Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-12-17

city, said CITY of Richmond, through
its proper officer, is to at once give
notice to the Richmond Street & Inter
urban Railway Co.. its successors or
assigns, as provided iu section
of this ordinance, and require said
Richmond Street Il Interurbau Rail-
way Co its successors or assigns. to
Law its track and fully equip the same
with the proper trolley and other
wires, on the street or streets granted
oy the common council of the city
of Richmond to any iuterurban rail
way company, said work to be com
menced by said Richmond Street <
Interurban Railway Co its success
sors or assigns, whenever SAID inter
urbaL railroad Co. has its grade for
it's said railroad completed to within
three miles of the corporation line of
said city, and to push said work. to
completion as rapidly as the same
can be done.
Sec. 4. The notice asr quired to be
served upon SAID Richmond Street &
Interurban Railway Co j, its success
sors or assigns, shall be served by the
city clerk, attested by the mavor OF
said city, upon the president or any
officer or director of said company,
and shall within fifteen days after the
service of $ lch notice officially certify
the same to the common council of
the city of Richmond.
Sec 5. In the event of any inter
urban railway, asking for a franchise
over the right of way and tracks of
the Richmond Street and Interur ban
Rail way Co. failing to make salts
factory arrangements as to the use of
the tracks and power of said Rich
mond Street Il Interuroan Railway
Co., and the price to be paid by any
interurban railway company for
the use of the tracks and power of
said Richmond Street & Inter urban
Railway Co all said matters. upon
which any inter-urban railway ask
ing for franchise for the use of the
tracks and power of said Richmond
Street & Inter urban Railway Co.,
which is not satisfactorily settled by
and between said railway companies,
the same shall be referred to the com
mon council of the city of Richmond,
and their action is to be final and
binding upon said Inter urban Rail
/ way Co. and the Richmond Street Il
Inter III ban Railway Co.
Sec. 6. This ordinance shall be in
! force and effect from and after its
passage.
/ A long discussion ensued, be-
/ tween all the councilmen.
/ Mr.. Whelan moved to lay on the
table till next May, which was voted
down.
/ Mr.. Kennepohl contended that
B Al -. L
company q blanket franchise, it was
/ franchise This ordinance practical
| ly gave the present company the
right to dictate to any other COM
pany desiring to come in here, which
power council had no right or power
| to give Mr.. Whelan thought the
matter should be left open and let
/ the companies make their own ar
rangements. Giving any compan,
/ that asked proper franchise, equal
/ rights.
I The ordinance passed to second
reading.
| The o. dinance granting fran
chise on south sixteenth street from
! f to Main, down Main to eighth,
/ from Main north to E. from E north
over Ft Wayne avenue and from
tenth to the city limits to the Rich
mond, Eaten and Hamilton Traction
company came up for second reading.
1t was moved to lay over to next
meeting. and the attorney for the
company a. ked that this be not done,
as it had bearing on their
action of financing the road and
they wished the ordinance passed or
voted down as early as possible, that
they might know what was going to
be done by the city. The entire
right of way from Hamilton to the
city limits was bought, and they were
now waiting on the city. They asked
the present company if it would build
the line on south sixteenth street by
which they desired to enter the city,
and the company had said they would
xot. His company would prefer the
present company should build If if
they would.
The reading of the ordinance was
: laid over until next meeting.
( The attorney for the company then
stated that the president of the com
pany was in the city engineer of
fee waiting; that he had been at two
meetings OF council waiting on their
pleasure and had really waited for
them six weeks, and that now they
desired to withdraw their application
for a franchise and would ask for a
franchise to all the streets of the
city, the same as has been granted
the other company.
/ 4 petition for a fire plug at Lin
coin aud west fourth street was re-
ferred to the fire committee
} Final report of the city commits
sioners in the making of the west sec
ond street alley was laid over.
THAT EXTRA PAY.
The report OF the street commits