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26 of 1907 - Ordinance 26 of 1907 – Amending an ordinance entitled “An ordinance ratifying & confirming the t AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE OF SALT LAKE CITY, ENTITLED, "AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THE TRANSFii;R OF FRANCHISES TO UTAH LIGHT AND RAILWAY COMPANY, A CORPORATION, EXTENDING THE LIFE OF SAID FRANCHISES AND AMENDING THE SAME, INCLUDING THE FRAN- CHISE OF THE UTAH POWER COMPANY,'" APPROVED AUGUST 4th, 1905. BE IT ORDAINEED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: SECTION I. That Section II of the above named ordinance be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: See;tion II. The life, validity and terms of each and every one of the said franchises, including the above named ordinance approved August 4th, 1905, be, and the same are hereby, extended for the period of fifty years from July 1st, 1905, that is to say, until July 1st, 1966; also that the franchise granted by said city to Utah Power Company, dated December 28th, 1896, (the capital stock of said company being now owned by the Utah Light and Railway Company ) is hereby extended the same length of time, that is to say, until the said first day of July, 1955. SECTION II. That Section III of the said ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows: Section III. That the time fixed by Sections II and III of an ordinance amending and re-enacting certain resolutions granting franchises to the predecessors of the Utah Light and Power Company, passed December 31st, 1903, for the placing of transmission wires underground in the district therein mentioned, and the time fixed therein for each and every other act therein required, except as herein limited, is hereby extended two (2) years from the time therein named, provided that the said company, its successors and . . 26 ti • -2._ assigns, shall place its transmission wires underground for a dis- tance of not less than sixteen blocks in said district during the y ear 1907, and shall complete the placing of said transmission wires underground in said district within five years from January 1st, 1905, and the said Utah Light and Railway Company is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the engineer of Salt Lake City, to locate in the streets of said district, the places in which the said wires shall be laid, and the right to excavate and build the necessary underground conduits and ways for such trans- mission wires is hereby granted and confirmed. SECTION III. A&d be it further ordained that Section VIII of said ordinance be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: i Section VIII. The right of way is hereby granted to the said Utah Light and Railway Company, its successors and assigns, to build and operate a single or double track street railroad over the following streets of said city, namely: First: On West Temple Street from Third South street to the southern boundary line of said city; Seconds On Fifth South street from Second West street to Third West street, to a connection with the Oregon Short Line rail- road. Third: On Fifth South street from Fifth East street to Seventh East street. Fourth: 0 0 "NtTe -t—goes- eo e°ab-wbroe -to el ah west-s_irastri thence po oa-•Fovrti We s"C"rtr9'8`C`"to•-N-Inth NQ Ireett and continuing theme. nollaiirsseSe*-341..aloe -the re-s4 s1.4a--et- the..said--co nxs -reads a IIIe- ttlla of Eifth: On Eighth west street from Second South stre t\ southerly to the southern limit of said city., Sixth: On Thirteenth East street from First South street to the southern boundary of said city. Seventh: On Second South street from Tenth East street to Eleventh East street, thence south on said Eleventh Eas ;r�e ,to .04 the southern boundary of said city. Eighth: On Third South street from Seventh East street to Ninth East street, and thence south on said Ninth East street to the southern boundary of said city. Ninth: On Fourth South street, between Fourth East and Seventh East streets, thence south on Seventh East street to the southern boundary of said city. Tenth: On Third East street from Seventh South street to Ninth South street, thence easterly on Ninth South street to Fourth East street, thence southerly on Fourth East street to the southern boundary of the said city. Eleventh: On Ninth South street from West Temple street to Thirteenth East street. Twelfth: On South Temple street from Twelfth East street to West street on the west border of the Fort Douglas Military Reservation, thence north on said West street to Third Avenue, Thirteenth: On Third Avenue from 0 street to West street on the west boundary line of Fort Douglas Military_Reservation. e fr,'e. 1,,: Fourteenth: From the intersection of E^and Third Avenue north on E street to Sixth Avenue, thence east on Sixth Avenue to the City Cemetery. Fifteenth: On B street from First Avenue northerly to Ninth Avenue, thence east on Ninth Avenue to the City Cemetery. Sixteenth: From the intersection of First West and First North streets west on First North to Second West street, thence north on Second West street to a point opposite the Warm Springs between Seventh and Eighth North streets. e -4- Seventeenths From the intersection of Second South and Third West streets north to North Temple street. Eighteenth: From the intersection of Second South streetvand Fifth West street north on Fifth West street to First South street, thence west on First South street to Eighth West street, thence south on Eighth West street to Second South street, thence west on Second South street to the Jordan River. Nineteenths On Seventh South street from Second West street west to the Jordan River. SECTION IV, WHEREAS, the Utah Light and Power Company has purchased Block Twenty-five (26) Plat "B" in said city, for the pu.pose of erecting thereon car houses and other structures to be used in con- ncction with the said street railway system and for the storage of material for the purposes of construction and reconstruction of its said lines; and WHEREAS, it desires to convey over its tracks on Fifth South street from the Oregon Short Line Railroad to the said block, its said building material, the said company is hereby authorized to locate its said tracks in said street between Third West street and Seventh East street, at a sufficient distance apart to enable it to transport its said material to said Block Twenty-five upon the freight cars upon Which said material may be transported over said Oregon Short Line Railroad, and it is hereby permitted and authorized to so transport its said material. SECTION V. The said tracks hereby authorized to be constructed and operated, shall be laid upon such grades as are now or may hereafter be established by the City Council, and subject to the provisions and conditions contained in the franchise heretofore granted. to the City Salt LakeARailroad Company and heretofore assigned to the said -b.. Utah Light and Railway Company, approved January 26th, 1889. SECTION VI. Said company is hereby granted the right to operate all of the said additional tracks hereby authorized to be constructed for the transportation of passengers, in the same manner as it is authorized by the several franchises heretofore granted to it and its predecessors in interest, and the right and authority is also hereby granted to the said Utah Light and Railway Company to trans- port upon any or all of its railway tracks in said city, mail and express matter, and it is hereby granted the additional right to transport freight over its said lines of railway in said city, be- tween the hours of twelve o'clock midnight and six o'clock A.M. of each day, and may also transport such freight at such other times as the City Council may by resolution from time to time specially authorize. , SECTION VII. The rights and franchises hereby granted and confirmed are for the term of fifty years from and after the first day of July, 1905. SECTION VIII. 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