The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-25
Telephone Rates Cut OF Six Dollars Per
Year for Consumers


Yesterday Mayor Cox signed the or
dinance giving the new cut rate fran
chise to the Missouri and Kansas Tel
ephone company. 1t will go into effect
this morning. Omitting titles and sig
natures the ordinance is as follows:
Section l. That the right of way be,
and the same is hereby granted, the
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Com
pany, its successors and assigns, to
locate, construct and maintain tele-
phone lines and all wires, poles, mains,
viaducts, cutters and manholes along,
in, through. under and across any pub
lie street, avenue, alley or bridge and
yiaduct in the said city for the purpose
of opera ting a telephone exchange and
telephone lines, and offering and rem
dering the usual facilities and service
by such telephone lines and telephone
exchanges afforded. Provided, said
lines. poles and wires shall be so placed
with reference to streets. avenues, al
leys, sewers, viaducts, bridges and
other electric lines, so as to occasion no
unreasonable inconvenience or obstruc-
ton. All such locations are to be
made subject TO the reasonable direc-
ton and approval of the city engineer.
Sec. ,. Wherever the poles of said
company shall be set in an alley they
shall be placed as near the sides of said
alley as practicable, and in such man.
ner as TO occasion no unreasonable in
convenience TO the public or adjoining
property owners. Wherever such poles
are located on streets or avenues they
shall be placed in all cases when prac-
ticable on the outside edge of the side
walk Immediately inside Of the curb
stone and on the line dividing the lots
one from the other; and in no case shall
they be placed so as 10 interfere with
any sewer or any other part Of the
drainage system of the city.
Sec. 5. No poles or wire of any cleo
trio light. telegraph or electric motor
company or any other electric plant
shall be located on the same side OF the
street. avenue or alley where the said
Missouri and Kansas Telephone com
pany has placed a line Of poles or other
fixtures for carrying its wires. This
provision shall not affect the rights now
enjoyed by any company now located
in this city. This shall not apply TO
the city fire alarm telegraph lines, and
such lines being owned and operated
exclusively by the city for fire pur-
poses. Wherever the lines Of electric
light, telegraph or electric motor COM
panies or other electric plant. save as
above excepted, shall be strung at an
angle across the wires of the Missouri
and Kansas Telephone company, where
a crossing is necessary. they shall not
in any case be allowed 70 approach the
wires of the said Missouri and Kansas
telephone company nearer than three
(0 feet. The said Missouri and Kan
sas Telephone company shall not place
its wires nearer than three CS) feet from
the wires OF any other company, as
above described. In case OF the viola
ton of the requirements OF this sec
ton II shall be the duty OF the fire mar
shall 70 notify the offending party or
company 20 remove IT'S wires poles or
other fixtures so erected in violation
hereof. within three 60 days Of said
notification. and on failure 10 comply
with such notification the fire marshal
shall forthwith remove such wires az
the expense OF the offending company
or party.
Sec. 4. The rights and privileges here