89 of 1902 - Ordinance 89 of 1902 – Franchise, Salt Lake and Suburban Railway Company. osteemirataail
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GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO IHE SALT LAKE AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
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Franchise to Salt Lake and. Suburban Railway Company for Twenty
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Ueee-4....ezete Be t Resolved by the City Council of Salt Lake City
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That the Salt Lake and Suburban Railway Company, its successors and
assigns have the authority and consent of the city council, and the
permission is hereby granted it, to construct and operate by eleotrio,or
compressed air motive power a, double track street railroad, together
with a. l the necessary switches and turnouts for the accommodation of
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,o said road, n the following streets of said oity,namely: `
From the intersection of First South and Second East Streets,
thence south on Second East Street to Ninth South street, thence east
on Ninth South street to Third East Street, thence south on Third East
street to city limits.
On the following cdnditions,viz: Such track or tracks to be
laid on such grades as are now or may hereafter be established by the
city council. In consideration of this franchise the grantee, its
successors and. assigns afcreSaid, are hereby required/,to keep in good
repair with the same material, and in the manner as the rest of the
street is, or may be,, paved, lthe space inside the tracks, and a space
two feetAeach side of the sass including all spaces between double
tracks „here the same may be,constructed; and also to use no steam
power unlass the same be stationery, on any part of the road for propel-
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ing oars, unless^permitted by the city council. And the grantee afore-
said shall place cars upon said railroad with all necessary modern im-
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provementa for the convenience and comfort of passengers which^ zatl be
run thereon each and every day, both ways, as often as emthe public eon-,
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venienoe may require and at la rate of speed not exceeding twelve miles
per hour, and under such regulations as the city council may from time
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to time prescribe; provide4 that the grantee aforesaid shall comply
with the directions of the pity council in the construction of the
said railroad, and its switches and turnouts, and in any other matter
connected. with the regulation of the same, and that the track or tracks
shall be constructed in the center of the streets, unless otherwise
directed. by the city council, and in such a manner as shall be approved
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by the street supervisorAlthe traot(to be laid and the road operated
so as to cause no unnecessary impediment to the common and ordinary
use of said. streets for all purposes, and that the water courses of
said streets be left free and Unobstructed ; said track to be said upon
a good foundation even with the surface of the roadway, and whenever
streets shall be paved flat rails shall be used on such streets; and
that good and permanent crossings shall be made by the grantee afore-
said at the intersection of streets and elsewhere, wherever the same
shall be necessary, at the discretion of the city council, and under
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the direction and lo the d:eptanee of the street supervisor The
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price of a single passag9 hall not exceed five cents, and no charge
shall be made in excess th$reof. Express rates shall be equitable and
uniform.
Opg**,xx#i. Said company shall pay into the pity treasury one per ,,
cent. of its gross earninge each and every year, but otherwis
company shall not be liable to any per capita tax whatever�{� / _
Section 2. That this franchise is granted for the term of
twenty years froji the date of the passage of this resolution, and
accented on the following conditions, viz: That if the grantee, its
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successors and assigns, shall fail to ^all the stipulations -- -�
hV of this resolutions the city council after sixty days' notice, and on
failure on the part of said company to provide a remedy or make satis-
factory arrangements therefor, may, by a taw two-thirds vote declare
the privileges herein granted forfeited, and proceed to take possession
of the road bed and control the same as if this resolution had not been
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Section 3., That nething in this grant shall be so con-
strued as to prevent Salt Lake City, or its authorized agents, from
paving, severing, laying gals or water mains or pipes, altering, repair-
ing or in any manner improving any of the streets mentioned herein,
or any other streets of said city, but all such improvements shall be
made with as little injury As neactiCable to said railway and the
operating thereof. !
Section 4. That in the construction and operation of said
railway, the said # rey and its successors and assigns, shall at
all times conform to ouch Ordinances, rules and regulations as have
been or may hereafter be adopted by the city council
uncil of said city in
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relation to operatingArailshoads, street railways or tramways in said
city, and for each violation thereof they shall be liable to a fine
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._ ni-g ,,_ _ _ That whenever the
city council shall find itlnecessary or desirable to grant to any other
street r&ilroad. company a i;`ranohise over any of the streets4tierein,
grftntet, to secure to suchlother company a connection with any im-
portant center or terminus, the grantee herein shall allow running
arrangements/over grantee's$ tracks/to such other company upon such
other company making equitable payment for constructing, maintaining
and. operating the portion of said grantee's tracks so used.
Section 5. That Salt Lake City shall in no way be liable
or responsible for any accident or damage that may occur in the con-
struction or operation of Said railway by reason of the default dtt
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misconductAof the grantee 3ssd its successors *me assigns or their
employee, and the aeceptanbe of this grant shall be deemed an agree-
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ment on the part of said grantee, for itself and tst successors and
assigns, to save the said city harmless from and against/tall liability,
loss, costs, expense or damage of any $*ture arising out of any such
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default) 67 misconduct or Which may accrue by reason of any accident
or injury which may occur in or by reason of the construction or
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operation of said railway, and to indemnify and repay said city for
any loss, costs, expense or damage of any kind it may sustain by
reason of any such default, misconduct, accident or injury; and if
any judgment for damages for any such default, misconduct, accident
or injury :shall be recovered against said city, the recovery thereof
and the judgment therefor shall be final as between the safe city and
the said grantee and its successors and assigns, and conclusive as to
the liability of the latter to the former; provided said grantee has
had notioe of the pendency Of the suit in which said judgment is re-
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covered, and • ' been given an opportunity to defend the same.
Section 6. That if this grant, with the terms and conditions
therein contained, be not adcepted in writing by said grantee within
sixty days after the pas sage of this resolution, or if work be not
commenced within ninety day and the road completed and in operation
within one year after said acceptance, then this grant shall become
null and void„
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A U G 11/1902
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