The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
ORDINANCE NO. 80.
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO

OPERATE MOTOR RAILWAY LINES.
TOGETHER WITH ALL TURN-OUTS,
SIDE TRACKS. POLES, WIRES
AND OTHER NECESSARY APPL1-
ANCEs IN CONNECTION THERE
WITH. in AND OVER THE STREETS
AND AVENUES OF THE CITY OF
VIRGINIA, IN TILE COUNTY OF ST.
LOUIS AND STATE OF MINNESOTA.
The City Council Of the City of Vir-
ginia do ordain as follows:
Section There is hereby granted to
E. NJ. AND w. NJ. PRINDLE.
hereinafter called the grantees, their
successors and assigns, the authority,
right and privilege to build, equip, main
tain and operate motor railway lines,
with single or double tracks, together
with all necessary side tracks, turn
outs, switches, poles, wires, conduits
and appliances in connection Herewith,
in, over and along the streets and
avenues Of the City of Virginia and the
County of st. Louis and State of Min
nesota.
Provided that said grantees, their sue
cessors and assigns, shall construct and
put in operation a line of railway extend
ing in and along Larch street, west on
Larch street to Central avenue, north on
Central avenue to the corner of Chestnut
street and Central avenue and from the
corner of Central avenue and Chestnut
street to Railroad avenue, then one block
west on Chestnut street, to the corner of
Mesaba avenue and Chestnut street. and
south from this point on Mesaba avenue to
will fl,o Of no
pany, their successors and assigns, on
Larch street, also north from the corner of
Central avenue and Chestnut street to the
northern portion of the city so as to include
passenger service under this Ordinance to
the cemetery.
Provided, However, that after five
years the City Council reserves the
right to designate what street, streets
or avenues shall be used by said
grantees, their successors and assigns,
other than those then in use.
Provided, that said grantees, their
successors or assigns, may use any
and all roads or roadways not designat-
ed as streets or avenues in the City.
Provided that where said grantees,
their successors or assigns, shall use
for railway purposes only, any such
road or roadways, that said grantees,
their successors or assigns. shall build
only on one. side Of the roadway and
not within twenty (20) feet of the CEN
ter Of said roadway.
The City council may at any time,
by notice in writing to said motor
railway company, demand the con-
structlon Of any new lines within the
City limits upon any street or streets
in use as public highways, and in rea-
sonably good condition for the con-
struction, maintenance and operation
OF a motor railway line; and said rail-
way company shall thereupon be obli-
gated within twelve months after re-
ceipt of said notice to construct and
have in operation the line so demanded
provided, that such shall be fully and
particularly designated terminous and
route, that terminous shall be in con-
nection with a line of railway of said
company already built, and that along
the proposed route there shall be actual
| bona-fide residents, at the time Of said
notice, and on an average for each hall
| mile OF the line SO demanded, a popu-
| latlon within quarter of a mile on
both sides of said proposed line. and
not within one-eighth Of a mile Of a
line already in operation, Of at least
eight hundred persons above the age
Oh five years. And such line, after
being constructed and put in operation
shall be maintained and operated by
SAID railway company. Provided, nc
line shall be ordered upon any street
running parallel to a street upon
which line already exists where the
same is nearer than eight blocks tc
such existing line.
! Section 2. The aforesaid grant is for
period Of twenty-five (25) years from
! the date when this ordinance shall
/ have been passed and accepted as here
in provided.
Section 8. The cars to be used upon
the tracks of the said grantees, their
successors and assigns, may be pro-
PEELED by electricity, gasoline motors
or such other motive power as the
said grantees, their successors and as.
signs shall deem best; except steam
engines now used by commercial rail-
ways, so-called, and animal power, and
tie said grantees. their successors and
assigns may connect any of their lines
OF motor ra--way built hereunder, wit:
| any other lines of railway upon which
| similar power is used. The said lines
herein authorized shall be used only
1or the transportation Of passengers
and ordinary baggage and for the car
| rylng of United States mail, express
matter Or parcels, and freight, such as
is ordinarily carried by electric rail-
way lines, or lines run with gasoline
motors as the motive power; PROVID-
ED HOWEVER, That the said grantees
taelr successors and assigns, shall at
all umes have the right to use their
tracks Tor the transportation of iron
steel, ties, fuel and other material used
| IN constructing, maintaining and oper.
ating the said lines of railway, as well
as Tor carrying out any contract OF
engagement that they may hereafter
enter into with the said City Of Vir-
GINA, but the said grantees, their
successors and assigns, in so using and
operating their lines Of railway, shall
not unnecessarily obstruct any Of the
streets upon which they may have their
lines, and in case the said city shall
grant TO any other company or person
hereafter the right to lay tracks in
any street or avenue, intersecting the
streets or avenues in which the tracks
OF the said grantees, their successors
and assigns shall have been laid, the
said grantees herein and their success
sors and assigns, shall permit said
other person or company to cross their
tracks In such streets or avenues.
Section 4. The cars used upon said
tracks shall be of the style and class
generally used or electric railway
llnes' or railroads using gasoline mo-