Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-18
Application for Franchise.

Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, April g. 1907
To the Mayor and Common Council of the
city OF Grand Rapids.
The undersigned hereby applies for
franchise from the city of Grand Rapids for
the construction, maintenance and opera
ton of street railway within the city of
Grand Rapids, and for the use of the streets
and bridges of said city for that purpose un-
der the conditions more particularly set forth
in a proposed ordinance presented here
with, and such notifications of such ordin-
ance as may hereafter be agreed upon be-
tween the parties and adopted and approved
by the mayor and common council OF said
city.
WISCONSIN VALLEY ELECTRIC RAILWAY Co.
BY GEO. A. WHITING, Pres.
VALLEY ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY TO
CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A
STREET RAILWAY IN THE City OF GRAND
The mayor and common council of the
city of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, do ordain
as follows:
and permission be and hereby are granted
to Stevens Point & Grand Rapids Railway
Company, corporation organized under
chapter Sc of the Revised Statutes of Wis
consin and acts amendatory thereof and I'M
der section 1862 of such revised statutes and
acts amendatory thereof, and to its sue
ceSsors and assigns, to construct erect,
maintain, rebuild, repair, enlarge, extend
and operate in, along, over and under the
| highways, streets and bridges in said city of
| Grand Rapids, poles, posts, wires, conduits,
| railway tracks and all other appurtenanceS,
appliances and fixtures for the maintenance
and operation by electricity or other power
not creating a nuisance OF a street railway
with single track or with double track when
| and where required, in said city OF Grand
I Rapids, and to connect the same with any
| railway line or lines outside of said city OF
| Grand Rapids, and TO operate such railway
! and the cars OF any such connecting line by
| the power produced at any plant or plants OF
! said grantee in said city, or otherwise. The
| right and privileges hereby granted and
conferred TO be subject nevertheless to the
oar ral nrn iSin nj Ia in, fnrc nd
| plicable thereto and to such reasonable
rules and regulations respecting such high
ways and bridges as the mayor and common
council of said city may from time to time
enact
| Section 2. The poles, wires, rails and
other materials used in the building and
maintenance of said plant, and the railway
connected Herewith shall be of standard
quality, and the railway shall be of the
standard gauge of four feet and eight and
one-half inches and shall be so constructed
and operated as to obviate as far as practi-
cable any obstruction or hindrance to the
within said city, and provided further tina,
said grantee shall not unnecessarily impede
public travel on the highways and bridges
of said city during the construction, i'm
| provement, repair and operation of said
railway system. and shall leave the same in
s0qd con n as fhey were ye at the cate GATE
grantee, its successors and assigns, when
| ever il desires to use any highway or bridge
of said city for any purpose herein au-
| thorized, shall previous to the commence
ment OF construction thereon give the street
commissioner or other similar officer Of said
city one days notice of the same
! Section 3. The word highway or street
: where used in this ordinance shall be
| deemed to include all streets, alleys an6
| bridges, and the word plant shall be deemed
| to include tangible property of every KIND
and description, whether real or personal
used in, about or in connection with the
| operation of the street railway in said city
of Grand Rapids.
Section4 Right. authority, power an6
permission are hereby granted to sale
| grantee to use said street railway for thu
transportation of passengers, parcels, bag
gage, express. mail and freight from on,
! portion of said city of Grand Rapids to an
| other, and points beyond, and to or from
| connection with any railway system operat
ing in territory surrounding the same anG
| within the state of Wisconsin, either in it
own cars or those of any connecting road
| Said grantee shall have power to fix tn
price to be charged for the transportation o
passengers, parcels, baggage, express. mail
| | transportation of passenger for continu
Gus trip from one point to another within
the corporate limits OF the city shall be f1v
| cents except in case OF cars specially char
tered, when chartered car rates shall b.
paid.
Section 5. Said grantee, its successor
and assigns, is hereby authorized, EN-
maintain all necessary curves, switches
turnouts, side tracks, poles, masts, conduit
and wires, and is hereby authorized, EN-
powered and permitted to determine tn
number of tracks to be laid and used an,
kind and quality of the material to be use,
in all construction except as herein limited
and is also aulssorized, empowered and per