Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-07

all times and in all respects as eff
ficiently constructed and conveniently
equipped as the cars in use upon the
best electric street railroads in the City
Provided further. that the cars upon
said road shall not be allowed to stand
on any street or any street intersection
In such manner as to obstruct the
use of the said street by vehicles or
pedestrians.
That the grantee of said franchise
shall and will at all times upon and
after the completion of said road, dur
ing the operation of the same, and
without extra charge, issue to and re-
ceive from passengers going in one di-
rection, transfers good for continuous
passage over and upon any and every
or. roads within the said city which
said grantee or his or it's successors or
assigns does now or may hereafter
own. control, operate or have a con-
trolling interest in; and provided, as a
further condition, that said grantee
and his or it's successors and assigns
shall and will. at all times as afore-
said issue or cause to be issued, to said
passengers, without extra charge, a
similar transfer from any and every
other line, or lines which said grantee
now or may hereafter own, control,
operate or have controlling interest
in, as aforesaid, to, over and upon the
road operated and maintained under
said franchise.
That the rate of fare for any dis
tance over said road or its branches
one way shall not exceed five cents for
one passenger.
That persons under the age of eight
cen 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 uuanti
ties of at least one dollars worth at a
time; such tickets to be available only
between the hours of eight a, m. and
six p. M, in actual passage to and from
school; and that said grantee and his
or its successors and assigns shall sell
such tickets whenever requested so to
do by a pupil who shall present a GER
tificate from a teacher approved by
the superintendent of Schools of tho
city, that he or she is pupil of said
schools.
And provided further, that said
grantee and his. or it's successors and
regular and special policemen, police
officers, firemen and letter carriers,
while on duty, the Mayor and Members
of of oca fa9 city go G0nnc and Of the
sioners, Water Commissioners, Park
Commissioners and Civil Service Com
missioners, the members. of the Board
Of Health the members of the Board Of
Education, City Superintendent of
Schools and the Directors of the Pub
lie Library. free over said road and
said city which said grantee or his or
its successors or assigns does now or
may hereafter own, control or operate,
subject at all times to such. reasonable
regulations as said grantee and his. or
Its successors or assigns may prescribe.
Provided further, that said grantee
shall pay to the City Tax and License
Collector OF the City of Los Angeles
the license upon each car, that Is now
or may be hereafter fixed by the Or
dinances of said city.
That the said grantee and his or its
successors and assigns shall during the
life Of said 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
or its successors and assigns, arising
of said franchise. No percentage shall
be paid for the first five years succeed
ing the date of said franchise, but
payable annually, and said franchise is
to be forfeited by failure to make the
payments provided for Provided, that
II the road for which said franchise is
existing system of street railroad. then
the gross receipts shall be estimated TO
tot.p pc 9ne,haIf % OF the proportion of the
which the mileage of such extension
bears to the total mileage of the whole
system, and said estimate shall be con-
receipts of said extension.
And it shall be the duty of the
grantee of said franchise and of his or
the City Clerk of the City of Los An
geles, 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, a statement.
verified by the oath of said grantee or
MS MS or its successors or assigns, or, by
The e, oath of the manager or, presiding
officer OF said grantee or his or its
successors and assigns, showing the to-
talL gross receipts and gross earnings
collected or received by said grantee
or ocf 1NNr
ing the preceding twelve months. from
all traffic over any part of the line for
the construction and operation of which
part of the system OF street railroad
of which it may be an extension. and
from all other sources. and within ten
said statement 1t shall be the duty OF
said grantee and his or its successors
and assigns TO pay to the City Treas
sum of the said percentage
upon the amount of the gross annual
receipts arising from, the use. operation
or possession OF said franchise deter
mined and computed. in the manner
provided.
And any neglect, omission or refusal
by said grantee, or his or its successors
or assigns to file said verified state
ment, or to pay the said percentage OF
the said gross annual receipts. at the
times or In the manner hereinbefore
provided shall ipso facto work a for
feiture of said franchise and OF all
rights hereunder, to the City Of Los
Angeles
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
prosecuted thereafter in good faith and
without unnecessary or avoidable in
termission or delay; that said work OF
construction shall be completed within
not more than three years thereafter;
that said work OF construction shall be
and continuously prosecuted
so that at least one-third OF the work
Of constructing said road shall be COM
pleted within one year from tho time
Of commencement; and that II said
work be not so commenced, prosecuted
or completed within the times or in
the manner specified, said franchise
shall be forfeited
oessors or assigns shall not SELL trans
fer or assign said franchise or any OF
by, except by a duiS executedS insstrrs
ment In writing, filed in the office OF