Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-25
PuaLlc ApvsRrIslne
Notice Of sale Of Electric Railway
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70 whom IL may concern.
Notice is hereby given that an appli-
cauon has been made to the City Coun-
GU OF the city Of Los Angeles for
certain franchise, granting the right to
construct, and for the period Of twenty
one, (I) years to operate and maintain
double track electric street railroad upon
certain public stress OF said city here
matter described. together with certain
appurtenant and Incident rights herein
And that it is proposed by said city
Council to offer for sale and grant to
the highest bidder said franchise upon
sne ,, terms and conditions hereinafter
That said franchise is described as
follows, to wit:
a franchise to construct and for the
ear peaiod OF twenty.one (21) years TO
electrtc street railroad over the route
ana IN and upon the streets or portions
or d,, streets IN said city described as fol-
d, Commencing at the intersection Of
broadway and Seventh street thence
ruhahing na easterly along Seventh street
ana crossing Los Angeles River to
Boyle avenue; thence southerly along
Boyle avenue TO Hollenbeck avenue;
thence easterly along Hollenbeck ave-
nue 20 the city limits Of said City of
That the terms and conditions upon
which said franchise will be offered for
SAFE and granted are the following:
and operated under said franchise shall
be used only for the Transportation of
passengers and United States mail
Ihat the tracks to be laid under such
and one. half (Sh) inches in width, be-
tween the rails and shall be placed
az nsarIy equidistant from the center
OF the street as possible. and as near
each other as a proper regard for safe
~ Will allow. That the grantee of said
franc @ MISE, his or its successors or as
signS sbird shnll s; have the right also to lay
eaIong said route by virtue of said
franchise. in order to conform to the
gauge OF the tracks of other railways
The said grantee and his or
it1 successors and assigns shall
use IN the construction of said
road Ina the best material. inc;ud-
ing rail weighing not less than sixty
loO) pounds per yard, such as is used
on first class street railroads. which
Ts pmbi6 shall be satisfactory to the Board of
gees. and said rails shall be so
laid as. to be continuously welded or
otherwise securely fastened together;
ana the said grantee and his or its
successors or assigns, shall at his, It's
or their own expense and cost
pave or nacadamize the said
road between the rails. between the
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 ma
cadamfzed and in repair, flush with the
street: and provided with suitable
conform at all times to the established
grade of the street; provided. however.
that where any OF the above named
streets have, been graded or otherwise
improved prior to the granting of said
franchise, said roadbed and rails shall
conform to and be flush with the sur
1ace or said graded or otherwise i'm
proved street or streets. whether such
surface be above or below the official
grade of such street or streets; and on
all other street or streets said roadbcd
ana rails shall conform to such official
grade, as aforesaid. And provided fur
ther, tnat upon any regarding or other
improving of said street or streets said
Toadbed and rails shall by said grantee
be placed upon and made to conform
to said official grade. All repairs and
grades to be made under the instruc-
tons, and to the satisfaction of the
Board of Public works of said city. In
case the said grantee or his or it's sue
cessors or assigns fail to comply with
the instructions given by said official
upon the said grantee or his or its sue
cessors or assigns, or upon the man
ager or agent of said grantee or OF his
% OF Its fuccessors SUI tss RS O. or asssIgns in Los An
upon. the road of said grantee or his
or its successors or assigns and
Dc, do the 9o,,nn3, w3rk as ordered by the
Angeles. said officer to keep an item
lied account of the cost of said work,
which the S,oossi6n. said grantee and his
the Of Said assigns by
agrees to pay imm mediately upon
its being presented to said grantee or
his or its successors or assigns, or to
such manager or agent stationed in Los
Provided further, that said grantee
and his or its successors or assigns
shall construct all necessary fumes
water under the tracks of said railroad
wherever and whenever necessary, and
that all such fumes and culverts, and
switches shall be con instructed in ac-
cordance with plans and specifications
approved by. the City Engineer.
his or EFsec s he sad and r
shall have the right, subject to such
regulations as are now or may here
after be in force, to excavate and re-
move portions of the streets necessary
to properly construct said road and the
right to erect needful apparatus boilers
engines and other apMiances 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
renew OF 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
as possible.
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 o (
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 stan d
on any street or any street intersection
in such a manner a to obstruct the
use of the said street by vehicles or
pedestrians.
That the grantee of said franchise
and his or its successors and assigns S
shall and will at all times upon an d
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-