Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-01
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Ordinance No. lass
(Npvu Gerieq

(NeW Ser1eS.)
An Ordinance granting to the Atchison,
Topeka 81 Santa Fe Railway company the
right, privilege and permission to lay
and construct, and for period OF Il years
thereafter to maintain and operate rail-
way spur track along and upon CONNER
cial street In the City Of Los Angeles,
County of Los Angeles, State of CALI
fornia:
The Mayor and City Council of the City
of Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section l. That the right, privilege and
permission be and Ii is hereby granted to
the Atohison, Topeka d Santa Fe Railway
company corporation, and It's successors
and assigns, to lay and construct and
thereafter for period Of II years from
the date of the passage of this ordinance
to maintain and operate a single railway
track upon Commercial street in the City
of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, between the points
hereinafter described The center line of
said spur track where the same is to be
located upon or across public streets or
highways in said City of Los Angeles is
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at point In the center line
Of Commercial street 1922 feet westerly
along said center line of Commercial
street, said point being in the center line
of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company's spur track now con-
point of beginning westerly on a turnout
curve to the right 81 feet, said curve
consuming an angle of degrees; thence
westerly OH lD-ueBree curve 10 tne tight
1O,5 feet; thence westerly on a 15-degree
curve to the left 7055 feet to point IL
feet southerly at right angles from the
northerly line of said Commercial street
at the southeast corner of Lot II, Block g,
Also Tract; thence westerly parallel to
and IL feet from said northerly line of
Commercial street so feet to point of
ending.
Section 2. That the spur track which
may be laid and constructed under the
privilege hereby granted shall correspond
to the official grade of the streets across
which It may be placed where the same
Is improved to the official grade and shall
conform to the natural surface of the
ground where such street is not so i'm
proved, the tops of the rails in either case
to be flush with the surrounding surface
of the streets, and In event such streets
shall be graded, paved or otherwise inn
proved undep the authority of said City
of Los Angeles, then such spur track over
or upon such streets and the ground for a
distance of two feet on each side thereof
shall be by the grantee, or its assigns,
made to conform to said grade, and shall
be so maintained by said grantee, it's sue
cessors or assigns, with the tops of said
rails flush with the surface Gf said streets
mission hereby granted shall be exercised
and enjoyed subject to the following con-
aitions: ,...o.,... -
be permitted at any time to stand upon
any of the streets occupied or crossed by
said spur track except during the time
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or unloading the cars placed thereon, and
that said spur track shall at all times be
so used as to obstruct the use of said
streets by vehicles or passengers as little
as possible consistent with the uses for
which said spur track is to be con-
structed.
Second. That no locomotive, train or
car shall be operated or run over said
track at greater speed than eight miles
Third. That said grantee, its Successors
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fumes and culverts for the passage OF
water under said track whenever or wher-
ever necessary, and that such fumes or
culverts shall be constructed in accord
ance with plans and specifications therefor
approved by the Chief Engineer of the
City of Los Angeles.
sors and assigns, will plank and replanl,
gravel and regravel pave and repave, all
portions of the street occupied by SAID
track and for a distance of two feet on
each side thereof with the same ma terial
and under the same specifications ana
in the same manner as said streets are
now. or may hereafter be planked or re-
planked, graveled or regraveled, paved or
repaved and that all such work shall be
done under the instructions of and to the
satisfaction of the Superintendent OF
Streets of the City of Los Angeles; and in
case said grantee, its successors or as
signs, shall fail for period of ten days
after service upon 1t of written demand
made by said Superintendent upon the ne
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successors and assigns, to perform any
| such work in connection with said spur
| track which may be directed or ordered by
the city Council of the City of Los An
eeIes, then said Street Superintendent may
perform the work so ordered and shall
keep an itemized account of the cost
thereof which the said grantee, its sue
cessors and assigns, by the acceptance
of the privileges hereby granted to 1t
agree to pay within five days after the
presentation to its manager or agent IN
the City of Los Angeles of such ttemized
account.
Fifth. That any neglect, failure or re-
fusal on the part of the grantee, its sue
cessors or assigns, to observe or comply
with any of the terms or conditions in
these articles contained shall effect q for
feiture of the right, privilege and per-
mission hereby granted, and said CITY
upon declare such rights and privileges
forfeited and may exclude said grantee,
its successors and assigns, from any fur
ther use of the streets occupied by said
SPUR track and the grant hereby made
shall thereupon become and remain null,
void and of no effect.
Sixth The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage of this ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published once in the
Los Angeles Herald. a newspaper pub pub
lished daily in said City of Los Angeles.
/ hereby certify that the foregoing ordi-
nance was adopted by the City Council
of the City of Los Angeles at its meeting
on the 21st day of August 1905:
oA' ' H ]. LELANDE,
CITY Clerk of the City of Los Angeles
Approved this 2Sth day of August. 1905.
OWEN McALEER,
Gilt Mayor.