The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-06-29

AN GRDIGaNCE RELATING 10 suppIy-
iDg the sewn at Tel Ai- with electric
Light. by the Henry Beeknrd ManU-
featuring '"nEsaEH of Hartford TO-.
its successors ana assigns.
SECTION ]. he 1t enacted and ordained by
the Town Commissioners of the Town of Bel
Air, That when the Henry RecIlord Manu-
featuring Company Of Hartford Couny, its
SUCCESSORS and assigns, shall create, erect
and maintain an Electric Light Plant within
or near the limits of said town for furnishing
the town with electricity for lighting the
streets, and other public and private uses,
for the citizens oI sad town as hereinafter
provided for, that then and IN that event the
Town Commissioners ol Bel Air shall and
Will pay annually 10 the said The Henry
lteckord Manufacturing Company of liar
ford County, its successors anu assigns, the
sum of twenty dollars (S2D) for each mean
descent light of thirty-two nominal candle
power, subject to the provisions OF this ordi-
nance. The said The Henry Rockford Man.
uiacturing Company of Hartford County, its
Successors and assigns, to have the exclusive
privilege of furnishing street lighting in the
town of Bel Air during the existence OF this
contract.
SECTION ,. And be it further enacted and
ordained, That in the laying of wires ncces-
sary for said plant due regard shall be had
Tor the safety of persons and property, and
that the insulation, lightning arresters and
other safety appliances used in the exercise
OF the privileges herein granted, shall he
sufficient in number and OF such character
and design as will secure the maximum de
gree of safety which the present state of the
art i'll electric lighting has demonstrated to
be necessary, and that no wire shall he con-
Quoted through any wood work or about any
building in said town, on or near any metal
lie or other conductor in contact with any
such woodwork or conductor without ample
insulation, in addition 10 the usual covering
OF said wire; that no part of the primary
conductor outside o the central station shall
be placed nearer TO the ground than twenty
feet; that no loose or unused wire shall be
permitted to remain in contact with what is
known as live wires; that all the electrical
appliances placed on or near the streets of
sail Drikntn
propert. shall be kept in a good and sufficient
state of repair with IL view to the safety OF
the wires are to be erected shall be reasonably
straight, chestnut or cedar, not less than
thirty feet long and to be set five feet in the
ground, properly tamped and guyed.
SECTION ). And he it further enacted and
ordained, That the said The Henry Rcckord
| Manufacturn- Company OF Hartford County,
its successors ANA aSs.I"nS, shall begin To fur
nish light for said town on or before the 18th
day of October, 1891, and continue the same
ting the streets of Bel Air with electric
lights OF thirty-two nominal candle power
each, and shall at its own cost, furnish all
poles, wires, lamps, shades, refcctorS ana
other materials and appliances necessary for
the maintenance, repair and successful
operation of said lights, except Tor lamps
broken by parties not in their employ, and
all labor for the same, and keep all OF said
lights in successful operation during the said
term of seven years, under the supervision
of the Town commissioners of said town; to
light said lights thiIt y minutes after sunset
and to keep the same lighted continuously
until one O'Clock y. NJ, under the moonlight
schedule, not less than twenty nights in
each month, and to place said lights at such
places in said town, at such heights from the
ground and i'll such positions as shall be re-
quired by the Town commissioners mot
exceeding twenty-five feet from the street
unless by special agreement), and for every
night any of said lights shall not be lighted
or burned according to the contract within
specified, line equal to double the cost OF
such light, if burning, shall be imposed, to
be RENTED in the discretion OF the TOWN
Commissioners.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted and or
dained, That the said Town Commissioners
shall have the right at any time during said
term to increase or decrease the number OF
electric lights used for lighting the streets of
said town, with pro rata increase or decrease
of the cost of lighting, but at no time shall the
number of lights be less than forty, and the
price thereof more than twenty dollars (S2OJ
per light of thirty-two nominal candle power
per annum. for each incandescent light, and
the said Town Commissioners shall have the
right to extend the time of the existence OF
this agreement to period of five additional
years upon the terms, prices and conditions
herein specified, by giving notice i'll writing OF
their intention so to do on or before the ISth
day of October, in the year 300, the payments
for said lights to be made upon the tenth OF
each month for the previous months services,
provided, the same has been IN com, conIornl. =.
be erected in accordance with the terms OF
this agreement, to be paid for pro rata, COM
mencng ut the time of using the same that
unless The Henry Reckord Manufacturing
Company, of Hartford county, its successors
and assigns, shall begin to furnish light on or
before the 18th day of October, 1894, that then
the town shall not be held to any of the terms
or conditions of this Ordinance. and il, after
beginning to furnish light as aforesaid, there
shall mt any time during the existence OF the
time contracted for, be Il failure to furnish
light for a continuous period of thirty days;
then, in that event, this ordinance snail DC nun
and void and all rights obtained hereunder be
forfeited; and provided, nevertheless, that
none of the failures above mentioned shall be
caused by any act neglect or default of the said
the Town Commissioners of Bel Air, or by i'll
territorial default of the said The Henry
Rockford Manufacturing Company oil Hartford
County, its successors or assigns.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted ana Or
daned, That i'll consideration OF the proper
fufillment OF the conditions aiorestated. that
The Henry Rockford Manufacturing Company
of Hartford County, its successors or assigns, be
and ii is hereby $50 far the said Town COM
miSSioncrs under their charter, are authorized
so to do, and SO long rs said conditions are
faithfully fullillcd) granted the right to erect
and maintain in the streets, lanes and alleys OF
Bel Air, poles and wires for telephones ana Tor
supplying electric current for light, heat and
power for public and private use therein, with
out making any charge or tax of any kind
upon the plant so erected provided, however,
that i'll the construction, maintenance, removal
or repair thereof the same shall be under the
control and subject Ia the direction of the
Town Commissioners of the said town.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted and or
daned that The Henry Reckord Manufacture
ing Company of Hartford County, its success
sors and assigns shall and will, ut all times, in
dcmniry, protect and save harmless, the said
town of Bel Air, from any and all actions,
suits, damages, costs and expense arising from
the delay, negligence or unskillfulnCss III per-
forming the conditions of this ordinance on the
part of the said The Henry Reckord Manufac-
turing Company of Hartford County, its sue
cessors and assigns, or their servants, agents or
employees, or arising from the infringcments
of patent or patents, upon any of the materl-
nj or appliances used in the erection or main
tcnancc of said electric lights in said town.
SEC. 7. And this ordinance, when the terms
thereof shall have been accepted by the said
The Henry Rcckord Manufacturing Company
OF Hartford County, its successors and assigns,
shall be taken and considered rs II contract be-
tween the said The Henry ltcckord Manufac-
turing Company of Hartford County, it success
sors and assigns and the town of Bel Air, for
said number of lights, of such character as
may be needed, as herein specified by said
town, for the full period of seven years from
the day said lights are ready for service, and
at the prices herein named said contract to be
subject to all the stipuutions and provisions
of this ordinance.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted and Or
dained, That this ordinance shall take effect
from the date of its pgssuge.
Approved June IS. 1891.
FRANK E. GORRELL, Chairman.
Attest:
GEORGE w. CARVER, Secretary.
The conditions of the above ordinance are
accepted by the Henry Rockford Manufacture
ing Company of Hartford County.