Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-14
LEGAL NOTICE.
ORDINANCES.

This Ordinance providing for the
granting to the Wisconsin and Illinois
Railroad company the right to con-
struct and operate tracks over and
across certain streets in the City of
Lancaster.
The Common Council of the City of
Lancaster, Grant county, Wisconsin,
do ordain as follows:
SECTION There is hereby grant
ed to the WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS
RAILROAD COMPANY, it's successors
and assigns, the right, authority and
permission, to lay, construct and
maintain single and double tracks of
railway with necessary switches,
curves, turnouts and other appliances
and conveniences usually employed in
operating City and Interurban sys-
tenn, using internal combustion, cleo
tricity, or such other means of mot
i've power, other than steam, as the
development of scientific progress may
prove most desirable and as may by
said Company be adopted, over, upon
along and across certain streets with
in the corporate limits of the City of
Lancaster named as follows:
Over, upon, along and across that
portion of Elm street from Pierce
SII66l W SII00I, ON0T J0uGI-
son street from Elm street to Cherry
street; over Cherry street from Jeffer-
son ST. to Madison street over Madison
street from Cherry street to the north
boundary line of the city; also across
Elm street between Pierce street and
the western corporate line; across
Pierce street north of Elm street;
across Taylor street north of Pine
street; across Linden Street west of
Polk street; across Washington street
between Linden street and Ash street,
and across Ash street between Wash
ington street and Jefferson street, and
to operate thereon City and Inter
urban system of railway, for the car
rying of passengers, baggage, mail and
express, but such operations shall not
interfere with public travel on said
streets.
| SECTION All rights, licenses and
authority herein granted are subject
1 to all general provisions of Law appli-
cable thereto, and to the following
conditions subject to which this con-
sent and permit is granted and &C
copied:
(a). The said railway shall be
constructed in a good and substantial
manner according to approved plans
/ for road bed, and shall at all times
conform to the established grade of the
respective streets, and shall be so ar
ranged and maintained that carriages
and other vehicles can easily and free
ly cross the track at any and all
points without obstruction to travel
on the streets. And said WISCONSIN.
AND ILLINOIS RAILROAD COM
PANY its successors and assigns, shall
keep the space between the rails and
for distance of two feet outside the
line of said rails, in proper repair so
as not to unnecessarily interfere with
travel, and shall keep the same in as
good conditions as the adjoining street
surface, so as to conform Herewith;
and wherever said streets, or any part
thereof, are now, or whenever they
may in the future be, macadamized
or paved, said Company its success
ors and assigns, shall macadamize or
pave said streets between and outside
it's rails to the total width of nine feet
with the same kind of material used
in the other portion or portions of said
street; and at all crossings where the
streets have not heretofore been ma
cadamized shall at its own expense
put in and maintain suitable APP
proaches of macadam or such othef
proper material as the city shall then
use for like purposes, which shall have
driving width of at least Sixteen
G6) Feet and extend back at least
Ten (10) Feet from the rails on each
side of it's track. Said company, it's
successors and assigns, shall prompt
ly repair all damages done to said
streets or the macadamiZing or paw
ing thereon caused by the construc-
ton and operation or management of
it's said railway.
OBJ. The said Railroad Company,
its successors and assigns, shall also,
at all times, keep and hold the said
city Of Lancaster harmless as against
any and all damages, judgments, costs
and expenses resulting in any man
ner from the granting of this ordin-
ance.
SECTION. 3.-The City of Lancas-
ter reserves the right to change the
grade of any street or streets upon or
across which said railroad track shall
be laid and shall not be liable to said
company therefor, and in case the COM
mon Council of said city shall at any
time change the grade of any streets
upon which said railway track shall
be laid, said company, its successors
and assigns, shall within a reasonable
time, relay the track of said railway
so as to conform to such established
grade at it's own expense.
| SECTION 4-ThiS Ordinance shall