Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-21
ORDINANCE No. 2S2.


An ordinance to permit the United States
Electric Lighting company to erect poles
for stringing wires for electric lighting on
certain streets in the city Of St. Paul
The Common Council OF the City of st..
Paul do ordain az follows:
S ction l. The United States Electric Light.
ing com pany be and 1t ia hereby permitted to
erect poles for stringlng wires for electric
lighting upon the following named streets Ia
said city to-wit: Third street, Fourth street,
Fort street, Wabashaw street, Robert street,
jackson street. sibley street, Wacoula street,
Fifth street, Seventh street, Rosabel street aud
Broadway, under the supervision of and sub
Jet to the inspection and control of the City
Engineer, and upon and under the following
conditions and Instructions, to-wit: Such
poles shall be tbirty-fve feet In height above
the ground, and shall not be less than ten
inches In diameter ut the bottom and five
planed and shall be painted dark color for
the distance of Elk feet from the ground, and
from that point to the top they shall be
painted white. They shall be set 149 feet
apart, except otherwise expressly permitted
by the City Engineer; and IN ease any other
corporations, companies or persons are now
or shall be at any time hereafter permitted by
the Common Council of said city to erect
poles or string its wires for the purpose of
street of said city for the purpose of electric
lighting; and such corporation or corpora
tions, company or companies, person or per-
CONS as shall desire to use the poles so erected
by said United States Electric Lighting COM
pany, for tue purpose OF supporting the wires
for such purpose, such corporations, COM
pauies or persons shall be entitled 10 do so
upon paying 10 said United States Electric
Lighting company or its successors, the pro-
.ta no ne nrt - ~
erecting such poles to b. determined as fol.
lows: Upon the erection of poles upon any OF
said streets said United States Electric
Lighting company shall Immediately re-
port to the City Engineer the actual
cost Of such poles as erected, and said
City Engineer shall ascertain and
determine the actual cost of said roles so
erected, and certify the amount which he
shall ind to be correct, ard keep record
thereof Ia his office for public inspection.
Upon the first application as aforesaid to use
the poles so erected the applicant shall pay to
the United States Electric Company e-hslf
of said actual cost of said poles, so determined
by said City Engineer; and in case of q second
application, the applicant shall pay third
of ch cost, the same to be divided equally
between the United States Electric Lighting
Company and the first applicant; and sncces-
sive applicants shall pay their proportionate
"
portionately in like manner and all applicants
SO paying their proportionate share of the
cost of said poles shall become, and be by
common consent, joint owners with said Uni
ted States Electric Lighting Company of said
poles, and shall be sutitied to use them for the
purpose OF electric lighting; and 1t is condi-
tional that If any othe, corporations, compa-
mics or persons have procu, ed or shall procure
like permission from said Common Council,
TO erect poles on said streets or any of them.
and shall actually erect its poles on any of
said streets before said United States Electric
Lighting Company shall have erected its
poles on such street, then the permission
hereby granted is withdrawn, and said United
States Electric Lighting Company shall be
restricted to using such poles then already
erected under like conditions as herein con-
tanned; and 1t is expressly conditioned and
provided that In case said United States
Electric Lighting Company shall refuse to al
lowany applicant to use its poles upon pay.
ment of the proportionate amount therefor,
and to sell to said applicant such proportion
ate part of said poles as herein provided,
thereupon the right Of said United States
Electric Lighting Company, to erect and
maintain its poles upon the streets Of said
ctly shall cease, and the same shall be forth
with removed from such streets or any OF
them upon and under the orter and direction
ton OF the Common Council; and it is ex-
preesly provided that the acceptance of this
PERMISSION by the United States Electric
Lighting Company, either by resolution of the
Board ai Directors or by acting hereunder in
the erection Of its poles, shall be an accep-
lance of all the conditions and provisions
| herein contained; aud it is further provided
that the rights hereby granted are
further subject to all the couditions
and requirements of the ordinance
heretofore passed, allowing said United States
Electric Lighting Company to use the streets
of said city for the erecting of poles for the
purpose of electric lighting.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect and
| be in force from and after its passage and pub.
lIcstion.
Yeas-Ald. Allen, o'Connor, Robert, Grace,
Otis, Ringwald, Cornish. Griggs, Trott, Star
key, Mccarthy, Mr.. P,esident-l2.
Passed April Is, 1852.
JOHN DowLAN,
President of Council.
Approved April 10, 1882.
JOHN DowLAN, Acting Mayor.
Attest:
TEos. A. PRENDERsAsT, City Clerk.
April 81.