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

PUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY
GIVEN that the Board of Public
Works of the City of Gary, Lake
County. Indiana. being DESTROYS OF
granting the use of Bridge Street
from Fifth Avenue north TO the CAL
umet River in said City of Gary
to the Gary Street Railway Com
pan for the construction, mainte-
nance and operation OF a single
track extension Of it's street rail-
way therein n thereover, and at
its res ] meeting on the 18th day
of May, 1922, having determined the
exact form in which such franchise
contract is to be finally adopted, has
fixed the time at which said fran
chise contract Will be finally con-
sidered as the 5th day of June, 1922,
at the hour of 1000 O'Clock A. NJ.
at its offices in the City Hall in
said City of Gary, at which aid
time and place a public hearing
Will be had at which any taxpayer
Of said City of Gary may appear
and file protest against any or all
of the provisions of said franchise
contract. The full and complete
text OF said franchise contract. the
exact form of which has been de-
termined by sale Board of Public
Works is to be as follows.
This agreement made and enter
ed into this - day of May. 1922.
by and between the City OF Gary
III liG 1QQHLF y LdhC III 9Ndie
of Indiana by it's Board of Public
Works duly authorized in the
premises. and the Gary Street Rail
way Company, n corporation duly
organized and existing under and
by virtue of the laws of the State
of Indiana:
wITNESSETH THAT:
Consent. permission and authority
are hereby given. granted to and
vested in said Gary Street Railway
Company, it's successors and as
signs. to construct. maintain and
operate. a street and i~nterurban
street railway with all appurten-
ances to said railway belonging, in.
along, upon and through the ~treets.
avenues, public places and high
ways of said City of Gary herein-
after designated and provided for,
upon the following terms and con-
Section /. For convenience the
Gary Street Railway Company. its
successors and assigns are herein
after sometimes designated as the
"Grante.r
Section 2. Said Grantee is here
by authorized to construct and
maintain a single track together
with necessary connections. curves,
poles, wires. cross arms. crossings
of other street or i~nterurban rail-
way tracks, appurtenances and all
other equipment useful i@@oper-
alton of a street and interurban
street railway. and to operate cars
thereon, over. upon and along the
center of Bridge Street in said City
of Gary from a point or points of
connection with the tracks of said
Grantee in Fifth Avenue at Bridge
street north in. along. over and
upon said Bridge Street to its
northern limits as the same now
exists. with the right to connect
such track or track by a double
track curve connection with said
ET4nfaG'G tracks in said E1ffh Ave
nue. at Bridge Street. and TO con-
struct, maintain and operate a sid
ing or second track. not more than
three hundred feet in length. TO
Meeting herewith at the north
terminus of said single track in
said Bridge Street. Said double
track curve connection may ex.
tend north from Fifth Avenue in
Bridge Street a distance of not to
exceed three hundred and fifty
feet t350 IT'D
Section 3. The Grantee shall
sage of an ordinance by the Com
NOR Council of the City of Gary
raufyfng this agreement. construct
put in operation its said tracks
in said Bridge Street. or in default
thereof. all the rights of the Gram
tee under this agreement shall be
forfeited, and shall become null and
void; provided. nevertheless. h q
the time during which said Grantee
is prevented from prosecuting the
work of construction of its said
tracks by strikes. riots. injunetions
or legal processes or causes beyond
its control shall not be computed
as a part of said nine months period.
Section 4. Said Grantee shall have
the right TO use any standard street
railway rail of a weight of not less
eighty-fye pounds per lineal
yard. said rail to be of such char
acter as shall not interfere with