Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-21
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Ordinance No. 11.41a

angeles.
The Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
section l. That the right and privi-
lege is hereby granted to f. NJ Chap
man ma and his assigns to construct and
nno opr Ihe period OF twenty-one years to
operate and maintain a double-track
electric street railway over the route
and upon and along the streets and
portions OF streets in the City OF Los
angeles described as follows, to wit:
Commencing on West Sixth street at
the easterly intersection of Rampart
street, thence westerly along Sixth
Site street to the west boundary line of the
together with the right to construct
ana maintain all necessary switches
iIurnouts, curves, connections at street
other appliances, property, structures
ana attachments that may be necessary
IoT the purpose OF operating said road.
provided, however, that said railroad
operated and maintained, and said
right, privilege and franchise is hereby
granted, and shall be Al all times ex-
ercised and enjoyed in accordance with
ana subject to each and every of the
terms and conditions of this franchise
and not otherwise.
Sec: 2. That the street railroad con-
structed and operated under said fran
chise shall be used only for the trans
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 assigns
shall have the right to operate over
lines, subject to the provisions and lin
ltations of the statutes of the State of
California applicable thereto; and in
case the gauge of the tracks of said
conform TO the gauge of the tracks of
said grantee or his assigns, said
grantee or his assigns shall be per-
mitted to lay third rail over the dis
jointly.
That the tracks to be laid under said
franchise shall not exceed four feet
and eight and one-half inches in width
between the rails, and shall be placed
as nearly equidistant from the center
of the street as possible. and as near
each other as proper regard for safe
Sec. 8. That said grantee and his
assigns shall use in the construction
of said road the best material, includ-
(6O) pounds per yard, such as is used
on ffrst-class street railroads, which
rail shall be satisfactory to the Street
Superintendent and the Board of Pub
laid as to be continuously welded or
otherwise securely fastened together;
and the said grantee and his assigns
shall at his or their own expense and
road between the rails, between the
tracks, and for two CD 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 ma
street, and provided with suitable
crossings, and shall make the roadbed
conform at all times to the established
errss IL aNf fIl
that where any of the above named
streets have been graded or otherwise
improved prior to the granting of said
franchise, said roadbed and rails shall
conform to and be flush with the sur
face of said graded or otherwise i'm
proved street or streets, whether such
surface be above or below the official
grade of such street or Streets and on
all other street or streets said roadbed
and rails shall conform to such official
grade, as aforesaid And provided fur
ther, that upon any regarding or other
roadbed and rails shall by said grantee
and his assigns be placed upon and
made to conform to said official grade.
All repairs and grades to he made un-
der. the instructions and to the salts
faction of the Street Superintendent
OF said city. In case the said grantee
or his assigns fail to comply with the
ten (10) days after service thereof
upon the said grantee or his assigns
or upon the manager or agent of said
grantee or of his assigns in Los An
geles, he, the said official, shall enter
upon the road of said grantee or his
assigns and do the work as ordered
by the City Council of the City of Los
Angeles, said officer to keep an item
lied account of the cost of said work
which the said grantee and his as
signs, by the acceptance of said fran
chise, agrees to pay, Immediately upon
it's being presented to said grantee or
his assigns, or to such manager or
agent stationed In Los Angeles.
Provided further. that said grantee
necessary fumes and culverts for the
free passage of water under the tracks
of said railroad wherever and when
ever necessary. and that all such
aqueducts, turnouts and switches shall
be constructed In accordance with plans
and specifications approved by the City
Engineer.
Provided further, that said grantee
and his assigns shall have the right
subject to such regulations as are now
or hereafter may be in force, to ex-
streets necessary to properly con-
struct said road, and to erect needful
apparatus, boilers, engines and other
appliances to properly equip and run
Provided further, that the City OF Los
Angeles in granting said franchise ex-
pressly reserves the right to pave, ma
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 of
the road constructed under said fran
chise at intervals Of not more than 10
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-
Tod INr thA ala 20 lot uNw
or unavoidable causes; provided fur
ther, that cars shall be operated over
said road with sufficient frequency to
carry and provide with seats all passen-
gers applying for transportation there
over, excepting in times OF extraor-
dinary and Unforeseen amounts OF
travel, and the said cars shall be at
al times and In all respects as et-
equipped as the cars In use upon the
best electric street railroads In the city
OF Los Angeles
Provided further. that the cars upon
said road shall not be allowed to stand