Bill 64 (Legislature 2, Session 4)

L2 S4 10669

Alberta — Bills

An B~LL No. 6~f 1913. Act to Inoorporat.e the bow River Suburban Com any. (.t~ssented to Railway 191:).) W HEREAS a petition bas teen presented praying for the in.oorporation of ·a eomp ny to construct and operate a railway, as hereinafter oot forth and it is expedient lo gmni the prayer of the said petition ; Therefore His Majesty, by a9d with the adviee and oonsent of the Legislative A:oomuly ·of thr Provinee of Alberta, enac·ts ns follows: 1. William Georgeson, wh lesale grocer; George I. Peet, financial broker; 0. S. Chapin, gent; George A. Ings, physician; anJd Allan D.

Omnors, acooun .ant, a.U of the City of Calgary, in ihe Province of Albert.a, to ther with such persons as become shareholders in the company ereby incorporated, are hereby c.onstituted a body corporate un er the nnme of the "Elbow R.ivcr Suburban Railway Company", l ereinafter oalled "the Company". ~. The head office ·of the cornpany shall be in the City of Calgary in the Provinoo of Alberjta. 3.

The several clauses of Th Railway Act of Alberta shall he and the same are hereby, inco orated with and shall be deemed to be part of this Act, and shall apply to the said company and to the railway ·to be constructed by em, excepting so far 8.'! th€l same may be inoonsibtent with the e, press ena:ctments hereof, and the expression "this Act" when us d herein i3hall be understood to include the dauses of the said ailu;ay Act a.s aforusa.idi. 4.

The company may lay ou , construct, maintain and operate a line of railway, with a guag of four feet eight and one-half inehes, with all necessary swi hes and side-traeks from a point in the north-east quarter of tow 1ship 22, range 6, west of the 5th meridian, near ·the junction o Canyon Creek with the Elbow River; tblenee easterly following the north bank of the Elbow River erossing Bragg Creek about o e-half a mile above its junction with the Elbow River; thence ortherly 'and ea:sterly skirting the west boundary of the Elarcfle eserve; thence easterly through township 24, range 4, west of th 5th .meridian, and on to Calgary passing south of and pa11allel t the .south Springbank trail. 5.

The Jlflrsons mentioned by name in the first

section of thiE Act are hereby constituted pj:ovisional directors of the said oompany. .rJ .,&,~~'~"· dtJ 6. The capiLal stock of the ~mpany shall be -$568,888.9Q. and may be <;ailed up by the dirocto f11om t.ime ·to time, as they deem necessary, but no one call shall exceed fifty (50) per cent, on the sha.re subsc~rihed. 7. The annual general meetitg of t·he shareholders shall be held <•n the fifteenth day of April ir each year. 8.

At such meeting the .~1bscribers for the capital ~tu('k assembled, who have paid all ca Is due on their ·shares, shall choo~ not less than five nor more th n nine persons to be directors of the company, one or more of ' hom may be paid directors of the company. to the extent of twenty thousan dollars ~*2A.AAQ @@j per mile of 'I ~.0 IN d' the railway and lmmches, and ch bonds, debentures, or other 9. The company may issue ~ds, debentures or other securities . ¢1 .... securities may be issued only in pmportion to the length of rail- way oonstruoted or under contr to be constructed. 10.

The company may ente into an agreement with another company or companies for oonv ying or loosing to such eompany or companies the railway of t e eompany hereby incorporated in whole or in part or any rig ,ts or powers acquired under lhis Aet as also the survey plans, orks, plant, material and other pmperty to it belonging or for n amalgamation with such com pany or companies on such te s and conditions as are agreed upon and subject to such restri tions ae to the directora socm fit provided that such agl'effillent as been first sanctionerl by two thirds of the votes at a speci•a,l ccting of the shareho~der:s duly called for the purpose l()f consid ring the same at which meoting :shareholders repre.«enting at le . two-t.hirtis in value of the sto-ck are praqent in person or ropr nted by proxy and that such agreement has also received e approval of tlie Lientcntmt Governor in Council. 11.

The company shall at all~tations upon thwr railway alway::> permit, the loading of grain in o cars from farmers' vehicles or flat warehouses, subject to reas nable regul,ations to be made hy the said company, and shall at U reasonable times afforrl proper facilities therefvr. 12.

The company agrees to a.fford all reasonable facilitic;; t(J any other railw,ay company foc ,e receiving and forwarding and delivery of traffic upon and fr: tho line of railway belonging to or worked by such companies r ctively, and the company shnll not make or give undue or unr 1180nable preference or advantage to or in favour of any ;pal'ticul perwn or company, or any particular description of traffic to any undue or unreasonable prejudli.oo or disadvantage whats ver, and the said company shall afford all due and rea,c;onable fa ilitics for receiving and forward ing by ibs railways all the traffi arriving by such other railway or railways wlithout any unreaso able delay, and without any .;,uch preference or advantage or prcj dice or disadvantage as aforesaid, so that no obstruction is present d to the public desirol113 of using such railway as a continuous li e of communication, and so that a.ll reasonable •accommodation y means of the railways of the several oompanies is at all tim afforded to ·the public in that behalf, and any agreement rna e between the company ancl any other company or eornpanies co trary to thi~ agroom~mt shall be null and void. 13.

The const~uc.tion of th~railway hereby authorized :>h~ll be eommencedi w1thm two yea and shall be completed within five years from the da.te of the ming into foroo of this Act. 14.

The company shall also ,ave power for the purposes of its undertaking to construct and o ate •an electric telegraph line or lines and :a telephone line or li es along .the said railway, and to (•.on~t.ruct and maintain such b · ges as shall be necessary or con v-enient f1or tho use of said rail ay, not being bridges over an:v navigable river or rivers, unle. such bridge or br.idges over .sueh navigable rivers or wat · has or have been authorizer! by 'the Governor General in Con oil. 15.

Fm the purpo:;e uf the rperation of the road, the motive power to be Uf:ed by the compa 1y may be steam, electric, or ga~ or such other power as to them may appear advisable from time to .time. 16. This Act ~hall come int.olforre on the day it is a&;ented w. ~0. 64 FOURTH SESSION SECOND LEG~LATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to Incorporate The Elbow River Suburban Railway Con1pany. Received and read the First time .................... . Second ti n1e ..........••...•.•. Third titn.e . .................. . MR. TwERDIE EDMONTON: J. W. ]RFFRRY, Government Printet" A.D. 1913 Title: 1913 (2nd, 4th) Bill 64,

An Act to Incorporate The Elbow River Suburban Railway Company

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L2 S4 10669
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L2 S4 10669
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	775b30d50a27beb544c8e4df41507bc8f0d4e2b8

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