The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-01-02
AN ORDINANCE

training franchise over and along certain
streets IN the City OF ManItowoc, Wisconsin to
the Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western Rail
way Company.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of the City OF Manitowoc as follows;
SECTION L: The Milwaukee Lake Shore and
Western Railway Company "a corporation) is
hereby authorized and empowered to lay down
and construct single track railway along in It's
option, one or the OF her of the two following de-
scrlbed TO ties, but along of said routes only
tO-wIt
FIRST Route: Beginning on the main line of its
rail road on thirteenth street and running from
thence east long water street to Franklin street;
thence east along Franklin street to Main street;
thence across Main street to Quay street by the
shortest practicable route and thence along QUAY
street to Lake Michigan.
Second Route: Beginning on the Main line of
Its rail road on Fifteenth street and running
thence east along Franklin street to Main street
thence across Main street to Quay street by the
shortest practicable route, and thence along
Quay street to Lake Michigan and across all of
the streets which intersect that one of the above
described routes which shall be selected by said
railway company for the purpose aforesaid. And
for that purpose the aforesaid franchise along
such route, is hereby given and granted to said
railway company and the said railway COM
pany is hereby fully authorized and en-
powered to maintain and use said single track
railway over upon and along all of the streets.
upon which the route which IT, shall select as
above provided is located for the usual business
and purposes of railroad, But said franchise
shall not be exclusive of any similar franchise
which may hereafter be granted to any other rail-
streets, and this grant is made upon the follow
ing express conditions namely: That the said
Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western Railway
Company shall secure the establishment of a
daily Sundays excepted direct Steam Beat line
between the City of Manitowoc, Wisconsin and
Ludngton, Manistee, Michigan. But in case
of failure to establish, or discontinuance of
such steam boat line than III that case, The fran
chsc and all the rights granted By this ordinance
shall cease and determine except that said Rail
way Company may still continue to maintain its
tracks constructed under the authority of this
ordinance and may reasonably them at ali
times for the movement of cars by horse power
in local trahc; and except that may be NOV
ed upon such tracks by steam locomotive power
between the hours of nine o'clock in the after
noon of each day and six o'clock in the morning
of the next following day for local traffic only
and at no other time whatever except by permis-
sion of the Mayor.
SECTION 2. That the Milwaukee Lake Shore
and Western Railway Company shall complete
the construction of It's track upon that one OF the
two routes aforesaid which it may select to
adopt, and shall secure the establishment of said
line OF steamers, within three months from the
passage of this ordinance; and further that the
rails track of the railway hereby authorize ed to
be built shall not rise or be above the surface of
the street, over, along and across which 1T shall
rum and that rails or ack shall be and be kept
so guarded by wooden timbers or plank or other
suitable and permanent material not to OBJ
struct or prevent the ordinary travel of people,
animals and teams or the ordinary use of Gus
tomary vehicles upon said streets.
SECTION 3. That 10 locomotive car or cars
shall be run upon said single track rail
way faster than at the rate of six miles an hour
and no train or any part thereof shall be allowed
violation OF section of this ordinance or any
part thereof shall subject the raj way company to
penalty of twenty-five dollars.
SECTIONS. Nothing in this ordinance con-
tanned shall be construed to make said City of
Manitowoc liable or responsible for any dam
ages or to exempt or release the said Milwaukee
Lake Shore and Western Railway Company from
the payment of any damages which the granting
of this franchise or the construction, operation
or maintainance of the railway hereby authorized
to be built shall cause to the property or to the
owners of the property along or in front of which
SAID railway shah be built.
SECTION 5. Failure on the part of the said Mil.
waukee Lake Shore and Western Railway Com
pany TO faithfully observe, comply with ard
carry out all and singular, each and every or any
| of the conditions imposed upon it In all of the
foregoing sections of this ordinance shall render
this ordinance imperative and void except as tc
| to the provisions herein contained in regard to
| the local traffic.
! SECTION 6. The said Railway Company shall
be liable to pay its proportion of any expense oil
! the improvement of any street which may be or
| dered by the City Council along which its track
runs and the city hereby reserves the right to re
quire said railway Co. 10 construct ard maintain
| at its own expense. such bridges. viaducts, tun
| nels and to provide such other conveniences a
| public crossings as the Board of Aldermen ma,
| deem necessary.
! SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effec
| and be in force from and after its passage arc
| publication and acceptance thereof by said Mil
| waukee Lake Shore and Western Railway Com
pany which acceptance shall be in writing signeC
| by the President and Secretary of said Railwa,
| Company designating therein which of the TIVE
| routes specified in section of this ordinance
| the said railway company shall have selected fo
its use, and shall be filed within thirty days afte
the passage OF this ordinance with the City Clerl
| of SAID City of Manitnwoc to be attached to ant
| recorded with this ordinance; and upon the I'll
ing thereof, said acceptance ard this ordinanc
| shall be binding and obligatory upon both tn
| railway company and said City of Manitowoc.
Adopted this 9th day of December, 1855.
Attest:
! Z. S SHERMAN. FRED ECuCETTE
City Clerk. Mayor