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Converted from paper version of the Broad Ripple Gazette (v12n06)
Old Town of Broad Ripple Meeting Minutes #154
posted: Mar. 20, 2015

The Town of Broad Ripple was incorporated in 1894, and started holding regular meetings at that time. In each issue, I will print my transcription of the old Town of Broad Ripple meeting minutes. These are taken from the original, hand-written minutes that contain many spelling errors. I have transcribed all the records as they were entered, including errors. I will make some corrections to the text in brackets [ ]. The original minutes books are at the Indiana State Archives at 6440 E. 30th St.

Here is the one-hundred fifty-fourth installment:

AN ORDINANCE granting to INDIANAPOLIS NORTHERN TRACTION COMPANY, its successors and assigns, authority to construct, maintain an operate an interurban street railroad over, upon and along certain streets of the Town of Broad Ripple, in the County of Marion, and State of Indiana...
Said Grantee, its successors or assigns, whenever it becomes necessary, shall be required to take up and relay any portion of its said track for the purpose of putting in, taking up or repairing any street, sewer, water or gas pipes or service connections, and the same shall not be required to be done at the expense of Grantee, its successors or assigns, but shall be done by it upon reasonable notice and demand therefor, and the reasonable and actual cost of the same shall be paid to it in such a way as said town may provide.
SECTION 15.
Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be construed so as to take away from the Board of Trustees of said town the exclusive power now exercised over the streets, highways, avenues and bridges with its corporate limits.
SECTION 16.
The care of said Grantee doing a local business in said town shall be run in accordance with the following rules and regulations:

(1) Such cars may be run at a rate of twelve (12) miles per hour in the business portion, and twenty (20) miles in the residence portion of said town.
(2) No such cars shall be stopped on any cross-walk or in front of any intersecting street, except to avoid collision or damage or injury to persons or to property, or to take on or let off passengers, and in taking on or letting off passengers at such points, cars shall be stopped at the cross-walk on the far side of the street, so as not to impede travel on any such cross-walk or street more than necessary, but said cars may stop at any point between two intersecting streets.
(3) Conductors and employes of Grantee in charge of cars shall use care and diligence to prevent injury to persons or property.
(4) Proper care shall be used by those in charge of cars and motors to prevent injury to teams, carriages, buggies, wagons and other vehicles.
(5) In case of fire, the cars shall be stopped when so ordered by the Town Marshal, or any Policeman, or the Chief of the Fire Department.
(6) Said Grantee, its successors or assigns, shall provide headlights and keep them lighted after dark on all cars operated by electricity, and shall give signal by sounding a gong or whistle whenever overtaking any person or vehicle crossing, walking or driving on said railway company's tracks.

SECTION 17.
If at any time said Grantee, its successors or assigns, shall build its track upon any street or part of street upon any other that the established grade of such street or part of street, then whenever said town shall cause said street or part of street to be improved to the established grade, the Grantee, its successors or assigns, shall be required, at its own expense, to change its said track so as to conform to the established grade of said street or part of street.

SECTION 18.
As a condition to the vesting of the rights and privileges granted by this ordinance, said Grantee, its successors or assigns, shall, within sixty (60) days after the passage of this ordinance, file with the Town Clerk of Broad Ripple a written acceptance of the provisions of this ordinance.

SECTION 19.
As a consideration for the granting of this ordinance, said Grantee, its successors or assigns, shall construct and complete said line of railroad through said town on or before the first day of July, 1904, and should said line of street railroad not be completed on or before July 1, 1904, as aforesaid, then all rights and privileges and franchises hereby granted shall lapse, and said Board of Trustees of said town shall have the right thereafter to declare the ordinance null and void and all rights thereunder terminated.

SECTION 20.
Whereas, an emergency exists, this ordinance shall be in force from, and after its passage.

ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BROAD RIPPLE, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA, THIS 3rd DAY OF APRIL 1903.

[signed] CW Silvey, President
ATTEST:
[signed] CL Kirk, Clerk



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