Common Carriers

.....council power to grant franchises, regulate operation, fix fares

Section 25.(30).

The City Council shall have the power:

To grant franchises to street railways, motor lines, or other common carriers; to regulate the running of cars on such railway or motor line; to fix the rate of fare or passage thereon; Provided; the ordinance granting such franchise must specify with particularity the streets and public ways to be used, the provisions under which the same may be used, and the term for which such franchise is granted: