The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-21
The Railway Amendments.

The application to change and
modify the order of the Board made
on July 8, 1898, relative to the right
of-way of street railway from lola
to LaHarpe came before the Board of
Commissioners Wednesday aud
Thursday and was granted with con.
ditions attached.
The Company based its application
on the fact that the construction Of
the line on one side Of the road would
interfere with egress and ingress
from and to the land on the south
side of the road, and such construc-
ton was in other ways impossible.
The Board ordered that the. first para
graph of the former order be modified
and changed to read as follows:
The lsaid, The lola Transit Company, is
granted, to use for said purposes strip of
land wide enough on which to operate line,
commencing at the east end of East street in
the CITY of lola, Kansas, thence following the
center of the public road running east from
said city to a point where said public road
crosses the east line of lola township, aud
thence from said east line of said township,
said company shall use 20 feet along and upon
the south side of said public road until II
reaches II point where the same intersects the
public road running south to the town of La.
Ha-pe, In said county, and from which inter
section said company shall use for said pur
poses strip Of land 20 feet wide along aud up
on the west side Of said public road south tC
the town Of LaGarpe; provided, however, thai
said Company may at any point between said
City OF lola and town of LaHarpe leave said
road with its line and return thereto or not a. 4
may deem advisable. And 1t may also make
such deviations,from the center Of the afore
said road as may be necessary to properly
reach and operate its line along and upon sale
~ foet strip along tn south side thereof, ant
may make such deviation from said line run
ming east and west as may be necessary tC
properly connect the same with the line run
mig south to the town of LaHarpe: but tb,
terminal point of said road shall be LaHarpe
Allen county, Kansas.
All the other provisions of the for
mer order are kept unchanged anC
the time Tor construction not changed
The company agreed that no part o
the track should be higher than tn,
adjacent road and the following
agreement was reached by the boar,
and company,
The Railway Company agrees that 1t will a
all street or road crossings construct anC
maintain good and sufficient street crossings
and will at their own expense, erect construc
and maintain, suitable culverts at all necessar,
places OF a sufficient width to accommodate tn
travelling public; that 1t will, during the entir
length of its line, at intervals Of 20 rods, place
plank 80 feet in length ON either side Of boil
rails TO enable persons to drive across tracks
and 1t is not to make the grade OF its track s.
high as to make the grade Of road on eithe
side of the track too steep for safe travelling o
the public and their conveyances thatif at an
time, by any authority, the said public stree
or road shall be macadamized, that then and II
such case the said company shall macadamiz
the center Of the track and distance of on
foot on each side of outer rails OF it, tracks an
keep and maintain same at its own expense.
at is further ordered and agreed that tn
original order and grant made by this boar
on July ., 1898, remains in full-force except a
hereby modified"