Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-04
Notice Of sale OF street Railroad
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Franchise
office OF the city Clerk OF the City
gf Los Angeles, state OF California
no whom It may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that an appli-
cation has been made to the city Coun-
ell OF the City of Los Angeles for o
certain franchise, granting the right 70
construct, and for the period Of twenty
one years to operate and maintain an
electric street railroad upon certain
public streets In said city, hereinafter
described together with certain ap-
purtenant and incident rights herein
And that 1t is proposed by said City
Council to offer for sale and grant 10
the highest bidder said franchise upon
the terms and conditions hereinafter
That said franchise Is described as
follows, to witt
period of twenty-one CID years 70
operate and maintain n double track,
electric street railroad over the route
and IN and upon the streets or portions
of streets in said city described as FOL
lows to witt
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:
That the street railroad constructed
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-
grantee thereof and his or it's successors
and assigns shall have the right TO-
operate over any and all the tracks OIL
such other. lines, subject to the pro
visions and limitations of the Statutes
of the State of California applicable
thereto; and In case the gauge 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 its successors or as,
signs, shall be permitted to lay third
rail over the distance traversed by said
two roads 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 a proper regard for safe
ty will allow.
That said grantee and his or its sue
cessors and assigns shall use in the con-
struction of said road the best material,
including rail weighing not less than
sixty (60) 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
and the said grantee and his or its 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
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 macadamized and in repair,
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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 surface be above or be-
low 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 afore-
said And provided further, that upon
any regarding or other improving of
said street or streets said roadbed
and rails shall by said grantee4or his
or its successors or assigns be placed
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
grantee or his or its successors or as
signs fails to comply with the in
structions given by said official for ten
the said grantee or his or its successors
or assigns, or upon the manager or
agent of said grantee or of his
or its ,aa,os successors or assigns in
ffcial, shall enter upon the road of
said grantee or his or it's 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
lied account of the cost of said work
which the said grantee and his or its
ance of said franchise agrees to pay
Immediately upon its being presented
TO said grantee or his or it's successors
or assigns or to such manager or agent
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
all curves, aqueducts, turnouts ana
switches shall be constructed in ac-
cordance with plans and specifications
approved by, the City Engineer.
Provided further, that said grantee
and his or it's successors and assigns
shall have the right, subject to such
regulations as are now or may here
move portions of the streets necessary
to properly construct said road, and tho
right to erect needful apparatus, boilers
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-
pressly reserves the right to pave, ma
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
Provided further, that cars shall be
run each way. over the whole length
of the road constructed under 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 causes; 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
thereover, excepting in times of ex-
traordinary and unforeseen amounts of
travel, and that said cars shall be at
all times and in all respects as ef-
ficiently constructed and conveniently
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
on any street or any street intersection
in such a manner as TO obstruct the
use Of the said street by vehicles or
pedestrians.
That the grantee of said franchise
and his or it's SUCCESSORS and assign s
shall and will at all times upon and