The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-09-25
AN ORDINANCE

Grantlng franchise over and along certain
streets in the city of Manitowoe, Wis, to the
Milwaukee Lake Shore Il Western Railway Co.
be II ordained by the mayor and the Board OF
Aldermen Of the city of Manitowoc.
SEC. L, The Milwaukee Lake Shore and West
ern Railway Co Ga corpOratl0n) In hereby author
lied and empowered to lay down and construct
single track railway along and over the follow
ing streets in said city may be necessary in the
building of Its road upon the following descrlb-
ed route:
Beginning at point in the present track of
said Railway Company in block two hundred and
twenty-five t222) near the lake shore proceeding
thence in westerly and south westerly direction
diagonally across Quay street into and diagonal
Iy across block two hundred and twenty three
Cs23), thence proceeding, In a general southerly
direction across Franklin street along Fifth
and Lake Streets crossing Jay and Washington
street Intersects Hancock street: thence along
Lake street and crossing Hancock street thence
over said Lake street In block two hundred and
elghty-one CSoll and proceeding thence II gen.
eral southerly direction lots three t31. four
"a, and five of block two hundred and eighty
one esd into and across Marshall street and in
To aud across block two hundred and eighty-two
t2e2) thence by a switch-back or spur from a
point at near the division line between lots (3)
and four - IN block two hundred and eighty-one
(2sl) proceeding north westerly into and across
said Lake street into and across the n. 4. corner
of block two hundred and seventy-nine (219)
thence IN a general westerly direction along Han
cock, street INTO and across sixth streets and
thence into block two hundred ard seventy seven
(277l across lots twelve (l2J, eleven I'D and ten
klUJ 10 Il point III iOt nine tSl OF Salu DOCK TWO
hundred and seventy-seven (277).
SEC. 2. And for that purpose the aforesaid
franchise along the above described route is
given and granted to said railway company and
said railway company is hereby fully authorized
aud empowered to maintain and use said single
track railway over upon and along all the streets
required by the route above mentioned for the
purpose of enabling said railway company to
transport the freight and products of the various
lndusterles that now are or that may hereafter be
located along said route; to receive deliver and
otherwise handle their freight and to load and
unload, and have loaded and unloaded the cars
of said company and generally maintain and use
said single track railway far the usual purposes
of railroad, but such franchise shall not be ex-
elusive of any other similar franchise which may
hereafter be granted to any other railway COM
pang along and across the same streets.
SEC. 9. That no locomotives, car or cars shall
be run upon or over said single track railway
faster than at the rate of six miles an hour and
no train or any part thereof shall be allowed to
stand or remain on any street crossing; any viola
ton of section 80 of this ordinance or any part
thereof shall subject the railway company to a
penalty of twenty-five dollars.
SEC. 4. Nothing in this ordinance shall be
construed to make sad city of Manltowoc liable
or responsible for any damages or TO exempt or
release said Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western
Halfway Company from the payment of any dam
ages which the granting of this franchise or the
construction, operation or maintenance of the
railway hereby authorized to be built shall cause
to the property or the owners of the property
along or IN front of which said railway shall be
built.
SEC. ). Failure on the part of the said Milwau-
kee Lake Shore and Western Railway Company
to observe comply with and carry out
all and singular, each and every any of the
conditions of this ordinance shall render this or
Ginance imperative and void.
SEC. i. The said railway company shall be
liable to pay Its proportion of any expense the
Improvement of any street which may be ordered
by the city council along which its track runs al
the city hereby reserves the right to require said
railway to construct and maintain at its own eX-
pense such bridges, yiaducts, tunnels and to pro-
vide such other conyeyancCs at public crossings
as the board of aldermen may deem necessary.
SEC. Z. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publica-
ton and, the, acceptance thereof by said Milwau-
kee Lake Shore and Western Railway Company,
which acceptance shall be in writing signed by
the President and Secretary or Vice President
and Asst Secretary of the said Railway Company
las II may ectlwhlch acceptance shall be filed
within thirty days after the passage of this ordl-
nance with the clerk Of the city of hIanitowoc to
be attached to and recorded with this ordinance
and upon filing thereof snoh acceptance and this
ordinance shall be binding and obligatory upon
both SAID railway company and said city of Mani
towOC.
Adopted this 18th day of September, 1890.
Attest FRED SCHUErrE Mayor
ARTHUR REIcHERT, City Clerk,