Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-22
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Notice Of Sale 81 Electric Railway
Franchise

Notice Of Sale of electric Railway
office OF the city Clerk of the City
OF Los Angeles, California, June 21, 1906.
To whom It may concern.
Notice Is hereby given that an appli-
eli Of the city OF Of Los IS Angeles for a
certain franchise, granting the right to
construct and for the period Of twenty
double track electric street railroad upon
certain public streets Of said city here
matter described together with certain
appurtenant and incident rights herein
=. And that II is proposed by said city
council to offer for sale and grant to
the highest bidder said franchise upon
the the Terms s and conditions hereinafter
That said franchise is described as
follows, to wit:
A franchise to construct and for the
period OF twenty-one CID years TO
operate and maintain a double track,
electric street railroad over the route
and In and upon the streets or portions
OF streets In said city described as fol-
lows. to wit.
Commencing at the intersection of
broadway and Seventh street; thence
and crossing Los Angeles River to
Boyle averue; thence southerly along
Boyle avenue to Hollenbeck avenue;
thence easterly along Hollenbeck ave-
nue to the city limits OF said City OF
| Los Angeles.
That the terms and conditions upon
which said franchise will be offered for
sale and granted are the followinE:
That the street railroad constructed
and operated under said franchise shall
m ne used only for the transportation OF
That the tracks to be laid under such
Iranchise shall be four t4( feet, eight
and one half (S1s) inches in width be-
as nearly equidistant from the center
OF the street as possible, and as near
each other as proper regard for safe
franchise his or its successors or as
| signs shall have the right also to lay q
third rail along the tracks constructed
franchise in order to conform to the
| gauge of the tracks of other railways
now existing in the City Of Los Angeles.
.. inc said grantee and his or
use in the construction of said
road the best material, inciud-
l6O) pounds per yard, such as is used
on first-class street railroads, which
rail rail shall be satisfactory to the Board Of
Public Works Of the City OF Los Ar
laid as. to be continuously welded or
otherwise securely fastened together;
and the said grantee and his or it's
successors or assigns, shall at his, It's
or their own expense and cost
pave or macadamize the said
road between the rails, between the
side thereof, with the same material
used by the city and under the same
speciIications and In the same manner
aeed as upon r,,n. the streets over which said
the same, constantly so paved or ma
cadamized and in repair, flush with the
street and provided with suitable
crossings, and shall make the roadbed
conform at all times to the established
grade of the street; provided, however
that where any of the above named
hn 1nJ L.
improved prior to the granting of said
franchise, said roadbed and rails shall
conform to and be flush with the sur
race OF 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 roadbed
and rails shall conform to such official
grade, as aforesaid And provided fur
ther that upon any regarding or other
roadbed and rails shall by said grantee
| or his or it's successors or assigns
be placed upon and made to conform
to said official grade. All repairs and
grades to. be made under the instruc-
| tions. 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
for ten (10) days after service thereof
upon the said grantee or his or it's sue
cessors or assigns or upon the man
ager or agent of said grantee or of his
or its successors or assigns in Los An
geles he the said official. shall enter
or its successors or assigns and
- the work as ordered by the
CITY Council Of the City of Los
lied account of the cost of said work,
which the said grantee and his
or its successors. or assigns. by
agrees to pay immeddiiateiy upon
it's being presented to said grantee or
his or its successors or assigns, or to
such manager or agent stationed in Los
Angeles.
Provided further, that said grantee
and his or it's 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
all curves. aqusducts (, ed turnouts ana
cordance with plans and specifications
approved by. the City Engineer.
Pr9yided further, that said grantee
shall have the right. subject to such
regulations as are now or may here
after be in force, to excayate and re-
move portions of the streets necessary
to properly construct said road, and the
right to erect needful apparatus, boilers.
engines and other appliances TO proper
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
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 of
travel and that said cars shall be at
all times and in all respects as eff
ficiently constructed andSconveniently
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 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.
That the grantee of said franchise