The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-09-23


| the session to order ct 1880 o'clock
present, aldermen Alexander, Wood
Tibbs, Order, Speight, Smith, Steph-
ensor, Owens, Moblcy and Eyerley.
City Attorney +. A Blair read the
following contract, which had been
drawn up by himself and the special
committee appointed at the last meet.
ing of tho council.
THE CONTRACT.
This contract made and entered
into this 22l day of September, A. ID.
1885, by aud between the "Jcnny
Electric company, of the city of In-
dianapolis, Indiana, aud the city of
Waco, a municipal corporation, in the
county of McLennan, and state OF
Texas, wiinesscth:
That the said Jenncy Electric com
pany agrees to furnish the city of
Waco fifteen arc lights, of an act
ual two thousand caudlc power each,
The said company agreeing to attach
to the lamps used by said city, free
of cost to said city, any and all i'm
provements which may be made by
said company from time to time, tend
ing to III Improvement of the light
furnished by said company.
IL being agreed and understood
that the said company is to furnish
the very best light, aud TO make use
of any aud all its most recent i'm
provemcnts. TO improve said lights
free of cost and expense to the city.
The said lights to be of 2,OC0
actual candle power, rs aforesaid, the
said company agreeing and guaran-
teeing that the five lights on the tow
er, in the city of Waco, provided for
in this contract, or any other like
tower, which may be hereafter con-
tractcd for by said city shall light an
area of one-half mile radius sufficient
to enable person on a clear night to
read ordinary coarse plea cap print,
aud the said company further agrees
that the light furnished shall at all
times be kept up to the test made
when the lights are accepted. II be-
ing agreed TO and understood by said
company that the lights shall not be
better for the purposes of test, but
shall be equally good at all times.
| The said company agreeing to light
and extinguish said lights, follow
| ing the moon" that is to say said
lights shall be lighted one-half hour
after sunset and not extinguished
till one-half hour before sunrise and
| shall be lighted one-half hour before
| the moon sets and not
extinguished till one-half hour
after the moon rises, and
and ii is agreed that said lights shall
he lighted all night, the six (6) nights
nearest the new moon, the same to
be lighted at all times at night when
the moon is not actually shining, and
| il is further agreed that when the
weather is bad aud the moon is oh.
erved by clouds, the said company
shall light the said lights and keep
the same burning during such bad
or cloudy weather, the mayor, mar.
shall, or chairman of the light or gas
committee, or either of them first
having given notice in writing to said
company to light said lamps. The
said company agrees to furnish to
said city free of cost and expense, al
dynamos, poles, wires, lamps, and al
other apparatus and things necessary
to properly construct, repair, main
| tain in good order aud extend sale
system OF lights this day constructed
TO be erected by said company, tn,
said company agreeing to keep aiC
lights. lights IL first: class ,.G9Afjton. at al
said lights as the city may direct upon
one iron tower not less than ont
hundred and twenty-five fee
high. The said tower, as we.
ms all lights furnished under this con
tract and such other lights rs may b.
taken by the said city, in addition
hereto, to be placed by said compan
where the city desires aud direct
that they shall be placed. The sal
company agree to furnish such add
tional number of lights as the sal
city may from time to time require
at the same price, terms and condt
lions as herein set out, the said CON
many agreeing to erect one iron towe
not less than one hundred and twei
lty-tive feet high, for each aud ever
additional fifteen lights taken by tn
city And the said company agree I
, hai the said fifteen lights here no.
contracted for, in full and complc'
operation on or before the first dH
| OF February, A. d., 1886.
. It's agreed that the said city ma
i, AT any time order q test of said light
the expense of said test to be bori
by said company, the said compai
( agreeing at any and all times as afor
o said, to give the city free of cost AZ
/, expense any and all improvements
said company which tends TO incres
u the quality of the lights furnish'
3 under this contract.
n And. IL is agreed, that If at NJ
,rl time during the continuance OF 81
" contract, and before the eXpiratl,
y thereof, the said company shall II
II or refuse to comply with the terms
y this contract, by failing or refusing
N furnish the lights In this contra
" agreed TO be furnished, or by reas'
8 Of failure or refusal TO comply WI
'e apy of the tel ms or conditions oil u
l. contract, then the city oil waco,
IN resolution of It's city council. may,
!, any time, terminate this contract
:" And, II is agreed by said compai
e. TO furnish lights to the city coun
d chamber free OF cost to the city
A. Waco.
= The city of Waco hereby graz
10 unto said company the right to &C
u, struct and maintain the aforess
or apparatus over, on and across
~ streets, lands or alleys, or other, pi
"a lie grounds of the city under the
:" rection of the street committee.
es The city Of Waco agrees to p
es said company or their assigns
n sum of three hundred dolli
oh per year for each one of said
W thousand candle power arc lights,
hc same to be paid in cash IN mon,
I'm | for each light, the total amount to
maid 10 said company by said city
Waco for the fifteen lights heT
Gu contracted for, being four thous'
cd Ave hundred dollars for zach year.
he Tho city of Waco agrees that the
a.. paymentisto be made thirty daysa
Tho lights are put In successful Of
on alton, according to the terms OF
era contract, aud In case OF hi'ur