The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-14
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To the Electric Street Railway or

An Ordinance amending an Ordinance en-
tied IAN Ordinance authorizing The AIilwauF
kee, Racine q KenOSha Street Railway @COnl=
pany to cons truct, maintain and Operate said
Railway in the City of Kenosha. Wisconsin,
and known as Ordinance No. 1SO.'' '&esi*@1ioo
Be it Ordained by the Common Council of the
City Of Kenosha, in the County Of Kenosha
and State of WiSeonSin: 15-0o9Q lo41t
Section l.c That Section ! of an ordinance
entitled IAN Ordinance authorizing The MIL
waukee,- Racine & Kenosha Street Railway
Company to construct maintain and operate
street railway in the City of Kenosha, fWiscon-
sin, be, and the same is hereby amended go as
Section04 Authority and Lperrnission2 is
hereby granted ito The Milwaukee. Racine, &
KenOSha Street Railway Company, its sue
ceSSOrS and assigns, to.layand naintain single
or double tracks for street railway with all
necessary switches, curves, turn olts5. VS.,
poles wires and other appliances and tc0nyen7
fences usually employed in the operation OF a
street railway System using electric or ot1fef
power, excepting steam or horse power, over,
upon, along and across those certain Streets
bridges cufvertS and publfe)p places within the
corporate limits Of the City of Kenosha afOre-
said, described as follows. 4tolwit94 { " ~
Beginning at the City limits on the North;
thence on and along Milwaukee Avenue to Mid
die street; thence along Middle streetIt0 Ash
land Avenue; thence along Ashland Avenue to
the City limits ON the South. Or, beginning at
City limits on the north: . thence OnJand along
Milwaukee Avenue to Union street: thence on
and along Union street to Grand streets
thence on and along Grand street to Ashland
to the City limits omit South. also commence
ing at the inters ection. of Ashland Avenue and
ISSDnth street," on and along South street TO
IsMafn Street;CQD and along Main streetjto Mar
ket street; on and along Market street to West
Main street, thence on and along west Main
street to1ChicagOs& Northwestern depot In
addition an extension, the western terminus OF
which shall not&be further west thatlli Newell
street. said extension to be in westerly. dlrec-
ton and upon such route as. the City GOunc1F
may select, and to operate thereon "a street
railway system with electric or other power,
excepting steam or horse power, for the carry
ing of passengers, personal baggage, mail and
express for the term and period of fifty 15O
years from and after the date of the passage
and publication of this ordinance ~.-.,.
Section2, That Subdivision ''c' Of Section
of said Ordinance be, and the same is hereby
amended so as to reaG as follows:
c.. The rails shall be Shanghai T rails of
SUFFICIENT. weight and strength, not less than
sixty C60) pounds per yard. -
Sections That Subdivision ''j9 of Section
OF said Ordinance be. and tue same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: -
j. Said Company shall properly plank all
street crossings, and shall cause its 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 withOr in
Jure any gas or water pipes! and shall pay all
damages caused by electric currents or by
paving or macadamizing is done by the City
on any street occupied by said Company it
shall pave or macadamize between itsrailsIand
track thereon and for the space of seven inches
on each side of the rails in the same manner at
it's own expense, and shall in like manner pave
or macadam1ze between all double tracks, Us,
turn-Outs and switches. . II 35 5
Section 4. That Subdivision 2pn of SECTION
8 of said Ordinance be, and the same is hereby
amendedso as to read as follows: 80 t.
p. The said Company shall on all streets
that are already paved replace the paving and
leave said paving and said streets in as good
repair and condition as the same were in at
the time of the commencement OF the laying of
said COmpanys tracks, to be approved by the
Common Council of said City, and shall main
tain and keepjuhe streets in good repair -
Sections. That. Section Is of said Ordinance
be, and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: 4 60 = Id D 80
Sec IS. 1t shall be obligatory upon said
Company to obtain the written consent OF at
least a majority of the owners OF real estate on
each street or part Of street fronting or abut-
ting or Lheside such proposed railway1I'tO the
laying and operating Of SUCH railway. on such
street or part Of Street before laying the same
upon such street or partofl streetowherein the
consent Of majority. of the real estate owners
as above mentioned has not been obtained
Section Or This, Ordinance shall be in forge
and take effect from and after its passage and
publication. ITl: 30 -r".-3 ua&T0
Passed - moi;
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