The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-03-06
Proposed Ordinance.


office Of the city clerk of the city OF
Edgerton on the 4th day of March, 1903.
Dated March 4. 1903.
Southern Wisconsin Inter-Urban Rail-
way Company, By Michael Hayes,
President.
To the Mayor and Common Council of the
City of Edgerton.
The Southern Wisconsin Inter Urban
Railway Company, corporation, organ.
lied under and pursuant to the laws OF
the State of Wisconsin, hereby applleS
to your honorable body for franchise
to construct, maintain and operate a
street railway with all necessary switch
es, turnouts, sidetracks, wyes, poles,
wires, curves and other fixtures in, upon,
along and across certain streets in the
City of Edgerton, particularly enumerat-
ed in the annexed proposed ordnance,
and it respectfully asks for the adoption
of said ordinance.
Dated March 4. 1908.
Southern Wisconsin Inter Urban Rail-
way Company, By Michael Hayes,
President.
Wisconsin Inter Urban Railway Company
corporation, organized under the laws
of Wisconsin, it's successors and ASSIGNS
! the right to construct. maintain and oper-
| ate an electric railway in the city OF
| Edgerton, and prescribing the terms ana
! conditions upon which the streets, aven-
| ues and alleys of said city may be USED
| and occupied by said railway.
| The Mayor and Common Council of the
| City of EdgertOn do Ordain as follows:
Section 1. The Southern Wisconsin
| Inter-Urban Railway Company, its success
| sors and assigns, is hereby granted Tor
| the full term of fifty years from and az
| ter the passage of this ordinance the
| right and authority to construct, MAINTAIN
| and operate in the City of Edgerton. an cleo
| trio railway for the purposes enumerated IN
sec. 1862 of the Wisconsin statutes OF 1898 Win
| all necessary switches. side tracks, tufnoutS'
| nO1PS
| in, along and upon the following streets, to-
! wit:
Lord Street, Main Street, ana any other
street or portion thereof lying easterly OF Main
| Street: Victoria Road, Albion Road from the
end of Victoria Road to the city limits :;
| Stought0n Road and GAINESVILLE Road.
Section 2. The mode and manner OF
| constructing said railway shall be as fol-
! lows:
The track shall be laid with rails Of the
| tee pattern along such location in said
streets as the said railway Company. it's
| successors or assigns, shall designate
| and the Common Council shall approve,
and shall be laid and maintained at the
present or established grade Of said street
! or avenues over which 1t shall pass, ana
| in case at any time the the City of Edger-
| ton shall change the grade OF any street,
| said railway company, it's successors and
assigns, shall change the grade Of the
| tracks to correspond to such new grade,
| at it's or their own expense and without
any claim against the city for any dam
| ages resulting from such change of grade.
| The rails of said track shall be laid in
| such manner as to be of as little I'M
! pediment as practicable to the free ana
| ordinary use of the streets and avenues
and the passage Of wagons. carriages and
| other vehicles, on or across said track at
| any point. and in any and all directions,
| and with such suitable cutters at any or
| ali necessary points, so as to permit free
! flow of water falling or accommodating on
! said streets.
| At all street crossings where there is
| no paving, the track shall be so planked,
| or otherwise constructed, as to make safe
! and convenient crossings for all kinds OF
I vehicles as we'll as pedestrians, and sucn
! crossings shall be maintained III constant
good repair.
Whenever the City of Edgerton shall
| pave or otherwise. improve any street or
| streets over which said track OF tracks
! shall pass, the said railway company
shall pay the actual cost of such paving
| or improving for a space of seven % feet
| for single track, and fourteen Q4 feet
! for double track, and the cost and expense
| of such portion of such pavement Oh i'm
! prOvement shall be assessed to and become
a charge against the property Of said COM
pany and collectibe in the manner AS
| prescribed by law for the collection of
! special assessments against real prop
| erty fronting on any street or streets
which have been ordered paved or i'm
| proved by said Common Council or, at
| the option Of said city by action against
! in computing said space of seven feet and
fourteen feet, the space included within
the tracks of said railway Company shall
be included as a part thereof.
When such railway crosses or runs on
any street avenue that has been paved
or improved said railway company shall
lay it's tracks and put the paving back, so
as to restore said street or avenue to as
good condition as before the track was
laid. The guage of the track shall be
four feet, eight and one-half inches
a fit. 8 y in) Any part of any street
over which said track shall pass outside
the limits herein required to be paved or
improved by said railway company which
which shall be excavated or disturbed in
the construction of said track, shall be
restored as soon as possible to it's former
condition of usefulness. All eXcavated
earth, rubbish or debris accumulated dur
ing the construction of the track shall be
promptly removed from the street or av-
enue, and care shall be taken in the con-
struction of the track to obstruct travel
upon the street or avenue as little as pos
sible. On streets not paved all cross
walks which shall be taken up in the con-
struction of the track shall be promptly
relaid, in the same similar manner,
and restored to as good condition as be-
fore.
Section s. Said railway shall be oper-
ated with electricity, with overhead wires,
OF other motive power approved by the
common council except steam motive pow
en- and the company, its successors or as
signs, shall have the right to erect all
necessary poles and other mechanical con-
trivances to carry said overhead wire
and for the purpose of carrying telephone,
telegraph, or electric7light wires for aid
in purposes of said railway, or for the
purpose of furnishing electric light and
power service to others subject, however,
to all the conditions and provisions of
such police ordinances of said city as are now
in force or which may hereafter be in force
and which said city is authorized and may
deem proper to enact.
Section A. Said railway company shall
place and maintain upon said railroad APP
proved motor cars with modern conven-
fences for the comfort of passengers,
shall light the same at night, and in cold
weather they shall be comfortably heated.
Each motor car shall, unless the Common
Council otherwise prescrbes. be provided
with Il headlight which shall be kept
burning after sunset. and with a gong,
bell or whistle for danger signals
Section B. Said railway company, its
successors or assigns, will take the rights
and privileges herein granted subject to
the right of the City of Edgerton to or
dain and establish such reasonable regu-
lations as the Common Council within
its police powers may from time to time
prescribe in respect thereto.
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