Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-28
puaLlo Anvsa1lslNe
Notice Of sale or Electric Railway
franchise

N"thce OF safe or Electric hntNFHy
franchise
OFFICE Of the City Clerk Of the City
OF Los Angeles, California, June n, 1905.
To whom II may concern.
Notice is hereby given that an appli-
cation has,been made to the city Coun-
Gil of the City of Los Angeles for a
eerta In Franchise. granting the right to
one CID years 10 operate and maintain a
uoubie track electric street railroad upon
ser aSaln tain publiG streets Of said city here
lnatter described. together with certain
appurtenant and incident rights herein
after mentioned
And that i Is proposed by. said city
Council TO offer for sale and grant TO
the highest bidder said franchise upon
the the terms and conditions hereinafter
That said franchise is described as
Follows, to wit:
a franchise TO construct and for the
period OF twenty-one (2) years to
operate and maintain a double track,
electric street railroad over the route
ana In and upon the streets or portion
or streets IN said city described as fol-
lows. to wilt!
Commencing at the intersection OF
5roadway and Seventh street; thence
running easterly along Seventh street
an crossing Los Angeles River to
Boyie avenue; thence southerly along
Boyle avenue. to Hol1enbeck avenue;
thence easterly along Hollenbeck ave-
nue to the city limits OF said City Of
That the terms and conditions upon
which said franchise will be offered for
sale and granted are the followin g:
an q operated under said franchise shall
be used only for the transportation of
passengers and United States mail.
fra anet na5,,t the & tracks to be laid under such
and one,half (sh) inches in width be-
ss ween nnarj1 ]1e ral,ls and shall be PLACED
Of the street as possibls' to' and de as near near
each other as a proper regard for safe
" will allow That the grantee OF said
sTIanehise, II his or its successors or as
third rail along the tracks constructed
selong said route by virtue of said
franchiSs' eau%a Sc 4. IN order to conform to the
now existing In the City of Los An geles
:. The said grantee and his or
IT'S IT'S successors and assigns. shall
ing, rail weighing not less than sixty
o6o) pounds per yard. such as is used
rail shall be satisfa ctory to the Board Of
Public Works of the City Of Los An
ggeiiees' ggsie' ana said rails shall be, SO
otherwise securely fastened together;
and the said grantee and his or its
successors er thsir or assigns, shall at his, Its
pave 'net or own sSpa1se mems an and cost
tracks and for two. .(2) feet on each
,,sad slae ibnereoI' bH tSf With the same material
specifications and in the same manner
as upon the streets over which said
road runs respectively; and shall keep
cadamized and in repair, flush with the
street, and provided with suitable
crossings. and shall make the roadbed
grade OF the street.: provided however,
that where any OF the above named
streets have been graded or otherwise
franchise, said roadbed and rails shall
conform to and be flush with the sur
race OF said graded or otherwise I'm
surface be above or below the official
| grade Of such street or streets; and on
All other street or streets said roadbed
grade, as aforesaid. And provided fur
ther. that upon any regarding or other
improving Of said street or streets said
Ioadbed 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-
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
| for ten Q0) days after service thereof
upon the said grantee or his or it's sue
eessorS rs or orsas assigns Or upon the man
or It's successors or assigns in Los An
geles, he, the said official, shall enter
upon the road OF said grantee or his
City , Council n CIT o5 the city Of Los
which the said grantee and his
| or its successors or assigns, by
the acceptance Of said franchise,
| it's being presented to said grantee or
! his or its successors or assigns, or to
such manager or agent stationed in Los
| Angeles.
and. his or it's successors or assigns
| shall construct all necessary fumes
and culyerts 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, a,gueducts. turnouts and
cordance with plans and specifications
approved by the City Engineer.
Provided further. that said grantee
shall have the right, subject to such
regulations as are now or may here
after be IN force, to excavate and re-
TO properly construct said road, and tho
right to erect n eedful 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
said streets. or to lay gas, water or
other pipes therein said work to be
done so as to injure said road as littls
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
thereoyer 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,
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