It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, agent, employee or other person to leave any locomotive engine, car or train of cars on or across any street or sidewalk within the city longer than reasonably necessary, or for a longer time than ten minutes, unless from some unavoidable accident it cannot be removed within that space of time; nor shall any company, agent, employee or other person use any railroad track, side track or switch within the city, where it crosses any street, sidewalk or alley, by running locomotives, engines, cars or train of cars, backward or otherwise so as to unreasonably obstruct the travel of persons or vehicles on the street, sidewalk or alley.
(Prior Code, § 118.03) (Ord. passed 10-6-1879) Penalty, see § 10.999