St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-06
INITIATING CHICAGO.
To Bring About the Speedy
Construction Of an Ele-
waited Railroad.
Corporation Attorney Murray
Equal to the Emergency,
as Usual.
Text of an Ordinance That
Will Be Submitted to the
Council.
Every Precaution Taken to
Guard the Rights Of Prop
erty Owners.

AT the last meeting of the council
committee on streets the question of
granting franchise for the construc-
ton of an elevated road was debated at
length, and the subject was finally re-
ferred to Corporation Attorney Murray
to frame an ordinance for the guidance
of the committee. In conformity with
these instructions Mr.. Murray sent to
Chicago for copy of the ordinance
formulated by that city governing the
construction of an elevated road. This
document has been received and will be
read before the meeting of the commit
tee on streets, called for this evening at
the city hall. According to the ordi-
nance, which will serve as a guide for
the local authorities, permission was
granted to construct. maintain and
operate for period of fifty years an
elevated road with two or more tracks,
not exceeding three, and such curves,
switches, SldingS, turnOutS, connections,
supports, columns, girders, telegraph,
telephone AMI signal devices for the
sole use OF the company, and such other
appliances as might be deemed neces-
sary or proper. The company not to
acquire by purchase, condemnation or
otherwise a right of way upon and
along a given route exceeding thirty
feet in width, except when greater
width is required for termini and curves,
each terminus being limited to one
block in length. When stations are to
be located along the right of way the
company may acquire such additional
property as may be necessary for sta
lions, but such additional property shall
not be occupied by
TRACKS, SWITCHES OR TURNOUTS.
The company to be subject at all
times to the direction of the department
of public works, and plans and specif-
cations shall be submitted to the COM
missioner of public works, who shall
determine whether said plans and
specifications comply with the pro-
visions of the ordinance and are equal in
style, strength finish and architecture
to the most modern and improved plans
i'll use in the cities of New York,
Brooklyn and Kansas City,; and the
company shall not commence to build
and erect said elevated railway system
and structure until the plans and speci-
fcatlonS are approved by the commits
sioner of public works. The company
may use and operate the railroad tracks
authorized to be constructed with To-
connective or other engines, or motors
anu CQlS, SuDJtCt W dill vi
the city applicable thereto.
All material used for that part of the
structure above ground shall be
wrought iron or steel. except that the
connection between the posts, which
form cluster column, may be of cast
iron, and except the rails, which shall
be of steel, and except the ties or lOngi-
tudinal stringerS supporting the rails,
which shall be of the best quality and
kind of selected lumber. The safety
guards shall be of iron. The stairs and
all parts Of the stations, except the
platform, doors and windows and IN
side sheathing, and except the tread of
the stairs shall be iron. All stations,
platforms and stairs shall be protected
by a substantial iron railing; all OF the
material used in the construction of the
work shall be of the best quality for the
purposes to which they are to be ap-
piled, and the work shall be executed
IN A WORKMANLIKE MANNER.
The general plan or plans Of the
| structure shall be of an elevated rail-
| road, with the track or tracks supported
| or upheld upon or by row or rows of
! iron posts or iron columns.
Except where the width of any cross
| street, avenue or alley, between the
| curbS is fifty feet or more, it shall be
| Spanned by single span, where the
| plan of construction is one having & row
| of columns upon or within the curb
| line.
The transverse diameter of each post
| or column placed in the roadway snail
not exceed fifteen inches at the base,
| the surface of the roadway. When
| placed on or within the line of curb
| shall not exceed twenty-six inches at
| the base.
Adequate tenders shall be fitted
| around the base Of each column placed
in the roadway to prevent the hubs of
the wheels of passing vehicles from
STRIKING THE COLUMNS.
The longitudinal distance between
columns shall not be less than thirty
| five so feet, except on curves, and
within the curb at least twenty-five (25)
feet.
To part of the girderS of the super
structure shall be less than sixteen feet
above the established grades of streets
and alleys, and whenever said elevated
structure crosses and passes over the
right of way and tracks of existing sur
face steam railroads the clear head
room between the lower chords of all of
said girders and the surface of the rails
in all of said railroads, and from out to
out of their said right of way shall not
be less than twenty C20) feet
| The different parts of the structure
| and the connections shall be properly
proportional to resist all of the momen-
tum of the train which can, by the ap-
| plication of brakes or in any other man.
Der, be
| IMPARTED TO THE STRUCTURE.
Sufficient safety guards shall be pro-
vided SO that in case of accident the
cars shall be etfe ctually prevented from
leaving the structure.
The rates of fares to be charged and
collected upon trains to be run upon the
said railroad shall not exceed cents
| per passenger for any one continuous
trip within the now city limits; pro-
vided, no fare shall be collected of any
! police officer. wearing his uniform, or
member of the fire department, wearing
his uniform, riding Oh any of the trains
of said company.
Ehe company shall have permission
and authority to construct, maintain and
operate within the streets, avenues and
alleys, or portions thereof, across or
alongside which its said elevated rail-
road is permitted to be constructed, all
necessary or proper stairs, stair
ways, elevators, landing places. plat
forms and other constructions and ap-
| planes for ingreSS, egreSS and the ac-
commodatiOn of passengers, but so as
not to have impaired the usefulness of
such streets, avenues and alleys. Before
| the construction as aforesaid, plans
| shall first be submitted to the commits
sioner of public works for his approval,
and none of the matters authorized
shall be constructed without the written
approval by the
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The motive power shall be fully