Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-06
ORDINANCE NO.

An Ordinance Granting Franchise
 to the Warren company to con
 struct, Maintain and Operate a
 Street Railway Along and Over
 Certain Streets, Alleys, and public
 Places in the City of Bisbee.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and the Common Council of the City of Bisbee, as follows:
 Section i
 That consent, permission and au thority be and the same is hereby granted unto the Warren Company, hereinafter called the Company, corporation, duly organized and exist ing under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and to It's successors or as- signs, to construct, maintain and oper- ate for the period of twenty-five (25) years from and after the date of the granting of this franchise, an electric railway, with all necessary turnouts and switches for the carriage of pas sengers, packages and parcels along, over and upon the following streets, alleys and public places in the City of Bisbee, Cochise County, Territory of Arizona, tU-wit:
 Beginning at the point where the easterly corporate limits of Bisbee intersects the center line of Naco Road. thence along the said Naco Road in westerly direction to the in- tersection of o. K. Street, thence con tinuing along said Naco Road or Rail road Avenue to the intersection of Brewery Avenue, thence along Brew cry Avenue to the intersection of the Subway, thence along said Subway to the flood gate in Upper Main Street
 It being the intention of this fran chise that the right of way shall be from the easterly corporate limits of the City of Bisbee over Naco Road, Railroad Avenue and over the Sub way or Main street ana up sacf street as may be provided by the City Council to the Westerly corpor- ate limits of the City of Bisbee.
 section 2.
 The permission, authority and priv ilege hereby granted is upon the ex- press condition that the cars upon said railway shall be propelled by electricity, except that in the event of a breakdown to machinery or con nections, when any power may be used until such time as repairs there to can be made.
 That the said grantee, it's sue cessors and assigns, when the coun- ell may direct shall put the space be- tween the tracks and twenty-four (24) inches on the outside of each of its rails and all the space between lne double tracks, turnouts and switches in as good condition as the rest of said roads and streets and may use the same or better material to grade, pave or macadamize the said spaces, than Is used for the same purpose on the said roads and streets on either slQe of said rails by the City of Bisbee, and shall keep the same constantly in re- pair, flush with the road, or streets and in such manner that carriages and other vehicles may easily and freely cross the same at all points and in all directions without obstruc- ton and shall also participate in a permanent concrete structure for the subway to the extent necessary to strengthen said subway to carry it's cars, over and above such construc- ton as is necessary for teams and wagons, the extra expense of such strengthening to be estimated by the City Engineer, and paid to the City upon completion of the permanent structure.
 That work on the construction oi the railway, within the corporate linn it's of the City, shall commence within three (3) months after the granting of the franchise therefor, and to bt prosecuted continuously thereafter and shall, except as hereinafter pro vided, be wholly completed and 1T operation within four (4) month. after the commencement of said wori to the intersection of Railroad Ave nue and Brewery Avenue, but the sait Company shall have an extension 0 | time for the completion of the worl embraced herein equal to any delay caused by the act or negligence o the City, strikes, the act of God, O
 any delays not caused by the act O negligence of the Company.
 And it is further provided that tn said Company shall complete line 0 electric railway to the corporat
 boundaries of the City of Bisbee II Tombstone Canyon within nine @ months after the City shall provide
 street at least forty (40) feet wid
 from a point near the old flood gat in the City of Bisbee to the corporal limits up Tombstone Canyon, with n grade exceeding seven CD per cen
 That when raid street Is complete q to the western boundaries of the Cit
 of Bisbee with proper retaining wal and eulyerts sufficient to carry th electric line and fraveiof the pubE then the said Warren Company sha 1 pay to the City of Bisbee the sum [ nine thousand dollars (se. .900. 0.000). section 8.
 The laying of said track and g switches or turnouts shall conform all cases, where the grade of any said streets has been established. said grade. and in all other cases near to the natural grade of sa streets as practicable. and when any time any part of the route shi he graded or the grade there ' toHaruoS or o1fo~<A lv tho cylt<Iz Cr,l