The herald., 1893-05-12

NUtICC VI IIuMCnlcL-
A-
AroT1cK Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN a.
| ~ plidshon has been made 70 the board
| trustees o. the town OF Santa Monica TO grant
franchise for the erection construction an
msintainiie on the streets, alleys and plscesl
! said town of Santa Monica OF poles and col
! QUITS, and the stringing OF wire thereon for u
purpose of conducting electricity for electr
| tights ana electric energy, and for furnishH
! The same to said municipality and the 1nhabi
ants thereof for the term Of hfty years from "
Frsnting of said franchise aud that it is pro
| posed to grant the same and that the board OF
trustees of the said town O. santa Moniba WIN
OF said day meet in open session, and READ any
and all bids which may have been received for
tine purchase of said franchise
The Franchise proposed to be sold and grant,
ed by said board of trustees Is fully described
as follows, to wiz 5op M
An ordinance Granting to. ....a. ....and as
signs q franchise for the electric poles, string
ing wires, and constructing conduits fos the
transmission OF electricity and efectrical en-
ergy through the city oil Santa Monica.
The board OF trustees of the town Of Santa
Monica do ordefn as follows;
........... and their assigns ara hereby granted
for The period OF fifty t50) years from date
hereof the right to erect ana maln.a. !. Pu.sss
lie streets, alleys and places In the town OF
Santa Monica, and also 70 construct and main
tain thereon underground conduits oil lot tne
purpose OF carrying, furnishing and distribut-,
ing electricity and electrical energy tof motive
power engines, motors, elevators, lightning
andfor any other purpose for wnicn elect1ioiy
SIC. .. such poles as are erected shall not be,
placed nearer together than 100 ieet excepting
ct intersections, and shall In all cases % set
flush with the inner edge Of the curb when not,
trustees, which shall also have the the right
to designate the points az wa1cn par
tieulAr poles shall be set, and which shall also
have the rghtto order the removal OF any poles
which Il may designate In no case s aroa Ky
ground than twenty feet, except wnere conhec-
uon L. being made from pole to the side OF q
SEC. g. All underground conduits construct
lfed by said company shall be placed IN sucn
portions oftne streets or alleys, and places, and
ut such depths below the surface of tbs ground
as the board oftrustees may direct.
Gee. 4. The town OF Santa Monica shall nave
the right at all time TO use the poles ana Goa,
duits of said company, without cost to said
town, for the purpose Of running and laying
such wires 1t may need for its fire ana police
alarm, and telegraph aud telephone purposes.
erecting said poles shall commence within 30
days from the date OF granting. OF this fran
chlse, and said grantee must have electric
li9ht turned on, and ready TO furnish said town
or the inhabitants thereof with electric lights
within six months from the date OF tbs passage
of this ordinance, and SAID grantee snail de-
! post with the treasurer of the town of Santa
Monica the sum OF one thousand dollars in law
full money of the United states OF Amgrlca, be-
retained bT said town as liked and liquidhted
damages ii said grantee OF assigns shall fail In
any Of the requirements of this section.
SEC g. The board OF trustees shall at all
times have the right to regulate the charges. to
consumers of electric lights furnished under
the provisions and grants In this ordinance.
and said grantee shall pay all costs of publica-
lions required by law in rotation TO the grant
ing OF tins franchise before this same shall, take
ssc,7. This franchise Is granted on each
and all Of the conditions herein contained and
a failure to comply with each or any OF said
conditions shall work as forfeiture OF all
SEC q The clerk Of the town OF Santa Mon
lea shall certify to the passage OF this ordinance
ana cause the same to be Published once In the
Santa Monica Outlook, newspaper published
and circulated within the town OF Santa Mon.
lea.
Pass .....,.............,.... 1893.
President of the Board OF Trustees OF the town
of Santa Monica.
&c S. Dales, clerk OF the town OF Santa Mon
lea, and ex-oficio clerk of the board OF trustees
OF said town do certify that the foregoing ordi-
nance was duly passed at regular meeting OF
said board held on the. day of .............,
1893, by the following vote: Ayes. ...........-
.....-......- ......... ...........-..-.' i-.-.-'
ana was tien and there signed by the president
of said board Of trustees
Sealed pronosals viii be received By the town
clerk at his ONCE In the bank block, corner Of
Third street and oregon avenue, OF the town of
Santa Monica, Los Angeles eoun y, Oalifsrn1n,
at any time on or befcle June IL, 1893, at 1880
o'clock p. m for the purchase of said franchise
subject TO the following conditions, toWit; Zach
bid shall contain certified CHECK for the
amount OF the bid payable to the order OF the
president of the board of trustees OF the town
of Santa Monica and also . certified check for
the sum of ons hundred dollars payable as
aforesaid.
And il is made further condition Of the sale
Of said franchise to the successful bidder, that
he shall within two days alter the acceptance
of said bid pay 10 the treasurer of the town of
Santa Monica, the amount of the cost of adver-
Using OF this notice, and Of publication of the
ordinance, ana int cage he fail to pay the same
then said check for 800 shall be forfeited to
the town as Hquidated damages. And on ac-
oeptance OF auy bid all other certified checks
than those of the successful bidder shall be re-
turned to the bidder so enclosing tn EN-.
By order OF the board OF trustees.
[sEAL1 q. 8. DALK5, Clerk.
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