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Beloit City Government report

©1900 Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin

Page 44


intersected by Prospect Street if extended.
Section 2. The railroad authorized to be constructed by this ordinance shall be constructed and in
operation over and along said streets, or so much thereof as shall be used or occupied by said Henry H. CLOUGH or his assigns, within a period of three years from the date of the passage of this ordinance, and unless said railroad shall be so completed and in operation within said period, then this ordinance and the right, permission, consent and authority hereby granted may be declared forfeited and void by the Common Council of the City of Beloit, as to the streets or portions of streets not so occupied by said railroad, provided, that should the construction of the railroad contemplated by this ordinance be delayed by injunction then the period of delay caused by said injunction being in force shall not be considered as part of said period of three years.
Section 3. Said CLOUGH or his assigns shall have the right to operate said railroad by any power
except steam locomotive engines, and should electricity be used, then said CLOUGH and his assigns shall have the right to locate, erect and maintain suitable poles and apparatus for supporting trolley wires, and for the purpose of carrying telegraph, telephone, or electric light wires for aid in the purpose of said railroad, or for the purpose of furnishing light and power or telegraph and telephone service to others.
Section 4. Before said CLOUGH or his assigns shall enter upon the actual construction of the railroad
contemplated by this ordinance, said CLOUGH or his assigns shall execute and deliver a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by the May of Beloit, conditioned to hold the City of Beloit harmless from all damages arising out of the construction or operation of said railroad.
Section 5. The railroad tracks authorized to be constructed under this ordinance shall be standard
gauge, built in the first class manner, with T rails, and the road bed shall in all cases conform as near as may be to the grade of the streets as now established, and whenever the grade of any street along which the railroad shall run shall be changed, the railroad authorized to be constructed under this ordinance shall be changed so as to substantially conform to the new grade as it may be established.
Section 6. Upon all streets upon which said railroad shall be constructed which are now paved, the
said CLOUGH or his assigns shall at his or their own expense restore the pavement wherever necessarily disturbed by the construction of said railroad, and shall pave the space between the rails and for a distance of one foot on either side of the outer rail of said railroad in like manner to conform with the pavement now upon any of said streets so occupied. And whenever streets are used which are not paved, then said CLOUGH or his assigns shall cause the space between the rails to be filled with dirt or gravel, and immediately adjacent for a distance of two feet to the outer rails of said railroad, so as to permit of easy crossing of said tracks by vehicles.
Section 7. Whenever the City Council shall pave any street occupied by said CLOUGH or his assigns
by virtue of this ordinance, then upon reasonable notice the said CLOUGH or his assigns shall at his or their own expense pave the space between the rail and for a distance of one foot from the outside rail on either side in the same manner and of the same or equally good material as the pavement to be laid by the city upon the remaining portions of the street.
On motion the Council then adjourned.
              Geo. B. INGERSOLL, City Clerk.
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