Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-22

John A. Reed. ana n D. C00ks tneeI
successors or assisns. 70 enter upon
the streets. avenues. alleys and bridges
OF the city OF Marshalltown. Iowa, now
or hereafter opened, extended or
erected. and upon all or any part OF
any OF said streets. avenues, alleys and
bridges, TO acquire. construct. recon-
struct, maintain and operate systcms'
OF street or interurban railway or both.
Including but without limitation OF the
foregoing grant, single or double track.
side tracks, turnouts, switches. poles.
transmission and distribution lines.
overhead trolley wires. ground wires
and other construction necessary or
convenient to the maintenance, con-
struction. reconstruction and operation
Of said railway system or systems. oy
any motive power except steam or AMI
NAL power.
All tracks, except side tracks. snail.
except where conditions require an
other location, be laid along the center
OF the street unless another location 10
authorized by the city council.
Sec. 2. In this ordinance. the word.
city" refers to and means the City OF
Marshalltown. Iowa and the word,
grantees" refers to and means Will
lam G. Bows. Isaac B. Smith. John A.
Reed and r. S. Cook and their sue
cessors or assigns.
Sec, 3. Said grantees are hereby
granted the right to extend the said
transmit ssion and distribution lines. au-
thorized by this ordinance for said
railway system. by means OF poles.
wires or other necessary or convent
ent construction over. along or upon
any of the alleys. streets and avenues
Of said city 80 as to connect said rail-
way system with electric power plants
furnishing current for the operation
Of said railway system and grantees
herein are hereby authorized within
the corporate limits OF said city. to
construct, reconstruct. maintain and
operate power plant or plants general
ing current for the operation OF the
said railway system hereby authorized
Sec. 4. The overhead trolley wires OF
said railway system may be supported
by cross wires extending across the
tracks and all cross wires shall be at
tached to poles. posts or other supports
at such heights so that the lowest point
OF said trolley wires shall be not less
than eighteen GS) feet above the sur
face OF the streets; and all poles on
streets shall be placed within or near
the curb line so as not to impede pub
lie travel. and shall be painted: and
the wires OF the transmission and dis
tribution lines placed upon poles and
brackets shall not be less than twenty
three (2S) feet above the surface OF the
street or alley beneath. but the city
may require grantees, at grantees own
expense, to relocate any pole or poles
!. any cthe- snttnhla location. and all
transmission and distribution lines,
shall. so far as practicable. be con-
structed in the alleys.
Grantees herein before constructing
any new transmission or distribution
lines. shall obtain a written permit
from the city so to do and the city
shall issue said permit to grantees
herein under reasonable terms and
conditions.
Sec. 5. The grantees shall. when re-
quested by the city. permit their poles,
so far as may be done without inter
fering with the free use and enjoyment
Of their own wires and fixtures. to be
used for the purpose Of maintaining
thereon any wires which may be neces-
sary for the use OF the police or fire
department Of said city. free of ex-
pense to the city but said city shall
hold the grantees harmless from any
and all causes OF action. litigation or
damage caused or accruing. directly OF
| indirectly. by or thru the placing OF
the city's said wires upon the poles OF
grantees herein.
Sec. 6. Whenever said tracks shall
be laid on paved streets. the pavement
| already laid shall be paid for by gran
tees as provided by law and when any
stree, Is paved along the tracks Of said
railway hereby authorized. said gran
tees shall cause the portion Of said
street between the rails and twelve
(12) inches outside Of the rails to be
paved and grantees shall maintain said
paving: but any paving laid between
the rails and also for two (2) feet out :
side the rails shall be OF such kind and
character as to permit Of It's removal
and replacement for the making of
necessary repairs to the track.
Sec. Z. The said tracks shall be so
laid as to afford safe crossing for
vehicles upon paved streets. and at all
street intersections where streets are
not paved. grantees shall cause the en-
tire space between the rails and twelve
12) inches beyond the rails of said
track to be planked from property line
TO property line. meaning thereby the
width OF intersecting streets. whenever
and wherever ordered by the council OF
said city. and shall at all times keen
the same In good repair, but the gran
tees shall have the right to pave said
intersections instead OF planking the
same.
Sec. s. The said grantees shall not
tear up. excavate or obstruct any street
except In accordance with the provis-
ions OF the ordinances OF the city, and
shall replace all paving or macadam
removed by II and repair such street
torn up, excavated or ohstructed in az
good condition as before being torn up
or eNcavated. and to the satisfaction of
the city.
In cleaning snow from the tracks of
said railway. grantees shall not be per
mitted to pile snow along the sides OF
said railway so as to obstruct or hinder
travel on said streets or avenues but
they shall spread the same evenly over
the surface OF such streets or avenues
so as not to obstruct or hinder travail
on said street
Sec. 9. The construction hereby au-
thorized shall be made in the most an
proved manner to pregnant so far as
possible. electrolysis or injury to un-
foreground water. gas or other pines n
however, said grantees shall AT any
time adopt motive power other tina n
electricity. or other construction than
that prescribed herein, 1t is hereby au-
thorlzed to make the necessary con