The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-10-07
Street Railway.


The board of directors of the lola
Rapid Transit Company held meet
ing and decided to accept the franchise
granted by the council Monday even
ing. All that now remains for the
completion of the second step in the
obtaining of rapid transit Is the off,
cial publication of the ordinance.
In the expectation that the terms of
the franchise may prove of interest to
lola people, the REGISTER prints the
ordinance in full.
Section |. A franchise for 90 years
Is hereby granted to the lola Rapid
Transit and Electric Light Company,
Its successors and assigns hereinafter
designated as grantee) to establish,
construct, maintain, extend and OPP
perate u street railway and car sys-
tenn for carrying passengers and
freight, either a single or q double
track, with the necessary sidings and
turnouts, together with all necessary
buildings for furnishing power and
depots within the city of lola, A lien
county, Kansas, and the future limits
thereof The cars shall be propelled
by the use of electricity; provided.
however, that should any other and
better motive power be discovered.
the Council shall have the right to
permit or authorize the same to be
used. And for these purposes the
right of way is hereby granted and
given over, along and across any or
all of the streets, alleys, avenues and
lanes of the city of lola. The said
grantee is authorized to make all nee
essary excavations and remove the
necessary pavements in order to con-
struct the same, also TO erect and
maintain poles, and to string wires,
and to do and perform all things nee
essary and desirable in the establish
ment and operation of the same
The city engineer shall furnish the
necessary center stakes, grade stakes,
maps and protiles upon request and at
the expense ofthe said grantee, The
erection of poles, stTinging wires, 10.
cation of turnouts, switches, etc,
shall he under the supervision of the
street and alley committee of the City
Council, and shall he so constructed
that the least possible damage or
shall result to the tree use
OF the streets, avenues, alleys and
lanes for other purposes.
Section .. The rails to he used by
said grantee shall be the fiat or |. rail
or such other rail as shall be agreed
upon by the City Council and said
and shall weigh not less than
80 pounds per yard,
The guage shall be that known as
standard, and the center line of the
single track shall be the center line
of the street, except when otherwise
permitted by the Council. Track
shall be laid to the grade as furnished
by the City Engineer. The flow of
water on lateral and cross cutters
shall be free and the drainage to the
street shall not be unnecessarily OBJ
structed. The road shall be main
tanned in manner to permit the eros
sing of the street at any point by
teams and wagons in safety. The
tracks of the railway shall be kept
in good repair, and the space between
rails and one foot to the outside there
of shall be paved and mecadamized.
Whenever any portion thereof on
which the tracks are laid shall be
paved with blocks, brick, asphalt or
said street or portion thereof shall |
pave between the rails and ons foot to |
the outside thereof with the same |
pavement as is used on the sides, or
other pavement equally as good Pro- |
vided, however, that In any case the
said grantee shall have the right to |
pave with vitritied brick.
Section 3. Cars shall be run on the |
main line or lines and the branches
thereof from $3.50 a. IN. to 1000 D. IN. |
on fixed schedules AS often as the bus
mess over such lines or branch lines |
would justify. Provided, however, |
that should the grantee abandon any |
Of its lines and discontinue running |
cars over the same for period of 8 |
the City Council shall have |
the right to Tear up the track and re-
move the same from the street at the |
expense of said grantee; and "a failure |
on the part OF the grantee or its as
signs to construct, operate and main
tain said electric railway as herein |
pre- vided, shall work forfeiture of all |
rights and franchises hereby granted:
allowances being made for unavoida-
BILE accidents, strikes and inadver-
liant omissions of servants and en-
ployes, The machinery, cars and
equipments shall he of modern design
and finish, and sufficient to accomo-
late all reasonable demands of the
public. All cars shall DO provided
with suitable tenders
The grantee shpll he entitled to col
ect from each person inside of the
City limits riding in or upon any of
he cars operated on line OF road
herein authorized between any two
points on said line, a fare rive cents
except that children under five years
If age shall he allowed to ride free
when accompanied by parents, guar
liam or other adult person, and school
'children under fifteen years of age,
turing the term of Public school shall
Do allowed to ride at half rates. All
passengers shall he allowed to carry
reasonable hand baggage or parcels
without charge.
Section A, The grantee shall have
he right to carry all freight for its
)wn use, and to carry and deliver