The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-11

! direction of the Board OF Public
Works. The tracks shall be laid with
good steel rails, suitable for electric
railways. and in such manner as not
to impair the usefulness Of the street
/ as a thoroughfare for the passage Of
| other vehicles. and so laid as to con-
/ form to the established grade Of any
/ street on which the railway is built
wherever the city has established, or
/ shall establish hereafter, such grades,
Where the streets are not graded, said
| grantees, their successors and as
| signs, may lay and maintain their
| tracks so as to conform TO the surface
CT said streets, and when the city shall
! grade such streets or parts thereof,
| the said grantees, their successors and
assigns, shall promptly grade the
space between the tracks and for
| eighteen (1S) inches on each side
thereof on such streets and parts of
| streets, and shall remove or adjust
! its tracks 10 conform to such grade,
with as little inconvenience and hin
drance to the use of such street as
possible, and in no event shall sal :
city be liable to said grantees, their
successors and assigns, for any dam
age On account of such change. When
said grantees, their successors and as
signs shall lay or repair their tracks
On said streets or portions of streets
at the time paved, they shall, at their
own expense, relay the paving on
the space between the rails and tracks
and for at least eighteen (1S) inches
On each side thereof so as to conform
to the established grade, making the
needed repairs with like material used
in said paving. Whenever and wher-
ever the city, or the owners of abut-
ting property on any street shall have
paved or shall pave or cause TO be
paved with stone. brick, asphalt, cherI
or other material, any street or part
Of street on which said grantees, their
successors and assigns, shall have
their said tracks or any part thereof
the said grantees, their successors and
assigns. shall at the same time. or
upon notice given by the City Council,
pave the space between their rails
and tracks and at least eighteen (1S)
inches on each side thereof in the
same manner and with the same ma
terial as Is used in paving the remain
der of said street, and shall maintain
the same in good order and condition,
to the satisfaction of the Board Of
Public Works. Where unpaved
streets shall cross each other. the
said grantees, their successors ana
assigns, shall make and keep in good
order a substantial plank crossing,
even with the surface of the street,
not less than twenty (20) feet long
and covering the space between the
rails and between the tracks II there
be more than one, and even Herewith,
and five feet on the outside of the
outer rails, and shall lay and main
lain the same In good condition TO the
satisfaction OF the Board of Public
Works
Section I. That the laying Of said
tracks, crossings and approaches 10
crossings and the location of wires
and poles within the city limits, and
maintaining the same, shall be under
the supervision of the Board of Pub
lie Works, and shall be done in &C
cordance with its instructions.
Section 8. That the granting OF
this franchise is upon the express con-
ditlon that the said grantees, their
equip and keep continually in full
operation a first-class electric street
car line on all the streets and parts
Of streets mentioned and granted in
section one of this ordinance, anC
shall use and adopt all modern safe
guards and appliances in construction
OF its wires and poles and operating
its lines as are generally adopted and
used in other cities operating similar
and modern systems; and the said
electric street car system shall be
completed and in full operation over
the entire system aforesaid and over
all the streets herein granted by the
time as hereinafter provided fo-
Provided. that after twenty years (2O),
If the system of electric power shall
have been so improved that poles and
overhead wires may be dispensed with
III the moving of street cars. the ssid
grantees, taeir successors and assigns,
shall by order of the City Council so
improve their road.
Section S. That the said grantees,
their successors and assigns, shall
run cars over the entire system south
@: Gonzalez street, not less often than
once in every fifteen minutes, COM
mencing each day at six 90 A. VI.
and until eleven (1D P. NJ. and cars
must be run over the entire system;
at regular hours.
Section z. That the City Marshal
and salaried police oficers, policemen
and 1rernen of said city, when IN uni
form, and sanitary inspectors shall
have the right TO ride free of charge
on the cars of said grantees. their
successors and assigns. That all cars
or trains when running upon the
streets shall at all times be in charge
and under control of competent
motorman or driver, who shall at no
time leave his position or post as such
mo;orman or driver of such car while
such car or train Of cars is in motion
CT liable to be in motion. That the
fare charged on said system from any
point to any point within the city
limits on the said lines shall not ex-
coed FIVE cents for a continuous
trip, and whea g change OF cars shall
be necessary for continuous passage
from any point on any of the lines Of
said system TO any point on any OF
it's lines. within the limits Of the city,
transfer tickets shall be given pas
sengers without additional charge. for