The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-26
ASKS STREET RAIL WAY FRANCHISE
VALLEY RAILWAY
& POWER COMPANY SUBMIT
TED FRANCHISE TO CITY COUN-
GIL LAST NIGHT FOR PASSAGE

The following is the text Of the
franchise asked for last night by the
Wenatchee Valley Railway & Power
company from the city council:
An ordinance granting to the We
! ratchee Valley Railway & Power
company, it's successors and assigns,
a franchise to construct, maintain
and operate street railway upon
Wenatchee avenue and all other
streets and alleys of the city of We
natchee.
Be it ordained by the city of We
natchee as follows:
Section i. That there be and here
by is granted to the Wenatchee Val
ley Railway & Power company, it's
successors and assigns, the right.
privilege and authority to locate, lay
down and maintain tracks, conduits
and all necessary equipment Of every
sort, and to erect poles and string
wires for street railways, and to con-
struct. maintain and operate a street
railway within the city OF Wenatchee.
upon the route hereinafter designat-
ed, and to carry passengers, mails
and freight thereon, and to charge
and collect fares and freight there
for, subject to the right OF the city
to regulate on what portion of said
route freight may be carried and to
prohibit the carriage of the same;
and to enter upon any and all the
streets or parts of streets or alleys
comprised in the route hereinafter
designated for the purpose of con-
structing, erecting, locating, main
tanning and repairing all tracks.
poles, wires, conduits and equipment
of every sort. and of operating said
street railway and any part thereof,
and for any and all purposes con-
templated by this ordinance.
Section Q. The route hereinbefore
referred to is as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of the southern
corporate limits of the city of Wenat-
chez with Wenatchee avenue and
thence north on Wenatchee avenue to
the northern limits of said city OF
Wenatchee.
Section 8. The street railway
hereby authorized shall be completed
and the operation thereof under this
franchise be begun IN good faith
within the several times stated in
this section. unless prevented by ac-
cident, act of God, strikes, act of the
city. inability to obtain material or
legal proceedings in court; provided
that the acquisition by purchase or
otherwise by the grantee, it's success
ors or assigns, OF any existing rail-
way or any part thereon on said route,
or any part thereof, and the bringing
of the same under the operation of
this franchise, shall be equivalent to
new construction and completion to
the extent so required and to the ex-
tent so required and to the extent
that the same shall be made to con-
form in material ana construction
with the requirements OF this or
dinance Unless prevented as afore-
said, its successors or assigns, shall
within days from their accept
ance of this franchise begin in good
faith the construction of said street
railway, or some part thereof, or ac-
quire railway, or some part thereof,
as part of the system hereby author
ICED. Unless prevented as aforesaid
said street railway shall be complet-
ed and in operation over all the route
hereinbefore described within nine
months from and after the date of
the acceptance of this franchise. 1t
is the intent hereof that in the event
of any delay arising from any of the
above mentioned causes. the grantee.
it's successors or assigns, shall be en-
titled to additional time equal to such
delay.
Section A. That said grantee, its
successors or assigns shall within =
days from the approval of this Or
dinance file with the city engineer
true ard correct maps, drawn on a
scale OF two hundred feet to one inch;
also profiles of its line as granted
hereby. 1t shall also file similar
maps and pTofiles of any changes or
additions thereafter made.
The construction of said railway
shall be of first quality. 1t shall be
of single or double track, and sim
gle track may at any time be changed
TO double track. It shall not be OF
greater than standard guage. Single
tracks shall be laid upon one side OF
the center Of the street, with the in
ner rail not less than az nor more
than ga feet from the center. Dou-
BILE tracks shall be laid as nearly
equi-distant from the center Of the
street as is practicable, and not less
than five feet nor more than eight
feat from one another. provided, that