The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
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THE TOWN COUNCIL.
The Street Railway Charter
Granted.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HOTEL LUcERNE, SALEM, VA


The Town Council yesterday granted
the following franchise to the Salem
Street Railway Company, Of which Col
A. NJ. Bowman is president.
Geo. L. Colgate, agent, Of Bedford
Citv, was bidder for franchise on the
following conditions That his coin
pany should pay TO the town "a per
cent. of it's gross earnings in the cor
porate limits of the town, his line to eX-
tend from the passenger station OH Col
lege avenue to some point on Main
street near Lake Spring Hotel, and a
branch from this main line, commenc
ing at some point on College avenue ana
running west to Union street and thence
south to near the Wooden Mills.
Although Mr.. Coigatc offered larger
per cent. on the gross earnings. his road
would not have run on some streets the
council desired it to, and it did not pro
vide for commission outside the corpor
ate limits.
The following is the franchise granted:
Resolved, that franchise to use the
following streets of the town of Salem
for the purpose of erecting and running
lines of street railway to be propelled
by electricity, o-wit Commencing at
the iron bridge at the foot of Colorado
street and following said street to its
intersection with Eighth street, thence
following Eighth street to its intersec-
tion with College avenue. thence follow
ing College avenue to Main street;
thence following Main street TO
Maple street, thence following Maple
street across the Norfolk and
thannn
such stree, as may be opened by
the Central Land Company to Roanoke
river, also following Eighth street
from its intersection with College ave-
nue. to it's intersection with Roanoke
boulevard, thence following boulevard
to the eastern corpo :ation limits OF tue
town of Salem on the south side of the
river commencing at the iron bridge
OK posite the passenger station, thence
following Martin avenue to Kimball
avenue, thence following Kimball ave-
nue. to Mulberry street, thence following
Mulberry street TO Bowman avenue,
thence following Bowman avenue to
the Central Land Company property,
to be granted to the Salem Street Rail
way Company upon the following terms,
to wit:
The said company to maintain and
keep in repair the streets between the
rails and ono foot on one side Of each
rail, the said company to pay one-third
of costs of constructing and repairing
all bridges over which said line runs,
and to pay one third of all costs the
town may be at in erecting and main
tanning overhead bridges across the
Norfolk and Western railroad, and one
third of costs of all bridges that may be
necessary to rebuild in order to make
same Of sufficient strength TO bear the
cars of said line, the rails to be used to
be the grder rail and the track TO he OF
standard guage. The poles and wires TO
be erected under the supervision OF the
city engineer.
The franchise is granted upon tho fol-
lowing express conditions:
First. That the said company shall
commence work within three months and
com plete the same within eighteen
months.
Second. That the said company pay to
this Council two per cent. Of the gross
receipts earned from travel and freights
on their entire line, whether the same
be within the corporate limits or with
out, the same payable quarter yearly.
Third. The fare for single passengers
shall not exceed five cents between any
two points within the corporate limits
The said company shall within thirty
days from this date execute a bond with
security approved by the mayor i'll pen
atty of $4,000 conditioned Tor the faith
full performance of its parts Of the said
franchise and to save said town harm
less from any danger by reason of the
acts and doings of the said company and
the work to be done and the road TO be
run in accordance with tho ordinances
now in reference to street railways
except as herein set forth.
CHARGED WITH MERnI-E