The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

CdA1eQ lue grantees, t0e1l
successors and assigns, the authority,
rlght and privilege to build equip, main
tain and operate motor railway lines,
win single or double tracks, together
with all necessary side tracks, turn
OUTS switches, poles, wires, conduits
ana appliances in connection Herewith,
M 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
successors and assigns, shall construct
and PVT I'M Operation line Of rail-
way e aiding IN, over and along Gen.
tral ANBnues from Cedar Street to the
Intersection with Chestnut street, to-
sether#With uchSside.tracks, turn outs
and switches sas Is deemed necessary
upon fsAidGRveuue, then a single line Of
rack wit~but5 side tracks or turn outs
upon Chestnut Street from Central
avenue to Railway Avenue.
Provided, however. that after five
years the City Council reserves the
r4gnt to designate waat street. streets
or avenues shall u be used by said
grantees, their successors and assigns,
other than thosesthensin 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
tAelr successors or assigns, shall use
lot 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 (o0) feet Of the CEN
ter of said roadway
The City council may at anv 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-
sohaoly good condition for the con-
struct1on, maintenance and operation
or motor railway line; and said rail-
way company shall thereupon be obli-
gated within twelve months after re-
ce1pt OF said notice to construct and
nave in operation the line so demanded.
provided, that such shall be fully and
particularly designated terminous and
route, that termtnous shall be in con-
nectlon with line of railway of said
company already built, and that alone
the proposed route there shall be actual
BONA -fide residents, at the time of said
notice, and on an average for each half
mile or the line so demanded. a. popu-
4atlon within a quarter of a mile on
both sides of said proposed line, and
not within one-eishth Of a mile of
line already in operation, of at least
eight hundred persons above the age
o. five years. And such line, after
being constructed and put in operation.
snail be maintained and operated by
SAID railway company. Provided, no
Line shall be ordered upon any street
running parallel to street upon
which line already exists where the
same is nearer than eight blocks to
such existing line.
Section 2. The aforesaid grant is for
a period of twenty-five (25) years from
the date when 1his ordinance shall
have been passed and accepted as here
IN provided.
Section 3. 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
lie said grantees, their successors and
assigns may connect any of their lines
or motor ra--way built hereunder, VITA
any other lines Of railway upon which
similar power Is used. The said lines
herein authorized shall be used only
Tor the transportation of passengers
and ordinary baggage and for the car
rylng of United States mail, express
matter Or parcels, and freight. sucu 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,
their successors and assigns, shall at
al! ZINES have the right to use their
tracks Tor the transportation Of iron,
steeI' ties, fuel and other material used
in constructing, maintaining and oper-
at1ng the said lines of railway, as we'll
as Tor carrying out any contract or
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 on electric railway
hnes, or railroads using gasoline mo-
tors as the motive power, and similar
70 those which shall be operated by
the said grantees, their successors and
signs in other villages and cities in
sad st. Louis County, Minnesota, and
tne tracks of said grantees, their sue
cessors and assigns shall be laid so as
10 conform, as nearly a possible. to the
grade Of the streets upon
VIM N the same are laid, and said gran |
Tees their successors and assigns shall |
plank the space between the tracks at |
street crossing. whenever required by !
me CITY council SO to do; in so planking,
however. one plank may be laid on the !