The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-01-16
ORDINANCE No. lI4.


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wSrd WhitSon. ma si,eeeSSs T oS ssai1nS ~
right, pEiyllege and franchise for erecting and
MAINTAINING hlestrie Light woLts within and
ma. Wssbinrton. and ~ eSesti1r 49, mn
thSstreets. alleyi. public grounds and thorough
IsIes o. sala slty, ana e maintain and OpeIs
M inhabliantS VIM eleetS3e iIyhtS and x Iii
such lights 70 said city and 10 Inhabitants;
a9a pEoy ", Tor paying Tor lights tor the use
heCity Of North Yakima does ordain q follows:
sEcfioNL That there Be and Il hereby grant
ca unto kdHaIa Whitson' his successor or a.
aagns. the right privilege and authoFity 70 erect
North Yakima. Electric LightWorks, and 10 place,
grounds and thoroushiares Of said city poles
win the necessary eroaSaFms and thereon 10
Hasten wires, and to stretch wires through said
streets, alleyS, public grounds and thorough
tares for the purpose OF lighting BY electricity
the said city, and furnishing it inhabitants
with electric hshtl' and to sell said lights to
said city and IL inhabitants.
SEC. That said poles shall not Be less than
thirty-nve feet long, and when erected near q
street having sidewalk, they shall Be placed
80 - - 49, -A-@-aA - -~NsAAN
~ placed In the ground at such depths ~ 70
render them safe and Tree from all danger Of CO
reening or falling, and said poles shall Be placed
under the direction Of the mayor and city eoun'
ell, 20 a. not TO Interfere with lamPposts OF
other objects lawfully existing in the streeta
SEC. 3 The said wires shall be insulated and
carefully connected and fastened 20 - not 10
come In contact with any object through which
a aigroundD eould h foFnad and ahaI h.
stretched % ~ not to interfere with the free and
unobstructed use Of said streets OF alleyA
SEC. That whenever Il shall be necessary In
the erection Of said poles TO take up any portion
Of the Sidewalk, or dig up the ground in or near
the sides or corners Of said streets OF alleys, then
the said Edward WhitSoN, his successor or
assigns, shall after said poles are erected, with
out delay, replace said Sidewalks and properly
reat the stFingen and planks thereof In neat,
Workmanlike manner. and remove from said
streets, sidewalks or alleys all rubbish and the
dirt or other material which may have been
placed there, or taken up or dug up In the cree
ton or construction Of said poles, and shall put
such sidewalks, streets or alleys in q good con-
dition Is they were before taken up or dlsturbed.
SEC s. That whenever any person has OBJ
taIned permission 10 use any Of the strees Of the
city for the purpose Of removing any Building,
the said Edward whltson, his auccessors or a.
signs, upon ioFty-elght hours notice from such
person, shall raise or remove any Of said wires
which may obstrnes the removal Of saId build
ing, 20 q TO allow the free and unobstruc,ed
passage Of same; such notice shall Be In writing
and seryed by any person competent TO be q wit
ness I'm civil action upon said Edward whitson,
his suecesson or assigns, or his representative.
or agents, and In case Of his o. their refusal d
comply with such notice, the mayor or city eoun.
ell shan raise or remove such wires at the ex
pense Of the aid Edward Whitson, his success
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