Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21


to embrace and include in said pro-
! posed street, said ground apd pri-
waite right of way there of said
, Company. and to that end the City
on the Eleventh day of June, 1917,
I duly passed an ordinance for the
opening and laying out of that por-
! ton of such proposed street, ex-
; tending from the South curb line
! of Eighteenth avenue at said Eiev-
enth street South to the South line
of Sarah J. Aikens subdivision of
the middle One-third of the North
! one-half of Section Two, Township
! II \. r. West of the 4th p. NJ,
a distance of about Seventeen Hun
dred and Sixty G760l feet, by spe-
: Cial assessment and the condemna-
I ton by eminent domain of the nee
/ essary land therefor, inc uding said
COmpany's private right of way
/ there. and on the 2Sth day of June,
1917 duly filed its petition in the
County Court of Rock Island Coun-
/ ty, Illinois, for such improvement
as provided by said ordinance, by
: special assessment and condemna-
! ton. and
| Whereas, it is the desire of the
| City to acquire from said Tri-City
/ Railway Company of Illinois, its
said ground and private right of
way between the former Southern
| boundary line of the City in Eigh-
teenth avenue at Eleventh street
and FOrty-fOurth avenue. to become
and be a part Of its said proposed
street, as it opens, lays out, wild
ems, alters or improves the same,
Now, therefore be it ordained by
the Council of the City of Rock
| Island, State Of Illinois:
SECTION /.
That in nsideratiOn of the ac-
Ceptance of this ordinance by said
Tri-City Railway Company of Hi
nOis and its undertaking to perform
the conditions hereinafter required
of il to be performed. said Tri-City
I Railway Company of Illinois, is
/ hereby granted the right, privilege
and franchise, for the period Of
( Twenty C20) years, from the final
approval of this ordinance, to use,
maintain and operate a single o.
double track electric street rail-
way. with all necessary switches,
! crOss-OveTs and turn outs, together
with the necessary overhead con-
struction for the operation of the
same by electricity within the City
on the route and routes usually
known as. and called MILAN Line"
ard Watch Tower Line" now
used, maintained and operated by
said Company as aforesaid, from
the former Southern boundary of
the City in Eighteenth avenue at
Eleventh stret, Southwark along
the route of said Milan Line to the
Southern City limits, and along the
route of said Watch Tower Line"
to its present terminus.
SECTION >. =
Said Tri-City Railway Company
of Illinois may charge a fare of
five to- cents over its said MILAN
Line and watch Tower Line"
and shall give transfers and oper-
ate its said street railway and cars
and give the same character of SER
vice as required on its existing sys-
. TEN of street railways, by said ordi-
nance of May ,, 1916, and with
which system, said Milan and
Watch Tower Lines are connected
and form a part.
SECTION 3.
Said Tri-City Railway Company
of illinois in consideration of the
grant to il herein contained. shall
at once upon the final approval of
this ordinance convey to the City
by appropriate conveyance subject
TO said Company's right 10 ma ktain
and use its tracks thereon, that
part Of its said ground and private
right of way, being in the street
projected as continuation south
Of Eleventh street by said special
assessment and condemnation pro-
ceedings; and in addition Thereto.
shall pay to the City as benefits for
said Improvement, the sum of Two
Thousand t$200000l Dollars.
SECTION 4.
Upon the opening. laying out.
widening. altering and improving
that part Of Eleventh street as pro-
jected by said present special as
sessment and condemnation pro-
ceedings, or in opening. laying out.
widening, altering or improving
said proposed street elsewhere
aloT st-le said present right of yvav
of said TTi-City Railway Company
of Illinois, said Company shall have
the right to. and must If so re-
quired by the City, construct. use
MAINTAIN and operate a double track
in said completed portion of such !
street, and on grade TO Gcorres-
pond with the grade of such street