Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-19

An Ordinance Granting a Franchis to the Warren Company to Cor | struet, Maintain and Operate
 Street Railway Along and owe
 Certain streets, Alleys, and Pubii
 Places in the City of 6isbee.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayo
 and the Common Council of the Cit, of Bisbee, as follows:
 Section i
 That consent, permission and au thority be and the same Is hereb, granted unto the Warren Company Hereinafter called the Company, { | corporation, duly organized and exist ing under the laws of the Territory O 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 ths granting of this franchise, an electric railway. with all necessary turnouts and switches for the carriage of pas l sengers, packages and parcels along l over and upon the following streets alleys and public places in the City of Bisbee, Cochise County, Territory of Arizona, to-wit:
 Beginning at the point where the easterly corporate limits of Bisbee lntersects the center line of Nacc Road. thence along the said Nacc Road in westerly direction to the iii tersection of O. K. Street, thence con tinuing along said Naco Road or Rail road Avenue to the intersection oi 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 easterIy corporate limits of the City of Bisbee over Naco Road Railroad Avenue and over the Sub. way or Main Street and up such 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- cil may direct shall put the space be- tween the tracks and twenty-four (24) inches on the outside of each of it's rails and ali the space between rne double tracks, turnouts and switches in as good condition as the rest of said roads and streets and may use the same or better materisl to grade, pave or macadamize the said spaces, than IS used for the same purpose on the said roads and streets on either siue of said rails by the City of Bisbee, and shall keep the same constantly fn 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- tion 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 of the railway, within the corporate lim- its of the City, shall commence within three (3) months after the granting of the franchise therefor, and to be prosecuted continuously thereafter, and shall, except as hereinafter pro- xriHn1 ha operation within four (4) months after the commencement of said work to the intersection of Railroad Ave nue and Brewery Avenue, but the said Company shall have an extension of time for the completion of the work embraced herein equal to any delays caused by the act or negligence of the City, strikes, the act of God, or any delays not caused by the act or negligence of the Company.
 And it is further provided that the said Company shall complete a line Of electric railway to the corporate boundaries of the City of Bisbee up Tombstone Canyon within nine (9l months after the City shall provide street at least forty (40l feet wide from a point near the old flood gate HI lsAC OAlg UL IDlSbCS lO limits up Tombstone Canyon, with no grade exceeding seven @ per cent. That when said street is completed to the western boundaries Of the City of Bisbee with proper retaining walls and culverts sufficient to carry the electric line and travel of the public, then the said Warren Company shall pay to the City of Bisbee the sum of nine thousand dollars (s9, 900. .000).
 section 3.
 The laying of said track and all switches or turnouts shall conform in all cases, where the grade of any of said streets has been established, to said grade, and in all other cases as near to the natural grade of said streets as practicable, and when at any time any part of the route shall be graded or the grade thereof changed or altered by the City Coun- cil, the bed of the road, and the tracks thereof shall be made to con form herewith.
 section I.
 That the City of Bisbee reserves the right to grade, sewer, pave, mac adamiZe or otherwise improve, alter or repair the said road and streets: such work to be done so as to inter- fere as little as possible with the op- eration and maintenance of said rail way and it's appurtenances.
 Section s.
 That the franchise shall include the right to erect and maintain all trolley and all other wires for purposes sole .-f