Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-25
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Ordinance No. t2,o4e
Nav gnrlea.l

pany, a corporation, and its assigns, the
right to construct, and for a period OF
tWenty-one years to operate and main
tain a single railroad spur track over
across and along certain public streets
and alleys in the City Of Los Angeles.
The Mayor and Council of the City OF
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section /. That the right and privilege
Is hereby granted to San Pedro, Los An
gees e. Salt Lake Railroad Company, a
corporation, and Its successors and as
signs, to lay and construct a single rail-
TOAD spur track, with necessary turn outs
and switches for the purpose of reaching
property fronting on any of the herein
after named streets and alleys, over and
along the route hereinafter described and
over, along and across the public streets
and alleys in the City of Los Angeles
hereinafter described, and for a period
of twenty-one years from the date of this
Ordinance to operate and maintain a rail
road thereon In connection with a line
of railroad operated between the City Of
Los Angeles and other cities and towns
by the said San Pedro, Los Angeles &
Salt Lake Railroad Company.
That the route hereinbefore mentioned
over, along and upon which said right OF
way and privilege Is granted, Is particu-
lary described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a point on the northerly
side of East Sixth street, distant about
cne hundred and twenty 020 feet west
erly from the northwest corner of Sixth
and Clarence streets thence dagonaily
across Sixth street to that certain alley
running north and south and lying be-
tween Utah street and Clarence street,
thence southerly along said alley, cross
ing Stephenson avenue and Sunrise street
to the south side of Sunrise street; thence
across private property and across that
certain alley running east and west
through block r. of Strong Ss Dcklnson's s
Salt Lake Railroad Tract to the south
erly side of said alley, at a point distant
about eighty (S0) feet easterly from Utah
street.
hereby granted over the route hereinbe-
fore described carries with it the right
to lay down, construct and maintain said
railroad along, across or upon. any and
all streets or alleys along the said route.
Sec. 2. That the spur track which
may be laid and constructed under the
privilege hereby granted shall correspond
to the official grade of the streets
may be placed where the same are
improved to the official grade and shall
conform to the natural surface of the
ground where such streets or alleys are
not improved, the tops of the rails In
either case to be flush with the surround
ing surface of the streets and alleys, and
In event such streets and alleys shall
he graded, praved or otherwise i'm
proved under the authority of said City of
Los Angeles, then such spur track over
or upon such streets and alleys and the
ground for a distance Of two feet on each
side thereof shall be by the grantee, or its
and shall be so maintained by said
grantee, it's successors or assigns, with
the tops of said rails flush with the sur
face of said streets or alleys.
Sec. 3. The right, privilege and per-
mission hereby granted shall be exercised
and enjoyed subject to the following con-
ditions:
First That no cars or locomotives shah
be permitted at any time to stand upon
any of the streets and alleys oc-
cupied or crossed by said spur
track except during the time ac
tually employed in switching, loading
or unloading the cars placed thereon, and
that said spur track shall at all times be
so used as to obstruct the use of said
streets and alleys by vehicles or passen-
gers as little as possible consistent with
the uses for which said spur track is to
be constructed
Second That no locomotive, train or
car shall be operated or run over said
track at a greater speed than eight miles
an hour.
Third. That said grantee, it's successors
and assigns, shall construct all necessary
fumes and culverts for the passage of
water under said track whenever or wher-
ever necessary, and that all such fumes
or culverts shall be constructed In ac
cordance with plans and specifications
therefor approved by the City Engineer
of the City of Los Angeles.
Fourth. That said grantee, its success.
sors and assigns, will plank and replank,
gravel and regravel, pave and repave;,, all
occupied by said track and for
distance of two feet on each
side thereof with the same material
and under the same specifications and in
the same manner as said streets and alleys
are now or may hereafter be planked or re-
planked, graveled or regraveled. paved or
repaved, and that all such work shall be
done under the Instructions of and to the
satsfa ction of the Board of Public Works
of the City of Los Angeles. and In
case said grantee, its successors or as
signs shall fail for period of ten days
after service upon 1t of written demand
made by said Board of Public Works upon
the manager or agent of said grantee, its
successors and assigns, to perform any
such work in connection with said spur
track which may be directed or ordered by
the Board of Public Works of the City of
Los Angeles, then said Board of Public
Works may perform the work so ordered
and shall keep an temized account of the
cost thereof, which the said grantee, it's
successors and assigns, by the acceptance
of the privileges hereby granted to il
agree to pay within five days after the
to its manager or agent in
the City of Los Angeles of such itemized
account.
Fifth. That any neglect, failure or re-
fusal on the part of the granted, its sue
with any of the terms or conditions in
these articles contained shall effect
a forfeiture of the right, privilege
and permission hereby, granted; and
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city Council may thereupon de-
clare such rights and privileges
forfeited and may exclude said grantee,
its successors and assigns, from any fur
ther use of the streets and alleys occu-
pied by said spur track and the grant
hereby made shall thereupon become and
remain null, void and of no effect.
Sixth. That said city shall have the
right, at the expiration of the aforesaid
period of twenty-one years to purchase
the rails, track and roadbed and all prop
erty in any OF the streets and
alleys hereinbefore mentioned belong
ing to said grantee or its sue
in interest, laid or constructed
under the grant hereby made, or used by
said grantee or its successors in interest
In the exercise Of this franchise, at a fair
provided that the option to
make such purchase shall have been de-
clared not more than three years nor
less than six months before the expiration
Of said period, by resolution of the
City Council. The valuation of the
property proposed to be purchased
pursuant to the provisions of this
shall be determined by
a board of three arbitrators, of
whom one rhall be appointed by the city,
one by the I'D grantee or its sue
cessors in interest, and the third by the
two arbitrators so appointed Said arbitra-
tors shall be appointed within thirty days
after the declaration of said op-
ton to purchase. In case said ar
bltra tors fail to make and file an
award within the time hereinafter limited.
a new board Of three arbitrators shall he
appointed as herelnbefore. prescribed. to