Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-07
MAIN POINTS
Covered by Amendments to
New Street Car Franchise.

New Street Car Franchise.
What the Company Proposes to do and
How 1t Proposes 1t shall be Bound
Shall Begin Work and When 1t shall
Complete it-0ther Information in
Regard to the New Ordinence.
The following points indicate the
amendments proposed TO the ordi-
nance tor the granting of a franchise
to the Electric Light and Street
Railway Company.
THE ordinance shall not take
effect until accepted by the Compa-
ny; and unless accepted within
months from the date of its passage
shall be null and void.
2--No street railway shall be con
structed upon any street with a
roadway of less width than "a fees
without special permit from Coun-
Gil, specifying location, and regula-
tions and conditions upon which such
railway may be constructed and OPP
Grated.
3-The ordinance shall be void
unless the Company shall, within
months from the date of its &C
ceptance of the ordinance, actually
begin the work OF construction of
such street railway within the limits
of the City OF Morgantown, and
shall, months from such
acceptance, actually have completed
and in successful operation line of
street railway running from Foun-
dry Street to Wiley along High
street Tor from Foundry along High
to Bumbo, thence to Beechurst Ave
nue., and thence to Sixth or Eighth
street, or any other reasonable length
of its proposed line that Council may
prescribe), making at least II round
trips upon said line per day, una
voidable accidents alone excepted.
1.-The portion of street railway
which the Company proposes to con
struct as an evidence Of its good
faith, as described in the preceding
paragraph, shall he operated contin-
uously from day to day by the Com
pany, and in case of failure to oper-
ate by running cars as specified,
making at least IL round trips per
day for period of 80 days una
voidable accidents excepted as afore-
said, the ordinance shall become
void and all rights of the Company
. shall be at an end.
5--In case the Company shall fail
for the period OF so days to comply
with any material requirement. of
the ordinance, upon notice from the
Council the ordinance shall be null
and void, unless the derellction com
planned of shall be remedied.
6--The ordinance shall run for so
years. provided, that at any time af-
ter Is years the City shall have a
continuous option to purchase the
property Of the Company tits APP
praised value to be ascertained by a
board OF appraisers one to befehosen
by the City, one by the Company,
and the third by thetwo first named,
the decision of any two to be final
"A gentleman who has inv estigatedl
the matter considerably has the fol-
lowing to say in regard to the new
franchise and the deserts of those
who are asking for it.
The Company is proposing to pro-.
mote and construct a street railway,
along with rebuilding of the cleo
trio light plant, and to operate both
upon sound business principles. All
it asks is an opportunity to do busl-
ness upon fair and reasonable terms,
safeguarding all rights Of the City.
But it must have time-a reasonable
time-in which to make arrange
ments for such an undertaking. If
there is the omission of any reason
able specification for safeguarding
the legitimate rights of the City the
Company is willing thatit may be
added to the ordinance asked for.
It is safe to say that no street rail
way will ever be built in this City
without the promotion of some man
or set of men. Why should not some
ofour own citizens do this? Every
man engaged in this enterprise ex
cept one is stakeholder and promo
ter Of the Morgantown Building q
Investment Company which has
promoted and located at almost its
sole costs and charges, every factory
in the Seneca section of the City.
The B. & l, Co, has donated to the
City in land and bonuses. as an in
dncement to factories to locate here,
more than 100000 as the books OF
the Company will show to anyone
who cares to investigate. Is there
not some consideration due to the
men who have given their time,
money, and energy to the building up
'ot the City,