The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

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streets and avenues shall conform to
the established grade of the streets,
and in case no such grade is estnb.
llshed, then such tracks and rails shall
De laid SO as to conform to the grade
OF the street as it is used, as nearly
as may 'be, except that before laying
said tracks the grantees, their success
sors and assigns, may notify the said
city OF their desire SO to do, and the
said city shall thereupon, upon the re-
quest of the said grantees, their sue
cessors and assigns, cause grade to
be established on such streets and ava
nues, and the said grantees, their sue
cessors and assign may. at their own
expense, do whatever filling or make
whatever cuts are necessary to bring
such street or avenue to such grade
before placing their tracks thereon;
and whenever the City of Virginia
shall change the grade of any such
street or streets or avenues, or any
portion thereof, said grantees, their
successors and assigns, shall at their
own cost and expense raise or lower
their rails, so that the surface or top
of the rails shall conform to such
change or established grade of said
streets, and the said tracks shall at
all times be kept by the said grantees.
their successors and assigns, in such
condition that vehicles, horses and
passengers may cross the same con-
veniently.
The said grantees, their successors
and assigns, shall be required to keep
the surface of the streets or highways
in the space between their rails and
eighteen QS) inches outside of their
tracks in good order and repairs
The said City of Virginia shall have
the right to lay any Of its fire appar-
atus or hose over, along or across any
of the tracks Of the said grantees,
their successors and assigns, in the
said city, while the fire department OF
the said city is actually engaged in
extinguishing fires.
The said grantees, their successors
and assigns, shall repair any and all
damage done to the streets, avenues
paVements, curbs, sidewalks, crossings
cutters and other public property
caused by the construction and oper-
alton of said railway lines, and shall
save and keep harmless the said City
of Virginia, from any and all damages
done by virtue of the exercise of the
rights and privileges herein granted
and in case the said grantees, their
refuse SO to DO, then the city may
make such repairs at the cost of the
| SAID grantees, their successors and as.
signs.
The said grantees, their successors
! and assigns, shall not deposit any
| snow, which may be removed by them
from their tracks, along any street
avenue or alley of the City of Vir.
ginia, so as to impede or interfere with
the use of the same by the public ir
driving along or across any of sale
Streets avenues or alleys, or so as t.
interfere with the use of any cross.
walks by pedestrians; and the sale
grantees, their successors and assigns
snail be required, if necessary, to re.
move the snow, which shall be re-
moved by them from any of thei1
tracks, upon any public street or ave
nue. in said city and entirely off from
and deposit the same at some place
or places other than upon any street
avenue Or alley in said city.
II any of the tracks of said railwa,
shall be laid upon any street OF
streets in the City of Virginia which
have heretofore been paved, then ant
in that case such tracks shall be laii
so as to do as little damage as DOS.
slble to such paving, and the sait
| grantees, their successors and assign:
shall at their own cost and expens,
replace all such paving which shall
have been disturbed in the laying O.
such tracks with material Of the sam,
klnd and quality as that which tn,
original paving was done and shall la,
the same in good Workmanlike man
ner, SO as to leave the pavement O,
sald streets in as good condition as +
was prior to the laying of said tracks
And II the City of Virginia shall nave
any street over which said grantees
lhelr successors and assigns, lay thei1
tracks and which was not paved a
the time of laying such tracks thu
said grantees, their successors and as
signs, shall at the same time a:
such paving shall be done by said city
ana at their own cost and expenst
pave between their rails and as far a:
the end Of the ties on the outside O.
said rails over said street, said nav
ing being of the same material a!
mat used by the City of Virginia ant
laid in the same manner.
| section 6. The cars of said com.
pany shall be entitled to the tracks
and in all cases where any team OF
vehicle shall meet or be overtaken b,
any car on any Of the company:
tracks, such team or vehicle shall give
way to such car; nor shall any person
other than officials of the city fire de.
partment in the discharge Of thei1
duties, willfully obstruct, hinder or in.
tertere with any of said railway cars
by placing, driving or stopping, OF
causing to be placed or driven at 9
SLOW pace, or stop any team, vehicle
or other obstacle, in, upon, across O,
along, or near any Of the tracks OF
the company, after being notified BY
the driver or conductor by the ring.
ing of the car bell. or otherwise; mol
snail any person in any way modest OF
interfere with any officer or employee
OF SAID company. engaged in the law.
1ul discharge of his duty; and who
ever shall willfully violate any of the
provisions of this section, shall, upon
conviction thereof, before the NUM-
clpal court of said city, be punished
by fine of not more than fifty, nor
less than five dollars, and costs OF
prosecution, and may be imprisoned
until such fine and costs are paid, not
| exceeding thirty days.
Section 7. 1t shall be the duty OF
the said grantees, their successors and