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

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 part of this
application and notice.
Further take notice that said GranC
Rapids Lighting & Power Company
will ask said common council at the
regular meeting thereof to be held on
the I'd day Of Sept. 1901 to pass Sai0
proposed ordinance and grant to it the
privileges in said proposed ordinance
contained and set forth.
GRAND RAPIDS LIGHTING & POWER
COMPANY. By d. O. FISHER,
Sec. and Mgr.
EXHIBIT A-PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
An ordinance authorizing the con-
StructiOn and operation of street
and interurban railroad by cable OF
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 l. The authority, right
and privilege is hereby granted to the
Grand Rapids Lighting & Power Co.
and it's associates or assignst O erect
construct, maintain and operate a
street railway with single or d
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 5
of Sec. s, township % north, Range c
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 OF
occupied with the track or tracks OF
said company, and it's associates OF
assigns, without the express consent
of Said common council.
The cars to be used upon said tracks
shall be propelled either by cable OF
electric power conducted on wires
suspended over and above the track OF
under the track or both, or by storage
battery as said Grand Rapids Light
ing & Power Co. and it's associates OF
assigns may deem most advisable iii
being understood that nc animal power
shall be used unless in case of break
age or machinery of any sort that
shall in it's use be public nuisance.
And said Grand Rapids Lighting s
Power Co. and it's associates or assign:
is hereby authorized to erect anC
maintain in and along said streets anC
such of the city of Grand Rapids az
shall hereafter be designated, III man
ner as in sectionD thereof provided anC
over, across and under the Wisconsin
river, poles, wires, cables and fixtures
for the purpose of conducting anC
applying power to be used as aforesaid
SECTION 2. The posts and poles tC
be used in such construction shall be
of straight cedar "a (twenty-four) feet
in length and round in shape anC
, shall be kept neatly painted by sale
Grand Rapids Lighting e Power Co
and it's associates or assigns. All o.
such poles shall be set inside and close
to the curb line and shall not be at {
less distance than one pole in every
125 feet except at the intersection O.
streets and the wires to be strung
thereon shall not be less than Is feet
above the surface of the street, NJ
posts to be set directly in front of the
door Of store or dwelling, alleys anC
driyeWayS
SECTION 3. Authority is also hereby
granted to Grand Rapids Lighting s
Power Co. and its associates or assign:
to put in place, erect, maintain anC
operate for the term of forty (40) year:
from and after the passage of thi!
ordinance a street and interurbar
, railway with the tracks for double
turnOutS, SidetrackS. tracks, SWitche!
and turntables; such switches anC
, turnOutS to be located at such point!
as may be agreed upon by the common
council or duly authorized commit
tee thereof.
SECTION 4. Whenever. during the
D life Of this franchise any United
States or state census shall show thai
, there has been an increase of 300i
persons in the population of said city
after said railway was built or extern
sion thereof made or since the cenSu:
on which said last proceeding extern
sion thereof was based the city council
of said city may require said Crane
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
5 streets along which said extension
shall be built which street or street:
shall reach the street or streets
5 already occupied by street car track;
of the owners of this franchise.
The Grand Rapids Lighting s
} Power Co. and its associates or assigns
shall be notified of such designation
and shall then be given 90 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 s. 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