Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-28
ordinance No. 1868

New SeriesJ
An Ordinance of the city of Los
les Interurban Railway Company It's
successors and assigns, the right to
construct an overhead crossing. trestle
| or viaduct across Alhambra avenue in
| the City of Los Angeles. and for the
period of twenty-one CID years to ope--
rate and maintain an electric railroad
| thereoVer.
'rhe 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 the Los Ange-
| les Interurban Railway Company, it's
| successors and assigns, to construct an
overhead crossing, trcstle or viaduct
across and over that portion of Alham-
hereinafter described, and for the per-
iod of twenty lone CID years to
| operate and maintain railroad
crossing, trestle or viaduct, shall be
| constructed, and said railroad operated
| and maintained, and the said right and
privilege is hereby granted. and shall
| accordance with and subject to each
and every of the terms and conditions
of this Ordinance and not otherwise.
| Sec. 2. That the center line. of the
| right of way over and along which said
| right and privilege is granted is par
| ticularly described as follows. to wit:
| line of Alhambra avenue, in the City of
| Los Angeles. said point of beginning
being south rs degrees So minutes east,
| along said north line of Alhambra ave-
| nue., three hundred eleven and forty
| seven hundredths GLAD feet, from the
southeast corner OF that certain public
as and called East Side Park; thence
| from said point of beginning south %
degrees 40 minutes west across said AL
| hambra avenue to the south line there
| of.
Sec. 3. That the plans of said over
| head crossing, trest1e or viaduct shall
| be approved by the City Council of the
| City of Los Angeles and the City En-
| gineer of the City of Los Angeles before
any right or privilege specified here
| in shall be exercised or enjoyed
That electric lights of at least 100
| candle power shall be maintained by the
| grantee hereof, it's successors and as
| signs, on each corner of the pier located
in the center of said Alhambra avenue;
Sec. A. That the City of Los Angeles
shall have the right at the expiration
| of the aforesaid period of twenty-one
years to purchase the rails. track, tres
| tie or viaduct and the roadbed and all
property in any of the streets, herein
| grantee, or its successors in interest,
laid or constructed under the grant
hereby made or used by said grantee
ercise of this franchise, at a fair valua-
ton. provided that the option to make
such purchase shall be declared by
resolution. of the City Council passed
six months prior to the expiration of
said period of twenty-one years.
The valuation of the property pro-
provisions OF this Ordinance shall be
determined by board Of three arbi-
traitors, Of whom one shall be appoint
or its successors in interest, and
the third BY the two a arb. so ap-
| M Inf cd with n ir-fu do of fha
declaration of the city of its option
to purchase said property. In case said
arbitrators fail to. make and file an
tied, a new board of three arbitrators
shall be appointed as hereinbefore pre-
scribed, to determine the valuation Of
shall imediately upon the appointment
Of its members enter upon the dis
fhs sear Of its ng ga Ss IN
by. the party who made the original ap-
en- to the Yaeant Place Z. The
and filed with the City Clerk of said
city within three months after their
appointment, and a majority of the ar
bitrators who agree thereto may make
such award.
The amount of the. valuation of said
property determined by the arbitrators
by the city to said S grantee tee pa or
its successors in interest in lawful
money of, Of the Hnitedf os States upon the
| expiration OF the AFORESAID period or
the arbitrators shall not have boon
made and filed at least two months
the ib OF said period of
months after the filing of said award
Upon the making of said payment the
property shall pass to the city OF Of Los Los
Sec. s. That any neglect failure or
| refusal on the part of the Los Angeles
| Tnfarnrhan Railway (fOmnapV re
| cessors or assigns, to observe or COM
ply with any of the terms or conditions
IN this Ordinance contained, shall
forfeiture of the rights and privileges
hereby granted, and said city by it's
City Council may thereupon declare
said rights and privileges forfeited and
may exclude said Los Angeles Interur-
ban Railway Company, and its success
ors and assigns from further use Of the
streets of said city Hereunder, and said
Los Angeles Interurban Railway Com
pany. its successors and assigns, shall
thereupon and Immediately surrender
grant thereof hereby made shall immo-
diately become and be deemed and re-
main null, void and of no effect.
Sec. 8. This Ordinance is urgently re-
the public peace. health and safety; and
the city Clerk, shall certify to Its passage
n bs Isl sde GSne H. the
Los Angeles Herald. and thereupon and
thereafter 1t shall take effect and be In
| force.
/ hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the
City of Los Angeles is nine and that the
foregoing Ordinance was passed by a
meeting OF February IA. 1906, by the
following vote, to wit:
Ayes-Messrs. Blanchard, Ford, Ham
mon. Hcaly, Hitler, Houghton Kern,
Smith and Summerland 90.
H. j. LELANDE.
City Clerk.
Approved this ssth day of February.