The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-09

negligence of said grantee, its sue
cessors or assigns; said grantee, its
successors or assigns, shall not run
a train of more than five co cars, in
Guiding the motor; and said grantee,
its successors and assigns, shall not
be allowed to charge for 4 single
fare of one passenger within the cor
porate limits of said city more than
five cents, and all children under six
years of age, when accompanied by
person paving fare, shall be car
ricd free. For each cash fare and
for each ticket said grantee, its sue
cesSors or assigns, shall on demand
OF the passenger rendering the same
issue to such passenger a transfer
slip, good for one continuous passage
on any other line of street railway
owned and operated by said grantee,
its successors or assigns, which con-
meets with, diyerges from or crosses
the line on which said transfer is
issued, If presented within thirty min
utes after the time designated by
punch marks on transfer slip, which
time so designated shall be a rea-
sonable arriving time of car at any
one of the transfer points of the line
of which such transfer is issued; no
free transportation shall be furnished
except to officers and employees Of
said railroad, and also city officials
and employees on official business, and
mail carriers on duty, within the city
limits.
And in consideration of this grant,
the said grantee, its successors or as
signs, are to carry the policemen of
the city of Ardmore, when wearing
uniform, free of charge upon its cars
anywhere within the corporate limits
Of said City of Ardmore over which
said cars are run. And in the event
they operate a street car line to the
city pumping station, to haul for the
the City of Ardmore, free of charge,
to the water works pumping station
the coal necessary to be used at sail
station, said City to load and unload
said coal The said City shall furnish
its own cars constructed in accord
ance with recognized and approved
designs for such cars as are then used
by electric railways for such purposes.
Section 10 Said grantee, i,s sue
cessors or assigns, shall have the
right to carry passengers, freight,
packages, bundles, parcels, express
matter and baggage, on its cars with
in the corporate limits of said city.
All cars of said grantee, is success.
ors or assigns, carrying packages.
bundles, freight parcels or express
matter and baggage, shall be .caded
and unloaded in depots or places
hereafter designated by said grantee,
its successors or assigns, on lands
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said lines; and said grantee. its sue
cessors or assigns, shall have the
right and permission 20 put N proper
grades, curves and tracks on said
streets and avenues from their said
lines to their said depot across the
sidewalk or in front thereof 10 said
depot, at any point or points along
their said lines.
Section 16. The period of time for
which this franchise shall be granted
to be twenty-five (25) years from and
after its passage and approval.
Section 17.-Said grantee, its sue
cessors or assigns, shall begin actual
work in good faith in the construction
of said railway system not later than
twelve 12) months from and after
the passage and approval of this or
dinance and said railroad shall be in
months from the date of the passage
and approval of this ordinance; but
if said railway is not constructed and
in operation within said period, the
grant herein, and all rights thereun-
der shall thereupon cease and deter
mine, and the grantee shall furnish
to the said city a good and sufficient
| bond in the sum of One Thousand
| Dollars conditioned that the work
shall be begun and prosecuted ac-
cording to the terms herein set out;
provided, that if said grantee, its sue
cessors or assigns, be delayed in the
construction and operation of said
street railway by injunctions or 9th
er proceedings in court or any strike
or strikes or other combination of
labor, over which they have no con
troll, or by the acts of God, or the pub
lie enemy, or from any other cause
not due to the negligence of said
grantee, its successors or assigns,