3771 - 38 Grant Cleve Railway Co. right to maintain & operate line

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ORDIN_~CE NO. 3771 BY Mr. Thompson ~a~N O~?~DIi~f~WCE granting The Cleveland Railway Company the right to maintain an~ operate motor coach lines in the City of Lakewood for the transportation of passengers for hire and fixing the route, rates of fare, the duration of the grant and other terms and conditions. ~P~AS, The Cleveland Railv~y Company, an Ohio, corporation, hereinafter so~ times referred to as the "Company", for several years pursuant to informal permits from the Council and Mayor of the City of Lakewood, hereinafter som~ times referred to as the "City", has opera~ed motor coach lines i~ the,~ity for the transportation of passengers for hire uoon two routes, (1) the ~ompan~ so-called Rocky River - War~en line and (2) the-Company's so-called West ll?i Street line, in each case as a part of the routes of said lines in the *ity of Cleveland; and ~;~TtEREAS, the City and the~Company desire to confirm and reduce to a franchi~ contract the right of the ompany ~o operate said motor coach lines in the City of Lakewood~and ~o fix the terms and conditions thereof; NOW, TI~EREFORE, BE IT 0RDAI1Q]sD by the Council of the City of Lal~vood, State U ° · of Ohio, Zwo-thirds of all members thereof cono rr~ng. Section lo The Cleveland Railway Company is hereby grant ed, upon the terms and conditions herein set f~rth, t~ right until the first day of May, 19~4, and thereafter so long as the Company operates its street car lines under Ordinance No. 1400 passed March 3, 1919, as amended by Ordinance No. 2305 passed ~anuary 5, 1925, and as said ordinances may be further amended or extended by mutual agreement between the City and the Company, to maintain and oper~ motor coach lines for the carriage of passengers for hire upon t~ following routes: The Rocky River Drive - Warren Road route: Around the loop in Lakewood Park in front of the Lakewood City Hall, thence southerly upon the Park drive and Belle Avenue to Clifton Boulevard, westerly upon Clifton Boulevard to Warren Road, southerly upon Warren Road and Alger Avenue to the boundary of the City, and thence into the City of Cleveland upon sue route as is agreeable from time to time to the Company and t~ 0ity of Cleveland, and return over the same route in reverse directions in the City of Lakewood zo the Laker,cod City Hall, and to cross all streets intersecting said route in the ~ity, provided, however, that between gune 1st and September 15th of each year the northerly terminus of said route shall be at the entrance to said Lakewood Park. The West ll?th Street route; From the intersection of Lake Avenue and West ll?th Street thence southerly upon ¥~st-llTt~ Street to the boundary of the 0ity, and thence into th~Cit~ of Cleveland upon such woute as is agreeable from time b~tin to the Company and the ~ity of Cleveland, and return in the City of ~leveland over West llTth Street (the boundary line between the City of Lakewood and the City of Cleveland being in the center of West llTth Street) to Clifton Boulevard, th~ easterly~upon Clifton Boulevard, northerly on ~fest llOth Stre and westerly upon Lake Avenue in the City of Cleveland to the place of beginning, and to cross'all streets intersecting sai route in the City. Said routes in the City of Lakewood shall each be subject to such changes as may be mutually agreeable to the City and the Company, and in the event of any temporary obstruction of either of said routes, the detour to be used shall be such as is mutually agrees to the Company and to the ~ayor of the City.