The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-08-09
Published THURSDAY. Aug. e. ISs>.
ordinance No. go.

An ordinance granting Ia the Missouri a
Kansas Telephone Company. uf Topeka
Kansas successors and assign, The firhi
10 Operate and maintain telephone lines iu
the city at Salinn, Kansas
Re u or,ininef bu ne Mayor and C1uariiHisa
Of he city Of SriinH, hausas=
SECTION !. That the right Of way lc and
the same L. hereby granted the Missouri
4 Kansas Telephone Company, ct Topeka
Kansas. succes-ur- and assigns, tu erect uud
maintain lines ui poles. mauhnls--, AMI wires
along. iu,through, uuticr and acrus~ uny pub
lie street avenue, alley. bridge and Niatlucl
telephone exchange aud Telephone lines
Provided said lines of pulrs and wins shall
h. 50 placed a. % least interfere with
public use OF said streets avenues and alleys
SIC. . Whenever the pulrs ut said cum
pauy shall hc set in any ALLEY. they shall ht
placed near the ~id,-> of the ALLEYS ~ pr &C.,
ticuhic, and in suciI manner a. tu least in-
tcrfcrr with or iurummuir She asaasiu. ug
property owners or the puhlir- Mh-urNei
the poles are erected ON the streets. they shall
be placed IN all eases when prurtir.t1I e. au
the outer edge Of the sidewalk, just inside ths
curlsiuue, and nu inr line dtNillre the ltfi-
one from the other, and ia uu ru-c Go o.
placed as To oh-truct the driiuagr OF Tue
streets or Interfere with any sewer.
SEC. 3. No poles or wiu-S uf amy electric
light, electric motor or telegraph company
shall De- erected on the same side OF any street
OF alley where the said Telephone company
has already PLACED q line Of puis-~ or other iiN-
shall not apply io the city nrr alarm trlr-
graph line. Hepaiter the wins of all
electric light. elgriric motor and Telegraph
companies To De- erected ur ~fruu. 40 uu
angle ucru~s the wires of thc said Telephone
company, and shall mot iu this Cst~s- tir amy
other, De- allowed To approach the wiu-. oi
the said telephone Company nearer than
three feet. Nor shall the said telephone
company De allowed Co place it, wires ueuret
than three feet to the wires ct said uih,T
companies. Ia ease Of violation ul ihc re-
quirrment~ OF this section % she'll hr the tluty
81 the city marshal Ia notify the oiirmiius
company tn rrmuNe IT, wires. puit-s ur other
fixtures, 80 erected la violation hereof vii h.
In three days frun such notification; end,
ON failure "a comply with such uptirr. DO
shall De- the duty 81 the city marshal Co re-
move the same iorwith, ut the expense uf he
offending company.
SIT. 4. Tie rights and privileges hsT.h
granted Ia the said telephone company shall
be for the pcriud uf twenty ~ YEARS.
SKI. D. 10 j. agreed ga the part uf the said
company to furnish the city uf Saliuu two
> free telephones, aud all the Instruments
needed for nre, police and executive Sr-rN tee
Of said city at the regular cuisines utfe~. ur
one free telephone and al the iu~trumcu ts
needed for hre, pulicr aud executive ~,-r, ict.
Of said city no One hall the regular business
rates, whenever the said city MAY dr~.rt. boz
lieu Of any special license, urcufation iuN.ur
special assessment uf amy surt that On 3, b,.
levied upon them. said telephones 90 ht-
located by the cuuucl.
SIC. q. The telephone company ShalI re-
move us Mlfta AFTER Forty efEli is uuIfH
notice, on reqcst at the city marshal topper
nit moving of houses along the Streets all at
the expense uf the mover.
SIC. :. ANY person who shall, at any time,
carelessly or willully iniur.. damnrr. tl--
struy or deface the structures or property OF
said grantees aud their associate r-i l-tt,d for
the purposes set forth ln this ordinance. or
who shall In any manner Willully int rTIpf
or Interfere with such telephone cumInuul-
cation or telephone plant. or who shall
violate any ofthe PROV i-lun~ uf this ordinance,
shall De- deemed guilty ofa mi4lemeauur nj
shall De- punished hyu Tine OF not less than
ten dollars $40 nor more Than one hundred
dollars $50.
SEC. $ That this Ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be In force frpm and after d. publira-
ton In the SALINE COUNTY IuTEN AZ and
the acceptance by the said Missouri a Kansas
telephone company.
Approved May =, lsSS.
T.. ". Banks, Mayor.
Attest;
,sEAL, &. =. MAETIN.
city tlrrs.
hereby certify that the nhuyc and q re-
going u true and correct copy ct an % IL
nance passed by the Mayor ami Cnuuciluieu
Of the city OF Salinn, May -. lsS,-
q. =. MAETIN, City Clers.