Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-13

franchise be placed before all of the
people of Ashland as quickly as pos
sible the Tidings herewith presents
the document in full:
ORDINANCE NO. ......
Proposed by Initiative.
An ordinance granting to NJ. r.
Minney, his heirs and assigns, the
right to lay down, construct, acquire
and own, and to maintain, operate
and use railways, poles and wires
and underground conduits and con-
ductors in the city of Ashland, Ore
and to operate cars and locomotives,
other than steam to generate and
transmit power, and to send and re-
ceive messages by telegraph and tel
ephone, over certain streets, alleys
and public places in the city of Ash
land, Ore, and to authorize the con-
struction, installation and main
tenance of equipment and power
houses, stations and all other things
necessary or convenient for the op-
GRAFTON and maintenance thereof
And to prescribe and fix the extent,
terms and conditions under which
the particular streets and alleys of
the city of Ashland may be appropri-
ated and used for railway purposes,
and for power, telegraph and tele-
phone lines by the said NJ. \. Min
ney, his heirs and assigns, and re-
pealing all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith.
The People of the City of Ashland
DO Ordain as Follows:
Section / That there be and
hereby is granted unto NJ. r. Minney,
his heirs and assigns, subject to reg
ulation by the city council, and in
case of disagreement then subject
to the decision of the utility commits
sion of the state o. Oregon, the fran
chise, right and privilege to erect,
lay down, construct. reconstruct, pur-
chase, acquire, lease, repair, main
tain, equip, operate, have, hold and
use and enjoy, lines of railway and
system of railways, either single
track or double track, with power to
change from one to the other with
convenient switches, turn-Outs, turn
tables, cross-overs, connections and
wyes, and to run and operate there
on passenger cars and to carry pas
sengers; to run and operate thereon
( freight mail, baggage, express and
funeral cars, to carry freight, par
cells, express packages and United
States main thereon, all subject to
the regulations of the council of said
city, and to do all acts and things
necessary to the successful operation
of said railways and systems of rail
ways, operated within said city of
Ashland, either as separate system
of railways within said cit y of Ash
land, or as a part of system of
railways operated within said city of
Ashland, and elsewhere without the
city of Ashland, along and upon any
and all of the streets of the said city
of Ashland, and within the corporate
limits of said city as now established
and as said corporate limits may
hereafter be extended; provided that
this ordinance shall become void and
of no effect at the expiration of eight
months from the date of its passage,
unless the said NJ. T. Minney, his
heirs and assigns, within said time,
shall have commenced the actual
construction of said system OF rail
ways within the said city OF Ash
land; and providing further, that the
said NJ. r. Minney his heirs and as
signs. shall within six months from
the date of passage of this ordinance
file, or cause to be filed, in the city,
with the city recorder of said city
of Ashland, map or plat of said
city upon which shall be accurately
indicated all streets and portions OF
streets and alleys which the said NJ.
r. Minney, his heirs and assigns, de-
sire and intend to utilize in the con-
struction of said railways, and at the |
expiration of twelve months, this
franchise and the rights hereby |
granted shall be deemed to have |
lapsed as to all portions of the said |
streets and alleys of said city, which !
are not so indicated on the map or
plat so filed, but such lapsing or the |
forfeiture of said franchise as to the |
street or portion of streets not so
indicated thereon shall in nowise af-
fact or impair the franchise and
rights hereby granted as to the
streets and portion of streets which
ire so indicated upon said map or
,lat. And provided further, that un-
ess the said NJ r. Minney, his heirs
md assigns, shall have actually con-
itructed and have in operation a rail-
way within one year from the date
II the acceptance Of this franchise