Fourth street. Section 1. There is hereby given and granted to the West Side Street Railway Company of the city of Milwaukee or its assigns the right, prvilege or authority to extend its tracks by commencing at the intersection of Grand avenue and Fourth street, thence southerly on Fourth street to the center of Sycamore, and to operate cars thereon. Said road to be built and operated on the same terms and conditions as are provided in other ordinances under which said company is operating its cars and for and during the period of time ending July, 1924. Also agree to pave the street between the tracks and one foot outside of the track with the same material as the street is paved at the present time. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Passed December 6, 1886. Time extended. Center street and AN ORDINANCE To amend an ordinance entitled "an ordinance to authorize the West Side Street Railway Company to extend its tracks," passed November 22, 1886. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. That section three (3) of said ordinance be amended by striking out the words in said section, to-wit: "Sixty days," and inserting in their stead the following words, to-wit: "Six months." Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Passed January 3, 1887. AN ORDINANCE To authorize the West Side Street Railway to extend its tracks. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. There is hereby given and granted to the West Side Street Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right, privilege and authority to extend its tracks, commencing at the intersection of Center street with Twelfth street; thence westerly on Center street to its intersection with the Hopkins road; thence on and along the Hopkins road to its intersection with Teutonia street, and to operate cars thereon, subject to the same conditions and provisions as are contained in the ordinances granting said company the right to operate its cars on Twelfth street. Section 2. Said road shall be completed and put in operation within six months after the Hopkins road is improved to its intersection with Center street. Section 3. All rights hereby granted shall cease and be Time franchise void on and after the first day of July, 1924. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication Passed July 18, 1887. AN ORDINANCE To amend an ordinance passed November 13, 1882, entitled "An ordinance to amend an ordinance to authorize the construction and operation of a horse railway on Twelfth street," passed November 22, 1880. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. That section one of said ordinance be amended by striking out the words, namely, "within four years," in the fifth line of said section, and substituting in the place thereof, the words, namely, "within seven years." Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Passed July 18, 1887. 116-AN ORDINANCE To amend an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to authorize the construction and operation of a certain horse. railway in the city of Milwaukee," passed June 1, 1884. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: shall expire. Time extended. State street. Expiration of privilege. Conditions. Keeping street in repair. Right to use of roadbed may be granted to others. Section 1. There is hereby given and granted to the West Side Street Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right, permission and authority to extend a double track on State street from the intersection of Twelfth street to the intersection of Twenty-seventh street, with all necessary and convenient turn-outs, side-tracks, connections, switches and turn-tables for and during a term commencing with the passage and publication of this ordinance, and ending on June 1, 1924. Section 2. The West Side Street Railway Company, its successors and assigns, shall commence work as contemplated herein in good faith, within thirty days after the passage and publication of this ordinance, and shall complete the line herein provided for and operate cars regularly thereon to Twentieth street within four months thereafter, and the rest by July 1, 1889. A failure to so commence, complete and operate the said line within the prescribed time shall work a forfeiture of all rights herein granted. Section 3. The West Side Street Railway Company, its successors and assigns, shall keep in good repair that part of the street lying between its two outside rails, and in making such repairs said company shall use the same material as may be used on adjoining parts of the same street at the time at which such repairs shall be made, or such other material as may be approved by the Board of Public Works, and the necessity of such repairs shall be determined by the Board of Public Works, and such repairs shall be made within twenty-four (24) hours after the notice to do such work has been given by the Board of Public Works. The said railroad company failing to do such work within the prescribed time of twenty-four (24) hours, then the said Board of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to cause the repairs to be made at the expense of said railway company. Section 4. The city of Milwaukee reserves the right to grant to any other person or persons, corporation or corporations, the right to use said tracks and roadbed, provided, however, that no such right to use such tracks and roadbeds shall be granted upon the said street to any person or corporation for a greater distance than three consecutive blocks in length, provided that before using the same, or any portion thereof, or such portion use of track, how determined. of said track or roadbed upon or over which the city of Milwaukee shall have granted a franchise to any other person or corporation, such person or corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to said West Side Street Railway Company a just and adequate compensation for the use Compensation for of said tracks and roadbeds, to be agreed upon between them; and in case of their failure to agree upon such compensation within sixty days after written application by such person or corporation to the West Side Street Railway Company for the privilege of running cars over the last named company's tracks, a copy of which application shall be filed with the city clerk of the city of Milwaukee at the time when made, then such compensation shall be determined by arbitration, and the city of Milwaukee, by its mayor, shall name and appoint one person, and the West Side Street Railway Company shall name and appoint another person, and the said person or corporation to which said franchise shall have been granted shall name and appoint a third person, and the three persons appointed shall fix and determine the compensation, either in gross or payable in installments, as may in their opinion be just and proper, for the use of said tracks and roadbeds, due reference being always in fixing the same to the amount and character of the use to be made thereof, and in case of the failure of either of said persons or corporations to appoint a suitable person within said time, the mayor of the city of Milwaukee shall appoint a suitable person to act for and on behalf of the person or corporation failing to so nominate and appoint an arbitrator, and the compensation as fixed and determined for the use of said tracks and roadbeds by such arbitrators, or a majority of them shall be final and conclusive. The award of the arbitrators shall describe the character and amount of the use to be made as well as the compensation therefor, and shall be filed with the city clerk and be preserved by him in his office. Such compensation shall be subject to revision from time to time on similar application made by either party, if the character or extent of such joint use of the roadbed becomes materially changed or affected, and in such case. it may be revised either by agreement or arbitration, as hereinbefore provided. Provided, always, that the West Side Street Railway Company has a prior right on its tracks everywhere to use its system of power, and no joint use thereof shall ever be enforced with any other person Regulation by common council. or corporation that shall force said company to change its power or system, or to make it impossible to use the same in a practicable manner. Section 5. The city of Milwaukee reserves the right to regulate the speed at which cars shall be run and the time and frequency of running same on tracks hereby authorized to be laid, as public safety and convenience may require. Passed September 10, 1888. AN ORDINANCE To amend an ordinance entitled "an ordinance to authorize the construction and operation of a certain horse railway in the Tenth Ward of the city of Milwaukee," passed March 17, 1884. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. That an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to authorize the construction and operation of a certain. horse railway in the Tenth ward of the city of Milwaukee," passed March 17, 1884, is hereby amended by adding after the words West Side Street Railway Company "in the second line of section I of the said ordinance the following words, "and to its successors and assigns." Passed Nov. 19, 1889. AN ORDINANCE To repeal an ordinance passed Sept. 29, 1879, entitled "An ordinance to authorize the construction and operation of a certain horse railway in the Second, Fourth and Ninth wards (now in the Sixteenth, Fifteenth and Ninth wards) of the city of Milwaukee. The mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Section 1. The ordinance mentioned in the title hereof, passed Sept. 29, 1879, is hereby repealed and all franchises and privileges granted thereunder are hereby annulled. and revoked. Passed April 7, 1890. |