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Home My WebLink About34394 r 1 OPJ)Iy:ANCL+' ITO. _ AIT ORDINUXE GRANTING THE INTERCITY TERMINAL f`♦ )AILWAY 001,a'AIJY THE RIGHT TO COIT`3TRUCT, 1,ULIYTAIIT AND OP 2ATE A LINE OF STREET RAII;:IAY O"FIF, AI%D ALOI,iG THAT PAT:T OF THE MIDGE K1TOWN AS THE KAliT STREET BRIDGE SITUATED WITHIN THE CITY LI;iITS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE, ROCK A10) CGITS'iRUCTEI) BY THE BROADyJAY- LIAIN ::T ET MIDGE DISTRICT, AID OVER THE SOUTH APIROACH TIiER'ETO, AITID OVER 11AIN STREET BETTZaT THE APPROACIUIS TO SAID MIDGE AIU) THE NORTH LINv' E OF 'I AR.KIIATn STREET , AID TO COI?I?ECT IT : TRiICKS `WITH THE `IRA CKS OF THE ARE-�TSJV3 CENTRAL P31,7M, CONIPAZTY. LIT L'I'E ROCK: BE IT O -RDAII ED BY THE CITY COL TCIL OF Tr; 1, CITY OF erection 1. For the purpose of constructing, maintaining and o.,,eratirig an electric standard -guage street rail�uwj system Sri th single or double tracks, sidetracks, switches and turnouts, including the necessarir overheU.d wires, conduits and trolley- poles f or the suppl -r of p ever for its ovin use, the City Council of the City of Little Rock does hereby grant unto the Intercity Terminal Railvray Comlany, and unto its successors and assigns, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set f or th, for a period of ears from the date of the passai,e of this � �. ordinance, the ey.clusive right to construct, maintain anti oper- ate an electric single or double tract: street railway line, with overhead trolley, on Lain Street and on the Twain ;:street bridge constructed by the :roadway -Hain Street Fridge District across the :ixkansas river, between the north line of Harkham Street and the boundary lire between the said cities of Little Rock: and ITorth Little Rock, subject to any ey:isting rights of the Arkansas Central Power Company on I.1ain Street. Said Intercity Terrinal Railway Company may make connection with the tracks of said .Arkansas Central Povyer Co»'any, its successors and assigns, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between said companies; and the right is here- by granted to the Intercity Terr_tii.nal Railway Company to operate its cars over the tracks of the Arkansas Central Doti ^rer Company between Main and Liarkhan Streets and the car warn and shops of � r r -2 - said Arkansas Central lower Company now located at North and Chester Streets, for the sole and only purpcse of transporting its cars to be housed and repaired; but not for the purpose of carrying passengers between the points aforesaid, provided, that said Intercity Terminal Railway Company shall first obtain the consent of said Arkansas Central lower Company for the oper- ation of said curs over its tracks as aforesaid. vection 2. As part consideration for this grant, said Intercity Terminal Railway Company hereby agrees to permit any bona fide interurban railway company, having a single or double track line not less than seven miles in length, which has obtained the consent qf the City r3ouncil of t, e City of Little o.- ,& Oc-. Rock, to use its tracks ^under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between such interurban company and said Inter- city Terminal Railway Company. In the event said cor_ipanies are unable to agree upon terms and conditions, then the same shall be arbitrated, each company to select one arbitrator and the tao so chosen to select a thix•d, and the decision of a majority to be binding upon both parties. In the event the two arbitrators are unable to select a third arbitrator within thirty days from the date of their appointrient, then the Judge of the District Court of the United States at Little Rock, shall select the third arbitrator. Section 3. Said Intercity- Terminal Railway Con- pany shall build a single or double track. street rail,rray line of the overheat: single - trolley type, with all necessary curves and switches on said bridge and the anpro ach thereto, and that y�ortion of wain street upon which its. rights are herein granted. erection 4. said corrrpany shall maintain its line; of railway, rolling stock, equipr:ient and motive potiwernin good � order and repair, ana at all times give the ;.public a firsts class street car service. Section 5. Said company shall confine itself -3- K - i exclusively to the carriaLe of pasjengers, except that it may t cam freight for its own use. Section 6. Said oirx in the construction and maintenance of its overhead lines in Main Street, shall use .petal boles, and the city shall have the right to use such poles for its street electric light wires, and for the wires of its _.-olyce or fire alarm system; provided, that said poles shall be erected of sufficient length so that tiZe city may string its wires at least tilree feet above the company's vrires; and said city shall at all tines maintain its wires in a good and safe condition, and said company shall conform to all ordinances of the city as to the direction and ainting of its .said voles. Section 7. Said Intercity Terminal railway Com- piny shall arrange with said Arkansas Central Po^:rer Company for the transfer of passengers from either line to the other upon the payment of a transfer- charge of t^fo cents f or each passenger so transferred; Ixovided, that no transfer charge shall be k1ade for any child five years of age, or under, when attended by a per,�,on who pays full fare. Section 3. That Ordinance No. 2037, passed Tan- uary 5, 1914, by this Co-mcil granting to E. 'W. Jackson and C. C. Kavanaugh, as t:: ustees for said Intercity Terminal Rail - way Company, a franchise across said 1L-idge, be and the same is hereby repealed. :section 9. This ordinance shall become inopera- tive and void unless s,,dd Intercity Terminal Railway Company shall indicate, within ten days after its passage, its accept- ance t1aereof by filing with the City Clerk a state:aent in vxit- ing signed by the President or Secretary of said Intercity Terminal Railway Co pany, being duly auth�ioized so to do, and thereafter endorsing on the marlin of the record book in which this ordinance is recorded its acce�-Aance thereof; and unless said Intercity Terminal Mail aay Company shall enter, within thirty days from the passage of 1 contract with the Broadway -Main right to cross said bridge with it shall actually construct its in operation its cars thereon .Rr_ of this ordinance. this ordinance, into a franchise - Street Bridge District for the its tracks and cars, and unless tracks across said bridge and ;out thin ninety days fro-111 the passage Section 10. ;aid Intercity Terminal Railway Corr pany shall file tiTith the City Clerk the original franchise or contract which it may enter into with the Broadway -Main :street Bridge District, and thereupon the said City Clerk shall record said franchise or contract for the purpose. of evidencing com- pliance by said company with the conditions hereinabove set forth, and maintaining a permanent record thereof; and ilLen so recorded said Clerk shall return said franchise or contract to said company. aecti on 11. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here.rith are hereby repealed, and this ordinance being for the Luaiediate protection of the public peace, health and safety, and for the support and maintenance of the municipal government, and in the exercise of its police powers, an emergency is hereby decla:r: ed, and this ordinance shall taLe effect and be in force as a binding contract between the City of Little Rock and the Intercity Terminal Railway Company, its suc- cessors and assigns, from and after its passage, and its ac- ceptance by said Intercity Terminal i ail -Vay Company. AY, 1F 0 VID- A. - __ _ ATTEa - CT, r�r�K -- % Little Rock, Arkansas, I'Larch 19, 1924• TO THE HC2ITOP.A1 L-F HAYOR AID CITY COL'ITCIL 03 TIIF CITY OF LITTLE ROCK. -".•l Gentlemen:- In i- ursuance to the authority of the Board of Directors of the Intercity Terminal RailTvay Co<-,I�any, we be(,,, to accept Ordinance ITo.34. Passed by your Honorable Body Monday, March 17, 1924, repealing Franchise Ordinance No. 2037 of this company, and granting; it a right of Fray over that part of the Main Street bridge and the approach thereto within the city limits of the City of Little Dock. Very truly yours, INTIRCILY T-- MI:IIN.hL RAIDJAY COI:aPANY, By-__ `— esic, ent. By :secretary. X -r--