The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-18

result to any person from the construc-
ton, maintenance or operation of said
railway.
/ Section 6. Tn all matters under this
Resolution or franchise where said gram
tee is required to perform any act and
fails to do so, or remedy any defect and
fails and neglects to do so, then the
board of county commissioners shall
have the right, after five days notice, to
pense of said grantee, and in case said
grantee fails or refuses to pay for the
same within six months thereafter, then
and in that case, the board of county
commissioners shall have the right, to
declare all rights and privileges under
this resolution or franchise, as forfeited
to Blue Earth county.
Section T. Each motor car or carri-
age used by said company on said line
of tracks or in any part thereof, shall be
provided with proper signal bells and
after sunset of each day, with proper
signal colored lights and shall be pro-
vided with all the modern improvements
to avoid accidents to persons using said
highways and said cars shall be so oper-
. ated so as to avoid all danger to per-
sons using said highways, as far as pos
sible.
Section 8. Plans of said poles, wires
and appliances shall be submitted to the
county surveyor and the board of county
commissioners and shall be approved by
them before the same are erected. Said
poles, wires and appliances shall be built
upon the most improved methods, and
so as to interfere as little as possible
with all other uses of said roads and
highways, and the material and work
manship shall be the best of their class
and kind.
Section 9. The said grantee shall
within twenty-four months after the
passage of this resolution, have con-
structed, equipped and in operation, a
line of electric railway along the whole
of the public highway above described
and over which franchise is hereby
granted, If the said grantee fails or
neglects to build said lines or either of
|. them, within the time herein specified,
all the rights and privileges herein gran
ted to such line or lines, route or
routes, over the public highways of said
county, upon which there shall not have
been constructed and in operation, as
hereinbefore provided, a railway line or
missioners be declared forfeited and an.
nulled. Upon the completion of any di-
vision of said railway the same shall
thereafter continuously be operated, and
if said grantee shall fail to so contin-
uously operate said road, the county
commissioners of said county may de-
clare all rights and privileges, over and
upon such parts and portions, forfeited ;
provided that no forfeiture shall be de-
. clared until notice of its intention to
claim such forfeiture shall have been
given by said board, and provided flrth
er that no such forfeiture shall be claim.
ed or enforced unless such failure to
operate such road in the manner herein
provided, shall continue for period OF
| fifteen days, after such notice shall have
been given. All rights and privileges
herein granted and all conditions or linz
itations herein imposed or expressed
, shall extend to and bind the successors
, and assigns of the grantee herein.
Section 10. The said company shall pay
the said county surveyor for all the time
necessarily employed by him in over
, seeing the construction of said railway
; ($4.OO) per day, provided the said time
: so employed by him shall not exceed an
average of one day pr week, during all
: the time taken in the construction of
said railway along said highway.
Section IL. Said lines of road shall
! be maintained and operated under such
feasible direction and supervision of the
county surveyor and the board of county
commissioners as may be- necessary tn
insure the public safety and convenience,
Section IL. This resolution shall be
in force and the grant herein contained
, shall take effect from and after its pas
! sage and from and after the filing with
the county auditor of Blue Earth coun-
ty, Minnesota, written acceptance of
the grant herein contained, with the con-
ditions and limitations therein express
sed, signed by the company hereinbe-
fore named as grantee.
Report of the ENGINEER on the Thos.
j. Long ditch No. IL, was received and
on motion the following named men were
|appointed as viewers, d. F. Rasdall, Ed.
R. Jones and Herb Kenward Viewers
Ito meet on Nov. 18th. = - ''- =
On motion the following bills were
allowed:
Andengaard, Ole, procuring bal
Il ioto ...p d w
Braun, j. p, procuring ballots 24O
Brooks, w. F., recording aud
itor's plat ............. 400
Brooks, w. F., inspection of
grading, Mapleton ditch 80. S.26