The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-02-11

ing fifteen miles per hour within the corporate
limits OF the City OF Owossv, the rate OF sOeed
TO be regu ated from time ~ time by the Com
mon Council OF the City OF Owosso. = I'D cars
snail az all times be first class and shall at all
times be kept comfortably warm. All street
Intersections with said street railway shall
be planked or paved by said grantee Ii
at any time the city shall alIer the grade OF
any OF It's streets or any portion thereof upon
which the tracks of salt grantee are laid, said
grantee its successors and assigns shall at It's
own expense relav its said tracks or such por-
tons thereof AS shall be necessary TO make the
same conform to laid newly established grade
wiIhouC expense TO said City OF OwossO. All
tracks laid by said gr ntee within said City OF
Owosso upon any OF the above named streets
shall be at the expense OF said grantee It's
successors ard assigns filled with gravel be
tween the rails ana eighteen inches out side Of
the same. In case said city OF Owosso shall at
any time pave or repave my portion or
portions OF the streets above named and
successors and assigns, shall, at It's own ex.
pense' pave or repavr such porto OF said
streets as lie between its tracks and eighteen
inches outside OF the same said paving 10 be
In accordance with the specifications prepared
by said city nd to be KEEP in re pair at the ex
pense OF said grantee, It's successors and as
signs.
Section g. Whenever II may become naces
sary In the construction and repair OF said rail
way or any OF It's appurtenances to alter or
I'M erfeTe with any municipal wiring the same
shall be repaired at the expense OF said gran
tee, It's successors and assigns No cars shall
be allowed to stop on crosswalks nor In front
OF any intersecting streets, except to avoid
collision or prevent danger 10 persons In the
streets; cars shall be stopped so that the rear
platform extends slightly over the crossing
Said grantee, It's successors and as zig IS sha |
by means OF careful bond ng and other ap
proved means provide against electroysis OF
water pipes and other pipes laid beneath the
surface OF the street. ard II damage is done to
water pipes or other pipes belonging 10 the
city, by eectrolysts. by reason OF Improper bond
ing. or other negligence on the part of said
grantee. his servants or employees, the ex
pense OF repairing said damage shall te borne
by said grantee, its successors and assigns
None but careful. sober and prudent men shall
be employed In charge OF the cars OF said gran
tee within said city; and they shall use all
reasona ole precaution TO prevent injury to
teams carriages and pedestrians.
Section 2. The City OF Owosso reserves the
right TO grant unto any electric line that may
be hereafter constructed In said city, permits.
sion and authority to cross any of the tracks Of
said grantee. Said city further reserves the
right to enact by It's Common Council such
other al d further rules, orders and require.
ments as may from time to time be deemed
NJ cessary 10 protect the interests, SAFETY
welfare and accommodation OF the public in
relation 10 said railway. not inconsistent with
the provisions OF this ordinance. Said city
further reserves the righG TO require from
time TO time said grantee, its successors and
assigns, to use such fixtures, appliances upon
its said railway and cars as may be deemed
necessary for public safety In the operation OF
said railway.
Section 8. In case any bridge or bridges over
the Shiawassee river on any street or streets
OCCUPIED Dy the railway OF said grantee and
over which IL shall run cars, shall require i'm
provements or strengthening in order to rem.
der the same safe and suitable for such
use, the expense thereof shall be borne by said
grantee, It's successors and assigns. but all
other repairs TO bridges except r.planking,
shall be borne equally by said grantee and said
ci,y, ana In case such bridges from any cause
require rebuilding or replacing. the expense
ana cost thereof shall be borne equally by said
grantee ana said city. In case of the replank-
ing, paving or repaving of any Of said bridges,
said grantee, It's successors and assigns, shall
bear the expense OF said replankiDg paving or
repaving between the rails OF It's tracks and
eighteen inches outside thereof.
The character and kind OF such repairs and
the time when the same shall be necessary,
and all matters pertaining to such rebuilding
AID replacing OF such bridges, the kind, cost
and the work thereof shall De entirely within
the determination and control of said city.
Section 8. Said grantee shall have full
power and authority to maintain order on any
Of us Cars operated In the City OF Ow0sso.
Any intoxicated person, a.y person using in
decent, ooscene or profane language any
person enga Ing In any fight or brawl on any OF
The cars OF said grantee, It's successors or rs
signs, shall be deemed guilty OF disorderly con.
duct and sh Ill upon convic ion be punished by
hne not exceeding one hundred dollars or
by imprisonmt mt 10 he county jail not exceed.
ing ninety days or by both such fine ana i'm
prisonment IN the discretion OF The court.
Section 10. Cars OF said gran tee shall be en-
titled TO the free and uninterrupted right OF the
tracks OF the said grantee, and whenever
teams or vehicles shall meet or overtake hem,
SAID team or vehicles shall give way, upon no t.
Ice 10 40 so, from the conductor or motorman
of the car OF sail grantee by ringing gong on
the car nor shall any person unlawiully or
mahciously obsLruct, hinder or in any way in.
terfere with any OF the cars OF the said gran
tee. by placing driving, stopping or causing TO
be driven St slow pace. team. vehicle or
lhaF hot Inn
such track OF said grantee, aud any person vio-
lating any OF the provisions OF this ordinance
shall, upon conviction be tined in q sum not
exceeding. twenty -hve dollars, together with
the costs Of prosecution for each and every
OfIense, and IN the default OF the payment
thereof. such convicted offender shall be I'M
prisoned IN the county jail for period of tim 9
not exceeding thirty days, however, that the
ci,y nre department and funeral professions
shall have the right OF way ut all times, pro.
vldsd also that whenever City Council snail
grant a permit to allow buildings to be moved
across the tracks Of said grantee, that said
grantee Will. AZ It's own expen q and under his
own management, cut the necessary wires, and
allow such buildings to cross said tracks, and
will at Its own expense repair anu replace such
wires 80 cut, such buildings to be moved with
all possible rapidity anu with as little delay
and Inconvenience to SAID grantee as Is posi- j.
BILE.
Section IL. III said grantee, its SUCCESSORS
and assigns, shall fail TO perform or fulfill any
OF the covenants herein contained, then after
tixty days notice, SAID netce to be In writing
and given by said City of Owosso unto said
grantee, It's successors and assigns, ano to con
tain clear and definite statement of the fail
ure or neglect complained OF, the rights, privi-
legeS, interests, commission and authority
hereby and herein granted shall theDceiorth
cease and De forfeited, unless said grantee, its
successors and assigns, shall within the said
Sixty days mentioned ABOVE comply with this
ordinance In the particulars mentioned In sad
notice.
Section II. BY the acceptance of this fran.
ch1se, the said grantee, its successors and as
signs. covenant ana agree to identify and save
harmless the City OF OwossO from all losses
and expense To which 1t may be subjected from
suffered by said city by reason Of the eonstruc
tlon and oper tipr Of said railway, or by the
use OF motive powtr thereon. or by reason VI
the negligence, csrelessnesS or o Gissiun Of
SAID grantee, It's succer sOf Nh 1Rns or OF its
or their officers, agen,s. Servants, or EN-.
ployees, and the saIu grantee, It's successors
and ass gns, shall be Il .Jo tu the City VI
Owosro Tor all costs and uam ages suffered or
recovered against IL IN cOUseq ience OF on act,
neglect or default =, said tHn ee It's sue Less.
Ors ana assigns, III any VI the provisions OF
this ordnance.
Section IL. The grants, powers and priv
leges conferred III THIS ordinance shall be ex-
tended and limited to period Of thirty years
from the date of It's adoption anu approval.
Section Ia. rhe SAID grantee, its successors
anu assigns, shall file u written acceptance OF
this ordinance with the city clerk OF the City
OF the rame and upon SAID grantees failure SO
to do this franchise shall OF itself be forfeited
and annulled.
Caction az Thto ordina nca and tho accanf.