Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17

tors in the City of Grants Pass ora
gon' and to operate cars and locomo.
tives other than steam, to generate
and transmit power, and to send and
receive messages by telegraph and
telephone over certain streets a,levs
ana public places in the CITY Of
Grants Pass, Oregon, and to author
ize the construction, installation and
maintenance of equipment and power
houses, stations, and all other things
necessary or convenient for the oner-
a'ion and maintenance thereof, and
10 prescribe and fix the extent, terms
and conditions under which the mar
tlcular streets and alleys of the City
OF Grants Pass may be appropriated
and used for railway purposes and
Tor power, telegraph and telephone
lines by the said John R. Allen, his
heirs and assigns.
The City of Grants Pass ordains as
follows:
Section 1, That tSere be and
hereby is granted to John r. Allen
his heirs and assigns, the franchise
right and privilege to erect, Law
down, relay construct, reconstruct.
purchase, acquire, lease. repair,
maintain, equip, operate, have, hold,
use and enjoy lines of railway and a
system of railways, either single
track or double track, with power to
change from one to the other, with
convenient switches, turn-outs. turn
tables, cross-overs, connections and
wyes, and to run and operate there
on passenger cars and to carry pass
engers.
Also to run and operate thereon
freight, mail, baggage, express and
funeral cars, and to carry freight,
parcels, express packages and United
States mail thereon, subject to the
reasonable regulation of the council
of said city, and to do all acts and
things necessary to the successful
operation of said railways and sys-
tenn of railways within the said City
Of Grants Pass and elsewhere with
out the City of Grants Pass, along
and upon any and all of the streets
of said City Of Grants Pass as now or
hereafter laid out and established,
and within the corporate limits Of
said City of Grants Pass as now
established and as said corporate
limits may hereafter be extended !;
provided that this ordinance shall
become void and Of no effect at the
expiration of one year from the date
OF its passage unless the said John
r. Allen, his heirs and assigns, with
In said time, shall have commenced
the actual construction of said sys-
TEN of railways within said City OF
Grants Pass, and provided further,
that said John r. Allen, his heirs or
assigns, shall within two years from
the date Of passage Of this ordinance
file or cause to be filed with the city
recorder of said City of Grants Pass
map or plat Of said city, upon
which shall be accurately indicated
all streets and portions of streets
and alleys which the said John K
Allen, his heirs and assigns, desire
, and intend to utilize in the construc
, tior Of said railways, and ct the eX
piration of said two years the iran
chise and rights to construct rail
, way hereby granted shall be deemed
to have lapsed as to all portions o
the said streets and alley which arr
not So indicated on the map or plo
so filed. but such lapslng or the Tor
feiture of said franchise as 10 tn'
\ streets or portions OF streets no so IN
y dIcated thereon, shall in no wise al
tect or impair the franchises an
d rights hereby granted as 10 u" u,
streets and portions Of streets wh'cI
are so indicated upon said map 0
n,ot Provided, however, that un
lose said John r. Allen, his heirs 0
i osslrns shall have actually con
e strrcted and have in operation d
II least two miles Of street way o
e ,ho streets Of said city withln Nv
s. voore from the date hereof 'hen q
Ie agbts hereby granted shall be 'ol
4 ,,naa ocd lost nv the said John }
IN Nror HE holrs and assigns. except
le - .,o, straef or streets or poruo
e. y, ..roo,s or streets on which he 'ha
ID ,oro actually constructed and nav
ic to onorotIon such street railway
m .a,1 time. But not more than OF
le ,roo, - ebon he built on any s're'
W loss than sixty feet wide ana q, p,. ..
or ,g5Y ,,,,o5 '', further. that all rights IN an
in 70 all streets hereby granted M. ,,,,, ,Io
er ,oo.o 10 %" and become void at the g.. .'1., ,,
n ton Of seven years from 'u' , a'
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