The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-01-19
AN ORDINANCE,
Entatlel An Ordinance = Grant Certain
Privileges - IL TallaAasseo Gas ard
Electric Light Company.

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SECTION That the Tallahassee Gas and Electric
Light Company be and they are hereby authorised
TO CONSTRUCT GAs and Electric Light WORKS In the
IA company shsil have the Hight g Isy their p,p
in any and al streets In the said city, and In the a.
lsys and lots of the same, and 70 erect such lamp
Essential pr furnishing q: or eiestic Shss IN sad
City Of Tallahassee and 10 this end the tallahassee
Gas and Electric Light Company are authorised to
poles or towers, and run wires thereto, along the
streets of said city may be necessary essential
Rovdsd. That in laying such pipes or erecting such
lamp posts, or poles, or towers the said company
shall obetruct any street for longer period than
twelve hours.
SEC q That the said company shall, whenever It
shall make any excavation In any street, or shall
have any material In any street, place lights to suf
hcient number upon such excavations and material
to warn all persons from such excavations and ma
sno s. That the said company, in constructing It's
works upon any street In the City Of Tallahassee,
shal first submit to the Street COMMITTEES the streets
upon which pipes are to be laid and shall abide any
order of the Street Committee made therein gov
erning the manner and time In which said pipes shall
be laid.
SEC 4. That the said company, in accepting this
ages accrung to private individuals of the
construction Of such works. or which may arise from
negligence of said company or It's employees, and
which may arise as hereinbefore mentioned.
SEC 5. That the said company shah not 0bstruct,
by placing material making excavations for their
one time than viii be necessary for the carrying on
of its works. and the said company SHALL as soon as
practicable, remove any and all distractions from
the streets and place the streets In near the same
condition thay prior to excavations is pos
sible and in constructing said works the said COM
pany shall follow established grades of the streets,
GRADE n at ny Of Ss 1 Whsn
quested BY said company to 80.
SEC. 6. The said company shall not be permitted
OF and for eana1
and shall not be permitted to charge private con-
sumers for said gas at any time an amount exceed
ing two and onehalf dollars per one thousand feet
and the charge to the city for gas lamps shall not
exceed thirty dollars per annum for each lamp OF
not less than twenty candle power, through burn.
ers Of capacity Of four feet per hour.
SEC z. That within thirty days after the day that
this ordinance takes effect, the said Tallahassee Gas
and Electric L. ht Company, their associates, sue
cessors and assigns, shall file their written accept
said City Of Tallahassee whereupon the same shall
become binding on both parties. The construction
| of the said gas works shall be commenced within
thirty days after the fling of said acceptance, and
said gas works shall be completed and in practical
| operation within six months after the com
mencement of the construction thereof. and the
said Tallahassee Gas and Electric Light Company
shall put in and operate electric lights soon
sufficient consumers can be secured to pay eight
per cent interest per annum on the additional cap
ital required to purchase the machinery for and put
in practical operation the said electric lights
SEC. g. That if the said company shall fail to com
plete the said gas works within the time prescribed
in the foregoing section Of this ordinance. or shall
fail to furnish gas at any time for the space of six
months or shall violate any OF the provisions o.
this ordinance the City Council of the said City OIL
Tallahassee may, in its discretion, declare this
dinance null and void and may repeal the same
| That aaid 0f Tallahassee zorro
by lease and rent to said Tallahassee Gas and Eec
trio Light Company, and it's successors and assigns
at an annual rental of one dollar per year for the
term OF ninety-nine (99) years payable by said com
pany or its successors, on the first day of each
three ~ acres of land, adjoining the land occu
| pied by the Tallahassee Ice Company, and adjoin
| ing the right ofwaJ of the Florida Railway and
Navigation Companys line of road, said land to b
selected and surveyed by said Tallahassee Gas and
Electric Light Company; said land to be used fol
the plant and for such other purposes may be re-
business. AS as said Tallahassee Gas and Elec
| trio Light Company shall have selected and sur
veyed said three 81 acres of land. the Mayor and
City Clerk of said city shall execute, under the sea-
OF said city, and deliver to said Tallahassee Gas and
| Electric Light Company a lease in proper form o
such three l3) acres of land, with particular de
scription thereof according to said selection and
| survey, and according to the terms hereof.
SEC. 10. That the said City of Tallahassee in con
sideratiOn ofthe foregoing requirements being com
| piled with on the part of the said Tallahassee Gas
cessors and assigns, shall and hereby obgates itsel
to take all gas which it may wish to in lighting
Its streets or buildings from said company at price
of not more than one and onehafdollars Isl 50 pei
thousand feet for such may be used In public
buildings used exclusively by said city, and at price
of not more than thirty dollars ($3) per annum fol
each street lamp hereinbefore provided for in
ton six of this ordinance, for the period of twenty
five consecutive years from the completion of said
| gas works Provided, That nothing herein shall bt
construed obligation on the part ofthe said city
of Tallahassee to take any gas from said company.
SEC IL. That the privileges and licenses herein
and hereby granted shall be exclusive in and to said
Tallahassee Gas and Electric Light Company, theil
associates successors and assigns for and during the
term of twenty-five years.
SEC IL. Ali ordinances and parts of ordinances in
| conflict with this ordinance be and the same are
hereby repealed
| Passed by the Council in due and proper manner
at regular meeting held on the 4th day Of January
A. D. 1888.
Attest. L. DENLY. City Clerk.
T. Fl. RANDOLPH
President City Council
Approved. A. j. FISH, Mayor
January s. 188S-4W