The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-17
ORDINANCE NO. 29a.

An Ordinance Granting Additional Franchise
Rights to the Kenosha Electric Railway Com
l pany Upon Certain Streets in the City OF
|. Kenosha, Wisconsin,
Whereas. Heretofore on the End day of June.
1902, tie Common Council of the city of Keno.
sha, by Ordinance 254, granted permission and
authority to the Kenosha Electric Railway
| Company, hereinafter called the Railway Com
pany, it's successors and assigns, to lay down
construct, operate and maintain, for a 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, The Railway Company desires per-
mission and authority to lay down, construct
operate and maintain it's tracks upon other
streets and avenues in said city in order that ii
may more completely meet the demands of the
Inhabitants of said city;
Now, therefore. be it ordained by the Common
Council of the city of Kenosha:
Section |. That i'll addition to the rights.
privileges and franchises granted to saidrai1way
company by Ordinance No. 254 of the city OF
Kenosha hereinbefore recited and i'll considera-
ton of 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, its successors and assigns, to locate, lay
down, construct, maintain, use and operate
until the End day of June, A.. D. 1852, an electric
street railway with all necessary side-tracks.
switches, Y's, curves, turnouts, 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 and connecting with its railway on
Main or North Main street, so-cal1ed, 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
the south corporation limits northerly to the
north end of Ashland avenue; thence northerly
and across Grand avenue and across Pike Creek
or Pike River (so-ca11ed) upon a street and
bridge, which when opened and constructed as
hereinafter provided, will connect Ashland
sayenuesand Caledonia street; thence northerly
upon and along Caledonia street to the north
corporation limits.
Also upon and along Elizabeth street from it's
intersection with the east line of Crate street
westerly to the western corporation limits of
said city.
Il The said electric street railway to be a single
track railway on Ashland avenue from Grand
avenue south to Prairie avenue: to be a double
track street railway from Prairie avenue south
on and along Ashland avenue to the south cor
poration limits; on Ashland avenue from Grand
,avenuesto Pike River, and on aud along Caledo-
51ia street to the north end of Caledonia street,
to be double track railway; on Grand avenue
to be4a 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 its intersection with the east line of
Crate street, westerly to the corporation limits
to be single or double track street aiFWay.
When double tracks are laid on Grand ave-
nue. where said avenue is now paved, the said
railway company, its successors or assigns, in
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
emit curbfng and placing said curling so 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 vitrified brick of the
same character as now laid on said street.
Section 3. Wherever said railway company
shall lay double tracks on Ashland avenue or
on Caledonia street, it shall, at its own cost and
expense, pave ten 1O) feet on each side of it's
center line between tracks, the said paving to
be of vitrified 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-
.tion of said Ashland avenue and said Caledonia
street.
single track OH Ashland avenue between Grand
avenue and Prairie avenue it shall, at it's own
cost and expense, pave ten l0) 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 vitrif1ed
paving brick,.or of such material, except as
phalt 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 inc1udey 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.
ga Section 3. In consideration of the grant
hereby made the said grantee shall:
Fs I. Construct at its own cost and expense
new substantial modern steel bridge, with
proper, necessary and adequate approaches
thereto, over and across Pike Creek or Pike
River (so-ca1led) connecting Ashland avenue
with Caledonia street whichever the city of Ke-
nosha shall by appropriate action lay Out and
open public street citing Ashland avenue
With Caledonia street and shall authorize the
construction of a bridge across Pike Creek or
Pike River (sO-ca11ed) in connection Herewith;
the said bridge to be constructed with cement or
stone abutmehtS 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 on each side thereof
rot less than six (6) feet in width in the clear,
With iron or steel hand rails on each side there
of not less than four feet six inches (4.6) high;
and will build and construct proper approaches
ito said bridge on each end thereof; the said
bridge, abutments, approaches and appurten-s
ances to be built under the direction of the COM
mon Council of the cityOf Kenosha, and to their
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shall be authorized by the City Engineer of
said city, and if, in the construction of said
bridge and approaches, vitrifed brick pave
ment, OF other like pavement be used by the
grantee, the said bridge and approaches shall
be maintained by theacityr of KenOshas 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 APP
proaches and plank roadway during the life of
said franchise, or until such time as said
grantee shall pave said bridge with vitrided
brick or other like pavement when said bridge
and approaches shall be maintained by the city
of KenOsha. 9ss
z. At Jerome Creek, so-ca11ed, on Ashland
avenue, the said grantee shall build and con-
struct cement, stone or brick culvert ofsproper
size, to be built from lot line to lot line with
proper wings of the same material on each side
thereof, and on both sides of said Ashland ave-
nue.; and shall fill in over said culyert to
grade specified by the City Engineer of the City
of gKenosha, and shall build, a proper cement
or iron railing on each side Of said culveft on
said avenue, and shall do all work thereon
under the supervision and direction of3the said
City Engineer
30 Said grantee shall, at IFS own cost and ex-s
Deuse. reD8iT and strengthen Graffdw Avenue