Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-18

section ]. Pcrmt0elOn ana authority
are hereby granted and conferred up
on william q. Bows. Isaac b. smith.
John A. Reed, and II. 8. Cook, their
SUCCESSORS or assigns, TO enter upon
the streets. avenues. alleys and bridges
OF the city Of Marshalltown, Iowa. now
or hereafter opened. extended or
erected, and upon oil or any part OF
any OF said streets, avenues. alleys and
bridges, to acquire, construct. recon-
struct. maintain and operate systems
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. by
any motive power except steam or ami
NAL power.
| All tracks, except side tracks. shall.
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 @. Bows. Isaac b. Smith. John A.
Reed and r. S. Cook and their sue
cessors or assigns.
Sec. g. Said grantees are hereby
granted the right to extend the said
transmission 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 so as to connect said rail-
way system with electric power plants
furnishing current for the operation
or 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
imam eighteen QS) feet above the sur
race OF the streets; and all poles on
streets shall be placed within or near
the curb line SO as not to impede pub
Tic 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
IN any other suitable 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 written permit
from the city so 10 do and the city
shall issue said permit to grantees
herein under reasonable terms and
conditions.
Sec. .. The grantees shall. when re-
quested by the city. permit their poles.
so far as may be done without inter
tering 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. D. Whenever said tracks shall
De iaid on paved streets, the pavement
ALREADY laid shall be paid for by gran
tees as provided by law and when any
street 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
! u2) inches outside OF the rails to be
paved and grantees shall maintain snid
paving: but any paving laid between
the rails and also for two (2) feet ONT
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 40
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
Nl2) inches beyond the rails OF said
| ""@N " ne pianked from property line
10 property line, meaning thereby thc
width OF intersecting streets. whenever
and wherever ordered by the council, NJ
said city. and shall at all times keen
the same IN good repair, but the gran
tees shall have the right to pave .oid
intersections instead OF planktng the
same.
Sec. s. The said grantees shall not
| tear I'D. cNCaVata M nhcs-
except IN according with the proy,s-
IONS or the ordinances OF the CITY, and
snail replace all paving or macadam
| removed by 1t and repair such street
torn up. excavated or obstructed in ms
sood condition as before being torn up
or excavated, and to the satisfaction NJ
the city. W.
In cleaning snow from the tracks n,
SAID railway. grantees shall not be per-
mitted to pile snow along the side. ~
sald railway so as to obstruct or hinder
travel on said streets or avenues hnt
they shall spread the same evenly over
the surface of such streets or ayenue.
80 as not 70 obstruct or hinder trora,
on said street.
Sec. 9. The construction hereby an
thorized shall be made in the most m
proved manner to prevent. 80 far as
.,ossioie' eiectrolysis or injury to nm
foreground water. gas or other pines r.
| however. said grantees shall a, INV
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