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AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE PRESTON HATCHER, HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO CONDUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC TROLLEY OR GASOLINE OR ELECTRIC MOTOR RAILWAY SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
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Be it Ordained by the Council of the City of Jonesboro:
Exclusive consent, permission and authority is hereby given and granted by the City of Jonesboro, hereinafter called the City, unto Preston Hatcher, his successors and assigns, hereinafter called the Grantee, to locate, construct, maintain and operate a single or double track, standard gauge, street railway in the streets, alleys and other public places within the corporate limits of the City, as the same are now laid out and established, or as they may be hereafter altered, changed or extended, within the limits of the City, as said limits are now fixed or as they may be hereafter extended, and to erect and use all such poles, masts, wires, cables, transformers and other structures, appurtenances and equipment, and all sidetracks, turnouts, switches and turntables, as may be necessary, and to erect and maintain all other such mechanical appliances and equipments as may be necessary and suitable for the construction, maintenance and operation of any railway system the Grantee may desire to construct and operate under the provisions of this Ordinance, but all the rights and privileges of both the parties hereto shall subject to all the provisions and conditions hereof. The exclusive privileges hereby granted shall cover and include a period of fifty years from the date of the acceptance hereof by the Grantee.
The Grantee may construct and operate said lines of railway upon and along the following streets and alleys, namely, Main, McClure, Walnut, Bridge (except the overheard bridge), Fisher, Johnson and Patrick Streets, and Washington, Huntington, Cate, Burke, Matthews, oak, Warner and Nettleton Avenues, and not elsewhere, except by permission granted by the City by appropriate resolution or Or...
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