The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-25
Board of Works and Officials Come to
an Agreement After a Delay of
Several Weeks.
CITY HOLDS TO ITS POSITION
AND DEPRESSION Sc
CURED AT TWO CROSSINGS.
Railroad Agrees to Elevate Entire
Line Through the City When Other
Roads Are Required To.

franchise was granted the Indianapolis,
Logansport & Chicago railroad yesterday,
by the Board of Public Works. Accord
ing to the franchise the road must be COM
pleted within five years. An ordinance
will be introduced in council tonight, at
special meeting, to ratify the franchise.
The franchise provides that the road shall
depress its tracks at Thirtieth street and
dorf streets, and that whenever the city
shall order general track elevation or gem
eral track depression the indianapolis, Lo-
gansport & Chicago railroad shall imme-
diately comply with such order without
suit in the courts or protests of any sort.
The provisions which will require the road
TO depress its tracks at Thirtieth street
and TO elevate them at Geisendorff and
Douglass streets are the parts of the fran
chse which the road protested against last
week and which prevented the franchise be-
ing granted more than a week ago. At
that time the Board of Works gave the
officials of the road TO understand that the
franchise would not be changed, and that
il the company did not want to elevate or
depress its tracks at the three streets it
would not be given franchise. The fran
chise granted yesterday is practically the
same contract the company was offered
last week
SAFETY DEVICES.
The franchise provides that the railway
shall maintain fagmen and electrical warn
ing apparatus AT all its street and alley
crossings from O'Clock a. m until 8
O'Clock p. m. and from O'Clock D. m. until
g o'clock a.. m.
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given jurisdiction as to deciding where it
shall pass through Riverside Park. The
franchise says: 1.-The rights and privileges
hereby granted are made and accepted sub
ject to the jurisdiction and decision of the
Board of Park Commissioners. where said
railway crosses Riverside Park" The park
commissioners will have to do with the
width and location of the right of way
through Riverside Park. and will determine
whether the road may maintain any
said railway shall be subject at all times
to the reasonable control, rules and reg
ulations of said Board of Park. Commits
sioDers
The franchise will go into effect imme-
diasely upon its ratification by Council 1t
is thought that an ordinance ratifying the
grant may be passed by Council at it's next
regular meeting, inasmuch the ordinance
will be introduced at the special meeting
tonight.
ROUTE THROUGH THE CITY.
The franchise is IN part as follows: THE
route beginning at the center line of Mey-
er's free gravel roadway. Immediately east
of the east line of the right of way of the
G., c.. G. & St. l.. Railway Company, and
running thence southeasterly. parallel with
and Immediately adjoining tho right of way
of c., G., c. K St L. Railway Company.
crossing the latter line between Thirtieth
street and the Belt line junction, thence
adjoining the west line of the right of way
of the said c., c.. c. a. ST.
l.. Railway Company 10 the point
of intersection of Aqueduct street
and Twenty-fourth street: thence
south through Aaueduct street and contin-
uing along the west side of Fall creek
about 800 feet south and west of the Tn-
diana-avenue bridge over Fail creek: