Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-20
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice Of Special
Election.
City of Lancaster


polling places in the City Hall for the
| several wards in said city of Lancaster
on the 26th day of January, 1915, for
the purpose of submitting the follow
| ing proposed ordinance to a vote of the
| electors OF said city:
An Ordinance
Granting to the Chicago Short Line
Railway Company its successors and
assigns, the right TO use certain streets
| of the City of Lancaster for the pur-
pose Of constructing, maintaining and
operating a Street and Interurban
Standard Electric Railway.
The Common Council of the City of
Lancaster 60 ordain as follows:
Section l. There is hereby granted
TO the Chicago Short Line Railway
Company, its successors and assigns,
he right, authority and permission to
lay, construct ana maintain single and
double tracks for street and inter-
urban railway, with all necessary
switches, curves, turn-ou Y's, poles,
wires, and other necessary appliances
and conveniences usually employed in
/ the operating of street and inter-
urban Standard Electric Railway Sys-
tenn using electric or other power, eX.'
cepting steam, over and upon, along
and across those certain streets within
the corporate limits of the City of Ian,
caster, Grant County, Wisconsin, nam
ed as follows viz: Upon and along Ash
Street between Washington and Madl-
son Streets, Park Street between Ruth
and Linden Streets, Linden Street from
along Maple Street west of Pierce
Street; and over and across Adams and
Madison Streets north of Ash Street.
Jefferson Street at or near Ash Street
Washington Street north of the Chica-
go & North Western Railway track,
Ruth Street between Washington and
Park Streets, Pearl and Lucy Streets
on Park Street, Harrison, Tyler, Polk
and Taylor Streets on Linden Street,
Fillmore Street between Pine and Lin
den Streets. Pierce Street. north of Elm
I'm a nd ok
OF Pierce Street, and to oper-
ate thereon Street and Interurban
Standard Railway System, with cleo
trlc or otner power, excepting steam,
for the carrying of passengers, bag
gage, mail, express and freight, and
for the transmitting of electric light
struct the common public travel upon
and across said streets.
Section z. All rights, license and au-
! thOrity herein granted are subject to
all general provisions of law apple
able thereto, and to the following con-
dltions, subject to which this consent
and permit IS granted and accepted:
A. The said railway shall be con-
structed in a good substantial manner
ana upon the most approved plans for
the construction of such roads and the
road bed shall at all times conform to
the established grade of the respective
streets and shall be SO laid and main
tanned that carriages and other We
hlcIes can easily and freely cross the
track at any and all parts without OBJ
structlon to travel on the streets, and
said Chicago Short Line Railway Com
pany, It's successors and assigns, shall
keep the space between the rails and
for distance of Two CD feet outside
the line or SAID rails in proper repair
SO as not to unnecessarily interfere
with travel upon the same, and shall
keep the same in as good condition as
the adjoining street surface, so as to
conform thereto, and wherever said
streets, or any part thereof, are now,
or whenever they may in the future be,
macadamlzed or paved, said Company
us successors and assigns, shall ma
cadamiZe or pave said space between
and outside it's said tracks with the
same material, and in the same man
her, as the rest of the street, and at
all crossings where the streets have
not heretofore been macadamized shall,
at its own expense put in and main
tain suitable approaches of macadam,
City snail then use for like purposes,
1ewhlch snail nave a driving width
BACK at least ten 10) feet from the
rails on each side of it's track, and
said Company, its successors and as
s. gns, shall promptly repair all dam
ages done to said streets or macadam-
izing thereon caused by the construc-
zion and operation or management of
its SAID railway.
b. The said Company, it's success
sors and assigns, shall also, at all
times, keep and hold the City Of Lam
caster harmless as against any and
the granting of this ordinance
Section ). The City of Lancaster re-
serves the right TO change the grade of
any streets upon or across which said
railway track shall be laid, and shall
not be liable to said Company there
for, and in case the Common Council
of said city shall at any time change
the grade of any streets upon which said
railway track shall be laid, said Com
pany, it's successors or assigns, shall.
1ax fL0
track of said railway so as to conform
to said grade at their own expense.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
it's passage and publication, and from
its acceptance by said Company, it's
successors or assigns. provided written.
filed with the clerk of this City within
thirty 500 days after, it's passage
The above proposed ordinance was
filed with the clerk of said City on the
10th day OF December, 1914, and was
accompanied by petition, certified by
said clerk on the 18th day of Deem
said City exceeding in number twenty
five per cent of all the votes cast for
governor in such city at the last gem
eral election, and containing a request
that said proposed ordinance be sub
mitted to a vote of the electors of said
city If not passed by the city council
city Council duly held January 5th,
1915, motion was made and passed
by said city Council referring said pro-
posed ordinance to a vote of the cleo
tors of said city at a special election
to be held for that purpose and the
City Clerk and City Attorney were
authorized to prepare and the City
Clerk give proper notices of such
Special Election so that the same
might be held within the time and as
provided by law.
The voters are further informed that
there will be printed upon the ballot
submitting said proposed ordinance to
the people the words yes and mo"
and to the right of such words there
will be a square. Each elector voting
in favor of said proposed ordinance
shall make cross or other mark in
the square adjacent to the word
EYES," and each elector voting against
said proposed ordinance shall make a
cross or other mark adjacent to the
word NO"
Polls open at nine o'clock a. m. and
close at $50 o'clock. p. m.
[SEALl JOHN NJ. STONE,
City Clerk. City of Lancaster, Grant
County. wisconsin.