Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-07
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Notice Of Sale Of Street RaiIroad

Notice of Sale of Street Railroad
Office of the t'Garshlss city clerk of the City
OF Los Angeles, State Of California.
| June rs, 1906.
70 whom it may concern;
| Notlce Is hereby given that an applt-
catlon mas been made to the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Los Angeles for a
certain franchise, granting the right to
one years to operate and maintain an
| electric street railroad upon certain
2IdIG. publ. streets in said city, hereinafter
/ described, together with certain ap-
purtenant and incident rights herein
after mentioned.
And that it. is proposed by said City
Council to offer for sale and grant to
the highest bidder said franchise upon
the terms and conditions hereinafter
mentioned.
That said franchise is described as
| follows, to wit:
franchise to construct and for the
period OF tWenty-one CID years to
operate and maintain q double track,
electric street railroad over the route
and in and upon the streets or portions
or streets in said city described as fol-
| lows, to wit:
Commencing on West Sixth street at
the easterly intersection of Rampant
street; thence westerly on Sixth street
to the west boundary line of the City
| That the terms and conditions upon
| which said franchise will be offered for
sale and granted are the following:
| IdI Iue railroad
and operated under said franchise shall
be used only for the transportation of
passengers and United States mail.
| That in all cases where said fran
chise is granted over streets now occu
pied by other lines of street railway the
grantee thereof and his or it's successors
operate over any and all the tracks/of
such other lines, subject to the pro-
visions and limitations of the statutes
Of the State of California applicable
| therotO. and in Of the
tracks of said other lines of street
railways shall not conform to the
gauge of the tracks of said grantee,
or his or it's successors or assigns, said
grantee, or his or it's successors or as
signs, shall be permitted to lay a third
rail over the distance traversed by said
two roads jointly.
That the tracks to be laid under said
franch hise- shall not exceed four feet
and eight and one-half inches in width
llbetween the rails, and shall be placed
las nearly equidistant from the center
| of the street as possible, and as near
each other as proper regard for safe
| ty will allow.
| That said grantee and his or it's sue
cessors and assigns shall use in the con-
struction of said road the best material,
including a rail weighing not less than
sixty 600 pounds per yard. such as is
used on first-class street railroads,
which rail shall be satisfactory to the
Street superintendent and the Board of
Public Works; and said rails shall be
so laid as to be continuously welded
or otherwise securely fastened together,
and the said grantee and his or it's sue
cessors or assigns shall at his, it's or
their own expense and cost pave or
macadamiZe the said road between the
rails. between the tracks, and for two
(2) feet on each side thereof, with the
same material used by the city and
under the same specifications and in
the same manner as upon the streets
over which said road runs respectively,
and shall keep the same constantly so
paved or macadamized and in repair,
flush with the street, and provided with
suitable crossings, and shall make the
roadbed conform at all times to the
established grade of the street; pro-
vided, however, that where any of the
aboVe-named streets have been graded
or otherwise improved prior to the
granting of said franchise, said road
bed and rails shall CONFORM to and be
flush with the surface OF said graded
or otherwise improved street or streets,
whether such suHface be above or be-
low the official grade of such street
streets said roadbed and rails shall
conform to such official grade as afore-
said And provided further, that upon
sad s sgeef og e teer imdProrngg Cd
and rails shall by said grantee or his
or its successors oS assigns, be placed
upon upon and made to conform to said Of
ficial grade. All repairs and grades to
be made under the Instructions and to
the satisfaction of the Street Superin-
tendent of said city, In case the said
signs fails to comply with the in
structions given by said official for ten
GO) days after service thereof upon
the said grantee or his or its successors
or assigns, or upon the manager or
agent of said grantee or of his
or or. its ss,es successors or ORR assigns in
fioial, shall enter upon the road of
said grantee or his or its successors or
assigns and do the work as ordered by
the City Council of the City of Los
Angeles, said officer to keep an item
iZed account of the cost of said work
which the said grantee. and his or its
ance of said franchise agrees TO pay
Immediately upon it's being presented
to said grantee or his or its successors
stationed in Los Angeles.
Provided further that said grantee
and his or its successors or assigns
and culverts for the free passage of
water under the tracks of said railroad
wherever and whenever necessary, and
that all such fumes and culverts. and
switches shall be constructed in ac-
cordance with, plans and specifications
Provided furtheE that said grantee
and his or it's successors and assigns
shall have the right subject to such
be s now oT mag AND re-
move portions OF the streets necessary
to properly construct said road, and tho
right TO erect needful apparatus, pollefs,
engines and other appliances TO proper
ly equip and run said road.
Provided further, that the City of Los
Angeles in granting said franchise ex-
cadamize, renew or sewer any OF tho
said streets, or TO lay gas, water or
other pipes therein, said work to be
done so as TO injure said road as little
as possible.
Provided further, that cars shall be
run each way, over the whole length
road nqfrnptpd Indar said
franchise. at intervals OF not more than
ten minutes, between the hours Of six
o'clock in the morning and eleven
o'clock at night of each day, during
the term of said franchise, unless pre-
vented by the elements, riots, strikes
or unavoidable oausesi provided fur |
ther that cars shall be operated over
said road with sufficient frequency to
carry and provide with seats all pas
sengers applying for transportation
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