Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-12-27


ing electric currents to and from anv
place whatever.
SEC. .. That the said poles shall be
dressed and painted and erected in a
neat and wOrkmanlike manner and when
erected in or near a street having a
wooden or other artificial sidewalk,
they shall be placed inside of and adj
joining the outside stringer, or curb of
said sidewalk. Said poles shall not be
less than thirty feet in length and shall
be OF such size and placed at such depth
in the ground as to render them safe and
free from all danger of careening or fall
ing; and said poles shall be placed under
the direction OF the Street Commissioner
so as not to interfere with lamp posts
and other objects lawfully existing in
said streets and alleys; that wherever
the present poles are renewed, thew shall
be replaced with poles forty feet in
length
SEC. 8. That the said wires shall be
carefully connected and fastened and
shall be stretched SO as not to inter
fere with the free and unobstructed use
of said streets and alleys.
SEC. t. That whenever it shall be ne
cessary, in the erection of said poles to
take up any portion OF the sidewalk. or
dig up the ground i'll or near the sides or
corners OF said street or alleys, then the
said company, its successors or assigns,
snail. alter said poles are erected, with
out delay, replace said sidewalk and
properly refit the stringers and planks
thereof in neat and workmanlike man
ner, and remove from said streets, side
walks or alleys, all rubbish, sand, dirt
or other material, which may have been
placed there, taken up or dug up in the
erection or construction of said poles
and shall put such sidewalk, street, or
alley. in as good a condition as it was
before the same was taken up, or dis
turbed.
SEC. 5. That whenever any person
has obtained permission to use any of
the streets OF the city, for the purpose of
removing any building, the said COM
pany, its successors or assigns, upon
forty-eight hours notice from such per-
son, shall raise or remove anv of said
wires which may obstruct the removal
of such building so as to allow the free
and unobstructed passage OF the same
Such notice shall be in writing and
served by any person competent to be a
company, its successors or assigns, on
its or their representative or agent, and
in case of its or their refusal or failure
to comply with such notice the Street
Commissioner shall raise or remove said
wires at the expense of said company. its
successors or assigns, for the purpose
aforesaid.
SEC. 6. That the City of Olympia re-
serves the right to amend or repeal this
Ordinance, whenever in the Judgment
of the Common Council of said city an
amendment or repeal is necessary, hav-
ing due and proper regards, however, for
the vested rights OF the parties hereun-
der, and to order the removal Of any or
all of said telegraph poles or wires from
any of the streets or alleys within the
City of Olympia, and upon failure of
said telegraph company, its successors
or assigns, to remove said telegraph
poles and wires within five DAYS after
notice requiring said removal has been
served upon the agent or manager of
said company resident within the CITY of
Olympia, said City of Olympia shall re-
move said poles and wires at the ex-
pense of said company, its successors or
assigns.
SEC. z. That all the privileges and
rights herein conferred upon and granted
to said company, its successors and as
signs, shall continue for twenty-five years
from the time this Ordinance goes into
effect, subject, however, to the condi-
tons set forth in Section six, (6) of this
Ordinance.
SEC. 8. That said company shall,
within thirty DAYS from the adoption of
this Ordinance file with the City Clerk
its acceptance of the franchise hereby
granted subject to the conditions herein
set forth.
Sec. 8. This Ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force upon the filing of
said acceptance and from and after the
same shall have been published.
Approved Dec. 18th, 1889.
JOHN +. CONVEY,
Attest: RoBr. MARR, Mayor.
CITY Clerk.