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IVANGE
Granting the Right of Way in, Through,
Over and Upon Certain Streets in the
Borough of Salisbury, County of Som-
erset and State of Pennsylvania, to the
Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Rail-
way Company, Regulating the Main-
tenance and Operation of the Railway
of the Said Company, and Defining the
Conditions Upon Which the Said Right
of Way 13 Granted.
SECTION I. Be it enacted and ordained
by the Town Council of the Borough of Sal-
isbury, County of Somerset and State of
Pennsylvania, in Council assembled, and it
is hereby enacted and ordained by the au-
thority of the same, that from and after the
passage of this Ordinance, the Pennsylvania
& Maryland Street Railway Company, a
corporation duly organized and incorpor-
ated under the laws of the State of Penn-
sylvania, its successors and assigns, is here-
by granted the right, liberty and privilege
to erect, construct, maintain and operate a
single track electric railway in, through,
over and upon the following streets and
highways of said Borough,;viz: Beginning
at the Borough line of Grant Street on the
north side of the Borough, thence along
Grant Street on the east side thereof, at a
distance from the curb as the Burgess and
Town Council may determine, to the inter-
section of Grant Street and Ord Street.
Sec. II. This is not an exclusive grant,
but shall extend to and be valid for a period
of fifty years from the date of its passage,
Tinless revoked by the failure of the said
Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Railway
Company or its assigns to comply with or
carry out each or any of the provisions and
conditions ofthis ordinance, and it is given
under the following conditions and restric-
tions.
SEC. III. That the said track shall be
what is known as the standard gauge of
four feet eight and one-half inches in width,
and shall be laid on the east side of the said
Grant Street, at a distance from the curb as
shall be determined by the Burgess and
Town Council af the said Borough, unless
otherwise directed and empowered by the
said Borough of Salisbury, as herein after
provided. That when the said Pennsylvania
& Maryland Street Railway Company shall
be furnished with a grade by the said Bor-
ough of Salisbury, the said Railway Com-
pany shall immediately change or alter
their grade to conform with the grade thus
furnished, and that no change or alteration
in such grade or grades shall be made at
any time, except under the special direction
and supervision of the said Borough of Sal-
isbury, and then only upon proper resolu-
tions or ordinances for the specific purpose
duly enacted; that in laying, repairing and
sustaining their tracks,the said Pennsylva-
nia & Maryland Street Railway Company
shall strictly conform with such grade or
grades, whenever so requested and required
by the said Borough of Salisbury, and that
in every such event the said Pennsylvania
& Maryland Street Railway Company shall
fix, adjust, lay, raise or depress its tracks, so
as to strictly conform with the grade or
grades thus changed or altered as afore-
said.
Sec. IV. The said Pennsylvania & Mary-
land Street Railway Company shall also, at
its own proper cost and expense, construct
and reconstruct the roadbed between the
rails and eighteen inches on the outside of
each and all the rails of She said railway,
with such materials as are now used upon
the saidistreets and highways, in such man-
ner as shall be described and required by
the said Borough of Salisbury. And if at
any time bereajter the said Borough of Sal-
isbury shall by proper ordinance determine
and resolve to pave, and pave that part of
said Grant Street along which the said
track of the Pennsylvania & Maryland
Street Railway Compary is constructed,
and if at the same time the said Borough of
Salisbury shall require by proper ordinance
the said Pennsylvania & Maryland Street
Railway Company to move its tracks to
the center of said Grant Street, then and in
that event the said Pennsylvania & Mary-
land Street Railway Company shall at once
move its tracks to the center of said Grant
street, and shall also pay to the Borough of
Salisbury the sum of Seven Hundred and
Fifty ($750) Pollars, in full of its share of the
cost of paving the said portion of Grant
Street over which the said roadbed of the
said Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Rail-
way Company is constructed. If, however,
the Borough of Salisbury shall by proper
ordinance determine and resolve to pave,
and pave that portion of Grant Street ovei
which the said roadbed of the said Pennsyl-
vania & Maryland Street Railway Company
is constructed, and the authorities of the
said Borough of Salisbury shall not require
the said Pennsylvania & Maryland Street
Railway Company to remove its track to
the center of the said Grant Street, but
promises or allows the track to remain on
the side of said Grant Street as at first con-
structed, then and in that event the said
Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Railway
Company agrees to pay forthwith to the
Borough of Salisbury the sum of Twelve
Hundred and Fifty ($1250) Dollars in lieu of
its proportionate share of the paving afore-
said, whether the said portion of Grant
Street on which the said roadbed of the
Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Railway
Company is constructed is paved by the
said Borough or not. In constructing and
reconstructing its roadbed on Grant Street,
the said Pennsylvania & Maryland Street
Railway Company shall place and restore
the said streets and highways to the same
relative position and condition in which
they were found before the construction of
the said railway or paving of the said road-
bed and portions adjacent thereto,and the
said Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Rail-
way Company shall at all times at its own
proper cost and expense lay its tracks, and
keep the same in proper repair, so that
driving on, over, upon and across, with all
usual and ordinary vehicles and horses,
may be safe and convenient; and the said
Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Railway
Company agrees that the rails of the said
track shall not be elevated above the grade
line of the street, and that they will further
maintain plank between the rails and on
the outside of each of the rails at all cross
streets alongits right of way and in front of
all the business entrances, for a distance of
sixteen feet, on the east side of
Street, and keep the said crossingsin repair
SEC. V. The said Pennsylvania &
land Street Railway Company shall, in
construction of its said tracks, use such a
style of rail known as the “IT” rail, of not
less than seventy pounds per yard, and such |
poles only as shall be straight, kept covered
by durable paint and numbered and kept
on the inside of the curb in such manner as
to cause the least possible obstruction or
injury to such curb and sidewalk, and so as
| not to unnecessarily obstruct such portion
of the front of private property as may be
needed and in use for business or other
owner or tenant of said
property, and in the event that a dispute
shall arise, the Burgess and Town Council
shall indicate where such pole or poles shall
be located, and that all trolley or other
wire or wires to be stretched over, strung
along or suspended from such pole or poles
over the tracks of the said railway, and
stretched, strung and suspended so as to
top
least eighteen (18) feet.
SEC. VI. That the said Pennsylvania &
Maryland Street Railway Company shall at
all times and in all respects construct and
| reconstruct, maintain and operate the said
railway appurtenances withdue and proper
and
convenience of the public. That it
shall adopt, procure and use the most im-
| proved cars, fenders, brakes, lights, gongs |
and other appliances. That its charges for |
| a single fare on said railway between two
| points within the limits of said Borough of
| Salisbury shall not exceed five cents.
hat
it will stop its cars on the sides of all street
crossings, so as not to obstruct the same.
Tht in the event of an alarm of fire it will
yield the right of way to the fire engines,
trucks, arn.d hose carriages of all the fire
companies of the said Borough of Salisbury,
and it shal not by the running and opera-
tion of its cars interfere with the proper
necessary use of the fire engines,
essary fire apparatus and appointments.
That it shall, at its own proper cost and
expense, remove all debris resulting from
| the construction, reconstruction or repairs
| ofits said roadway, and shall remove all
{ snow and ice from its tracksin such a man-
ner as shall not interfere with the public
use of the streets of the said Borough. That
in the construction or reconstruction of
the roadway so as to conform with the
present or any future grade, all cuts and
fills made or desired by the said Street Rail-
said Grant |
Mary- |
the |
way Company, and approved by the Burgess
and Town Council, shall be made by the
sald Pennsylvania & Maryinnd Street Rall
way Company from curb to curb on oppo-
site sides of the street. The said Street
Railway Company further obligate them-
selves to make the necessary repairs to the
streets and roadbed so as to leave them in
as good condition as before the company
began their work, and to keep them in such
condition, and upon its failure so to do, and
after thirty days notice from the Burgess
and Town Council of the said Borough of
Salisbury so to do, then and in that event
this grant shall become null and void. The
said Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Rail-
way Company accepts this grant, subject to
the right of the Burgess and Town Council
to require the said Street Railway Com-
pany to move their tracks'to the center of
the said Grant Street at time of paving said
Grant Street, at their own proper cost and
expenses,
SEC. VII. The said Pennsylvania & Mary-
land Street Railway Company agrees to
run not less than “our cars daily, each way,
over their line covered by this grant, and
continue to run (barring accidents and de-
lays, storms, blockades or other unforeseen
accidents) at regular intervals, and to re-
pair and remoye the cause of all delays
within the shoftest time prreticable. That
the speed of the cars shall not exceed eight
iles per hour within the Borough limits.
$ . VIII. That the said Pennsylvania &
‘Maryland Street Railway Company shall
indemnify and hold harmless the said Bor-
ough of Salisbury in all suits or actions at
law which may arise in the construction,
maintenance and operation of the said
railway.
SEC. IX. That except wherein otherwise
in this ordinance provided for, the said
Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Railway
Company shall be subject to such reason-
able conditions, regulations, stipulations
and restrictions as the said Borough of Sal-
isbury shall hereafter and from time to time
make and impose by ordinance duly enact-
ed and ordained, provided, however, that
for a period of six (6) years from the date of
the acceptance of this ordinance by said
Company, no tax shall be placed upon any
of the cars, poles or other apparatus of said
Company, and that after that time any
taxes imposed by the said Borough of Salis-
bury shall not exceed that levied, or that
may be thereafter levied upon the several
Telephone and Electric Light Companies
within the Borough limits. And all ground
or non-conducting wires shall be boxed fora
distance of eight (8) feet from the ground
up, subject to the approval .of the Burgess
and Town Council. The Borough authori-
ties reserve from the operation of this grant
all rightstoregulate the paving, repaving
rnd repairing, curb setting, the laying of
pipes for conducting water, gas or other
purposes across and under the right of way
of the said Company within the limits. of
the said Borough.
SEC. X. The said Pennsylvania & Mary-
land Street Railway Company are to begin
work on Grant Street,at the borough line
on the north side of the Borough, so as to
counect with the line at present construct-
ed by them, within two weeks from the
date of the acceptance of this ordinance,
and are to complete said work within the
Borough limits within six months from the
date of the acceptance of this ordinance;
otherwise, all rights under this ordinance
shall become void. In the performance of
its work under this grant,the Pennsylvania
& Maryland Street Railway Company shall
so manage their work as not to hinder or
delay traffic on the streets of the Borough
unnecessarily, and shall not open more
than three hundred feet of the street at
any one time without the consent of the
Burgess ann Town Council, and shall at all
times during the construction of their work
through the Borough leave the roadway
open to travel.
SEC. XI. The said Pennsylvania & Mary-
land Street Railway Company,or their con-
tractors, shall, before commencing work,
file with the Clerk of the Town Council
their bond in the sum of Five Thousand
Dollars, indemnifying the said Borough of
Salisbury against all damage done by the
said Street Railway Company in digging
up the streets aforesaid, or any part thereof,
or any damage that may arise from the
planting of polesand the stringing of wires,
and failure to restore the street to as good
condition as it was when the said Company
began its operations, and for any damage
that the said Borough may be found liable -
for by reason of the acts or negligence ot
the said Company in the prosecution of its
work. Said bond to be delivered up to the
bondsmen upon the satisfactory comple-
tion of the street railway.
SEC XII, ‘If the said Pennsylvania &
Maryland Street Railway Company, or as-
signs, fail to comply with or carry out all or
any part of the provisions and conditions of
this ordinance, then and in that event it
shall be optional with the Burgess and
Town Council, by proper resolution or ordi-
nance, to declare this franchise null and
void and of no effect.
SEC. XIII. The. said. Pennsylvania &
Maryland Street Railway Company shall
pay the cost of publication of this ordi-
nance, and this ordinance shalt also inure
to the benefit of the successors and assigns
of the Pennsylvanian & Maryland Street
Railway Company.
Sec. XIV. That any ordinance or part of
ordinance canflicting with the provisions ot
this ordinance, be, and the same is hereby
repealed, so far as the sume atfects this or-
dinance.
Ordained and Enacted into a law this 2nd
day of December, 1807.
RonT. H. JOHNSTON,
President of Council.
HAY, Clerk of Council.
day of December,
R. MCKINLEY,
Burgess.
Reconsidered, adopted, ordained and en-
acted into a law, notwithstanding the dis-
approval of the Burgess, this lith day of
December; 1907. Roper. H. JOHNSTON,
Attest: — President of Council.
GEORGE C. HAY, Clerk of Couneil.
Attest: —
GEORGE C.
Not approved, this 4th
1907. Ss.
RESOLUTION.
Be it resolved, and it is bereby resolved by
the Copnmissioners of Somerset county 1n
general session met, all members present
and concurring therein, that to avoid un-
necessary expenses in nominating Borough
and Township officers, ete, that the nomi-
nation to be made at the Winter Primaries
throughout Somerset county be made as
heretofore under the laws existing prior to
the Act known as the “Uniform Primaries
Act,” approved February 17th, 1906, and in
accordance with the Proviso in said Act P.
In Page 36-48.
JOSIAH SPECHT,
ROBERT AUGUSTINE,
| ; C. F. ZIMMERMAN,
Commissioners of Somerset Co.
Attest: —
R. M.
RININGER, Clerk. 1-2
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