The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-25

by granted to the said company shall
be for the period Of five 90 years and
until terminated by the resolution of
the mayor and councilmen of the City
of Wichita, upon six 60 months notice,
to be served upon the managing agent
OF said company at Wichita; said notice
to be served at any time after six 60
months Immediately preceding the ex-
pira ton of five (O years from the ac-
ceptance Of the provisions of this ordin-
ance by said company.
Sec 5. The said Missouri and Kansas
Telephone company shall furnish 10 the
City of Wichita five telephones free OF
cost, and as many more telephones as
the city shall need for fire and police
and executive service Of the city, at
one-half the regular business rates; al
SO TO furnish the Necessary wires and in
struments put up in proper places and
kept in condition for telephone COM
munication between each fire station,
the residence of the fire marshal and
the central telephone office, for the
simultaneous transmission TO each or
fire alarms and fire department bus
mess only, for the sum of Eighteen Cs1S)
dollars per annum per station; these free
and half rate services to be given dur
ing the term of five 90 years, in place
unusual levy, and special assessment
of any sort or description which the
said city might otherwise demand, levy
or collect Said free and half rate
telephones are to be located by resolu-
ton of the city council. Said Mis-
souri, and Kansas Telephone company
shall provide for the sole and exclusive
use of the said City of Wichita, for fire
alarm service, two ~ pegs on the up
per arm of each of the cOmpany's poles
in the said city, it being specially here
by agreed that SUCH pegs or such poles
shall be used for no private purposes
or advantages than the above specified
city fire alarm business, and the said
city hereby reserves the right TO use
any of the poles of said company for
fire alarm purposes.
Sec. 6. The Missouri and Kansas
Telephone company shall remove its
wires after twenty-four (2D hours
notice on request of the fire mar
shall, to permit the moving of build
ings along the streets, such removal of
wires to be, in every instance, at the
expense of the party for whose benefit
or convenience such removal is made,
such party to be determined and deSig-
mated by the said fire marshal Of the
city.
Sec. Z. Any person who shall at any
time carelessly or willfully 1nJure,
damage or destroy or deface the struc-
lures or the property of the said Mis-
souri, and Kansas Telephone company,
its successors or assigns, located, con-
structed and operated for the purpose
set forth in this ordinance, or who shall
in any manner interrupt or interfere
with such telephone communication or
telephone plant or business, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by fine of not less
than Five (5) or more than Fifty 600
Dollars.
Sec. 8. The said Missouri and Kansas
Telephone company shall save the City
of Wichita harmless from the costs,
damages and expenses for the payment
of which said city may become liable
to any person or persons or corpora
ton, by reason Of the granting of the
said right of way to the Missouri and
Kansas Telephone company, or by
reason of the construction or operation
of the said company's lines, or by
reason of the said company failing to
conform TO or comply with the provis-
ions and requirements of this ordin-
ance, provided, always, that the Mis-
souri, and Kansas Telephone company
shall in no respect be held responsible
for damages, expenses or other charges
whatsoever due for or occasioned by
the maintenance and operation Of the
said lines for electrical fire alarm ser
vice which may, by the said city, be
constructed and operated on the said
two (0 pegs on the upper arm of each
pole belonging to the said company as
aforesaid.
Sec. 9. All ordinances or parts Of or
dinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 10. This ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force in the City of Wich-
tia, Kansas, from and after its passage
and publication in the official city
paper, and on the acceptance Of the
said Missouri and Kansas Telephone
company, said acceptance to be made
in writing within ten Q0) days from the
passage hereof.