The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
FRANCHISE
CIR IAN TED.
TO THE RAPID CITY AND WYO.
MING RAILROAD COMPANY
FOR STREET CAR LINES.
CITY COUNCIL EXACTED OONDI.
TONS THAT FULLY PROTECT
THE PEOPLES RIGHTS.

THE PEOPLES RIGHTS.
A franchise for a street car sys-
tenn in Rapid City was granted by
the city council on Monday evening
to the Rapid City and Wyoming
Railway Company, and according to
the terms thereof the company must
Tile their bond within sixty days and
commence construction within eight
months from the time of the filing
If the bond. The franchise is len
sthy and the perusal of it will con-
vince the reader that the city council
exacted conditions that fully pro-
tect the peoples rights.
The council met in regular ses-
sion with Mayor Wood and Alder
men Feigel, Thomas. Allen, McNa-
mara, Babue, Dodge and Dilger
present The reports of H.. H. Gum,
chief of police, and Charles Gay,
water commissioner, for the month
of November were read and ordered
tiled.
petition for the grading of
Tenth street in front of lots one to
twelve, inclusive, in block II, Boul-
evard addition, was presented and
granted.
The following bills were presented
and allowed:
Charles Belknap ..........$ 500
Cecilia Stewart $3.50
Brown and Saenger ........ 11.25
Harry Nettleton .......... LOO
w. A. Kelly 200
Van A. Merica ESQ
Clarence j. Mccoy ........ 1900
Tom Sweeney Hardware Co.. 1858
Henry Birnbaum ...... 22.64
Henry Birnbaum .213.64
Observation-Disclosures Assn. 1890
The Street Railway Franchise.
The franchise Is granted to the
Rapid City and Wyoming Railway
Company. the organization that was
perfected among the local creditors
OF the Crouch line to make bid
on the road to protect their inter-
ests when 1t is sold in January. The
officers of the company are, l.. A.
Richards, president; j. G. Haines,
vice president; James Haley, treas
urer, and j. L. Soule, secretary and
general manager. The officers with
II. w. Jones, H. E. Swander, E. M.
Reeves, r. H. Rugg, G. P. Bennett,
w. r. Pascoe and Thomas Sweeney
compose the board of directors. The
franchise is granted for a term of
twenty years and permission is
granted to use either gasoline or
electric motors
The streets on which the fran
chise is granted and the territory
that 1t takes In are as follows: On
Main street from the west line Of
the city east to Maple avenue, south
on Maple avenue to st. Joe street,
west on st. Joe street to the juno
ton of that street with Main street,
also line connecting the two streets
on Seventh street. From the corner
OF Omaha and Sixth streets north
to the north city limits, east to- the
east city limits, south to st. Joe
street, west to Maple avenue. On
Elm street from st. Joe street to
the south city limits, west to Eighth
street, north to Omaha street, east
on Omaha street to Sixth street.
Also on any OF the intersecting
streets, running north and south or
east and west.
The lines may be used for passen-
ger, express and freight business
with the exception that the lines on
Main street and south thereof be-
tween the east Boulevard and Elev-
enth street may not be used for
freight between the hours of seven
a. M. and ten p. M, nor can any
freight car be left standing on any
track in front of any residence in
the city. 1t is stipulated that cars
shall run at least once an hour be-
tween the hours OF six and nine a.
M, and five and seven D. m. Five
cents shall be the fare charged for
ride within the city limits, with
the exception that coupon books
good for fifty rides shall be sold to
students of the School of Mines and
school children for $3.50.
Ten per cent of the gross earnings
of the lines from passenger bust
ness shall be pail to the city as COM
| pensation for the franchise. Within
sixty days the company must file
an approved bond in the sum of five
thousand dollars that it will carry
out the conditions of the franchise
and must commence actual construc-
ton of the line within eight months
from the time of the fling Of the
bond or the franchise is void. Also,
the company must build and have
in operation two miles of track be-
fore January /. 1910. or the fran
chise is void.
The franchise will be published
in full in the near future and ii
should be carefully read by every
citizen OF the city; Now that the
franchise is granted let every one
boost and see II It will not be possi-
BILE to have street car line IN Rapid
City. st b
u Frank Stowell, OF Ksystone. va