Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-18
Ferris Bros. Granted Franchise to
Operate Street Car Line
in Watertown.
PROVISIONS OF FRANCHISE
Fare Not to be Above Five Cents
About City or Fifteen
Cents to Lake.
Ordinance No. 24s.

1htrouuceu ny alderman hyallS:
An ordinance granting to William +.
Ferris, Thomas Ferris and James Fer.
ris, their heirs and assigns, the right,
privilege and franchise to use the
streets, highways and bridges within
The limits of the city of Watertown
for the purpose of laying single or
Houble tracks and running cars here
on, for the carrying of freight, mail
hnd passengers, TO be propelled by
flectric or other motive power, except
steam power: s' sd.
The city council of the city of Wa
| teftown do ordain as follows:
Sec.l. That the right privilege and
franchise for a period of twenty years
| is hereby granted to William J.. Fer
ris. Thomas Ferris, Robert Ferris aud
James w. Ferris, their heirs and 49,
signs, to use the streets, highways
and bridges within the corporate limits
of the city of Watertown as the same
now are or may be hereafter extended
or enlarged for the purpose of laying
single or double tracks and running
ears thereon, for the carriage Of freight,
mail and passengers, to be propelled
by electric or other power, except steam
power, with all the necessary turnouts,
curves. switches and other contrivances,
with the right to erect poles, wires
and other conveniences Cor the trans
mission of electricity, and to acquire,
construct, maintain, extend and operate
the said system of tracks, cars, polcs,
wires and appurtenances. Provided,
that all poles or contrivances for the
carrying of wires or cables for electric
power shall be steel or iron. Of pat
tern to be previously approved by the
city council, in all that part of the city
east of Fourth Street west, west of
Sixth Street East, south of and inclua-
ing First Avenue North and north Of
and incluG!ng Second Avenue South;
and all other poles to be of wood with
suitable brackets or suspension construe-
tion for the carrying of wires, etc, that
all the poles or other contrivances for
carrying the wires or cable for electric
1power and all rails, turnouts, curves,
and switches shall be located by said
grantees, heir heirs or assigns only
at such places as the city council may
Approve, with full power reserved in
said council at all times to require
the changing and relocation of anv or
ali of the same. Provided that if the
said city shall change tho established
grade, or order the changing aud relo-
eating OF any poles or other contrivar-
ces for carrying the wires OF cables
for electric power, or the rails, turn
outs, curves and switches, so that tue
said grantees. their heirs and assigns
shall have to take up, relay or relocate
the same, then the said city shall rei.ns
burse the said grantees their heirs or
assigns, to the extent and amount of the
actual expenses incurred and paid ty
them on account Of such changes. Pro
vided further that no freight cars shall
be transportated on any of the streets
or avenues in said city between Sec.
ond Avenue North and Third Avenue
South, between Third Street West AMI
Fourth Street East, except on First Az
enue North
Sec. 9. Said street railway system
shall be constructed and at all times
maintained upon the most modern and
approved plan that all tracks shall ne
laid at such grades as to conform to
the established grades of the streets
of the city and shall be relaid to grade
at all places where grades are not estab-
lished or whenever and wherever the |
city may at any time establish or change |
the grades of the streets Of the city |
and shall always be laid, maintained |
and operated SO as not to obstruct or |
retard public or private travel in said
city. That the first four miles of said |
track shall be built between the CONNER |
cial part of the city of Watertown |
and the shores of Lake Kampeska, and
shall be completed and in active oper- |
alton not later than January LIST, 1913.
That portion of the street or roadway
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