bridge; thence over and across said bridge with a double track to Clybourn street; thence along Clybourn street to West Water street; thence southerly along West Water street to the Menomonee bridge; thence over and across said bridge with a double track to Reed street; thence southerly along Reed street, from South Water street a single track, to Florida street; thence westerly along Florida street to Greenbush street; thence southerly along Hanover street to Elizabeth street; thence westerly along Elizabeth street to Cook street; thence to the city limits, at or near the Forest Home Cemetery, in such direction and through such streets as said company may elect. Section 3. The said company shall commence the several lines of road mentioned in the preceding section, and shall complete and operate at least one continuous mile on each of said three routes within one year from the first day of June, A. D., 1865, and the balance of each of said lines shall be completed and operated within two years from said date; and upon the failure to complete and operate the said roads, and each of them, within the time above limited, then all rights hereby granted and vested in said company, under this ordinance, shall cease and determine, so far as affects the route so not completed and operated; provided, however, that if said company is delayed by the order or injunction of any court of record, obtained or continued without the procurement or collusion of the said company, or any officer thereof, from completing said routes, or either of them, within the time herein limited, then the time of such delay shall be excluded, and the same time, in addition to the periods above prescribed, shall be allowed for the completion of said railway, or such of said routes as may be so enjoined. Section 4. The cars to be used upon said tracks shall be operated with animal power only, and said railways shall not connect with any other railroad on which other power is used, and no railway car or carriage used upon any other railroad in this state, except such as may be used on other horse railways in this city, shall be used or passed upon said track. Section 5. The said tracks and railways shall be used for no other purpose than to transport passengers and their ordinary baggage, and the cars or carriages used for that purpose shall be of the best style and class in use on such railways. The common council shall have power, at all times, to make such regulations, as to the rate of speed and time of running said cars or carriages, as the public safety or convenience may require. Section 6. The track of said railway shall not be elevated above the surface of the street, shall be laid with modern improved rails, and shall be so laid that carriages and other vehicles can easily and freely cross said streets at any and all points, and in any and all directions, without obstructing. The said company shall keep so much of any street used and occupied by them in operating said railways, in good repair and condition, during the term. hereby granted, in accordance with whatever order or regulations may be passed or adopted in that behalf by the common council of the said city, or the street commissioners of the respective wards, and shall indemnify and save harmless the said city of Milwaukee from any and all loss or damage which it may incur, or become liable to pay by reason of the malfeasance or nonfeasance of said company or its officers, in respect to the duties and conditions conferred by this ordinance. Section 7. The rate of fare for any distance shall not exceed five cents, except when cars or carriages shall be chartered for a specific purpose, but before any car or carriage shall be used or operated on said routes of railway, or either of them, said company shall pay to the said city a license fee of ten dollars per annum for each car or carriage; said license fee to be paid, and a license for such car or carriage to be obtained in the same manner as regulated by ordinance respecting hacks in said city, and any officer, conductor, driver or agent of said company, its successors or assigns, who shall operate, or cause to be driven or operated, upon either of said lines of railway, any car or carriage, unless the same shall have first been duly licensed, as herein provided, shall be punished by fine not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars. Section 8. The railroad tracks across the several bridges, herein authorized, shall be laid in such manner as the superintendent of bridges may direct. All conductors, drivers and employes of said company, and every person having the charge and custody of any car or train belonging to or used by, or on the roads of said company, shall obey the orders and directions of the superintendent of bridges, and of the several bridge tenders of the bridges herein authorized to be crossed by such railways, as to the time and manner of crossing such bridges, or either of them, with such car or train, and any such conductor, driver, employe or other person, who shall disobey and just and lawful order or direction of such superintendent of bridges, or either of such bridge tenders, in respect to crossing said bridges with such car or train, shall be punished by fine not less than five, nor more than thirty-five dollars. Section 9. The right to operate said railways shall extend to the full time of twenty-five years from the first day of June, 1865, and no longer, unless further extended by ordinance. Section 10. All rights heretofore vested in other corporations are not to be deemed to be impaired or affected by this ordinance, but the rights and privileges hereby granted are so granted subject thereto. Passed May 29, 1865. AN ORDINANCE To amend an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to authorize the construction and operation of certain horse railways in the city of Milwaukee," passed May 29, 1865. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Third and West Section 1. The second section of the ordinance of which this is amendatory, is hereby amended by adding Water streets. thereto as follows: "Also commencing at the intersection of Third and Chestnut streets; thence southerly along Third and West Water streets to Clybourn street." Section 2. The third section of the ordinance of which this is amendatory, is hereby amended by striking out the word "June" where it occurs in said section, and inserting the word "July" in lieu thereof. Section 3. The seventh section of said ordinance is hereby amended by striking out all of said section down to and including the words "for a specific purpose," and inserting as follows: "until the proposed track to connect East and West Water streets by Chestnut street bridge shall be completed, the rate of fare for any distance, except when the cars or carriages are chartered for a specific purpose, shall not exceed six cents, including the government tax. After the completion of the proposed circuit, the rate of fare for any distance over the circuit and any one of the branches or connecting tracks built and proposed to be built, except where the cars or carriages are chartered for a specific purpose, shall not exceed six cents including the government tax." Section 4. Any provision of any ordinance or part ofordinance heretofore passed, inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance as amended, is hereby repealed. Passed March 26, 1866. What repealed and re-enacted. Rate of fare. AN ORDINANCE To amend an ordinance passed March 26, 1866, entitled "An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled an ordinance to authorize the construction and operation of certain horse railways in the city of Milwaukee, passed May 29, 1865." The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. The third section of an ordinance passed March 26, 1866, entitled "an ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled an ordinance to authorize the construction and operation of certain horse railways in the city of Milwaukee, passed May 29, 1865," is hereby repealed; and section seven of an ordinance entitled "an ordinance to authorize the construction and operation of certain horse railways in the city of Milwaukee," passed May 29, 1865, is hereby restored and re-ordained, and shall hereafter be of the same force as if the same had never been repealed or modified in whole or in part. Section 2. Hereafter the rate of fare for a single passenger in any horse railway operated within the city of Milwaukee, shall not exceed the sum of five cents. Section 3. The passage of this ordinance and anything therein contained, shall not operate or be construed to be a waiver of any forfeiture of the right granted to the Milwaukee City Railway Company by the ordinance above mentioned, passed May 29, 1865, or a recognition of any existing right of the said company to maintain or operate any horse railway in the streets of said city. This ordinance being passed for the sole purpose of preventing extortion by the said company. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Passed October 23, 1871. AN ORDINANCE To authorize the Milwaukee City Railway Company to extend its track. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: South Water and and Oneida street Section 1. The Milwaukee City Railway Company is hereby authorized to extend its track from Reed street, in the Fifth ward, along South Water street to Ferry street, and thence along Ferry street and across Walker's Point bridges. bridge to East Water street, and also to connect the tracks in East Water and West Water streets by a track crossing Oneida street bridge. The tracks hereby authorized shall be constructed, kept, maintained, used and operated in the manner and upon the conditions which are now provided by ordinances of the city in reference to the other tracks laid by said company. Passed May 21, 1866. AN ORDINANCE To authorize the Milwaukee City Railway Company to extend its track. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. The Milwaukee City Railway Company is hereby authorized to extend its railway by a single or double track, with all necessary switches and turn tables, in and along Reed street, from the crossing of Reed and Florida streets, in the Fifth ward, to Maple street, in the Twelfth ward. The track and tracks hereby authorized, shall be constructed, kept, maintained, used and operated in the manner and upon the terms and conditions which are now provided by the ordinances of the city in reference Reed street. |