Arizona silver belt., 1896-09-17

III tue eiectrlcai artS may uc uocu. That said poles and wires are to be placed upon any or all of the streets and alleys of said town of Globe; and for that purpose they ask that your honorable body grant them the right and privilege to erect poles and to place wires thereon, on any and all.the streets and alleys of said town of Globe, and to use and operate said wires in transmitting electricity in supplying the inhabitants of said town of Globe with electric lights and in propelling street cars and transmitting telegraph and telephone messages, and for such other useful and lawful purposes for which electricity in the electrical arts may be used; the streets and alleys aforementioned being all those cer- tain streets and alleys, as laid out and designated by the official map of said Globe townsite, now on file in the of fee of the Probate Judge of said Gila county. They ask that said right and privilege be granted, and continue to run and be in force for the term of twenty-five years from the date hereof.
 Wherefore, your petitioners pray that your honorable body grant them. their associates and assigns, the said rights and privileges for the time asked for, and that an ordinance to that eff feet be passed, the said petitioners paying the expenses thereof.
 Dated December Is, 1895.
 O. N. CREswELL-
 H. c. HITCHCOCK.
 Whereas, petition, dated the 16th day of December A. D. 1895. and pre- sented at the January meeting, 1896, by O. N. Creswell and H. c. Hitch cock, of the town of Globe, Gila coun- ty, Territory of Arizona, to the Board of Supervisors of Gila county, Arizona Territory, and by the Board laid over at said January meeting for future con sideration, stating, among other things, that they desired to erect poles and to place wires thereon, for the purpose of conveying electricity on and along the public streets and alleys in the said town of Globe, as the same are now known and designated upon the official and recorded plat of the townsite of Globe, now on file in the office of the Probate Judge, in said Gila county and for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the town of Globe with electric lights and in propelling street cars and in transmitting telegraph and telephone messages, and for such other and lawful purposes for which electric ity in the electrical arts may be used and that the said poles and wires and other electrical appliances be placed upon any or all of the streets and alleys of the townsite of Globe as above de- scribed; and also that the said grant, francb SC and privilege, as aforesaid, extend and continue for a time of twenty-five years, commencing with the date of the granting thereof.
 And, whereas, on the 25th day of August A. D. 1896, the said petition and the matters above stated being duly presented to the said Board of Super. visors, and the sand Board of Supervis- ors, after duly and fully considering the same, and upon motion of W. W. Brookner and seconded by David De wore, the following resolution of the said Board of Supervisors was unani- mously adopted, to wit /:
 Be it resolved by the Board of Super visors of Gila county, Arizona, that a franchise be granted to 0. N. Creswell and II, c. Hitchcock, of the town of Globe, Gila county, Arizona Territory, for the period of twenty-five years, commencing this 25th day of August A. D. 1896, to erect poles and to place wires thereon. for the purpose of con veying electricity on and along all the public streets and alleys in the said town of Globe, as the same are now known and designated upon the official and recorded plat of the townsite of Globe, now on file in the office of the Probate Judge in said Gila county; and for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of ths town of Globe with electric lights, and in propelling street cars and in transmitting telegraph and telephone messages, and for such other and lawful purposes for which electric ity in the electrical arts may be used. And that the said poles, wires and other electrical appliances be placed upon any or all of the streets and alleys of the townsite of Globe, as above described.
 Provided, always, that the said 0. N. Creswell and H. c. Hitchcock, or their assigns, shall commence the erection and construction of the poles, wires or other electrical appliances, in accord