The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-25
ORDINANCE NO.11e.
Concluded from Thisd Page.)

the said street railway track; and fol
| the use and operation Of the sale
Tracks, the said Traction compan,
shall erect iron poles with iron arms
extending to the center line OF thu
1.-TWO tracks, which shall be sufficiently
high and strong to well support. a
| ali points and times, the tr0lle,
! wires fully sixteen (16) feet above
the tracks and the grade Of the ave
nue.; and the said second or easi
track shall he held In trus by the
said Traction company for the use
and benefit first, of the Southern Hi
nois lnterurban company, its success
sors and assigns, provided it or they
elect to pay for the construction OF
said track and the improvements
connected Herewith and take ant
use said track within the time which
shall be fixed by the city council Of
the said city Of Cairo and, second,
for the said city of Cairo and such
other Interurban company as may,
under an ordinance of the city, 'lln-
dertake to construct, maintain and
Iorerate an in,erurban road from
some point in the city of Cairo as far
south as Fourth street, to Mound
City, Mounds and Villa Ridge. y
-. Section 5. The said second Track,
thar is, the one on the east side of the
center line Of the said avenue, the
construction Of which is provided for
in the last preceding section hereof,
may be maintained used and opel-
ated by the said Traction company
until the said Southern Illinois Inter
urban company, its successors ard
assigns, shall elect to take and shall
pay for, take and use the said track
within the time and upon the
terms hereinafter specified, and In
case the said last named company
and its successors and assigns, fail
TO So elect to pay for, take and use
the said track, then until the said
city of Cairo shall desire within the
life time of the Franchise heren
granted, to turn it over to such other
interurban company as will under
take as aforesaid to construct, main
tain and operate an interurban track
or road from some point in the city
OF Cairo, as far south as said Fourth
street, to Mound City, Mounds and
Villa Ridge; and when the said Trac-
tion company shall be notified in
Writing by the Mayor of the city Of
Cairo and by the president of the
to which the lnterurban
grant may have been made by the
city, 1t, the said Traction company,
shall turn over TO said Interurban
company, its successors or assigns,
said street railway track on the east
side of the said center line Of the
said avenue, from said Sixth street to
said Twentieth street; and the two
shall at once arrange to
use and operate the said two tracks
Jointly and in such a way that all the
cars Of both companies, going north,
shall run on one track and all going
south shall run on the other track
The companies operating said two
tracks on said Washington avenue be-
tween Sixth and Twentieth streets
shall bear the reasonable cost Of the
motive power used in operating said
tracks in the proportion to the mum
hen OF cars which said companies
operate on said tracks respectively;
provided, that either OF said com
panies shall have the right TO oper-
ate all Of its cars over each of said
tracks by means of its own motive
power; and said Traction company
and the said city of Cairo shall exc
cute and deliver to such other com
pany, its Successors or assigns, such
releases or accomplishments or other
papers as may seem necessary or
proper to vest in the said Interurban
company, its successors or assigns,
full and complete right and title to
said east track for lis uses and pur-
poses as an Interurban company; but
as a condition to the turning over OF
Tho; said east track to an Internrban
and the execution of such |
papers to IT,. the Traction company,
It's successors or assigns. shall be
paid such sum of money as may be
,cnnd to have been the actual cost
incurred by il in the construction of
the said second or east track and
lEpendages (as per sworn itemized
and one-half the cost of
he paving done in connection will |
he building Of the said two tracks as
provided in this ordinance; ana in
ease of disagreement about that or
any other matter between the two
each shall choose one ar
" trator Hndp the two chosen shall
choose a third arbitrator. and to the
.hree shall be submittedi't matters
If dispute ID coatrovers w andathe del
cisions in writing OF any two OF thems |
wihiicopies delivered TO the comp !
aniesI HshallN be obligatory upon botiiI
but should the said Trac-
lion company decline to arbitrate or
he arbitration. for any reason on the
part of the Traction company. fail, or
should it unnecessarily or without
cause delay the transfer
or the turning over and delivery of |
the possession Of the said track to |
said Iufprurhan comnauy jfs succor-