The herald., 1896-04-23

Whereas, application has been made for
a.. franchise to erect and maintain poles.
mission of electricity for telephone and tel
egraph purposes in and upon the streets.
alleys and public highways in the City Of
ege of operating telephones within said city
for term of fifteen Q5) years.
Now, therefore, be it resolved. that the
City Clerk be and is hereby instructed
to advertise in the Daily Herald, news
paper published in the City of Los An An
geles, State, of California, fol, ten 90
consecutive days, and two weeks In the
Eye, a newspaper published in the City Of
Long Beach, the following notice Of p1ten-
tion to award franchise granting the
aforesaid privileges to the highest bidder
III tho following words, towt
NOTICE OF SALE OF FRANCHISE
Notice is hereby given that the Board
OF Trustees Of the. City of Long Beach,
County of Los Angeles. State of California,
has received application for franchise
TO. construct, lay down, operate and main
tain an electric telegraph plant and sys-
fm NTH Wit all the % nS aRpaFfcGGs a}p az Gon ~
Beach for the period of fifteen years, and
that it is proposed to grant the same to the
Trustees will on the 2lst day of May, at
80 o'clock =. m. meet in the city hall or
the City of Long Beach, in open session
sails for the purchase of franchise of the
character and for the term set forth below,
at which time and place said FRANCHISE
The following is copy of the ordinance
which is proposed to be passed awarding TO
The successful bidder the aforesaid fran
chise, towit
ORDINANCE NO. -
An ordinance granting to ---------------.
successors and assigns. the right to place,
erect and maintain poles wires and other
conductors for the transmission Of cleo
tricity for telephone and telegraph p,ir-
poses In and upon the streets,
esS city of Long Lon Beach. " and to Exercise the
privilege Of operating telephones within
said city.
Long Beach do ordain as follows:
Section /. The City of Long Beach
hereby grants to -,-----, --,--,-,----, success
TO place, lay, erect. maintain ana operate
in the streets. alleys and public highways
within said city, poles, wires and other con,
for telephone and telegraph purposes.
Section 2. Such g. wires or conductors
fixtures above ground in a workmanlike
and proper manner; said poles shall be
erected at the edge of the sidewalks in
and shall be kept painted, The Board Of
Trustees of said city shall have the right
TO cause said grantee to move the location
of any pole whenever in their judgment
the public convenience shall require the
location of the same elsewhere. the ey-
pense Of said removal to be paid by said
grantee.
Section O. The said grantee or assigns
| may make all necessary excavations in any
of the ssaid streets, alleys or public high
ways for the purpose of erecting and main
tanning poles or other supports for'said
wires or conductors. or repairing the
same. and said work shall be done III
compliance with the rules regulations or
dinances or orders which may during the
continuance OF the franchise be adopted
of the said city. and the same shall be
done to the satisfaction of the said Board
of Trustees.
Section A. Nothing in this ordinance shall
be construed as in any wise to prevent the
Beach from sewering, grading. paving, re-
pairing or altering any of said streets or
thoroughfares herein mentioned.
Section 5. In consideration of the rights
herein granted the said City of Long
Beach shall have the right to suspend
and maintain upon the poles placed by the
| said grantee, SUCCESSORS or assigns in the
streets and thoroughfares aforesaid any
| and all wires which said city may require
| for fire alarm and police telegraph SER
| vice.
| Section G. The rights. privileges and
| franchises herein granted shall continue
| and be in force for the period of fifteen
Q5) years from and after the adoption and
| publication of this ordinance.
Section Z. The clerk shall certify to the
| passage of this resolution and cause the
| same to be published twice in the Eye, a
weekly newspaper published and circ'i-
| lated in the City of Long Beach. and there
| after it shall be in full force and effect.
Adopted this day of -, 1896.
president of Board of Trustees of city
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