Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

the issuing of said certificate, or having
begun such construction, shall fail to prose
cute the same, the railroad commission may
inquire into the reasons for such failure and
may revoke the said certificate If 1t shall
appear after notice and hearing that such
failure Is unreasonable.
Section 1913. The provisions of this
act shall apply to all steam, electric and
other surface railroads in this state. ex-
cept construction or extension of electric
railroads in cities and to railroads for the
construction of which municipal aid has
heretofore been voted and now available
upon completion.
Section 1797-54. Upon receiving the
certificate of public convenience and neces-
sity, the applicant railroad shall before
commencing construction of its railroad or
any extension or branch thereof. submit to
the railroad commission a condensed speci-
fcation Of the kind and character of con-
struction that 1t proposes to install, which
specification shall show the kind, quality
and weight of the rail proposed to be used,
the mode of construction, character. quail
ity and strength Of all bridges, culverts and
viaducts, including abutments and APP
proaches proposed to be built, the grade of
and proposed method of draining the road
power plant and appliances to be employed
in power production, and such other salient
facts relating to the construction of said
proposed railroad as the commission under
the rules to be prescribed by them may re-
quire.
Section 1707-55. Upon receiving the
specification required by the foregoing sec
tion, the said railroad commission shall ex-
anime the same and shall hear the appll-
can't railroad In support thereof, shall sug-
gest and require notifications Of said specl-
fcation If in their Judgment the public
safety so demand shall visit and inspect
the said proposed line of railroad extern
sion or branch thereof, If deemed desirable,
and shall otherwise investigate and deter
mine that the proposed construction will be
adequate for securing and protecting the
public safety In the operation of said pro-
posed railroad or extension or branch there,
Of, and thereupon the said commission shall
grant to said applicant railroad an order
approving said specification as amended-if
the same shall be amended-and authoriz-
ing the construction of said proposed rail-
road or extension or branch thereof in &C
cordance Herewith.
Section 1797-56 Every crossing Of the
track of a steam railroad hereafter made
by the track of another steam railroad and
every crossing of the track or an electric
or street railway surface road hereafter
made at points outside the limits of incor-
porated cities by the tracks of steam rail-
road and every crossing of the track Of
steam railroad or of any other electric or
street railway surface road hereafter made
cities by the track Of an electric or street
railway surface road shall be above, below
or at grade Of the tracks proposed to be
crossed as the railroad commission shall
determine after hearing the parties upon
reasonable notice prescribed by said COM
mission. In such determination, said rail
and character of the protective appliances
If any, to be installed operated and main
tanned at such crossings, and they shall also
fix the proportion of the expense of origin
ally constructing, operating and maintain
Ing such crossing and of any protective APP
planes prescribed by them and the pro-
portion of the expense of operating and
maintaining the same which shall be paid
by the owners of said tracks respectively
In case said commissioners shall not In the
first instance require protective appliances
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der this section, they shall after reasonable
notice to and hearing Of the parties have
power on application Of either party In
terested in maintaining and operating said
crossing or on their own motion to require
protective appliances to be installed,
operated and maintained at such grade
crossings and to fix the basis upon which
the parties using such crossings shall bear
and pay the cost and expense Of construct
ing. operating and maintaining the same
Section 1797-57. Upon the completion
tension or branch thereof, under the specih-
cation as approved by the railroad COM
mission the said applicant company shall,
before operating said railroad, or extension
or branch thereof, excepting for construc-
ton purposes, and before opening the same
to public service, report the same to said
commission and said commission shall there
upon inspect and examine said railroad, or
extension or branch thereof, or cause the
same to be inspected and examined and II
it shall be found that the same has been
fcation as approved and Is otherwise suit
able and properly constructed so as to con-
serve and protect the public safety In the
operation thereof, said commission shall
grant to said applicant railroad an order
authorizing it to operate the same, which
order shall be presumptive evidence of the
suficiency Of such construction. Said or
der shall specify in general terms the meth
DDS and conditions Of such operation and 1t
shall not be lawful for any such railroad
or extension or branch thereof, to be OPP
nr5p hnaO nj
and obtained.
Section 1797-58. Every railroad COM
pany in this state, may. by the vote of
two-tnirds of all It's directors, alter or
change the route or any portion of the
route of it's railroad whether the same Is
constructed or in process Of construction,
change the line thereof can be materially
improved, by making and filing in the office
of the railroad commission and also by re-
cording in the office Of the register of deeds
of the county OR counties where such az
teration or change is to be made, a surveyed
map and certificate Of such alteration or
change, provided that such alteration or
change shall not devlate from the original
route of such railroad as approved by the
railroad commission for greater distance
than one mile at any point and provided
be left off from the line Of said railroad
by such change of route and also provided
that the original termini Of said railroad
shall not have changed by such alteration
Section 1797-59. If no newspapers
shall be published in any county in which
the road is proposed to be located, the pup
locations required by this act may be mace
railroad commission shall designate.
Section 1797-60 Nothing herein con-
tanned shall in any manner affect any suit
or prosecution had o. or eom 1nn4 in any
Section 2. All acts or parts of acts con-
ficting with the provisions Of this act are
hereby repealed insofar as they ere incon-
sistent herewith.
Approved June 30, 1907.
No SOC. Al rPublished July /. 1907.