St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-29
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
OF Ordinances Passed and ResoIu-
lions Adopted by the Common
Council of the CITY of St, Paul.

City of st. Paul for the purpose of furnish
~, Ing electric light and power.
| The Common Council of the City of st. Pau
do ordain as follows:
Section /. That the St. Paul Electric Man
ufacturlng and Construction Company is
hereby granted permission to erect poles anG
to string wires thereon for electric lighting
and the furnishing of power along and upoI
the public streets i'll the Sixth ward of the
City of st. Paul, Minnesota, upon the terms
and conditions herein stated, under the
supervision of and subject TO the inspection
and control of the City Engineer and upon
and under the following conditions and in
structions. 10 wit:
Such poles shall be IS feet in height above
the ground and shall not be less than IA inches
in diameter at the bottom and inches at the
topand shall be placed at such depth in the
ground as the City Engineer may direct tC
secure their safety: they shall be planed and
shall be painted dark color for the distance
OF six feet from the ground and from thai
point TO the top they shall be painted white
they shall be set at such distances apart from
each other and at such places i'll the streets
as may be designated by the City Engineer
And i'll case any other corporations, com
any time hereafter permitted by the Com
mon Council of said city 10 erect poles
or string Its wires for the purpose of electric
lighting in said city. or to use the streets of
said city for the purpose of electric lighting,
and such corporation or corporations, com
pauy or companies, person or persons shall
desire to use the poles SO erected by said St
Paul Electric Manufacturing and Coustruc.
ton Company for the purpose of supporting
wires TOR such purpose. such corporation.
upon the paying to said ST. Paul Electric
Manufacturing and Construction Company,
or It's successors. the proportionate share OF
the cost OF procuring and erecting such poles.
to be determined as follows
Upon the erection of poles upon any OF
said Streets said st. Paul Electric Manufact-
urlng and Construction Company shall i'm
medlately report to the City Engineer the
thereof, and said City Engineer shall ascer-
tain and determine the actual cost OF the said
poles and the erection thereof. and certify
the amount which he shall find to be correct,
and keep record thereof in his Office for
public inspection.
Upon the first application as aforesaid to
use the poles so erected, the applicant shall
pay 10 the st. Paul Electric Manufacturing
ana construction Company one-half of said
actual cost of said poles so determined by
said City Engineer, and in case of a second
application the applicant shall pay Cnethird
of such cosl, the same to lie divided equally
between the ST. Paul Electric, Manufacture
ing and Construction Company and the first
applicant, and successive applicants shall
pay their proportionate share of said cost in
like manner and the same to be divided pro-
portionately in like manner as above,
and all applicants SO paving the1
become and be by common consent
joint owners with the said ST. Paul Electric
Manufacturing and Construction Company,
of said poles, and shall be entitled to use them
for the purpose of electric lighting. And il
is conditioned that if any other corporation,
company or persons shall procure. or has
procured, like permission from said Common
Council to erect poles in said streets, or any
of them, and shall have actually erected its
poles on such street or Streets then the per-
mission hereby granted is withdrawn as to
such Streets and said ST. Paul Electric Man.
ufacturing and Construction company shall
be restricted to using such poles already
erected, or as may be erected before the st.
Paul Electric Manufacturing and Construc-
ton Company shall have erected its poles
thereon, under like conditions as herein
stated.
Sec. . Said St. Paul Electric Manufacture
ing and Construction Company shall
at all times obey such further and
additional requirements as the Common
Council of said city shall impose in
the premises, and shall, when so required,
from off The streets at its own cost and ex-
pense. when so required by SAID Common
Council; and also, if so required, place any
or all OF said wires under ground and remove
the poles at It's own EXPENSE. And the Com.
mon Council hereby reserves the power TO at
any time amend or repeal this ordinance.
and nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to grant any exclusive rights to the
use of said streets for the purpose herein
contained.
Sec. 3. The said st. Paul Electric Manu-
featuring and Construction Company hereby
assumes all liabilities that may be caused by
the erection OF such poles and the stringing
of wires thereon, and the use of electric
light land shall at all times save the City of st.
Paul harmless therefrom and from all dam
ages arising out of the use or exercise of any
privileges hereby granted, and the erection
of poles and the maintenance of wires along
or md cf4a1I
cute and deliver to said city q bond in the
penal sum of i've thousand dollars (S5, 000),
saving the city harmless in the premises.
Priorto taking effect of this ordinance, said
bond to be first approved by the Corporation
Attorney, and the violation of any of the
provisions OF this ordinance shall render the
same null and void at the election of said
Common Council.
Sec 4. Said St Paul Electric Manufacture
ing and Construction Company shall, within
thirty days after the passage and approval of
this ordinance, execute and file with the City
Clerk said bond and written acceptance of
all the provisions of this ordinance in form
TO be approved by the Corporation Attorney,
otherwise this ordinance shall have no force
or effect.
Sec. s. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from ana after its publica
ton, and the filing of said bond and accept
ance aforesaid.
Passed by the Board of Aldermen Feb. 2,
1892.
1eas-Ald. Bielenberg. Bott. Conley, Cope
land, Dobner. Dorniden, Gehan, Melady, San
born. Sullivan, Mr.. Presidential.
Nays-0.
o. o. CULLEN,
President of the Board of Aldermen
Passed by the Assembly Feb. %, 1892.
Yeas-Messrs. Banholzer. Elmquist, Hare,
McCafferty. Nc Nance, Oppenheim, Van Slyke,
Mr.. Presidents.
Nays-0.
". P. MURRAY,
President of the Assembly
Approved Feb. rs. 1892.
ROBERT A. SMITH, Mayor
Attest: THos. A. PRENDERGAsT, City Clerk.
Feb. 20.