Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-30
puaLIo AnvEa1IsINe
Ncticc, Of Sale Of Electric Railway



Notice IS hereby given that an appli-
cation has been made to the city Coun-
Gil of the city Of Los Angeles for a
aSd o F5sptps 5s pasd te % ghs TO
one (2D years to operate and maintain a
double track electric street railroad upon
certain public streets Of said city here
lnafter described. together with certain
appurtenant and Incident rights herein
after mentioned
And that It is proposed by said city
the highest bidder said franchise upon
.he terms and conditions hereinafter
That said franchise is described as
A franchise to construct and for the
period OF twenty-one (21) years to
operate and maintain double track,
electrio street railroad over the route
and in and upon the streets or portions
or streets IN said city described as fol-
lows, to wit:
- Commencing at the intersection OF
running easterly along Seventh street
and crossing Los Angeles River to
Boyle avenue; thence southeriy along
iBoyle avenue. to Hollenbeck avenue;
.nenee easterly along Hollenbeck ave.
nue. to the city limits OF said City Of
Los. Angeles.
That the terms and conditions upon
wnlch said franchise will be offered for
sale and granted are the following:
Ihat the street railroad constructed
ara operated under said franchise shall
De De ssnS USED only for the transportation Of
passengers and United States mail.
o.. mat the tracks to be laid under such
lrancnlse shall be four 90 feet, eight
snd si oneIhalf (sk) inches in width be.
ass nearly equidistant from the center
OIL the street as possible, and as near
sscn "a ,,,,I n'ner ns as proper regard for safe,
franchise, his or its successors or as
SIGNS shall have the right also to lay
third rail alonFNthe tracks constructed
asrong sro SAID route by virtue of said
gauge of the tracks of other railways
now ON exlstlng in the City of Los Angeles
,ta INC s,,o SAID grantee and his or
use in the. construction of said
road the best material. inc;ud-
inng a rail weighing not less than sixty
low pounds per yard, such as is used
rail shall be. satisfactory to the Board Of
Public Works Of the city Of Los An
gieiIds' iSiS as ana nc rs said rails shall be- SO
otherwfse securely fastened together;
ana the said grantee and his or its
successors M or assigns, shall at his, its
pave "e or own maca dS eSpense nins and cost cost
road between the rails between the
tracks, and for two (2) feet on each
s,oe Ssnd 1hnereof' Inc tt' 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, Gro for,g and shall make the. roadbed
gpnde M d b an times to the established
that where any of the above named
streets nave been graded or otherwise
improved fnlppS, prior to the granting. of said
Iranchise, said roadbed and rails shall
conform to and be flush with the sur
face OF said graded or otherwise i'm
proved street or streets, whether such
sTpface rpde Of pc oboye r or below the official
all other street or streets said roadbed
and rails shall conform to such official
grade, as aforesaid. And provided fur
improving of said street or streets said
roadbed and rails shall by said grantee
or his or It's successors or assigns
to said official grade Ali repairs and
grades to be made under the instruc-
tons. aud to the satisfaction OF the
Board or Public works Of said city. In
case the said grantee or his or its sue
ccessors or assigns fail to comply with
the instructions given by said official
for ten GO) days after service thereof
cessors or assigns, or upon the man
ager or agent of said grantee or of his
OF, ITS successors or assigns in Los An
Upon Upon the road Of said c grantee e'i or rnhis Sis
or it's SUCCESSORS or assigns and
DO the work as ordered by the
GngeIs Gg counf Had officer IF the to Sat ctg 90 Of MS
ized account of the cost of said work
or its successors. or assigns by
agrees. to pay immediately upon
its being presented to said grantee or
his or it's successors or assigns, or to
such manager or agent stationed in Los
Angeles.
Provided further, that said grantee
and his or its successors or assigns
shall construct all necessary fumes
and culverts for the free passage of
wherever and whenever necessary, and
that all such fumes and culverts, and
all curves, aGueducts, 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-
move portions of the streets necessary
to properly construct said road. aud the
right to erect needful 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
cadamize, renew or sewer any of tho
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 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 tho
best electric street railroads in the City
of Los Angeles.
Provided further that the cars upon
said road shall not be allowed to stand
on any street or any street intersection
in such q manner as 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
shall and will at all times upon and
after the completion of said road, dur
ing the operation of the same, and
axrfr aha Tee,