Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
TRI-CITY STREET RAILWAY COMPANY ORDINANCE

An ordinance, granting to the Tr1-
City Railway company, its vendees,
lessees, mortgages, successors and
assigns, the right to. use, enjoy, pos
sess and maintain, for period OF
20 years, all the rights, privileges
and franchises, to construct, oper-
ate and maintain street railways In
the city of Rock Island, ILL.,, here
tofore granted to the Moline e Rock
Island Horse Railroad company, the
Union Street Railway company, the
Rock Island & Milan Street Railway
company, the Davenport & Rock Is
land Railway company, and said Tri-
City Railway company, as the said
rights, privileges and franchises are
now used and enjoyed by said Tri-
City Railway company, the success
ors of the companies severally above
named, in the operation and main
tenance of said street railways; and
also to grant to said Tri-City Railway
company, its successors and assigns,
the right to construct, maintain and
operate, a single or double track
street railway on the following
streets in the city of Rock Island,
ILL.,, towit:
Beginning at the present terminus
of tracks at Ninth avenue and Twen-
ty-fifth street; thence south on Twen-
ty-fifth street to Thirteenth avenue;
thence east on Thirteenth avenue to
connection with present tracks on
Thirtieth street. Beginning at con-
nection with present tracks at Sew
enth avenue; thence south on Thir-
ty-eighth street to Eighteenth ave-
nue.. with connection to present
tracks on Fourteenth avenue. On
Seventh street from Second avenue
to Eleventh avenue; thence west on
Eleventh avenue to second street;
thence south on Second street to
Thirteenth avenue.
Whereas, the Tri-City Railway
company is now the sole owner of
all the street railway properties and
street railway rights of way, with all
the appurtenances thereto belonging,
now located in the city of Rock Is
land, and in operation therein on di-
verse streets and avenues of said
city, together with all rights, privi-
leges and franchises which were
heretofore granted by the city coun-
ell of the city of Rock Island, by or
dinance or resolution of said city
council, to the Moline & Rock Island
Horse Railroad company, the Union
Street Railway company, the Rock
& Milan Street Railway company. the
Davenport & Rock Island Railway
company, and the Tri-City Railway
company, under which said street
railways have been and are now OPP
Grated and maintained by said Tri-
City Railway company, and
Whereas, it Is desired by the cit
liens of Rock Island, and the mayor
and city council of said city. that the
said Tri-City Railway company shall
extend it's railway tracks and oper-
ate the same upon the additional
streets in said city, upon which, at
this time, there is no street car SER
vice, and which streets are as fol-
lows, towit:
Beginning at the present terminus
of tracks at Ninth avenue and TWEEN
ty-fifth street, thence south on TWEEN
ty-fifth street to Thirteenth avenue,
thence east on Thirteenth avenue to
connection with present tracks on
Thirtieth street. Beginning at con-
nection with present tracks at Sew
enth avenue, thence south on Thirty
eighth street to Eighteenth avenue,
with connection to present tracks on
Fourteenth avenue. On Seventh
street from Second avenue to Elev-
enth avenue, thence west on Elev-
enth avenue to Second street, thence
south on Second street to Thirteenth
avenue.
Whereas, prior to the passage of
this ordinance, petitions of the own
ers of the land representing more
than one-half OF the frontage on each
and all of the streets and avenues,
or so much thereof as is sought to
be used for street railway purposes,
as particularly last described; and
also signed by the owners of the
land representing more than one-haIf
of the frontage Of each mile, and of
the fraction of a mile, if any, in ex-
cess of the whole miles, measuring
respectively from the initial points
respectively named in such petitions,
of each and all of such streets and
avenues, or of the respective parts
thereof sought to be used for street
railway purposes, as specially de-