The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-25


enues in the city of Edgerton, Rock
County, Wisconsin, together with the
proposed ordinance granting such fran
chise was fled by Cincinnati Construc-
ton Company in the Office of the city
clerk of the city of Edgerton on the l4th
day of December, A. ID. 1908.
Dated Edgerton. Dec Ii, 1908.
APPLICATION.
To the Mayor and Common Council of
the City of Edgerton, Rock Co., Wis.
The Cincinnati Construction Com
pany, corporation organized under and
pursuant to the laws of the state of Wis
consin, hereby applies to your honorable
body for franchise giving it the right,
power, privilege and authority to con-
struct, maintain and operate an interur-
ban railway as well as city street railway
for the carriage OF persons and freight,
with all necessary switches, sidetracks.
turnouts, wyes, poles, wires, bridges,
curves and other fixtures in, upon, along
and across certain streets in the city OF
Edgerton, enumerated and referred to
in the annexed proposed ordinance; and
said Cincinnati Construction Company
respectfully asks for the adoption of said
proposed ordinance.
Dated December Ia, 1908.
CINCINNATI CoNsTRUCTIoN-Co.
BY FL. Ell. Zigler, Pres.
An ordinance granting to the Cincin-
natl Construction Company, corpora
ton organized under and pursuant to
the laws of the state of Wisconsin. It's
successors arc assigns, the right to con-
struct, maintain and operate street or
interurban railway in the city of Edger-
ton, Rock County, Wisconsin, and pre-
scribing the terms and conditions upon
which the streets, avenues and alleys OF
said city may be used and occupied by
said railway.
The Mayor and Common Council OF
the City of Edgerton do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The Cincinnati Construc-
ton Company, its successors and as
signs is hereby granted the right and
authority to construct, maintain and OPP
crate 10 the city of Edgerton, Rock
County, Wisconsin, a street or interur-
ban railway for the carriage of persons
and freight, with single track and all
necessary switches. sidetracks, surnouts,
yves, poles, wires, bridges, curves and
other fixtures In, along and upon the
following streets and lands, to-wit:
From the corporation limits on the
southerly side OF the northwest quarter
of section ten (l0) west of the right OF
way of the Chicago, Milwaukee q St.
Paul Railway, and running thence north
easterly across Quigley street and High
street, any land in said northwest quar-
ter of section ten (lO) to Fulton street,
northwesterly along said Fulton street,
any street running northeasterly and
southwesterly or northerly and southerly
on the noTtheasterly and northerly side
Of said Fulton street, Maple street, and
any street running northerly and south
erly between the right OF way of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
and Fulton street southwesterly OF the
right of way Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St.SPaul Railway and along, on, over
and across such streets, alleys and aven-
ues as may from time to time be agreed
upon by said common council and said
Cincinnati Construction Company, or it's
successors or assigns.
SECTION 2. The manner of construct
ing said railway shall be as follows: The
tracks shall be laid with rails Of tee
pattern along such location in said
streets as the said Cincinnati Construc-
ton Company its successors and assigns,
shall designate, and the common council
shall approve, and shall be laid and
maintained at the present and estab-
lished grade of said streets and avenues
over which it shall pass, but in case at
any time the said grades shall be chang
ed by said Cincinnati Construction Com
pany, it's successors or assigns, the said
grade shall be changed at the expense of
the said Cincinnati Construction Com
pany, or it's assigns; and in case at any
time the said city shall change the grade
of any street said Cincinnati Construc-
ton Company, it's successors or assigns,
shall change the grade of its tracks to
correspond to such new grade at it's own
expense, and without any claim against
the city for any loss for such change Of
grade. The rails of such track shall be
laid in such manner as to be of as little
impeachment as practicable to the free
and ordinary use of the streets and ave-
nues and the passage OF wagons, carri-
ages and other vehicles OF and across
said track at any point, and in any and
all directions, and with such suitable
cutters at any and all necessary points
SO as to permit the free flow OF water
falling or accommodating on said streets.
At all street crossings where there is no
paving the track shall be SO planked, or
otherwise constructed, SO as to make safe
and convenient crossings for all kinds OF
vehicles, as we'll as pedestrians and all
such crossings shall be maintained in
good repair. Whenever the city shall
pave or otherwise improve any street or
streets over which said track or tracks
shall pass, said Cincinnati Construction
Company, its successors and assigns
shall pay the actual cost of such paving,
or other improvement, for space OF
seven feet for single track and fourteen
feet for double track, and the cost and
expense of such portion of said pave
ment or. improvement shall be assessed
to and become charge against the
property of said Cincinnati Construction
Company, or It's assigns, and collected in
the same manner as prescribed by law
for the collection of special assessments
against real property fronting on any
street or streets which have been order
ed paved or improved by said common
council. or such cost or expense may be
recovered by action against said Cincin