Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-13
NO. 7s.
AN ORDINANCE

AInenuIng gTHHJIg
consin River Traction and Power Company the
right to C instruct maintain and operate street
railway on certain streets in the city of Wausau,
etc., adopted June 9th, 1905, and thereafter d'iy
published.
The Common uncil of the city of Wausau
do ordaln as follows
Section ]. Section of an ordinance granting
to the Wisconsin River Traction and Power Co.
the right to construct, maintain and operate
street railway on certain streets in the city of
Wausau, is hereby amended so that said section
shall read as follows:
Section 6. The grantee shall conform i'll the
construction and maintenance of its line of
street railway to the established grade of the
street or streets upon which said line is con-
structed and operated, and shall conform to
any change in the grades of said street or streets
unless otherwise ordered by the proper author
tiles of said city; and whenever any street upon
which said line is established is thereafter
paved or macadamized by said city the grantee
shall be liable for the expense of paving, ma
cadamiZing or otherwise improving the space
of seven feet wide for a single track and four
teen feet wide for double track, and also all
spaces between switch-tracks double tracks
and turnouts, which shall be so established ana
maintained as that they will correspond with
any change of grade on the streets where they
are so established and maintained. Whenever
the city of Wausau shall pave or macadamlze,
or repave or remacadamize any street upon
which said line of railway is located, the
grantee shall pay to the said city within thirty
days after the completion OF such work 70
part thereof chargeable to said grantee as above
stated. And it shall be the d.sy !. TIC SIdnJee
thereafter to maintain at its own expense in
good condition that part of said maeadam or
pavement for which it WIS so chargeable.
If after the construction of the line OF SAID
railway upon any of the streets, alleys or public
places in said city, the said city shall determine
by resolution ordinance to permanently i'm
prove said streets, alleys and public places,
otherwise than by plain macadam, the grantee
shall at its own expense, conform its construc-
ton and material used. including the kind of
rail, to the reasonable requirements of such
contemplated improvement, within a reason
able time after il has been notified to do so by
the said city. so as to enable the laying and
construction in first class and workmanlike
manner. according to approved standards of
construction, of the proposed permanent i'm
proVement.
1t shall be the duty of the said city by its
common council, if requested so to do by the
grantee, within thirty days of such request, to
specify the kind of rail to be used by the
grantee in such construction and any other
requirements it proposes to enforce or insist
upon under the terms of this section.
In streets improved by plain macadam, If the
material or construction put in by the grantee
shall for any reason be insufficient to permit of
the reasonable maintenance of said streets in
good condition, it shall be the duty of the
grantee to replace such material and put in
approved construction so as to enable such
street to be maintained in good condition"
And the graLtee shall restore and place in
proper condition for public travel that part of
any street disturbed by it in the construction,
operation and maintenance of said line of rail
way. or any part or appurtenance thereof.
city the grantee shall fill in the space between
the rails of its line of railway, and the space
outside the said rails for distance of one foot,
aud the space between its double cracks. turn
outs and switch tracks, with proper and suitable
material to be approved by the proper author
tiles of said city, as to render said street or
streets safe for public travel. and to permit easy
crossing of its tracks by vehicles At all street
crossings where there is no paving the tracks
shall be so planked or otherwise constructed AS
to make safe and convenient crossings for all
kinds of vehicles as well pedestrians, and
such crossings shall be maintained in constant
good repair
When the cars operated upon said railway
shall meet or overtake any pubic parade or
procession, or funeral procession, the cars
shall be stopped until tracks can be conven-,
iently cleared, AID in all cases of public parade
upon such street or Streets the mayor in his
discretion, may require such cars to be stopped
during such parade
Section 2. This ordinance shall not be deemed
to repeal the ordinance to which it is an
amendment in any manner or any particular
and shall be construed with the same force
and with like effect as if the whole ordinance
had originally been adopted as now amended
Section g. This ordinance shall be in force
on and after its passage and publication as
required by law.
Adopted Nov. 18th, 1906.
Attest Approved
CHAs. F. BECK. M. H. DUNCAN,
City Clerk. Mayor.