The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-29
"rn get possession of the Streets" said

AOeSent and not voting, Guthrie and
Parkhurst. The other ten councilnen vot.
ed solidly for the passage OF the David.
so n froa.e pb:an IS 9TH oCo shrdlhaC
son franchise
The first thing the new company will
have to do will be to get the old line and
the old company out of the way. This
will be attempted by purchase. II thaa
fails It may be taken to the courts.
Everybody seemed ito be immensely sat
isfied that the council took positive &C.
ton in the matter and the general COM
ment OF visitors 'There'H be something
doing now
The proposed ordinance in full is as
follows:
ORDINANCE NO. -.
An ordinance granting to ]. o. Davidson,
his associates, successors and assigns,
the right TO construct, operate and
maintain lines of double and single
track electric street railway over and
along the streets avenue public grounds
and alleys in the city of Wichita, Kan.
Be it ordained by the mayor and council
men of the city of Wichita. Kan:
Seton /. That ]. o. Davidson, his as
sociates, successors and assigns be and
they are hereby authorized, empowered
and granted the right to construct, oper-
ate and maintain a system of electric
street railway, either double or single
track. over. upon and along the streets,
public grounds and avenues of the city
of Wichita, Kansas; and to erect and
maintain the necessary buildings and ma
chinery for operating said system of
electric street railways by electricity; TO
erect and maintain their poles, overhead
wires and lines; to lay road beds and
rails, and, in short, to do all construction
necessary for the construction. operation
system upon all the streets and avenues
OF said city, except as hereinafter pro-
vided: Provided, however, that the said
]. o. Davidson, his associates, successors
and assigns shall construct, operate and
all their lines of street railway
In conformity with the terms, conditions
and provisions hereinafter specified and
subject to all reasonable regulations
which may hereafter be required by or
dinance duly passed by the mayor and
of said city: Provided, however,
that no rights are granted to said J. o.
Davidson, his associates, successors and
assigns to construct a street railway on
either of the following described streets
in said city, to-wit: Emporia avenue,
Lawrence avenue. Waco avenue, Univer-
sity avenue and Park Place avenue, nor
any of the public parks Of said city ex-
cept over and along such routes as shall
hereafter be designated by the mayor
and council OF said city.
Sec. 2. That the said system OF electric
railway to be constructed. operated and
by the said ]. o. Davidson.
his associates. successors and assigns
shall consist of and include at least the
lines extending from the corner
Of Main and Douglas avenue, viz: to the
Friends University; TO the Doid packing
house; to Paramount College via Maple
Grove cemetery; to Mosier avenue on
Douglas avenue; to the corner of South
Topeka avenue and Harry street; to the
corner of North Topeka avenue and Thir-
teenth street via Topeka avenue. and
through Riverside park from the south to
the north side along or over a route to be
by the mayor and council of
the city of Wichita
Sec. 3. That the said ]. o. Davidson.
his associates. successors and assigns
shall within sixty days after the date of
the acceptance OF this ordinance as here
matter provided. enter upon and actively
begin the construction and building of a
new street railway system in the said
,ity of Wichita as herein provided, and
shall prosecute such construction and
building diligently to completion. and
shall have the same fully completed.
equipped and in operation within a period
OF nine months from said date, unless
said ]. o. Davidson. his associates, sue
cessors and assigns are prevented by in
junction or other legal proceeding from
upon the streets of said city, and
prosecuting the work of construction and
operation of said railway. n case they
are so prevented, as aforesaid. the time
during which they are prevented from
prosecuting their said work shall be add
ed to tine limit OF time at which they are
90 begin and finish said work under this
ordinance; and agrees to have con-
structed and in operation not less
than one-haf Of said system within
six months from said date. The
OF said street railway shall
include the necessary switches and turn
puts and double tracks where double
tracks have heretofore been operated by
the Wichita Electric Railway and Light
company in said city and bridges over the
Little Arkansas river in Riverside park.
which bridges shall at all times be kept
painted the same as the other park
bridges.
Sec. 4. The said system OF electric
street railway shall be equipped with not
less than twelve Gg new vestibule cars OF
the latest improved pattern. with
seating capacity of not less than twenty
eight (2S) persons each. and all the said
,ars shall at all times be kept in good
repair. properly painted and heated COM
'ortably during cold weather.
Sec. ). The tracks of said railway shall
be laid and maintained on the established |
grade OF said city. and in the event that |
he present grade shall be changed then |
the said J. o. Davidson. his associates.
successors or assigns shall conform said |
racks and roadbeds to such new grade |
10 as not TO interfere with the flow OF I
water in the lateral and cross cutters.
Ind in such manner as 20 not prevent |
he crossing OF streets by teams and |
wagons at any point with safety. |
The entire line OF single track |
shall as near as may be coin /
'ide with the center % the streets. ave-
tues and highways over and along which |
he same may pass unless otherwise d. |
ected by the city engineer: Provided, !
hat in the event Of a difference between
the said city engineer and the said J. o. |
Or assigns as 20 location OF said tracks. |