The Jones County news., 1920-09-09


Mayor and Board Of Aldermen Of I
said City Of Ellisviile, Mississippi
hat the Laurel Light and r ilway
company. is successors and assigns, !
hereinafter called the grantees, are
hereby granted the right and privilege
8pfplacing poles, wires, tracks, conduits
witches. frunouts, or such other
ppliances as the grantees, may deem
ecessary on, over or under the public
treets, squares, and alleys OF the City
fEllisville, Mississippi for the purpose
I constructing, maintaining and
oerating street railway and power
ant.
period Of weuty five years from
date OF the approval and legal
bication Of this ordinance. If the
grantees, their SUCCESSORS or as
Rns, 10 the construction, repair or
iintenance of said street railway
d power plant, shall damage the
Vreets Of said City, the said grantees
their own expense, must promptly
epair the same All work done here
@ nder to be done in a neat workman
Ike manner.
Section 3. The rights and privileges
ranted under the ordinance includes
be right TO lay singleor double track
nd to use any motive power, except
team on said railway, now in use or
lat may hereafter come in to use. The
rantees shall have the right TO trans.
port and carry passengers, baggage,
mail, express and freight for val>
liable consideration.
Section 4. The City engineer, or
B some duly authorized representative
OF The City shall set grades takes on
\ all lines to be built. and the grantees
shall construct, maintain and operate
tracks at grades so given by the City
ENG ineer, or other duly authorized re-
n preventative, and al all street cross
ings the space between the track
A and for one foot outside OF each rail
shall be paved, planked, cindered or
graveled, so that vehicles may cross
he same readily and without unnec
essary iarr.ag.
Section 5. The city Of Elisville,
Mississippi, uuder the proper exercise
Of its police power shall have the
right to make unreasonable regulation
the operation of said street rbilway
as the good order OF the city and
saftey OF its citizens demand. And
the city OF Ellisville shall also pro-
tect the grantee in the enjoyment OF
their rights hereby granted, by the
passage of the proper ordinances
for such purposes.
Section s. The grantees shall dem
nifty and hold harmless the City Of
Ellisyille from any and all suits or
Judgements resulting from accident
sRdamage to persons and property
j gu reason of maintenance and
psusration of said street sailway.
lection !. The grantees their
10 successors and assigns shall be
IA p9lired to pave between their trucks
apu TO the end OF their ties on all
.au5I " ala sep 97l ''t T. ths
be especially designated as the
limits, the future fire limits to
established, on which the tracks
he said street railway are laid,
never said streets are paved,
vided said streets are paved by
5uttng property owners, but said
llway Company shall not be re
rThired to pay for said pavement In
case an of the balance of the pave
e meut OF said streets is paid bv
general bond issue; and be it further
provide that on request of said rail
wav company, the City will reduce
r the STR Is within said fire limits to
i grade so as to enable the said rail
. way company to complete any pave
" ment they may desire at the time
: that said tracks are iaid, and that
o the regular mat lal for sucn pave
y ment shall be good oaving brick
Z regardless OF th- material City
IS may desire to use.
d Section That all the rights ant
i, henefits given herein are conditioned
: on the fact that in its track and street
. railway, the said grantee shall builC
3 and operate its street railway lini
.e down as far as the Agricultural Hiel
d School as nov located in Ellisyilie
Mississippi.
Section 9 This ordinance shall TAX
ID take eject and be in full force from
ID end its passage approval ant
4 legal publi~a.on, anu all ordinance
= in llllct with this ordinance, shal
~ and the same are hereby repealed
pc Section 10 This franchise is oran
III ted nv the CITY of Ellisville, Miss
/ ippl in lieu OF, and ins. ead of he fra
chise embodied in an ordinance enti
10 led IAN ordinance granting the La
rel Light and Railway Company, II
IN sue. sasors aud assigns. the right
ii contrust maintain andoperate a stree
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