Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-01
KOUNTz's PROPOSITION.
Permission Asked to Build
and Operate ii Street
Railway
The Charter Submitted by Commo-
dore Kountz 10 the C ty
Council.

LUG kOliO lux 10 Wig SAHk eSA SOhALhS-
dore Kountz, of Allegheny City, Pen
%nsylvanla, asks the city council of Yank-
ton to grant him and If granted he binds
himself to construct and operate a street
railway in Ysnkton:
Sec. l. Be it ordained by the common
council Of the city of Yankton that
there is hereby granted to the Yankton
street railway company. and its assigns,
the exclusive right to locate, lay down
and construct u single or o double track
for street railways, together with sll the
necessary and convenient tracks for
turn-outs. side tracks and switches oyer
and or all the streets, alleys, bridges
and public places in said city, and which
may hereafter be laid out; therefore by
resolution Of the common council, they
are hereby authorized to operate and
maintain sHch street railway for carry
ing passengers and freight, to be oper.
ated by horse, electric or cable power.
SEQ. 2. The said tracks for said lines
of street railway shall be located, LAID
down and constructed under the direc.
tion of the city engineer, upon any oil
the streets, or parts of streets OF said
CITY
Sec. 3. The Yankton street railway OF
assigns shall commence the construction
of one or more roads on or before 90.
tober 1st 1888, and shall have at least
one mile of track in operation on or be-
tore the first day of July, 1889, end In
default thereof, ali rights hereunder
shall be forfeited.
SEQ. 4. The tracks authorized to be
1 io:3 1nw,p apd fooaAod nrdar thic pr6ip.
ancs, shall be laid as near the centre Of
the streets SO may be practicable, and
when a double track is laid In any street
they shall be 30 located that the centre
line between each doable track shall be
as near the centre of the street as prac-
tlcale, and when double tracks are used
they shall not be over five feet apart. II
case any line shall be extended upon al
alley then only q single track shall b,
laid in such alley.
Sec. 5. The tracks for said street rail
way shall be laid and constructed ane
operated SO as to conform to and will
the established grade OF the streets OF
which the same may be located, wher'
ever the city has established such grades
Where the streets are not graded sslt
track shall be laid so as to conform with
the surface OF such street, provided
however, that when the city shall brinI
the street to the established grade, the
such tracks shall be raised or lowered
as the case may be. at the expense 9
the city.
SEQ. 6. The common council by thre
iourths vote may order extensions @
said track, when there shall be six res
| ident families in each block OF the pro
posed extension and such extension shal
be petitioned for by three fourths of tn
residents on the line thereof, and wheI
so ordered, the same shall be constructe
within SIX months thereafter; and j
case the Ysnkton street railray compan
shall fail to extend such road, With
six months. then the common oounc
shall have the right to grant to any ott
i, er company the privilege of making sue
, extension.
Sec. z. The rate OF fare over any lin
OF railway herein contemplated, cha,
not exceed ten cents IS Joy for each an
I every passenger, from any n point
any other point on such line OF railwa
within the city limits, except where Cal
have been chartered for q specific pul
pose.
SEQ. 8. The proprietors OF such stree
railway company, in lieu of ell other to
to the city, shall pay twenty-five dollar
($25 .O0) annually into the city ~treasur,
7 psyabIe sem. annually in advance com
mencing July LIST, 1889.
SEQ. 8. The tracks of said street rel
way, shall not be elevated more tina
two inches above the surface OF III
street and shall be laid with tee rei
> commonly called centre bearing rail, an
shall be 30 maintained. The guage {
such street railway shall be four feet
all cases.
II Sec. 10. In constructing said line
railway, the prorriesoss are hereby az
thorized to cYoss any other railway tract
q upon the several streets on grade.
SEQ. IL Andif any person shall In
pede OF hinder the running OF such Cal
on such tracks Chose In charge OF th
fire apparatus only excepted) he shall |
deemed guilty OF o misdemeanor and G
cor viction thereof, shall be fined Fl,
dollars, ($5.00) and costs for each ofens
to be prosecuted before the mayor
other magistrate having jurisdiction
under city ordinance, OF offences. OF
half the fine to 40 to the city treasul
and the other half to be paid TO the ir
former,
Sec. 70. The conductors or drivers
cars may be, at the request Of the raj
wey company, appointed by the msyt
temporary or special policemen at IL
expense OF the proprietors OF such stre'
railway company, and authorized TO 81
Q rest all persons found impeded
hindering the running OF the cars {
lsuoh tracks. or behaving in q disorder
manner on said care.