Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
Notice OF Application For Street and Inter
urban Railway Franchise.

Lighting & Power Company, corpOr-
alton, hereby applies to the common
council of the city of Grand Rapids,
Wood County, Wisconsin. for fran
chiSe, substantially the same as set
forth in the ordinance or proposed
ordinance hereto annexed. Marked
Exhibit A and made a part of this
application and notice.
Further take notice that said Grand
Rapids Lighting & Power Company
will ask said common council at the
regular meeting thereof to be held on
the Sd day of Sept. 1901 to pass said
proposed ordinance and grant to it the
privileges in said proposed ordinance
contained and set forth.
GRAND RAPIDS LIGHTING & POWER
COMPANY. BY d. 0. FISHER,
Sec. and Mgr.
EXHIBIT A-PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
An ordinance authorizing the con-
Struction and operation of street
and interurban railroad by cable or
electric power in and along certain
streets in the city of Grand Rapids,
Wood county, Wisconsin.
The common council of the city of
Grand Rapids do ordain as follows:
SECTION /. The authority, right
and privilege is hereby granted to the
Grand Rapids Lighting & Power Co.
and its associates or aSSignSt erect,
construct, maintain and operate a
street railway with a single or a
double track las may be agreed upon
by the Grand Rapids Lighting &
Power Co. and it's associates or assigns
and the said common cOuncil) with all
necessary tracks and turnOuts, side
tracks and switches in and through
and upon the following streets, ave-
nueS, and highways of the city of
Grand Rapids, Wood county, WiScon-
SIN. towit: The highway along the
Wisconsin river on Government lot
Of Sec. s, township % north, Range 6
east, Water street, Front street and
Vine street, all being on the east side
of the Wisconsin river, Cranberry
street, French street, Front
street, west side, and the streets
and highway from said Front
street down the west side of the
Wisconsin river to the south limit of
said city and no street not above
named or designated shall be used or
occupied with the track or tracks of
said company, and its associates or
assigns, without the express consent
or SAID common council.
The cars to be used upon said tracks
shall be propelled either by cable or
electric power conducted on wires
suspended over and above the track or
under the track or both, or by storage
battery as said Grand Rapids Light
ing & Power CO. and it's associates or
assigns may deem most advisable lit
being understood that no animal power
shall be used unless in case of break
age or machinery of any sort that
shall in its use be a public nuisance.
And said Grand Rapids Lighting &
Power Co. and its associates or assigns
is hereby authorized to erect and
maintain in and along said streets and
such of the city of Grand Rapids as
shall hereafter be designated, III man
ner as in SeCtiOn(1 thereof provided and
over, across and under the Wisconsin
river, poles, wires, cables and fixtures
for the purpose of conducting and
applying power to be used as aforesaid.
SECTION 3. The posts and poles to
be used in such construction shall be
of straight cedar a (twenty-four) feet
in length and round in shape and
shall be kept neatly painted by said
Grand Rapids Lighting & Power Co.
such poles shall be set inside and close
to the curb line and shall not be at a
less distance than one pole in every
125 feet except at the intersection of
streets and the wires to be strung
thereon shall not be less than Is feet
above the surface Of the street, nc
posts to be set directly in front of the
door of store or dwelling, alleys and
driveWayS
SECTION 3. Authority is also hereby
granted to Grand Rapids Lighting &
Power Co. and its associates or assigns
to put in place, erect, maintain and
operate for the term of forty (40) years
from and after the passage of this
ordinance a street and interurban
railway with the tracks for double
turnoutS, Sidetracks, tracks, switches
and turntables; such switches and
turnoutS to be located at such points
as may be agreed upon by the common
council or a duly authorized commit
tee thereof.
SECTION i. Whenever, during the
life of this franchise any United
States or state census shall show that
there has been an increase of 5000
persons in the population of said city
after said railway was built or extern
sion thereof made or since the census
on which said last proceeding extern
sion thereof was based the city council
OF said city may require said Grand
Rapids Lighting & Power Company
and its associates or assigns to build,
lay, equip and operate one additional
mile of street car track. Said common
council shall designate the street OF
streets along which said extension
shall be built which street or streets
shall reach the street or streets
already occupied by street car tracks
of the owners of this franchise.
The Grand Rapids Lighting &
Power Co. and it's associates or assigns
shall be notified of such designation
and shall then be given 80 days tC
commence work of construction on
the designated street or streets which
work shall be completed within one
year thereafter.
All milage in this ordinance
required to be constructed, completed
equipped and operated by the Grand
Rapids Lighting & Power Co., and its
associates and assigns, within the time
limited herein, shall be computed as
and for single tracks only and no parts
or portion of said railroad used fol
double tracks, switches or turnOutS
shall be considered or included in the
computation of the number of miles OF
track required to be constructed ano
completed and put in operation by the
said Grand Rapids Lighting & Power
Co., and its associates or assigns.
SECTION 5. The rights and priv
leges herein are granted to Grand
Rapids Lighting & Power Co and its