The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02

To permit the Birmingham Railway,
 Light and Power company to make
 certain connections with It's tracks
 on certain streets and avenues in
 the city of Birmingham, Ala.
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of Birmingham that the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company shall (having, as set forth in section 1 of ordinance No. IA, adopted April f. 1906, and in section l of or dinance Mo- 42 adopted September 5, 1906, paid Ill 1000 for the following and other grants, and the further consid- eration of s now paid), have the right to law single or double tracks, to maintain the same and to operate it's street railway lines along the follow ing streets and avenues in the city of Birmingham, to-wit:
 On Avenue c from Twenty eighth street to Twenty-second street.
 On Twenty third street from Avenue c to Avenue FA
 On Eighteenth street from Avenue B to Avenue H.
 On Avenue H from Eighteenth street to Fifteenth street.
 On Thirteenth avenue, north from Twelfth street to Seventeenth street.
 On Eleventh avenue, north, from Nineteenth street to Sixteenth street
 H. Eleventh avenue to Fourteenth avenue.
 Also a route approximately as fol- lows, the exact streets and avenues to be hereafter selected and agreed on by and between this council and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, to-wit: From Nine- teenth street along Huntsville avenue to Twelfth avenue; out Twelfth ave- nue to Twenty first street; out Twenty A-ut e,fr utrn 1nr,e Reservoir street to Short street.; out Short street to Water street; thence out Water steret to Fifteenth avenue; out Fifteenth avenue to Thirty y-second street.
 Sec. 9. Be it further ordained that the rights granted in section l of this ordinance be and the same are sub- ject to the terms and conditions of the contract now existing between the Mayor and aldermen of Birmin gham and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, which said con- tract was entered into on the goth day of September, 1900; provided. how ever, that said rights shall under no circumstances be construed as en- during more than thirty (30) years from the date of this ordinance.
 Provided further that the said Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company shall complete the construc- ton on the streets and avenues specb- fled within one CD year, and shall operate and maintain regular sch sdule over said lines when com pleted, and upon failure to so com plete the work within the time speci- fed or to operate said lines within one CD year all the rights of said company in and to that portion of the franchise herein granted which Is not so completed or over which cars are not being operated shall cease, and it shall remove its tracks from the streets and sahll put them nike good condition as the remainder of said streets and avenues upon being so or dered by resolution of the City Coun- ell of Birmingham
 Provided further that if said Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company, It's successors or assigns, shall fail to operate. for period of one year, a regular schedule over said tracks or any part thereof, all rights in and to such unusued portion shall cease and 1t shall remove its tracks therefrom and restore the surface of the street or streets to like good con- dition as the remaining portion of said street or streets upon being so ordered by the City Council of Birmingham.
 Adopted July 21, 1909.
 H. E. SHROPSHIRE, JR., City Clerk.
 Approved July 22, 1909.
 FRANK P. O'BRIEN, Mayor. ARe-Herald. August 2. 1909.