Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-16
STREET RAILWAYS MUST COMPLY
WITH FRANCHISES OR LOSE THEM
Council Resolutions Orders Lines to Cease
Hauling Freight in City, Pave Better
Between Tracks and Seat
All Passengers

Street railway companies will have
to comply with the terms of their fran
chises within the next six months or
their franchises will be revoked THIS
means freight carrying on street car
lines through the city must stop, the
railways must pave between their
tracks with the same kind of material
used on other portions of the street,
and they must provide seats for every
passenger, except in times of extraor--
dinary and unforeseen amounts OF
travel
These provisions are all contained in
a resolution adopted by the city coun-
ell yesterday with a vim and unanim-
ity that plainly showed the council
meant what its resolution said and IN
tends to enforce its provisions. The
resolution was presented to the council
by President John ID. Works, and fol-
lows:
Whereas, 1t has been brought to the
attention of this council that holders
and owners OF street railroad fran
chises, granted by this council, have
continuously failed and neglected to
comply with the terms and conditions
OF such franchises, on their part to be
performed, and particularly:
/. That they are operating freight
cars and carrying freight over their
in violation of the provisions of the
franchise that such roads shall be
used only for the transportation or
passengers and United States mail"
9. That they have failed to pave and
keep in repair that portion Of the
streets along which their roads are
constructed and operated, between the
rails, between the tracks, and for two
feet on each side thereof, in the manner
and Of the material required by the
terms of the franchise; and
g. They have failed Is required by
said franchises to operate cars over
their said roads with sufficient fire.
quency to provide with seats all pas
sengers applying for transportation
thereon excepting in times of eXtraor-
binary and unforeseen amounts of
travel: and
Whereas Said franchises provide as
follows: THAT any neglect, failure or
refusal to comply with any of the con-
ditions of said franchise shall there
upon Immediately ipso facto effect u
forfeiture thereof, and the said city, by
it's city council, may thereupon declare
said franchise forfeited, and may eX-
ciude said grantee or his successors
and assigns from further use of the
streets of said city under said fran
chise, and said grantee and his sue
cessors and assigns shall thereupon and
Immediately surrender all rights in and
to the same and said franchise shall
be deemed and shall remain null, void
and of no effect; therefore,
Resolved, First, that all holders of
street railroad franchises within this
city be and they are hereby notified
that If they, or either of them, shall fail
to comply with all of the terms and
conditions of their franchises, within
six months from this date and contln-
uously thereafter, proceedings will be
taken to declare their franchises for
feited, as provided in said franchises.
Second-That all officers whose duty
it is TO enforce the performance of the
conditions of said franchises on the
part Of the grantees, other than by
forfeiture of said franchises, be and
they are hereby instructed to perform
such duties without further delay.
Third-That the mayor, as the~eX-
ecutive head of the city government,
be requested to see that these duties
are performed by such offers without
delay.
Fourth--That the city clerk be and