The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-19
Ordinance No. rs

| ton organized under and pursuant to
| the laws of the state of Wisconsin, its
successors arr 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 l. The Cincinnati Construc-
| ton Company, its successors and as
| signs, is hereby granted the right and
| authority to construct, maintain and op
crate in the city of Edgerton. Rock
1 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 QO) west of the right of
way of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST..
Paul Railway, and running thence north
easterly across Quigley street and High
street, any land in said northwest quar-
ter of section ten (10) to Fulton street,
northwesterly along said Fulton street
to Head Street.
SECTION 2. The manner of construct
ing said railway shall be as follows: The
| tracks shall be laid with rails of a 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 with the con-
sent and approval of said Common
Council; 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 it's 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
1
laid and maintained in such manner
as to be of as little impeachment
| as practicable to the free and or
binary use of the streets and ave.
nues and the passage of wagons, carri-
ages and other vehicles OF and across
said track at auy 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
other wise 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, it's 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 a charge against the
property of said Cincinnati Construction
Company, or its 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-
natl Construction Company, or it's as
assigns, at the option of the common
council; provided that in computing
said strips of seven and fourteen feet,
the space included within the tracts of
said Cincinnati Construction Company,
or it's successors or assigns, shall be in
cluded as a part thereof. When such
railway runs or crosses on any street or
avenue that has been paved or improved,
said Cincinnati Construction Company,
or it's assigns, shall lay said tracks and
put said paving back to the satisfaction
of the street committee, so as to re-
store said street or streets or avenues to
as good condition as before the track
was laid. The guage of the track shall
be four feet, eight and one-half inches
a It. 81 in.). Any part of any street
over which said track shall pass outside
of the limits herein required to be paved
or improved by said Cincinnati Con-
struction Company, or its assigns, which
shall be excavated or disturbed in the
construction of said track, shall be re-
stored as soon as possible to it's former
condition of usefulness. All excavated
earth, rubbish or debris accumulated
during the construction of the road shall
be promptly removed from the street or
avenue, and care shall be taken in the
construction of the track to obstruct
travel upon the street or avenue as little as
possible. On streets not paved all cross
walks which shall be taken up in the
construction Of the track shall be
promptly relaid with the same or similar
material and restored to as good condi-
ton as before.
I SECTION g. Said railway shall be op-
Grated with electricity, with overhead
wires, or other motive power,~ except
steam, and said Cincinnati Construction
Company, or its assigns, shall have the
right to erect all poles and other me-
chanical contrivances for the purpose OF