The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24

1902, the Common Council of the city of Keno
sla, by Ordinance 254. granted permission and
authority to the KenoSha Electric Railway
Company, hereinafter called the Railway Com
pany, its successors and assigns, to lay down,
construct operate and maintain, for period of
fifty (50) years from the date of the passage of
said Ordinance 254, an electric street railway in
the city of Kenosha; and
Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of said
ordinance, an electric railway was built by said
. Railway Company in the City of Kenosha; and
Whereas, The Railway Company desires per-
mission and authority to lay down. construct.
operate and maintain its tracks upon other
streets and avenues in said city i'll order that it
may more completely meet the demands of the
Inhabitants of said city;
Now, therefore, be it ordained by the Common
CoEuci1 of the city of Kenosha:
Section 1. That in addition to the rights,
privileges and franchises granted to saidrai1way
company by Ordinance No. 254 of the CITY of
Keno: ha hereinbefore recited and in consdera-
ton o. the acceptance of the terms, conditions
and provisions thereof, the right, permission,
consent and authority are hereby given and
granted to the Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany, it's successors and assigns, to locate, lay
down, construct, maintain, and operate
until the End day of June, A. ID. 1882. an electric
street railway with all necessary sde-tracks.
switches, Y's, curves, tnrnouts, connections,
poles, wires and other appliances and convent
ences necessary or usually employed in the
construction, maintenance and operation of an
electric street railway system, using electric
power, over, across. along and upon the follow
ing streets, avenues and bridges in the CITY of
kenosha, crossing all interSecting streets and
alleys between the terminal points hereinafter
specified
From aud connecting with it's railway on
Main or North Main street, so-ca11ed, at some
convenient point with said railway at or near it's
intersection with Grand avenue; thence north
westerly to Grand avenue; thence westerly
upon and along Grand avenue and upon and
across Grand avenue bridge to the western cor
poratiOn limits of said city.
Also upon and along Ashland avenue from
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north end of Ashland avenue; thence norther1y
and across Grand avenue and across Pike Creek
or Pike River (So-Called) upon a street and
bridge, which when opened and constructed as
hereinafter provided, will connect Ashland
avenue and Caledonia street, thence northerly
upon and along Caledonia street to the north
corporation limits.
Also upon and along Elizabeth street from its
intersection with the east line of Crate street
westerly to the western corporation limits of
said city.
The said electric street railway to be single
track railway on Ashland avenue from Grand
avenue south to Prairie avenue; to be double
track street railway from Prairie avenue south
on and along Ashland avenue to the south cor
pOration limits; on Ashland avenue from Grand
avenue to Pike River, and on and along Ca1edo-
mia street to the north end of Caledonia street,
to be a double track railway; on Grand avenue
to be single track railway from the east end
OF Grand avenue, or North Main street, to Ash
land avenue; and single or double tracks OH and
along Grand avenue from Ashland avenue to
the west corporation limits; and on Elizabeth
street from it's intersection with the east line of
Crate street westerly to the western corporation
limits to be single or double track street rail-
way.
When double tracks are laid on Grand ave-
nue., where said avenue is now paved the said
lieu of rebating the cost of paving to the prop
erty owners as provided and required by Para
graph of Section of Ordinance 254, shall and
will at its own cost and expense widen the
pavement of said street by removing the pres
ent curbing and placing said curbing that
the pavement of the street will be sixteen and
one-half (161a) feet on each side of the center
line of said street, and will pave the space on
each side thereof between the present paving
and the new curb line with vitrifed brick of the
same character as now laid on said street
Section 2. Wherever said railway company
shall lay double tracks on Ashland avenue or
on Caledonia street, it SHALL at it's own cost and
expense, pave ten 1o) feet on each side of it's
center line between tracks, the said paving to
be of vitrihed paving brick or of such material,
except asphalt pavement, as may be ordered by
the Common Council of the city of Kenosha
and used by it for paving the remaining por-
ton Of said Ashland avenue and said Caledonia
street.
Wherever said railway company shall lay
single track on Ashland avenue between Grand
avenue and Prairie avenue it shall, at its own
cost and expense, pave ten 10) feet of the center
of said street its entire length between said
Grand avenue and Prairie avenue where one
track is laid. the said paving to be of vitrified
paving brick, or of such material, except as
pha1t pavement, as may be ordered by the Com
mon Council of the city of Kenosha and used by
It for paving the remaining portion of said
Grand avenue and said Prairie avenue.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to include the curbing and grading on said
street or to compel the railway company to
pave any portion of said street sooner than the
remaining portion of said street shall be paved.
Section 3. In consideration of the giant
hereby made the said grantee shall:
l. Construct at its own cost and expense a
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proper, necessary and adequate approaches
thereto, over aid across Pike Creek or Pike
River (so-ca11ed) connecting Ashland avenue
with Caledonia street whenever the CITY of Ke-
noSha shall by appropriate action lay out and
open public street connecting Ashland avenue
with Caledonia street and shall authorize the
construction OF bridge across Pike Greek or
Pike River (so-called) in connection herewith (
the said bridge to be constructed with cement
stone abutments at both the north and south
ends OF said bridge, and to be constructed with
a roadway proper of not less than twenty-five
feet eight inches (22.8) in width, and with |
sidewalks for pedestrians each side thereof
notices. than six (6) feet in width in the clear, Z
with iron or steel hand rails on each side there +
OF not less than four feet six inches 40 high;
and will build and construct proper approaches
to said bridge on each end thereof; the said
bridge, abutme11ts. approaches and appurten-
anCeS to be built under the direction of the Com
mon Council of the city of Kenosha, and to their
satisfaction and approval and at such grade as I
shall be authorized by the City Engineer of
Sdlu City anu IL, III the CONSTRUCTION OF SAID
bridge and approaches, vitrified brick pave
ment, or other like pavement be used by the
grantee, the said bridge and approaches shall
be maintained by the city of Kenosha, and if in +
such construction the roadway of said bridge
and approaches shall be of plank the said
grantee shall maintain the said bridge and ap-
proaches and plank roadway during the life of
said franchise, or until such time as said I
grantee shall pave said bridge with vitrified
brick or other like pavement, when said bridge /
and approaches shall he maintained by the city
of KenoSha.
2. At Jerome Greek, so-ca11ed, on Ashland I
avenue, the said grantee shall build and con-
struct a cement, stone brick cu1vert of proper
size, to be built from lot line to lot line with
proper wings of the same material on each side I
thereof, and on both sides of said Ashland ave-
nue.; and shall fill in over said culvert to a
grade specified by the City Engineer of the City +
Of Kenosha, and shall build a prope4 cement i
DR. iron railing on each side of said cu1vert on
said avenue, and shall do all work thereon
Under the supervision and direction of the said +
City Engineer.
3. Said grantee shall, at it's own cost and ex-
pense, repair and strengthen Grand Avenue |.
bridge and put said bridge in safe condition, so /
that the cars of said grantee may pass there
shall pay one-ha1f of the cost and ex-
pense of the maintenance of said bridge.
4. Said grantee shall keep and maintain that I
part of Ashland avenue and that part of Gale
1Onia street occupied by its tracks, to a width |
1f twenty (20) feet where double tracks laid.
md that part of Ashland avenue to width of /
ten l1O) feet where one track is laid, and that
part of Grand avenue to a width of sixteen (16l
feet where double tracks are laid and to width /