Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
GOULO SYSTEM
Gets FRANCHISE
CONTINUED from Page One,

south charter boundary line of the city
of Los Angeles, said point of beginning
being easterly twenty feet from the
westerly line of the official bed of the
Los Angeles river, thence northerly,
parallel to and twenty feet east of the
west line of the official bed of the Los
Angeles river to a point $50 feet south
of Also street, thence across the bed
of the Los Angeles river in north
easterly direction along a curve con-
cave to the southeast and having ra-
dius of 600 feet to point in the east
erly line of the official bed of the Los
Angeles river, which Is seventy feet
south of the center line of Also street,
upon and across Ninth street, Seventh
street. Fourth street. First street, Also
street and thence across private prop
erty
To Carry Fa isengers and Freight
Together with the right to construct
all necessary switches, turnouts, curves
9nd all structures, attachments, sta
tions, depots, fixtures and machinery
for the use of its passenger, freight
and other business that may be neces-
sary for the purpose of operating this
railroad and be effective as the best
railroad.
That the terms upon which said
franchise is granted are as follows:
First-That the railroad constructed
under this franchise shall be used for
the transportation of passengers,
United States mails, baggage and
freight.
Second-That the roadbed and rails
to be laid under the privilege granted
shall be constructed so us to conform at
all times to the established official
grades of the streets over which the
road shall run, and in cases where
streets are graded or otherwise i'm
proved the rails shall be laid flush
withthe surface of the street and made
to conform with the grade.
That grantee shall pave, plank or
the said roadbed wherever
the same crosses the streets and alleys
or any of them, between the |
rails, between the tracks and for two
feet on each side, with the same mate
rial used by the city and under the
same specifications and in the same |
manner as streets and alleys may here |
after be paved. planked or macadam- |
ized-all to be done under the instruc-
tions of the board Of public works.
In case the grantee shall fail to COM |
ply with the instructions given by said
officials for ten days after service
thereof upon the grantee the said Off |
cials shall enter upon the road of the |
grantee and do the work as ordered |
by the boaEd Of public works. The |
board shall keep an itemized account |
of the cost of the work. which grantee |
agrees to pay Immediately upon pre-
sentation.
Third-The grantee shall construct all |
the necessary fumes and culverts for
the free passage of water under the
tracks of the said railroad wherever
city of Los Angeles by its city council, |
and that all such fumes and culverts |
shall be constructed in accordance with |
plans and specifications approved by /
the board of public works or other Off
GERS directed for that purpose.
City Reserves the Water Rights
Fourth-That no car or cars shall |
ever travel on or be drawn or propelled |
upon said railroad, across any of the |
streets mentioned at a greater rate of |
speed than may now or hereafter be
prescribed by law, and that no car or
cars shall ever be allowed to stand |
upon streets and alleys so as in any |
manner to obstruct the use of the |
streets or alleys by vehicles or pedes- |
trians or for the purpose of public |
travel.
Fifth-That the grantee shall have
the right to eXcaVate and remove por- |
tions of streets to properly construct
the railroad where the same crosses
streets; provided that the city in grant
ing the franchise expressly reserves the
right to pave, macadamize, sewer or
repaVe, lay gas or water pipes, said
work to be done so as to injure the rail-
road as little as possible, and also re-
serves all water in the river bed and
the right to use and develop the same. |
1t is further provided that the grantee
shall in the construction of its roadway
construct and hereafter maintain a
suitable timber bulkhead along the
easterly line of that portion of the strip
of land forty feet in width described,
which is parallel with the westerly line
of the official roadbed of the Los An
geles river, together with the proper
connection between proposed timber
bulkhead and the existing bulkhead
along the westerly line of the official
bed of the river at some suitable point
between the railroad proposed to be
constructed under this franchise and
Also street, the bulkhead and existing
bulkhead all to be constructed under
plans to be drawn by the board of pub
lie works.
1t is further provided that the grantee
shall have the right to construct a
bridge across the official bed of the Los
Angeles river on the line described.
which is to be approved by the board
of public works.
1t is further provided that the grantee
shall have the right to remodel and re-
construct such bridge as will enable the
proper operation of the railroad.
Follows Legal Lines
That the railroad herein described
shall at all times be constructed
in accordance with and subject
to the terms of this ordinance.
and that any failure on the part
of e. w. Gilmore to observe or comply
with any of the terms Of this ordinance
shall Immediately constitute forfeit
ure of the rights and privileges hereby
granted, and said city, by it's city coun-
Gil, may thereupon declare said rights
and privileges forfeited and may ex-
clude e. w. Gilmore from further use
of the streets.
The city clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance by a vote
of two-t thirds of all of the members of
the city council and shall cause the
same to be published in the Los An
geles Herald.