The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-30

tor man or other employe In charge OF
any of said cars its agent for the purpose
Eof such service.
| Section Z. The cars OF said Company
shall be entitled to the track. and in all
Gases where any teams or vehicles shall
meet or be overtaken by any car, such
team or vehicle shall give way TO such
] car, except in crossing Grand street
bridge. where teams and vehicles, If
reaching the bridge first, shall have the
right of way while crossing it as against
any Car operated by the grantee herein;
/ nor shall any person willfully obstruct,
/ hinder or interfere with any of such rail-
way cars by placing, driving or stopping
any team, vehicle or other obstacle upon
or near the track of said railway after be-
ing notified by ringing of the car bell or
otherwise. And whomsoever shall will
fully violate any of the provisions of this
section shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punished by fine not exceeding Ten
Dollars and may be imprisoned in the
county Jail until said fine is paid, not ex-
ceeding thirty days.
! Section 8. The line Of railway first
| herein described shall be fully completed
and In active operation. in connection
with an Electric Railway from the North
| limits of the City of Kenosha to the City
of Racine, within one year from and after
the passage and publication of this ordi-
nance; and the second line herein de-
scrbed shall be fully completed and in
active operation within eighteen months
from and after the passage and publica-
| ton of this ordinance.
| Section 8. In addition to the terms and
conditions hereinbefore imposed by the
| City of Kenosha upon the said Company,
the following terms and conditions are ex-
pressly agreed and understood to be the
consideration for the granting by the City
of Kenosha to said Company OF the rights
and privileges by this ordinance con-
ferred, to-wit:-
a. The construction, rails, poles, wires,
connections, properties, rolling stock and
maintenance Of said Railway shall be
first class in every particular.
b. The tracks shall be standard gauge,
that is four az feet and eight and one
half (81) inches in width.
C. The rails shall be grooved girder
rails of sufficient weight and strength.
d. The poles shall be so placed as not
to interfere with gas or water pipes,
drains or sewers, or the flow Of water
therefrom or thereto, whether the same
are now placed or hereafter located by the
authority of the City of Kenosha, and
whether the same be public or private.
e. The poles and wires Of said Com
pany shall not interfere with other poles,
either telephone, telegraph or electric
light and shall not impede any street or
alley, and shall not impede egresS or in
gress to or from any lot.
f. Cars on said lines and railway shall
stop for passengers at all further street
corners in direction car is going, upon
signal from such passengers, or persons
intending to take passage.
e. The poles shall be straight and
slightly, and shall be kept properly
painted, and the trolley wires used by
said Company shall be at least eighteen
Q8) feet above the surface of the street.
h. No turn-outs or switches shall be
placed at street intersections, without the
consent of the Common Council is first
secured so to do.
i. Any Company hereafter organized
for the purpose of operating street rail-
way in the City of Kenosha only shall
have the right to use such portion OF the
track or tracks, Us, turnouts, trolly wires
and switches of the said Company as may
be necessary on the through line and
on Main street in said City upon paying
of the said Company one-half of the cost
of the construction of the part of said
Railway on the through line and on Main
street so used, and one-half of the cost OF
maintaining the same after the commence
ment of such use and reasonable compen-
sation for the power used, and IN case
there be more than one other such Com
pany, then the cost of construction and
the cost of maintenance and power shall
be divided proportionately between them.
!. Said Company shall properly plank
all street crossings, and shall cause It's
rails to be properly bonded with copper
wire of sufficient size and capacity to carry
the electric current, so that the same shall
not interfere with or injure any gas or
water pipes, and shall pay all damages
caused by electric currents or by electro
lysis to any gas or water pipe, and when
paving or matchmaking is done by the
City on any street occupied by said Com
pany it shall pave or macadamlZe be-
tween It's rails and track thereon and for
the space of two feet on each side of the
rails in the same manner at it's own eX-
pense, and shall in like manner pave or
macadamize between all double tracks,
Us, turnoutS and switches.
k. The said company shall lay upon
any DfIUSe vi UIluScS~ uoCO Wy ~ oPCOloA
bridge rails, SO as not to unnecessarily in
terfere with public travel thereon.
l. The minimum time of running
through trains on the track first herein
described shall be one hour between the
hours of six A. M. and nine P. M, and the
minimum time of running trains on the
second line herein described shall be
thirty minutes between the hours of six
| A M and ten p M
m. The said Company shall at all
times provide relay rails or jumpers to
protect hose stretched across any track in
case of fire.
| n. All construction work Of said rail-
way shall be subject to the approval of
the City of Kenosha.
O. In case of the voluntary non-user Of
said railway at any time for thirty con-
secutive days by said Company, all its
rights, franchises and privileges under
this ordinance shall at once cease and de-
termine without any action by the City of
Kenosha or by the. Common Council of
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