The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-01

ciated With Mr.. Scott are A. C.
Brokaw,J. G. Fernandez and Others
The State of Texas. County of Cam
eron; Street Car Franchise.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Brownsville:
That franchise is hereby granted
to J. B. Scott and associates, and they
are hereby granted the right and
privilege to construct. maintain and
operate a Street Car System in the
City of Brownsville upon the follow
ing named streets: Upon st. Charles
Street from the Passenger depot of
the st. L. B. & NJ. Railway westward
to the city limits Upon either Wash
ington, Adams or Jefferson Streets
from Fourteenth Street westward to
the city limits Upon either Eleventh,
Thirteenth or Fourteenth Streets,
and upon either Fourth Street or
any one street west of Fourth
Street beween st. Charles Street and
Washington, Adams or Jefferson
Streets for the purpose of connect
Streets, thereby forming a loop
through the City of Brownsville.
Said franchise privilege is hereby
granted upon the following condi-
tions and subject to the following
restrictions:
First. Said car line shall be con-
structed so that it will not prevent
the use of said streets by the public
as a thoroughfare, and that during
the period of construction and laying
of said tracks, said construction shall
be conducted in such a manner that
traffic along, and use by the public
of said streets, viii be obstructed
and interfered with as little as is
consistent with efficient and success
full progress.
Second. The road bed of said
Street Car Line shall at all times be
kept in as good repair as the part of
the street adjacent thereto, and shall
be kept and maintained in the same
manner and of the same character
of material as the remainder of the
street adjacent, at the cost and ex-
pense of the said J. B. Scott and as
.sociates; and said road bed shall con-
sist of all the space between the two
rails of said road. together with a
strip of one foot wide along the out
side and Immediately adjacent to
each side of said track.
Third. The cars of said road may
be used for the transportation of
freight and passengers, and may be
propelled by either electric or gaso-
line motor power.
Fourth. The said J. B. Scott and
associates are hereby granted the
light and privilege to placepoles along
the sides of the streets on which said
road is constructed, and to place cleo
trio wires on the same, providing that
in placing said poles they shall be
placed so as not to obstruct or inter-
fere with the use of either the street
or the sidewalk; but shall be placed
as directed by the Street Committee
OF this Council; and providing fur
Their that no wire which partly or
wholly crosses a street, shall be
placed less than Il feet above the
surface of the street.
Fifth. 1t is provided that active
construction in good faith shall be
commenced on said car line within
four months from date hereof; and
that at least one and one-half miles
of said car line shall be completed so
that cars may be run thereon within
one year from date hereof. And it is
further provided that all streets and
parts of streets affected by this fran
chise. upon which the car line is not
completed so that cars may be
run threOn within two years from
date hereof. shall be realeased from,
and they shall be in no way held,
covered or affected by this franchise
thereafter.
Sixth. That the said J. B. Scott
and associates viii at all times
onform to and abide by all reasonable
ordinances. rules and regulations of
the City of Brownsville, in relation
too the construction, maintainence
and operation of said Street Railway,
and that they will at all times, during
the existence of this franchise, hold
and save the city safe and harmless
from any and all liability or damages
whatsoever. in any manner growing
out of, or in any way connected with,
the grants of this franchise and the
construction, maintainence and oper-
alton of said street railway.
Seventh. This franchise shall be
and remain in full force and effect
for a period of fifty years from date,
unless forfeited as herein provided
for.
Eighth. This franchise shall be
transferable and in the event the said
J. B. Scott and associates transfer
and assign the same, it shall be and
remain in full force, by and with,
such assignee in the same manner as
with the said !. B. Scott and associ-
ates; and it shall be subject to all
the conditions and stipulatiOns in the
hands of such assigness in the same
manner and to the same extent. as
in the hands of the said J. B. Scott
and associates.
Ninth AS a guarantee of good
faith, the said J. B. Scott and asso-
ciates have deposited with the Mer-
chants National Bank of Brownsville,