Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-07-18
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Proposed Franchise.

-,anv hereby requests that you grant To it a
street railroad franchise ia the city Of au"a-
to-a n : more particularly set iOrth ia tHt pro
posed franchise hereto attached
Respectfully yours,
MILWAUKEE LIGHT, HEAT AND
TRACTION co.
BY JOHN l. BEOGS,
Pres't and Genl MnEr.
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Mil
wauIee Light. Heat & Traction Com
pany to construct, MAINTAIN ana
operate street railways in the City
of Wauwatosa.
The Common Council of the City of
Wauwatosa do ordain as follows:
SECTION /. There is hereby given
and granted to the Milwaukee Light
Heat & Traction Company, hereinafter
called the Railway Company, its sue
cessors and assigns, in addition to the
streets, avenues, highways and bridges
now occupied and used by said Railway
Company in said city the right, permits
sion and authority for the purpose of
extending its lines and system.
TO lay, construct maintain and
operate single or double
track electric railway with all
necessary or convenient turn outs,
sde-traclss, cross-overs, curves, switch
es and connections, and TO construct,
erect and maintain all necessary or
convenient condults. poles and under
ground or overhead wires in the man
ner and upon the conditions hereinafter
set forth, over, along, across and upon
the following streets, avenues, high
ways and bridges in the city Of Wau-
watosa, to-Wit:
/. On Greenfield Avenue from West
Main street to the southern limits of
the city Of Wauwatosa.
.. On Wells street (as It is now or
may hereafter be plated or eXtended);
from Fifty-ninth street to the western
limits of the City OF Wauwatesa.
g. On State street formerly called
the Milwaukee and Watertown Plank
road from North Main street to the
eastern limits of the city of Wan
watosa.
4. On East Milwaukee avenue, West
Milwaukee avenue and Ludington ave-
nue. from the eastern limits Of the City
of Wauwatosa e. West North avenue
g. On North avenue from the east
ern limits of the City Of Wauwatosa to
the western limits of the City Of Wan
watosa.
e. On Wauwatosa avenue from North
avenue to the northern limits of the city
of Wauwatosa
Z. On MISUNDERSTANDING (as IL is now
or may hereafter be plated or extend
ed from West North avenue to Church
street, and ON Church street from Wis
cousin avenue to North Main street,
provided however If Wisconsin avenue
sh F,t
West North avenue south to Church
street, within two years after notice of
intention To lay tracks on either Wis
.consin avenue or Wauwatosa avenue
shall have been Eled in the office of the
city clerk, as hereinafter provided, then
and in that eyept only the saie rail
way company shall have and is
hereby given the right, per-
mission and authority to lay,
construct, maintain and ope-
rate Il single or double track electric
railway over and upon WauwatoSa av-
enue from North avenue south to North
Main street; it being expressly under
stood aud agreed that the said railway
company shall give the CITY OF Wan
watosa notice i'll writing of its inten-
tion and desire to lay trucks from
either WISCONSIN avenue or Wauwa-
.tosa avenue such notice to be address
sed TO the City Clerk of
the City OF WauwatoSa. ard delivered
80 him ut his Office in said city. and that
the said railway company, its success
sorS or assigns shall have no rights
hereunder to enter upon or undertake.
to lay track ON Wauwatosa avenue
L.. ..f 4. A. ~
ton of two years after giving notice of
intention to lay track as above pro
yidcd; it being further expressly I'M
derstood and agreed that If. after Civ
ing notice of intention To lay track as
above provided, the said railway
company, its successors and aS-
signs shall neglect or fail to
construct, maintain and operate
an electric railway from North avenue
south to North Main street within six
months after the expiration Of the two
year period Of notice, herciuhefurc re-
,Iuired to be given, all rights and
privileges conferred 10y this ordinance
in and To. over and upon Wauwatosa
avenue south OF North avenue shall
forever cease and determine.
SEC -. The tracks OF said Railway
company shall be constructed with inn
proved Tee rails, laid to gauge of
four feet, eight and oue-half inches
ant aS uvn the center of the Street as
practicable: they Shall not be elevated
above or depressed below the estab-
llShed grade of the streets and shall be
50 laid that carriages and other vchi-
cleo can safely and readily cross the
streets at any aud ala points. 1t shalt
he the duty of said Railway Company
At all times to keep in good repair. the
roadway between the rails and for one
foot oH the outside az each rail as laid
and the space between the two inside,
rails, of I'N double track. with Tia,
same matcli:t as the city shall have
last used to pave or lepavr thr~c spaces
and the street previous ~ such rt.r,s,ir~
unless the ~ait H#j1.a1 ta.panv anI
sand city shall o9~ur 3,nou -.,a,.. athg,.
material said euIWaH ..iat.ftv shah
operate tueneon street railway
c59N aud caEr.agr, hr ucau> os power
produced ry electricity candur.ea t.par
wires >uNpeuacf. vye~. above and a,arg