[milwaukee-electric] Re: For Discussion - Who is the owner of abandoned rails in streets

[Y Marti]

Rails in the street were leased franchises. Although they were put in  
place by the streetcar company, TMER&L, they now belong to the city.  
Most were removed soon after abandonment but there are still many in  
place that are removed when street reconstruction projects take place.  
Private ROW lines now owned by WEPCO are their responsibility,  
obviously.

Quoting Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>:

> I would believe that any trackage abandoned after WEPCO sold the Transport
> Company would have been the Transport Company's responsibility. If the
> various municipalities allowed the Transport Company to simply pave over the
> rails without removal, then I would guess that the rails would become the
> property of those cities and suburbs.
>
> But then again, I am not a lawyer.
>
> I believe the only rail MCTS owns is whatever may be located at their
> storage facilities. ;-)
>
> The real question is, does WP&L still own the never paved-over rails in the
> street in Plymouth, Wisconsin?
>
> K.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Greig" <sbgreig_m1 at yahoo.com>
> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:26 AM
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: For Discussion - Who is the owner of
> abandoned rails in streets
>
>
>> I highly doubt WEPCo would have anything to do with them now...more likely
>> the City of Milwaukee (via MCTS or the Department of Streets) owns them
>> now.
>>
>> --- On Wed, 9/23/09, Larry Allan <lallan45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Larry Allan <lallan45 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] For Discussion - Who is the owner of
>>> abandoned rails in streets
>>> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
>>> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:41 PM
>>> When a construction crew comes upon
>>> rails, is WE still the owner and
>>> responsible to remove them. See the attached images taken
>>> March 26th
>>> 2008 at Jackson & Juneau.
>
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