The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-28

The Daily World has given con-
siderable space in the past to the
franchise as proposed by the Wenat-
chez Valley Railway & Power COM
pany. During the past few days,
however, large number of people
have asked that the World publish
the franchise as finally agreed upon
and given first reading at the last
meeting of the city council. 1t Is
as follows:
An Ordinance granting to the
Wenatchee Valley Railway & Power
Company, its successors and assigns,
a franchise to construct, maintain
and operate a street railway upon
Wenatchee Avenue, Mission Street,
Columbia Street and Orondo Avenue,
Okanogan Avenue, Kittitas Street,
Second Avenue. North and Third st.
South, in the City of 'Wenatchee.
The City Council of the City of
Wenatchee do ordain as follows:
Section 1.
That there be and hereby is grant
ed to the Wenatchee Valley Railway
& Power Company, it's successors and
assigns, the rights privilege and au-
thority to locate, lay down and main
tain tracks, conduits and all neces-
sary equipment of every sort, and
to erect poles and string wires for
street railways, and to construct,
maintain and operate a street rail-
way within the City of Wenatchee,
upon the route hereinafter desig-
mated, and to carry passengers, mails
and freight thereon and to charge
and collect fares and freight there
for; and to enter upon any and all
the streets or parts of streets COM
prised in the route hereinafter desig-
mated for the purpose of construct
ing, erecting, locating, maintaining
and repairing oil 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 contemplated by
this ordinance.
Section II.-Routes.
The routes hereinbefore referred
to Is as follows: Beginning at the
intersection of the northerly corpor-
ate limits of the City of Wenatchee
with Wenatchec Avenue and thence
south on Wenatchee Avenue to the
southerly limits of said City of Wen
atchee, on Orondo Avenue from Wen
atchee Avenue to Miller Street, Ok
anogan Avenue from Orondo Avenue
to city limits. Mission Street from
Second st. North to city limits south
Columbia st. from Second st. North,
south to city limits. Kittitas st.
from Mission St. to G. N. Depot
Second st. No. from Mission st. to
Columbia st. Third st. So. from Or
ondo Ave. to city limits or Miller st.
Section III.
Completed in IS Months.
The Street Railway hereby auth
orized shall be completed and the
operation thereof under this fran
chise be begun in good faith within
the several times stated in this Sec
ton, unless prevented by accident,
act Of God, strikes, act Of the city,
legal proceedings in court or other
unavoidable cause. Unless prevented
as aforesaid, the grantee, its success
sors or assigns, shall within six
months from the granting and &C
ceptance of this franchise begin in
good faith the construction of said
street railway or cause the same to
be done. Unless prevented as afore-
said, the construction Of said street
railway shall be continued with due
no ha In
from the northerly limits of the City
OF Wenatchee to the Great Northern
Railway company's depot, within
eighteen (18) months from the date
of the granting of this franchise, and
On Columbia st. and Orondo Ave.
within thirty 600 months from the
date of the granting of this franchise
and on all other streets named in
this franchise within forty-two
months from the date hereof 1t is
the intent hereof that, in the event
of any delay arising from any of the
above mentioned causes, the grantee,
titled to additional time equal to
such delay -.
Section w.
That said grantee, it's successors
Or assigns, shall within thirty 600
lays from the passage of this ordin-
ance, file with the City Clerk, it's &C
;eptance of this franchise and true
and correct maps, drawn on a scale
Of two hundred feet to one inch;
also profiles of it's lines as granted
hereby. 1t shall also file similar
maps and profiles of any changes or
additions thereafter amde.
Section V.
The construction of said railway
shall be of first quality. 1t shall be
IF single or double tracks and single
rack may at any time be changed
or double track. It shall be stand
lrd guage. Single tracks shall be
aid upon one side of the center OF
he street, with the inner rail not |
ess than IL nor more than feet
rom the center. Double tracks shall
De laid as nearly equi-distant from
he center of the street as is practi-
able, and not less than five feet nor
more than eight feet from one an
,ther; provided, that the Council
nay in any case fix within said linn
rs the exact distance which shall |