Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-21
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use Of the said street by vehicles or
sec. e. That the grantee of said
franchise and his assigns shall and will
at all times upon and after the COM
pletion of said road, during the opera
tion of the same, and without extra
charge, issue to and receive from pas
sengers going in one direction trans
fers good for continuous passage over
and upon any and every other line and
in the said city which said grantee or
his assigns does now or may hereafter
own, control, operate or have con-
trolling interest in; and provided, as a
further condition, that said grantee and
his assigns shall and will at all times
as aforesaid Issue or cause to be issued
to said passengers, without extra
and every other line or lines which
said grantee or his assigns does now
or may hereafter own, control, operate
or have a controlling interest in as
aforesaid, to, over and upon the road
operated and maintained under said
franchise.
distance over said road or its branches
one way shall not exceed five cents
for one passenger
That persons under the age of
eighteen years who attend the public
schools of said city shall be required
to pay but half fare; provided that said
pupils shall purchase their tickets IN
Quantities of at least one dollars worth
at a time; such tickets to be available
only between the hours of eight a. m.
and p. M, In actual passage to and
from school, and that said grantee and
his assigns shall sell such tickets
whenever requested so to do by pu-
Pill who shall present certificate from
Of Of fE E hf o tbat he
or she is pupil of said schools
And provided further that said
grantee and his assigns shall at all
policemen, police officers. firemen and
letter carriers while on duty, the Mayor
and members of the City Council, and
Fire Commissioners. Water Commits,
sioners, Park Commissioners and Civil
Service Commissioners, the members of
the Board of Health, the members of
intendent of Schools and the Directors
of the Public Library free over said
road and over any other road or roads
within said city which said grantee or
his assigns does now or may hereafter
own. control or operate, subject at all
times to such reasonable regulations
as said grantee and his assigns may
prescribe.
Provided further, that said grantee
and his assigns shall pay to the City
Tax and License Collector of the City of
that is now or may be hereafter fixed
by the. Ordinances of said city.
Sec. g. That the said grantee and his
franchise pay to the City of Los Angeles,
in lawful money of the United States,
two per cent of the gross annual receipts
of such grantee and his assigns, arising
from the use, operation or possession of
said franchise. No percentage shall be
paid for the first five years succeeding the
date of said franchise, but thereafter such
percentage shall be payable annually, and
said franchise is to be forfeited by fail
ure to make the payments provided for.
Provided that If the road for which said
franchise is granted shall be an extension
of an existing system of street railroad,
then the gross receipts shall be estimated
to be one-half of the proportion of the
the mileage of such extension bears to
the total mileage of the whole system,
and said estimate shall be conclusive as
to the amount of the gross receipts of
said extension.
And it shall be the duty of the grantee
of said franchise and of his assigns to
Los Angeles, at the expiration of six
years from the date of the granting of
said franchise and at the expiration of
each and every year thereafter, state
ment verified by the oath of said grantee
or his assigns. or by the oath of the
manager or presiding officer or said
gross receipts and gross earnings collect
ed or received by said grantee or his
assigns, during. the. preceding twelve
months. from all traffic over any part of
the line for the construction and opera
ton of which said franchise is granted,
or over any part of the system of street
and from all other sources, and within
ten days after the time for filing afore-
said statement 1t shall be the duty of said
grantee and his assigns to pay to the City
Treasurer of the City of Los Angeles. the
aggregate sum of the said percentage
upon the amount of the gross annual re-
ceipts arising from the use, operation or
possession of said franchise, determined
and computed in the manner hereinbe-
fore provided
And any neglect, omission or refusal by
caid Op his assigns file lid
verified statement or to pay the said per-
centage of the said gross annual receipts
at the time or n the manner mann o nerei16e
feiture Of said franchise and OF all rights
Hereunder to the City of Los Angeles.
Sec. T. That the work of constructing
said road shall be commenced in good
faith within not more than four months
from the date of the granting of said
franchise, and shall be continuously pros
ecuted thereafter in good faith and with
out unnecessary or aVoidable iintermis-
sion or delay; that said work of construc-
tion shall be completed within not more
than three years thereafter; that said
work of construction shall be commenced
and continuously prosecuted so that at
least one-thlrd of the work of construct
ing said road shall be completed within
one year from the time of commence
ment; and that II said work be not so
commenced, prosecuted or completed
within the times, or In the manner speci-
fed, said franchise shall be forfeited
That said grantee or his assigns shall
not sell, transfer or assign said franchise
or any of the rights or privileges granted
thereby except by q duly executed instru-
ment in writing, filed in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles. and
provided further, that nothing In said
franchise contained shall be construed to
grant to said grantee or his assigns any
right to sell, transfer or assign said fran
chise or any OF the rights or privileges
thereby. granted, except In the manner
aforesaid.
shall have the right at the expiration of
the aforesaid period of twenty-one years
to purchase the rails, track and roadbed
and all property In any OF the streets,
hereinbefore mentioned, belonging to said
grantee or his successors In interest laid
or constructed under the grant hereby
made or used by said grantee or his
successors in interest. In the exercise of
this franchise at fair valuation, pro-
vided that the option TO make such pur-
chase shall be declared by resolution of
the City Council passed not more than
three years nor less than six months prior
TO the expiration OF said period OF twenty
The valuation Of the property proposed
to be purchased pursuant 20 the pro-
visions Of this Ordinance shall be deter
mined by a board OF three arbitrators of
whom one shall be appointed by the city,
one by the said grantee, or his success
sors in interest and the tnlrd oy the two