than
two parallel tracks on any street or
at any place for any purpose.
Sec. 2. In the occupation of the
| foregoing streets for the purpose
aforesaid the right is granted like
| wise to erect and maintain along the
side lines of said streets the neces-
| sary poles therefor of such height
and dimensions as may be prescribed
by the board of public works. to be
not less than one hundred and TWEEN
ty-five Cpd feet apart, except where
poles have been erected and used for
not less than one hundred 100) feet
| apart No poles shall be erected un-
der this ordinance in the center of
the streets or in position to obstruct
| travel. Whenever there Is or shall
be electric light or telephone poles
erected upon any or all of the fore
going streets the city may require
the wires suspending the electric ca
BILE to be attached thereto and require
the removal of any and all unneces-
sary poles erected under this ordi-
| nance.
There shall be constructed as near
the upper end of the poles as practi-
cable, erected under this ordinance,
a cross arm hereby reserved for the
to carry wires for the city business.
| Sec. 8. The rails of said railway
shall be laid and maintained SO that
the tops thereof are flush with the
top of the grade of the streets, ex-
cepting as hereinafter provided. At
the intersection and crossings of all
streets it shall be the duty of said
surface between the rails and one
| plank OUTSIDE OF the outside rail- IOr
the entire width of said intersection.
Such plank shall not be less than two
| inches in thickness, and shall tpre-
| sent an even surface at the top Of
the rail, and shall be securely spiked
| and fastened in place, and shall be
kept and maintained in good and rea-
sonably safe and proper condition by
| said grantee, its successors and as
signs 1t shall be the duty of the
grantee to fill in and maintain all
spaces enclosed between said rails
and on the outer edge Of said track
with suitable road gravel to the. sat-
isfaction of the board of public
works so that said gravel, when pack
ed in place shall be flush with the
and maintained as nearly as practi-
| cable by the grantee, its successors
or assigns, at its own cost and ex-
pense.
assigns, shall establish and maintain
a metallic return circuit conductor
independent of the rails upon the line
of the street railway hereby author
lied to be operated by overhead or
underground contact wires, excepting,
however, that when the tracks shall
be constructed with cast welded or
electrically welded rail joints said
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