The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-04-25
OFFICIAL Proceedings
Of the Board of County Com
missioners of Blue Earth
County, Minnesota.
SPECIAL SESSION.
Manksto, Mimi, April 18th, 1902. -


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Board Of. .commissi oners o. ~. Blue
Earth :. county ..conveneds-accordi to
unanimous agreement. for the purpose
of considering street railway matters.
Meeting was called to order--. by
Chairman Borchert. ..Allsssmembers
being present..
Com. Bruels. offered..the following
resolution.s-which....was..--..adopted..b by
unanimous.vote.
q. Whereas, Application has been made
to this board by the Mankato and st.
Peter Railway and Lighting Com
pany, for grant of the use of certain
streets, roads and highways in the
county of Blue Earth .and state~of
Minnesota, outside the limits of the
city of Mankato, Minnesota, for the
purpose of street railway using only
electricity as motive power,
Now, therefore be it resolved by the
Board of County Commissioners OF
Blue Earth County. Minnesota,
Section 1. That there is hereby
granted to the Mankato and st. Peter
Railway and Lighting Company, to
be used, exercised and enjoyed by it,
and to it's successors and assigns, the
right and privilege and power to es-
tablish survey, locate, build, conduct
and operate railway, the motive
power of which shall be electricity, as
aforesaid, for a period of twenty-five
years (25) over, upon, and along the
public roads and highways of the
County of Blue Earth, hereinafter
described and designated. towit, the
highway commencing at the northerly
termination of the city limits, COM
mencing on southwest quarter Of
southeast quarter, section 81, town
100, range 26, thence running north
westerly to the Blue Earth county
line, being the Mankato and st. Peter
highway known as the "Prairie
Road, "
Section g. said grantee and its sue
cessors in interest, shall have the
authority and power herein to lay and
construct upon the roads and high
ways above mentioned, line of rail-
way with single track and with all
such side tracks, turn outs, switches,
turntables, poles, trolley wires and
other contrivances and appurtenances
as may be necessary and convenient
for the operation of such railway, and
to maintain and operate the same dur
ing the term herein limited.
Section g. ANY and all tracks laid and
costructed herein and all side tracks,
turnouts, switches, turntables, poles,
trolley wires, and other contrivances
and Appearances shall be so laid. con-
strueted and maintained so as to per
nit the safe and convenient passing
and crossing of said tracks at any and
all places used as crossings by pedes
trians and by carriages and othel
vehicles and elsewhere as far as prac
ticable and possible. The board O
county commissioners shall have TIT
right to order a plank crossing at an.
time and place. when, in their judg
ment, it shall appear necessary ant
when so ordered it shall be the dut.
of said grantee to cause the same to b.
built within twenty (20) days there
after at the expense of said grantee
At all public crossings shall be bull
and maintained by said grantee a
it's own expense, good, and sub
stantial crossing which shall not b
less than sixteen (16) feet in width
and shall cause at each of such cross
ings, a danger signal to be displaye
to warn teams, and pedestrians, an
at all such crossings, the approache
shall be graded to proper grade, b
and at the expense of said grantee
Said company shall also provide an
construct all necessary private cross
ings, over its tracks, for the use
those occupying land adjacent to sal
tracks, SO as to permit easy access
the highway, over said track or tracl
by those living contiguous thereto
If any defect occur or exist in an
crossing or any defect occur or ext
in any water way, culvert, or conduit
maintained by said grantees, of sue
nature to impair the public use {
said highways, and of which tt
grantee or it's agents have no know
edge, notice thereof may be given
writing to any officer, conductor, {
agent of said road by any pathmaste
in whose district such defect exist
or any town supervisor, in who
town the same exists or any commi
sioner of the county of Blue Fart
and such notice so given, shall
deemed and held sufficient. AS fu
Their precaution, the board OF coun
commissioners reserve the right
order the grantee to build at its ov
expense, fences along the line of roa
to protect the pedestrians vehicle
etc. Said grantee shall, at its ov
expense, build all bridges necessa
for its use, unless authorized by res
lution of the board of county comm
sioners, to occupy and use coun
bridge, and shall, extend all culver
conduits and water ways on the Ii
of said road, 80 as not to obstruct {
public highway. Said grantee und
the direction of the county surveys
shall so construct and maintain
line and such transverse and late