The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-09-02
ORDINANCE NO. 3

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Granting the use of certain
street, or highway, in the city of
Wahpeton, North Dakota, for the
operation of street railway. to F.
L. Sturm, Frank Eberly, H. F. Con-
molly, K. j. Hughes and J p. Reed
er. their successors or assigns, with
necessary switches, turnouta, poles,
wires and other equipments, and
fixing certa n conditions upon
which the same shall be done.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
City of Wahpeton as follows:
That permission is hereby grant
ed to +. l.. Sturm, Frank Eberly, H.
I. Connolly, r. j. Hughes and J.. T.
Reeder, their successors and as
signs hereinafter designated and
called yrantees). to enter upon, and
to construct, maintain and operate
a street railway, with the necessary
turnouts and switches upon Dako.
ia Avenue, in the City of Wahpeton,
from Sixth Street, East to the bridge
crossing the Bots De Sioux River,
subject to the provisions hereinat-
ter contained.
Section 2. (a) Said grantees, their
successors and assigns, are hereby
granted the right to use upon the
whole, or any portion of their
tracks, as the same are hereby au-
thorized, or may hereinafter be au-
thorized to be constructed, electric
ity as a motive power, supplied to
the cars by a single overhead troll
lev wire, the electric circuits being
completed by rails of the road snit-
ably connected at their ends with
supplementary ground wire, or in
such other manner as may be
deemed necessary for the purpose.
Said grantees, their successors or
assigns are hereby expressly auth
orized and empowered to lay and
connect said ground circuit as
aforesaid, or such other circuit as
may be necessary, and shall main
tain in connection with their street
railway all necessary insulated feed
wires, and rail connections, and
hail bonds which shall be sufficient
to return to the dynamoes the cur
rent used in the operation of said
railway in order that no damage
shall be done by electrolysis to the
water or gas mains, or water or gas
service pipes, or other metallic
pipes or cables which are or may
be laid along, in, across, over,
through, or under any street or
streets which may be traversed by
said electric street railway. Said
grantees, their successors or as
signs shall be liable for all damage
by electrolysis to the water or gas
mains or service pipes, or other
metallic pipes or cables caused by
electric currents from it's wires not
withstanding the foregoing pro-
vision. Permission is hereby grant.
ed TO erect and maintain in and
along any of the public streets or
highways upon which said gran.
tees, their successors or assigns are
hereby granted the right or author
lzed to construct, or in the future
may be granted the right or auth
orized to construct tracks, the right
to erect such poles, brackets, wires
and fixtures as may be required to
support and maintain the overhead
trolley wire. For such support
cross wires, extending across the
street shall be employed. All poles
used for such construction may be
OF steel, iron or cedar wood, such
poles to be of uniform size and
shape, and shall be kept neatly
painted at all times,and of the style
and hind usually used by first-class
electric street railways, and of
pattern to be approved by the City
Council. All poles used in such
construction shall be placed in or
adjacent to the lines of the curb of
the sidewalk or otherwise in such
manner as not to unreasonably i'm
pede public travel, and to conform
to the ordinance of the City apple
able thereto, and set at such depth
in the ground as to make their sup
port substantial and adequate; and
cross wires or brackets, az the case
may be, for the support of the troll
ley wire, shall be attached to such
poles ut snch height as to maintain
such trolley wire at every point not
less than sixteen feet above the sur
face of the street. All such poles,
brackets, wires and fixtures shall
be maintained by such grantees,
their successors or assigns, at all
times in good order and condition
to the satisfaction of the CITY
engineer as hereinafter provided,
and in such manner as not to in
impede public travel. During such
reasonable time or times as the
operation thereof by electricity
shall be interrupted or suspended
by reason of accident to the electri.
cal equipment, animal or motive
power. except steam, may be EN-.
ployed in the propulsion of the
cars on the cars on the whole or
any portion of the line of railway.
(b) Should the said grantees,
their successors or assigns, be UNI
able to secure electric power at
reasonable figure, gasoline, or gas
oline-e!ectric power may be substi-
tuted for same.
Section 3. The authority and per.
mission herein and hereby granted