The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-04-02
AN ORDINANCE.

WHEREAS. the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the city of Ganitowoc did on the 9th day of
December A. D., 1889, adopt and pass certain
ordinance entitled An ordinance granting a
franchise over and along certain streets in the
Lake Shore 4 Western Railway Company in and
by which Ordinance the SAID Milwaukee, Lake
Shore and Western Hallway Company was au-
thorized aud empowed To lay down and cons ,ruct
a railway track along. II lis option one or the
other Of two certain routes IN said ordinance de-
scribed for description of which reference to
said ordinance Is hereby made; and
WHEREAs, the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and
Western Hallway Company did subsequently,, by
bearing date the Sixth day OF January 1870 ac-
cept SAID ordinances and designate the second
route described in Section l thereof as the route
for It's sad railway track and did subsequently,
thereto construct and has since operated said
railway track upon the route so described as the
second route IN SAID Section ], tOWit:
Beginning on the ma. n line of Its railroad on
Fifteenth street and running Themes East along
franklin street 10 Main street. thence across Mann
stI Get TO Quay street by the shortest practicable
route, and thence along Quay street to Lake
Michigan, and across all of the streets which
! tersect the same ard
WHEREAS the railway IF The said Milwaukee
Lake Shore and Western Railway Company has
been acquired by and vested in the Chicago and
North Western Railway Company which SAID last
named railway company now owns and operates
all of the railway of the said Milwaukee, Lake
Shore and Western Railway Company including
! the track herelnhefore mentioned; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago and North Western
| Railway Company proposes to construct upon or
! adjacent to the shore Of Lake Michigan upon the
| South Side of the Nanitowoc River and opening
| out of the same, certain car ferry slip with a
! view to securing the establishment and operation
Of a car ferry to and from tho port OF ManitOwOG
and Ii becomes necessary to lay certain addition
/ al tracks 10 be used and operated IN connection
with the track so laid pursuant to sand ordinance
| of December -, 1859, and the sad Chicago and
! North Western Railway Company has filed IL
/ the Office of the City Clerk map showing the
| location of said proposed new tracks which
| SAID man Is entitled Map OF tracks of the Chr
| cago and North Western Railway Company il
! ManltowOc, Wis, to connect with proposed cal
ferry slip" and signed for the purpose of Identi
tication by John + Blunt. Chief Engineer of sac
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
and
! WHEREAS the said ordinance of December y
1852. contained certain provisions and conditions
| which have been found to be oneTOus and undul,
| buTdensome upon saId Hallway Company anC
| which would render the operation of said tract
in connection with the ferry ditficalt anC
| troublesome. and il is deemed essential to tn
welfare of theCityofM anitowoc that the privlleg
of laying such additional tracks and oper;ttin.
the same free and relieved of the oneIous ant
| burdensUme conditions aforesaid should b
granted the said Chicago end North Western
! Hallway Company.
Now, THEREFORE,, BE il ordained by the Mayo
and Board OF Aldermen of the City Of MGnitowoC
as follows:
| SECTION /. Tie authority and power confer
| red by the SAID ordnance of December y. loS
upon the Milwaukee,. Lake Shore and Wester
| RalIway Company to construct, lay down an,
| operate certain railway track described Il
| follows:
Beginning on the main line Of It's railroad o.
| Fifteenth street and running thence East alOn
Franklin street to Nam street, thence acros
Main street to Quay street 10y the shortest pTaciC
able route, and thence along Quay street to LAX
| Michigan, and across all of the streets which in
| terseCt the same.
! BE and the same is hereby rattle and confirm
! ed in the Chicago and Northwestern Railwa
Company the successor of the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore and Western Railway Company. am
| to It's successors and assigns forever.
| SECTION ?, The Chicago and NOIthwe ter
| Hallway COMPANY, its successors and assigns ar
| hereby authorized and empowered to lay down
construct and operate IN perpetnity one certai
! spur track commencing at the end of the preser
| spur track In front of the freight depot Of SAT
! Railway Company and at or near the East lin
OF block two hundred and eleven GID and OK
| tending thence Easterly across thirteenth stree
into and upon Block two hundred and twele 81:
and marked 'iA-B'' on said map: also the rlgl
TO remove the track laid under the ordinance o
| December 18th 1859. between the points desi gnat
ed CD on said map 20 filed with the Cit
Clerk: from the present location thereof whic
Is indicated on said map by the uncolored dotte
lines to the new location North of the same ind
| Gated on SAID map 10y the parallel yellOI
lines between said points ID; also the RICH
to lay a certain spur track from the said pom
marked g INTO and along Quay street INTO ant
upon Block two hundred and twenty one (&2l
and another certain spur track from the pom
marked II on said map INTO and upon SAL
| Block two hundred and twenty one Cpd. bot
Of SAID last named spur tracks to connect wit
existing tracks of said Company on the Sout
side of lie flour warehouse; also the right to con
! Struct Il certain other track commencing at
point in Quay street a short distance West O
Sixth street at point marked "F F. on said ma
so filed with the City Clerk and extending theme
! by curve across QUAY street, block two hundre
and twenty four t224D and Franklin street. to
connection with the existing track of said Raj
way Company in Lake Street at the point mari
ed ii on SAID map; also the right to lay dow
and construct a certain other spur track CON
menclng at the point of intersection with the eX
listing track of said Company in Lake Street at
tt.,rt Il ,,Vl
ed H on SAID map, and extending thence III
Northerly direction to the Canning factory 0
block two hundred and thirty-three t2S3) to
point in said Lake Street in front of the Cannin
factory marked d on said map,
And for that purpose the aforesaid frauchis
along said several routes Is hereby given an
granted to SAID Hallway Company, and the sal
railway Company Il hereby fully authorized an
empowered to maintain and use said railwa
tracks over, upon and along all of the street
along or across which said tracks so locate
for the usual business and purposes OF a railroad
SECTION 3, Any tracks which may be remove
and relocated pursuant to the provisions hereC
and the new tracks herein authorized tn be lai
shall be constructed strictly in accordance wit
the provisions of Section Of said ordinance
| December y, 1850
SECTION !. The proviso at the foot of Sectiu
! and all of Section of said ordinance of De
cemher y, 1889 relating to the condition upO
which said tracks shall be maintained and ope
ated be and the sane arc hereby repealed.
| SECTION ). This ordinance shall be in fore
from and after its passage and publication an
| acceptance thercOf Dy sjId Ihlcago ana Mort
| Western Hallway Company which acceptanC
shall be IN writing and under the corporate sej
of said company. signed by the President an
Secretary thereof, and shall be filed with tn
| City Clerk.
TAKE NOTICE: The foregoing proposed ordi1
ance was presented to the City Council of the Cit
of ManitOwoc at adjourned regular meetin
| held March %, 1896, was ordered placed on filt
and the time and place for Its consideration tx
| ed at a regular meeting of the Common Counci
to be held at the Council Rooms In the City &
| AlanItOwoc at I:30 !. m, on April 20, 1896.
| Dated March y, 1856
| Ann IL o., l,l.-l-