The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-02-18

railway or Dy the use OF the motive power
thereon or by reason of any negligence
carelessness or omission of said grantees,
their successors or sssigns. or of their
official agents or servants, and said gran
tees their successors or assigns shall be
liable to said village of Paw Paw for all
costs or damages suffered by or recovered
against said village in consequence of any
act, neglect or default of said grantees,
their successors or assigns, or from any
breech of duty of said grantees their sue
cessors or assigns, or from any breech OF
duty of their officers. agents or employees.
SEC Io-Said grantees. their success
ors or assigns shall securely and firmly set
the poles used by said railway at such
derth in the ground as to make the sup
port substantial and adequate, and cross
wires tor the support of the trolley wires
shall be attached to said poles at such
height as to maintain said trolley wire not
less than eighteen feet above the surface
of the street. all such poles and fixtures
of said railway when completed shall be
maintained by said grantees, their sue
cessors or assignes at all times in good
order and repair: provided that no poles
with brackets for the support of trolley
wires shall be used within the village
limits.
Z SEC. 1.-THE village council Of said
village hereby reserves the right to
amend this ordnance and to make such
other and further reasonable rules and
regulations as may from time to time be
deemed necessary and appropriate and
for the interest of said village.
SEC I2-Wherever gas, water or sewer
pipes have been or may hereafter be laid
in any street or highway of said village of
Paw Paw to be occupied by said grantees
their SUCCESSORS or assigns. said rail-
way must be maintained and operated
subject to the rights of said village TO take
up, repair. remove or renew such gas
water or sewer pipes without being liable
to said grantees, their successors or as
signs, for any damage whatever on account
thereof, provided however that such TAX
ing uprepairing. removing or renewing of
such gas, water or sewer pipes shall be
done at the expense of the owner or
owners thereof and in such manner as
to not unnecessarily damage or injure said
railway and to not interfere with the OPP
Grafton thereof
SEC. l3-rhe said village of Paw Paw
hereby reserves to itself the right to
hereafter lay down, repair, remove, or
renew or permit the same to be done in
said streets, gas pipes, water pipes, sew
ers and conduits, whenever the public
convenience may require. Provided
however, that in the case 1t shall be-
come necessary to excavate under the
tracks of said railway, such excavation
shall be done with the least possible
delay, and sufficient supports shall be
provided to support the track of said
railway, while such excavation is being
made, and the street or pavement shall
be restored to its former condition as
speedily as possible, provided when sew
er pipe or water pipes shall run longi
tudinally underneath the tracks, said
village shall not be obliged to support
said tracks, but may cause the suspen-
sion of the running of cars on that par
ticular portion of track, but only for
such time as may be necessary to CON-
plete and refill the excavation.
SEC l4-The. motor cars and carriages
of said railway shall be provided with
guards or devices for protection against
accident.
SEC l5-The officials OF the fire de-
partment of said village shall have the
right to cut temporarily any wire or
wires OF said grantees, their successors
or assign, whenever deemed necessary
for the protection of the interests of the
village, or the inhabitants thereof, dur
ing the prevalence of fire.
SEC l6-Whenever any interurban or
other electric railway or any company
using any motor power approved by the
said village council, shall desire en-
trance into said village of Paw Paw, the
said grantees, their successors or as
signs shall be required and 10 accepting
the privileges conferred by this ord-
nance agrees when so directed by said
village council, and within such time
as shall be prescribed by said vii
lage council, to permit the cars of
such railway to enter and pass through
said village upon and over the tracks of
said grantees their successors and as
signs, on fair, just and equitable traf-
fic agreement, to be made and entered
into between said railway companies il
possible and il they are unable to agree
thereto, then each company shall imme-
Qldlely SeltCL al ltupdTtidl ART ttTdlOr
and the two persons so selected shall
within ten days thereafter select
third impartial person who shall be
skilled 10 street railway business and to
such arbitrator the matter shall be
promptly submitted by the said com
panies, and decided within two weeks,
and the decision when rendered shall be
final and binding upon the said compa-
MES.
Within ten days after the announce
ment of the decision, the said grantees
their successors or assigns or any COM
pany operating said road by, through or
under them, shall begin in good faith to
comply there With and continue without
unnecessary delay until they or it have
fully complied Herewith, and if said
arbitrator shall not be appointed, or il
the said grantees their successors or as
signs shall fail to comply with such de-
cision, the village council nay declare
this ordinance and all privileges granted
thereby, forfeited; or in its discretion