The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-20

the ordinary safe conduct of other
traffic upon said street, and said
Grantee shall pave the space be
tween its rails and for a distance
of one loot beyond the outer rail
of each of its tracks with concrete
and SO as to make a continuous
pavement with the adjoining pave
ment now laid in said street; said
pavement, track and curves to be
constructed in a satisfac-
tory TO the Board of Public Works
of the City of Gary, and when so
constructed the City of Gary shall
not seek to compel said Grantee TO
change the grade or location of its
said tracks or curves in said Bridge
Street until said Grantee shall be
willing to either change said loca-
ton or grade as desired by the City
of Gary, or shall he DESTROYS of re-
constructing said track and pave
ment. Said Grantee shall at all
times during such occupancy of said
Bridge Street repair. maintain and
that the same shall be safe for the
use of traffic upon said Bridge
Street.
Section s. laid Grantee shall
have the right to construct main
tain and renew its wires and other
overhead apparatus upon iron. steel
or wooden poles erected on each
side of said street with what is
known as span construction, and
shall keep said poles painted and
shall permit the use thereof by said
City of Gary for the support Of
its fire alaSm and signal and light
ing system as may he desired from
time TO time by said City OF Gary,
provided that no such use shall be
made as will ~unreasonahly interfere
with the use of aid poles by said
Grantee. and said Grantee shall not
be put to any additional expense by
reason of such use of its said poles.
Section 6. The Grantee shall have
the right to operate its car n
trains over said tracks by e~lectri-
city or any other power which nay
he at the time in use upon the other
tracks of said Grantee in h City
Of Gary.
out ~mpensation to it permit
public Improvement constructed by
said city TO be laid beneath its
tracks and shall protect its tracks
during the actual construction Of
said public improvement at its own
expense.
the right to carry upon its tracks
in zBridge Street passengers and
such property as it is permitted to
carry upon its other lines in the
City of Gary. and shall not charge
a greater fare per passenger be-
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Bridge Street and other points upon
its street railway lines within the
City of Gary than ii shall he per-
mitted by law to charge between
other points separated by similar
distances within said City Of Gary
on its street railway lines, and shall
extend 70 such passengers to and
from points on its said line in Bridge
Street the same provisions for tran
sfers as may be from time to time
in force upon its other lines with
in said City of Gary.
Section 9. said Grantee shall
hold and save said City of Gary
harmless from all claims for dam
ages to persons or properly caused
by its negligence or the negligence
of its sail agents or servants in the
construction or operation of its
said railroad.
Section 10. said Grantee shall as
a condition of this grant n dur
ing the life of this franchise oper-
ate cars over the portion of the
often and in as great numbers as
the traffic over said portion of said
street reasonably demands and re-
quires.
Section II. The rights and priv
ileges hereby granted shall be in
determinate as to duration and shall
be held subject to all of the terms,
provisions and conditions set forth
in Chapter rs of the Acts of the
General Assembly Of the State of
Indiana passed at the 6sth regular
session thereof and known as the
"Shively-Spencer Utility Commission
Act" and all other laws OF the
State of Indiana a~mendatory there
of or supplemental thereto. In no
event shall this franchise grant be
deemed to terminate prior to April
6. 1857.
Section u. This agreement and
all of its terms and provisions shall
enue TO the beneht of and pc obli-
gatory upon the successors and as
signs of said Gary Street Railway
Company and said city of Gary and
shall be in full force and effect
from and after the late of it's rati-
fcation by the Common Council by
ordinance and its approval by the
Mayor of said City of Gary.
THE CITY OF GARY. INDIANA
Published according to law by
The Gary street Railway Company.
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