pany to purchase and acquire the property and franchise of the Fifth ward Gas Light Company of the city of Milwaukee. Section 2. The said Milwaukee Gas Light Company are hereby authorized to issue and sell stock of said company to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, in addition to that already issued, or which by its charter it is authorized to issue, such stock or the proceeds thereof to be used in and about such purchase; and upon such purchase being perfected, all the rights and privileges, grants, franchises and immunities conferred by the charters of the respective companies aforesaid, and the acts amendatory thereto, shall be and hereby are granted to and conferred upon said Milwaukee Gas Light Company. Section 3. The Milwaukee Gas Light Company, after such purchase, shall furnish gas to those portions of said city which have heretofore been supplied with gas by said Fifth ward Gas Light Company, and at the same rates as in other parts of the city, and shall have, and there is hereby granted said Milwaukee Gas Light Company, power and authority to manufacture, make and sell gas for the purposes of lighting the city of Milwaukee, or the streets thereof, or any houses, buildings, manufactories or public places therein contained, and to erect and keep in operation all necessary works and apparatus, and to lay pipe for the purpose of conducting the gas in any of the streets, avenues, commons, lanes or alleys of said city, and also cross the Milwaukee river; provided, that no permanent injury shall be done to any streets, highways, commons, avenues, lanes or alleys; and provided also, that such pipe as shall be laid across the Milwaukee river shall be so laid and protected as not to interfere with the navigation of said river Section 4. Said Milwaukee Gas Light Company is authorized to sell and convey any real estate which it has or may acquire by such purchase, and which shall not be wanted for the purpose of carrying on its business. Approved March 13, 1863. 154-AN ORDINANCE To authorize the Milwaukee Gas Light Company to erect a wooden frame support for gas pipe 40x40 feet at the base, 20x20 feet at the top, and 80 feet high, on their premises in the Third ward. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. Permission and authority is hereby given to the Milwaukee Gas Light Company to erect a wooden frame support for gas pipe, 40x40 feet at the base, 20x20 feet at the top, and 80 feet high, on their premises, in the Third ward of the city of Milwaukee. Passed August 25, 1890. XXXI-VIADUCT ORDINANCE AND GRADES. VIADUCT ON FIRST AVENUE IN THE FIFTH AND EIGHTH Whereas, Section 1, of chapter 57, of the laws of 1878, provides as follows: The common council of the city of Milwaukee is hereby authorized and instructed to direct and compel the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, at its own expense, to construct and maintain an iron viaduct on First avenue in said city of Milwaukee, with suitable abutment of masonry, the north face of the southerly abutment to be six feet south of the south rail of the south track of the railway of said railway company as at present located, crossing said avenue, and the northerly abutment of the north line of Oregon street, on such a grade and plan as may be furnished by said railway company, and approved by the common council; provided, that the planking and floor joists of wood for the railway and sidewalk over said viaduct shall be made and forever maintained at the expense of said city, and Whereas, The grade and plan furnished by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company have been approved as provided for in said act, therefore, and in order to carry the above act into effect, The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. The grade of the several streets mentioned, situated in the Fifth and Eighth wards of the city of Mil Grade of streets, First avenue viaduct. waukee, is hereby fixed and permanently established as follows, assuming as a base the city datum lines: FIRST AVENUE. At the center of Virginia street.... 23.70 At the center of Florida street... 28.31 At a point 22 5-10 feet north of the center line of Florida street. . . . 29.26 At a point 76 feet north of the north line of Florida street.... 32.75 At a point 152 feet north of the north line of Florida C., M, & St. P. Ry. and maintain At a point 230 feet north of the north line of Oregon street.... 13.70 Section 2. The grade of the streets named in section I of this ordinance between the points mentioned is to be on a straight line drawn from point to point and the grade of the sidewalks on said streets shall conform, as far as practicable to the grade of said streets, as fixed in section I of this ordinance. The grade of all alleys running through blocks bounded by said streets shall in all cases conform to the grade of the respective streets in which said alleys may terminate. Section 3. In accordance with section 1, of chapter 57, of the laws of 1878, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company is hereby required within three months from and after the passage of this ordinance to construct at its own expense over its tracks where the same intersect First avenue in the Fifth and Eighth wards of the city of Milwaukee, an iron viaduct with suitable abutments of masonry, the north face of the southerly abutment to be six feet south of the south rail of the south track of the railway of said railway company as at present located, crossing said avenue and the northerly abutment of the north line of Oregon street at a grade as established by section I of this ordinance. And the said viaduct shall be constructed by the said railway company in accordance with plans and specifications furnished by the said railway company and approved by the common council and on file in the office of the board of public works of the city of Milwaukee, and said railway company shall maintain the same in a safe and substantial condition at all times; provided, however, that the roadway of said viaduct shall have a width of thirty-five (35) feet and the sidewalks of eight (8) feet each, and that the planking and floor joists of wood for the roadway and sidewalks over the viaduct shall be made and forever maintained at the expense of the city as provided by law. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Passed April 15, 1878. planking and floor City to maintain joists. GRADE OF VIADUCTS. Grade of a viaduct along Sixth street from the north line of the North Menominee canal to a point opposite the northerly line of the alley through block 135, and the grade of Sixth street from the last-named point to St. Paul avenue in the Fourth ward of the city of Milwaukee: Grade of Sixth street viaduct. VIADUCT ALONG SIXTH STREET. At a point 481 feet south of the center of Fowler street, being the north end of the North Menominee canal draw-span... 21.25 At a point 397.60 feet south of the center of Fowler street...... 23.20 At a point 173.60 feet south of the center of Fowler street........ 26.37 29.60 At the center of Hinman street (vacated)... .... At a point opposite the northerly line of the alley through block 135.. 33. 33.22 SIXTH STREET. At a point opposite the northerly line of the alley through block 135...... At the center of St. Paul avenue. 33.22 Grade of Holton street viaduct. AN ORDINANCE To permanently establish the grade of the center line of a viaduct to be constructed across the Milwaukee river between the Sixth and Eighteenth wards of the city of Milwaukee from the intersection of Van Buren street with Brady street, in the Eighteenth ward, to the intersection of Holton street with Reservoir avenue, in the Sixth ward, and to alter and change the established grade of Van Buren street from Brady street to North Water street, in the Eighteenth ward, as far as the established grade of the viaduct will affect the same. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. The grade or elevation of the center line of the viaduct to be constructed across the Milwaukee river, between the Sixth and Eighteenth wards of the city of Milwaukee, from the intersection of Van Buren street with Brady street in the Eighteenth ward to the intersection of Holton street with Reservoir avenue in the Sixth ward, is hereby fixed and permanently established as follows: Assuming as a base the level of the Milwaukee river as it was in the month of March, 1836. VIADUCT. At Van Buren street, at the center of Brady street.. 45.00 street..... 46.00 At Van Buren street, at the southerly curb line of Width of sidewalk and roadway. 54.50 At the southeasterly line of Commerce street..... 76.60 At the southeasterly curb line of Reservoir avenue. 83.50 At the center of Holton street and Reservoir avenue 84.00 Section 2. The grade of said viaduct between the points mentioned in the first section of this ordinance to be on a straight line drawn from point to point. Section 3. The width of the sidewalks on each side of the viaduct is hereby fixed and permanently established at nine (9) feet, and the width of the roadway at twenty-six (26) feet. |