Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
the territorial or state road and
designated on the Plats of Benton
county as road No. =.

the territorial or state road and
designated on the Plats of Benton
county as road No. =.
The exact location of said
electric railway upon said county
roads is to be hereafter deter
mined by survey thereof at the
expense of petitioner, and survey
and location to be subject to this
court. Said railway shall be
constructed along one side of
the right-of-way constituting said
county roads and shall not occu-
py more than I S feet of said right
of-way, measuring from the out
side limit excepting at the places
where it is necessary for the con-
struction Of switches, and at
such places not more than 20
feet of said county roads shall be
occupied; and in all cases there
shall be left not less than 80 feet
in width of said county roads out
side and exclusive of that occu-
pied by said electric railway.
And whenever it is necessary for
sa,d petitioner tor any reason to
occupy and appropriate the road
bed OF any part of the said county
roads, such contingency to be de-
ter1nined by the county court.
then said petitioner shall obtain
sufficient and suitable ground
for a road-bed and convey the
same, or cause it to be conveyed
to said county and construct
thereon a road-bed in all respects
as good, permanent and safe as
that appropriated by itself, and
such conveyance and construc-
ton shall be completed before
the old road-bed is disturbed, this
court to be the judges as to the
suficiency and suitableness of
said new road bed. And in all
cases where it is necessary or con-
venient for said railway to cross
any of said county roads, said
crossings shall be SO constructed
by said petitioner as not to inter-
fere with the ordinary travel and
traffic upon said county roads and
to the satisfaction of this court;
and the cuts and grades, if any,
along said county roads made for
the purposes of said railway, shall
be so constructed and maintained
as not to interfere with the proper
drainage of said county roads
and so as not to make the same
dangerous to public travel or ma
terially interfere with the ingress
to or egress from said county
road by the adjoining owners.
The poles for said railway shall
be set at the edge of said county
roads. The survey to be made
by petitioner and filed herein as
above provided, shall show ac-
curately the limits of said county
roads as shown by the records of
said county, the exact location of
said railway, the location of
the switches necessary and con-
venient therefor, the topography
of the ground and all other facts
and details usually shown by
such surveys and necessary and
convenient for the proper under
standing of the same and the
location of said track and switches
shall be subject to the approval
of the court.
Actual construction of said
system of electric railways shall
be commenced within 90 days
from date of this order, and not
less than five miles of said track
shall be built within one year,
and the whole of said line shall be
completed and in operation with
in two years. A failure upon the
part of the petitioner to comply
with any of these conditions shall
work a forfeiture by him of any
right or privileges granted herein
at the option of this court. A
failure by petitioner to operate
said railway by running car
each way over the same every "a
hours, shall be cause tor forfeit
ure of said franchise unless pre-
vented by storms, strikes or other
causes beyond the control of said
petitioner.
No rights, privileges or fran
chises granted hereunder shall
continue or be in force after the