The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-25

proved September 10, 1904, making D
street railway grant by the said city
OF Cairo 70 the said Traction com
pany and tile said Traction company
as to the track or tracks herein pro
| vided for shall have all the rights
and privileges and be subject to an
lshc duties and obligations In the. said
last named ordinance contained 81
| far as It's terms or provisions may
not in ahywise be changed, annull5 Il
or modified by the provisions of tlpi;
OF dinance; but section eight go OF
said ordinance No 2, approved April
| 19 1904, Is hereby SO amended as 10
require the said Traction COMPANY
its Successors or assigns, to carry all
children between five and Twelve
years and all school children. going
to and from school, for half fare and
to carry free Of charge alp children
under five years OF age, when accom-
panied by some person paying fare.
and also all city policemen when On
active duty and all city firemen when
on duty and when going to and
from their meals to and from their
respective stations and going TO and
from fires for which alarms have
been given and one or more of the
Fire stations have been called,
Section 7. Whenever the CITY Of
Cairo shall desire to pave or otner.
wise improve Sycamore street from
Ehifty-fourth street to the crossing
Of the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago
& st. Louis Railway companF%or to
the Subway or TO the city limits, he
said Traction company shall arrange
for the removal OF its present track
on the westerly side of said Syca
more street over eastward so that the
center line of its track shall be six.
90 feet west of the center line of
said Sycamore street from Thirty
fourth street to the city limits. and
the said company shall pave aand
otherwise improve strip Of the said
street of the width OF nine and one
half t912) feet measuring westward
from the center line of he said Syca-
more street in compliance with the
of the ordinance which the
said city may adopt for the improve.
ment Of the said Sycamore treet.
And the said Cairo Electric and
Fraction company shall furnish, oper.
ate and maintain free of charge to the
city during the life of this franchise.
not less than ten sixteen candle
power fncandescent electric lights to
tie placed in said subway and the
arch over said Sycamore street in
such way as may be directed by
the committee on stress.
Section S. Tine rights and pr.vil
eyes herein granted and the obligaY
lions and duties herein imposed shall
continue for the term ard, period. aet.,
twenty 900 years from the date of
the approval of this ordinance, sub
iect, however. TO the said rights of
the said Southern Illinois Interurban
its successors and assigns
and the said city Of Cairo in and to
said easterly rack on said Washing
ton avenue between said Sixth street
and Twentieth street.
And in case II should lay It's tracks,
uron any unimproved street before
the same shall have been ordered to
be paved it shall be required TO pave
all such streets and avenues .betYeep
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Section .. The rights and priyil-
eyes herein granted ~ the said Tssc-
ton company and the duties and qhli
cations herein, imposed upon II shall
extend 10 and be binding upon IT'S
and assigns.
Section 10. The said Cairo Electric
& Traction company shall have thirty
t30) DAYS from the date Of the ap
proval of this ordinance with which
to accept the same in writing and
four (4) months from the date there
Of are hereby allowed within which
said tracks shall be constructed and
and made ready for opera
ion otherwise the said Traction
shall forfeit all of its rights
and privileges under. this ordnance
and time is hereby made of the
essence of this contract.
Section II. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after the date of its approval
Adopted March 22, A. d. 1907.
Approved March %. A. d. 1907
GEORGE PARSONS.
Mayor.
Attest: ROBERT A. HATCHER
City Clerk
Published in The Cairo Bulletin,