Bill 67 (Legislature 3, Session 1)

L3 S1 10579

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 67 of 1913 (Second Session).

An Act to incorporate the Calgary Petrol Interurban Railway Company. (Assented to ' 1913.)

WHEREAS a petition has been presented praying for the incorporation of a company to construct and operate an electric railway as hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition; Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. William A. McDonald, student-at-law; Peter D. Me~ Alpine, student-at-law and H. E.

Forster, student-at-law 1 all of the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, together with such persons as become shareholders in the company hereby incorporated, are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of "The Calgary Petrol Interurban Railway Company," hereinafter called "the company." 2. The head office of the company shall be at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, or at such other place within the said province as the directors may from time to time determine. 3.

The several clauses of The Railway Act of Alberta shall be and the same are hereby incorporated 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 them, excepting so far as the same may be inconsistent with the expressed enactments hereof or inapplicable to a railway of the nature hereby authorized, and the expression "this Act" when used herein shall be under stood to include the clauses of the said Railway Act as aforesaid. 4:.

The company may lay out, construct and operate lines of railway operated by any motive power other than steam with a guage of four feet eight and one-half inches between the following points in the Province of Alberta: (

a) From a point at the limits of the City of Calgary; thence in a southerly and south-westerly direction to a point at the limits of the Town of Pincher .Creek in the Province of Alberta. The said railway may be carried upon and along such road allowances, public highways, streets, lanes and squares as may be necessary and co_nvenient for the purposes of the construction of the said railway, the consent and approval of the Minister of Public Works first having been obtained before construction of any of its works authorized by this Act are commenced.

It is further provided that the company shall not carry on or construct any of its works authorized by this Act along or across any highway, street, lane or other public place in any city

2 or town unless the company 'shall have first· obtained the consent of the ·muiiicipal -~ council thereof by an; agree ment entered into -between the compaQy and the said municipality, and ratified by by-law ~ of the said council, if required, by the Statute or Ordinance under ·: which the same derives its corporate- powers, the municipal council thereof shall be deemed to have full power and authority to permit the use by the company of the highways, streets, lanes, squares and other public places of tile muni cipality for the purpose of any of its said works: Provided that the company shall not be entitled to use any of the public streets, roads or highways or public places within the limits of the City of Calgary for the purposes of a street railway system or otherwise unles8 it has obtained the consent of the council of the said city to an agreement entered into between the company and the said city ratified by by-law, approved of by a two third vote of the ratepayers. 5.

The persons mentioned by name in the first

section of this Act are hereby constituted provisional directors of the said company. ' 6. The capital stock of the company shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), divided into twenty five hundred shares of one hundred dollars ($100.00) each, and may be called up by the directors from time to . time as they deem necessary, but no one call shall exceed ten per cent. on the share or shares subscribed. 1 7. The annual general meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first day of June in each year. 8.

At such meeting the shareholders of the capital stock assembled who have paid all calls due on their shares shall choose not less than three nor more than nine persons to be the directors of the company, one or more of whom may be paid directors of the cpmpany. 9. The compa 'lY may issue bonds, debentures or . other securities to the extent of fourteen · thousand doll~rs ($14,000) per mile of the railway and its branches or sidings and such bonds, debentures or other securities may 1be issued only in proportion to the length of railway construc'ted or under contract to be cqnstructed. 10.

The company may enter into an agreement with another company or companies for conv.eying or leasing to such company or companies the railway of the company hereby incorporated, in whole or in part, or any rights or powers acquired under this Act, as also the surveys, plans, works, plant, material, machinery and other property to it belonging, or for an amalgamation with such company or companies, on such terms and conditions as are agreed upon, and subject to such restrictions as to the directors seem fit; provided that such agreement has been first sanc tioned by two-thirds of the votes at a special genera,l meeting of the shareholders duly called for the purpose of considering the same, at which meeting shareholders representing at least two-thirds in value of the ·stock are present in person or represented by proxy, and that such agreement has also received the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

3 11. The company shall, at all stations upon their railway; permit the loading of grain into cars from farmers' vehicles or flat warehouses, subject to reasonable regulations to be made by the said company, and shall at all reasonable times afford proper facilities therefor. 12.

The company agrees to afford all reasonable facilities to any other railway company for the receiving and forwarding and delivery of traffic upon and from the line of railway belonging to or worked by such companies respectively, and the company shall not make or give undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favour of any particular person or company, or any par ticular description of traffic in any respect whatsoever, nor shall the company subject any particular person or company, or any particular description of traffic to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage what soever, and the said company shall afford all due and reasonable facilities for receiving and forwarding by its railways without any unreasonable "delay, and without any such preference or advantage or prejudice or dis advantage as aforesaid, so that no obstruction .is presented to the public desirous of using .suc4 railway as a continuous line of communication, and ·'So that all, reasonable accom modation by means of the railways of the several :companies is at all times afforded to the public in that behalf, and any agreement made between the company and , any other company or companies contra.rY to this agreement shall be null and void. 13.

The construction of the railway hereby authorized shall be cominenced wit~\~ two years .and shall be com'T pleted within _(ive years from the date of the coming into force of this Act. ' 14.

The company . shall also have power for the purposes of its undertaking to construct and operate electric power transmission lines, and to construct al~mg the line of the said railway or transmission line such telegraph or telephone lines as may be convenient for the purpose of its under taking and further shall have the power to construct and maintain such bridges as may be necessary or convenient for the use of the said railway, not being bridges over any navigable river or rivers unless such bridge or bridges over such navigable river or rivers has or have been author ized by the Governor General in Council.

No. 67 FlRS'L' SESSION THIRD LEGIHJJATUR.E 4 GEORGE V 1913 (SECOND .F..SION) BILL

An Act to incorporate the Calgary Petrol Interurban Railway Company. Received and read the First time ........ : ........ . Second time ....... ' ........ ·. Third time ........... . . . .. . DR. CAMPBELL. EDMONTON: J. W. JsrrmaY, Government Printer A.D. 1913 ,. ,. Title: 1913 (3rd, 1st) Bill 67,

An Act to incorporate the Calgary Petrol Interurban Railway Company

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L3 S1 10579
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L3 S1 10579
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	88154467aa6f94ca291168c29ae01fb896a0594e

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