The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-06
To the Mayor and Common Council of the City

To the Mayor and Common Council of the City
of EdgertOn:
The Southern Wisconsin Inter Urban Rail-
way Company, a corporation organized under
and pursuant to the laws OF the State of Wis
cOnsln, hereby applies to your honorable body
for franchise to construct. maintain and OPP
crate street railway for the carriage of pas
SengerS and freight, with all necessary
switches, side turn-outs. wyes. poles.
wires, curves and other fixtures. in upon.
along and across certain streets in the city OF
Edgerton, enumerated and referred to in the
annexed proposed ordinance, and il respect
fully asks for the adoption of said ordinance.
Dated April 26, 1904.
Southern Wisconsin Inter Urban Railway
Company. MICHAEL HAYES.
President.
An ordinance granting to the Southern Wis
cOnsin Inter- Urban Railway Company. cor
poration organized under the laws of Wiscon-
sim the right to construct. maintain and Oper-
ate street railway i'll the city OF EdgertOn.
and prescribing the terms and conditions upon
which the streets, avenues 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 successors and
assigns is hereby granted for the full term OF
fifty years from and after the passage of this
ordinance, the right and authority to construct
maintain and operate in the city of EdgertOn
a street railway for the purpose of carrying
passengers and freight, with single track and
yves, poles. wires, curves and other fixtures
in, along and upon the following streets, to-
wit: Lawton Street, High Street, Quigley
Street, Indian Ford road from city limits on
the south to Front Street, Main Street, Vic
tOria road and Albion road. Front Street,
Rollin Street, Swift Street Albion Street,
Randolph Street and Edgerton and Albion
road from end of Randolph Street to city linn
it's any other street on avenue in the city OF
EdgertOn.
Section 2 The manner of constructing said
shall follows.
be laid with rail of tee pattern along such lOca-
tlOn IN said streets as said hallway Company
it's successors or assigns shall designate and
the common council shall approve and shall be
laid and maintained as near the present sur
face OF the street as is practicable. In case the
city of Edgerton shall change the grade of said
streets on any of them. said company its sue
ceSSOrS or assigns shall. whenever such street
is graded to such new grade. change the grade
OF it's track to correspond TO such new grade at
it's own expense and without any claim against
the city for any damage resulting from such
change of grade The rails of the track shall
be laid in such manner as to be OF as little
impeachment as practicable to the free and or
binary use OF the streets and avenues and the
passage OF wagons, carriages and other Veh1-
cles on or across said tracks, at any point and
in any and all directions and With Such Su1taD bic
cutters at any or all necessary points, so as to
permit the free flow of water falling or accum-
lating on said streets.
At all street crossings where there is no pay
ing, the tracks shall be so planked or otherwise
constructed as to make safe and convenient
crossings for all kinds OF vehicles as well as
pedestrians, and such crossings shall be main
tanned in constant good repair.
Whenever the city shall pave or otherwise
improve any street or streets over which SAID
track or tracks shall pass, the SAID Railway
Company it's successors or assigns, shall pay
tire actual cost Of such paving or improving
for space of seven feet for single track and
fourteen feet for double track and the cost of
expense of such portion of such pavement or
Improvement shall be assessed to and become
a charge against the property of said company
and cOllectabe in the same manner as pre-
Scribed by law for the collection of special as
SesSmentS against real property fronting on
any street or streets, which have ordered paw
ed or improved by said common council or at
owners of said Railroad: provided that in COM
putting such space OF seven and fourteen feet
the space included within the tracks of said
railway shall be included as a part thereof.
When such railway:crosses or runs along any
street or avenue that has been paved or i'm
proved. said Railway Company shall lay it's
ton of the street commissioner and so as to
restore said street or avenue to as good cOndi-
ton as before the track was laid.
The gauge OF the track shall be four feet,
eight and half inches, a it, SO in.) Any part
of any street over which said tracks shall pass
outside the limits herein required to be paved
or improved by said Railway Company, which
shall be excavated or disturbed in the construc-
ton of said Railway shall be restored as soon
as possible to it's former condition of useful
ness. All excavated earth. rubbish or debris
accumulated during the construction of the
road shall be promptly removed from the
street avenue, ana care shall be taken in
the construction Of the track to obstruct travel
upon the street or avenue as little as possible.
On streets not paved, all crOSSwallzs which shall
be taken up in the construction of track. shall
be promptly relaid with the same or similar
material, and restored to as good condition as
before.
section g. Said railway shall be operated
with electricity, with overhead wires, or other
motive power approved by the common council
COrnDanV
its successors or assigns shall have the right to
erect all poles and other mechanical cOntriv
anceS for the purpose Of carrying telephone,
telegraph or electric light wires. for aid in the
purposes of said railway, and for the furnish
ing of power, electric light, telephone or tele-
graph service for others. subject however, to
the conditions and provisions Of such Ordi-
nances of said city of police nature
now in force, or which may hereafter be enact
ed. and which said city is authorized and may
deem proper to enact.
Section 4. Saiu Railway Company, its sue
ceSSOrS or assigns, shall place and maintain
upon its said railway approved motor cars,
with modern cOnvenienceS for the comfort of
passengers. shall light the same at night, and
II cold weather they shall be comfortably
heated. Each motor car shall, unless the COM
mon council shall hereafter otherwise prescribe
be provided with a headlight, which shall be
kept burning after sunset, and with gong or
bell for danger signals.
Section 5. Said Company. its successors or
assigns. will take the rights and privileges
herein granted. subject to the right of the city
to Orda1n and eSta bllSh such reasonable regula-
tionS as the common council, within it's police
powers, may from time to time prescribe III re-
Spect thereto.
Section g. The rate of fare for carrying pas
sengers upon said railroad shall not exceed
five cents for single fare in one direction,
from any one point upon said route within the
said city to any other point therein.
Section z. Said Company shall keep the part
of the streets used or operated by its railway,
including space between the tracks at the
switches or turnouts, free and clear from all
dirt, snow, ice or other debris, and in removing
the snow shall level the same so as not to OBJ
struct or interfere with the free use of such
streets. In case the city fire hose, or other fire
apparatus. shall at any time be upon the tr acks
of said railway. cars shall be stopped, or oper-
ated so as not to injure the same or interfere in
any way with the fire department in endeavor-
ing to extinguish the fire.
Section s. The cars belonging to said Com
pany shall be entitled to the track. and any We
hicle or vehicles upon said tracks shall turn out
upon the approach of any car so as to leave the
tracks unoDStructed
Section 9. The city reserves the right to
grant to any other company or corporation op-
Grating street railway the right to cross the
tracks of the railway hereby established at
grade. upon such terms as the common council
may deem just and equitable, in case the own
ers of said railway fail to come to an agree
ment by arbitration or otherwise between
themselves.