Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-23
PUBLIC ApvsRrlsINe
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and his assigns the right and privilege to
construct and for q period of twenty-one
years TO maintain single or double track
railroad In Griffith Park
The Mayor and Council Of the City of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
n Section SetS That the right fad s9d privilege gs
assigns to construct and lay single
or double railroad track In the public
park Of the city of Los Angeles known
as Griffith Park, over and along the route
a strip of land forty 0M feet wide for
a railroad right of way extending twenty
(20) feet on each side OF a center line
described as follows:
: Beginning at a point on the south boun-
Diary Of Griffith Park, north % degrees 6
min, east 52S33 feet, from the corner
marked Southwest corner Of Griffith
Park thence north SO degrees 4 min,
west 6Si.5 feet thence on a 4-degree
curve to the right 5792 feet; thence north
20 degrees 81 min. west ~ feet thence
on a 3-degree curve to the right ESQ
feet; thence north 81 degrees 30 min,
west 1893 feet; thence on a 3-degree
curve to the right 300 feet; thence north
II degrees 30 min, west 56:6 feet;
thence on a 5-degree curve to the right
1851 feet; thence north degrees 30 min,
east 2770 feet, to the end of the forty
4o foot strip of land. 49,.
Also 2 strip of land one hundred dOW
feet wide to provide for terminal facilities
extending fifty (50) feet each side of a
line running north degrees 30 min. east
described forty (4O) foot strip a distance
of three hundred 5000 feet to the ter
minus of the center line Of said proposed
railroad, being total length OF 1900 !
(2D years to operate and maintain a
railroad thereon provided that said
track or tracks and railroad shall at all
tained, and the said right and privilege
is hereby granted and shall be at all
times exercised and enjoyed in accord
ance with and subject to each and every
of the terms and conditions of this ordi-
nance, and not otherwise.
Sec 2. That the roadbed and rails to
be laid under the right and privilege
hereby granted shall be so constructed
and maintained as to conform at all times
to the grades of any improved roads or
drives intersected or crossed thereby.
That said grantee and his assigns shall
pave, gravel plank or macadamize the
said roadbed wherever the same crosses
the roads or drives hereinbefore mem
toned between the rails and between the
tracks, and for two (2) feet on each side
thereof, with the same material and in
the same manner as said roads or drives
are or may hereafter be paved: graveled,
planked or macadamized. All grading,
regarding, paving. graveling, plankng
or macadamizing to be done under the
instructions and to the satisfaction of the
Superintendent of Parks Of said city. And
shall fail to comply with the instructions
given by said official for ten Q0 days
after service thereof upon the said
grantee or his assigns or upon the man.
ager or agent of said grantee. or his as
signs in Los Angeles. the said Superin-
tendent of Parks shall enter upon the
the work as ordered by the Board of
Park Commissioners of the City of Los
Angeles. Said officer shall keep an item
lied account of the cost of said work,
which the said grantee and his assigns,
by the acceptance of the right and privi-
lege hereby granted agrees to pay imme-
diately upon presentation to said grantee
or his assigns, or to such manager or
agent stationed in Los Angeles.
Sec. 8. That said grantee and his as
signs shall construct and maintain all
necessary fumes 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 shall be constructed in accord
ance with plans and specifications ap-
proved by the Superintendent of Parks.
Sec. 4. That no steam engine or loco
motive shall ever be operated or run over.
be constructed. operated or maintained
under the right or privilege hereby
granted.
or be drawn or propelled over or across
any of the roads or drives hereinbefore
mentioned at a greater rate of speed
no car shall ever be allowed to stand
upon said roads or drives, so as in any
manner to obstruct the use thereof by
VenlcleS or pedestrians.
Sec. 8. That the City of Los Angeles
expressly reserves the right to lay out,
grade. pave, macadamize or drain roads
and erives across said railroad, and to
lay water and other pipes under the same
such work to be done so as to injure said
road as little as possible.
Sec. 6. That the rate of fare for any
distance over said road shall not exceed
five (5) cents for single trip; and that
cars shall be run each way over and
upon said road at intervals of not more
than one hour between the hours of nine
o'clock in the morning and nine O'Clock
at night of each day. except Saturdays
and Sundays, and at intervals of not more
than thirty minutes between the hours of
o'clock at night on all Saturdays and Sun
days, during the term of this franchise
unless prevented by the elements, riots
strikes or unavoidable causes; and that
said cars shall be at all times and In
all respects efficiently constructed and
equipped with the latest and best appli-
ances.
Sec. T. That the said grantee and his
or it's 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 from
the use, operation or possession of said
railroad. No percentage shall be paid for
the first five years succeeding the date
of said franchise, but thereafter such
percentage shall be payable annually and
said franchise is to be forfeited by failure
to make the payments provided for
And 1t shall be the duty of the grantee
of said right and privilege and of his or
its successors and assigns to file with the
City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles, at
the expiration of six years from the date
of the granting of said right and privi-
lege, and at the expiration of each and
every year thereafter a statement veri
fled by the oath of said grantee or mis-
or its successors or assigns, or by oath
of the manager or presiding officer of said
grantee or his or its successors and as
signs, showing the total gross receipts
and gross earnings collected or received
by said grantee or his or it's SUCCESSORS
or assigns during the preceding
twelve months. from all traffic
over any part of the line for the construc-
tlon and operation of which said right
and privilege is granted or over any part
of the system of street railroad of which
1t may be an extension, and from all other
sources, and within ten days after the
time for filing aforesaid sta tement 1t
shall be the duty of said grantee and his
or its successors and assigns to pay to
the City Treasurer of the City of Los
Angeles the aggregate sum of the said
percentage upon the amount of the gross
annual receipts arising from the use,
operation or possession of said railroad
determined and computed in the manner
hereinbefore provided
And any neglect, omission or refusal by
said grantee or his or it's successors or
assigns to file said verified statement or to