Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-26


wires and other ec9asary appliance IN
salt Latp Guy Tor The distribution and
sale OF electrical enorgY.
no it ordained By the city Council OF salt
section l. That permission and authority 10
| and pro hereby granted To the U,nh Power
Company, o uthh corporation, lie successofr
| and assigns, hereinafter called me granleo
| for the period OF twenty five years from and
after tho approval OF ans ordnance, 70 con.
struct. erect and hainiain q hngle lihe q,
polcs IN the streets. lanes and alleys OF SAT-
| Lake tiiy, with The necessary Wlrca anu otnuf
| proper appliances attached thereto, FOR INC
aiti .1rt'on OF electric currens9 tnro9fn1nt
| OF, FOR iiglt neat, power and other industrlal
and commercial purposes, subject to the iol'
owing conditions, VIZ;
fiRsr
Thnt the permission and authority hereby
grauted 10 subject to all laws, Cfdinhnec9 anu
resolutions now in force IN SAT- l.asc CITY, or
winch may hereafter be passed by the state
I.ogislaiure or tho Oiiy Council authorizing the
fixing OF rates TO be charged for electricity
used in said city for lght, heat, power, or
other industrial or commercial purposes, anu
ia also subject to such lnwa Ol the state ana
ordinances and resolutions OF tle CITY Council
winch are now N ioree, or may hmcaIter NC
passed, governing the construction, erection
and maintenance OF poles, wires. conduits,
| or other oreeuona or appliances now N use or
to 10 hereafter used for the transmission and
| distribution OF electricity In said city all
| poles erected undor this franchise Hhnll
measure 40 feet IN length, II inches ~ Inc bnlt.
| wnorein the CITY Council may orGer the cree
| ton OF larger smaller pOlcs; tAid roies
shall DO set as near as may be 1872 feet apart
and mot less than feet in tho ground.
AT street Intersections they shall be set az
near tho center thereof as practlcnble- an
| said poles and their croes- arms shall be prop
CRY dressed and painted and AL WORK done
thereon or in connection Herewith shall be
done and performed under tho supervision Of
and to the satisfaction OF the city Engineer or
such other officer or department rs mny be
hereafter designated for that purpose, W tho
City Council.
The said grantee as part Of tho considera.
ton for this franchise. agrees to and with SAID
| salJ Lake city that upon receiving from snid
| upon 1t by the CITY Recorder at any time dur
! ing the year 1897. it VIII at once erect and
thereafter MAINTAIN in the streets OF said City.
| at It's own 'eNpeusc. sufficient number OF
| poles with the necessary cross arms TO
| admit Of Lighting tho lily with 400
arc ampa, said tampa to be placed at
| on the streets, lanes, and aleys OF
| said City as the City Council may direct; and
| SAID grantee shall provide SAID CITY with one
| erosearm upon each OF said poles. sufficient
| for the proper accommodation OF stringng
| and supporting such wires lamps and other
| necessary appliances, 20 may Ne owned and
used by 1t for municipal lighting, and to which
| 1t shall at alt times nave access Tor mainien-
| anoe and repairs; and no rental or other
| the use of said poles and cross arms by said
! City during the ilfo Of this franchise.
| THIRD,
! That as a further consideration for this
| franchise. SAID grantee shall upon i've
months previous notice, to be served upon i
! as aforesaid at any time during the year 1857,
| furnish TO said City immediateiy upon the ex.
piratlor of said five months notice aud for the
| term of three years thereafter. the equivalent
| of 500 horse power in electrical energy, or so
! much thereof ms said City may deem necessary
TO he used for municipai nghting; said
| energy shall be in such form as may
| be by said City determined most suitable
| for that purpose. ana shall be upplled
! gear between the hours of sunset and sunrise,
/ ami shall be delivered to the conductOrs Of the
! city street lighting system within one block of
] the city and county building in SAID City. or
! such olher place hb may oe agreed upoh anu
| shall be there measured, and afterwards paid
for monthly by said CITY at the stipulated
price OF i25 per annum. for each electrical
horse power delivered as aforesaid during the
previous month And at any time within
thirty days before the expiration OF said three
years contract provided for In this condition,
said City shall have the OPT II to renew the
same with sad grantee for nm additional
period OF from ono TO three years, at the price
stipulated herein for any lower rate at
which saio grantee may then be selling
power or less in Salt Lake City, and said con-
tract may he renewed by said Cty as afore-
/ sad upon like terms and = notions ut the end
| OF each contract period 81 t1elfc of this
| franchise.
Toub1.
! That said grantee shalI ermit any other
| electric light, telegraph, telephone, or power
| company to string wires upon Its smd poles,
| under such reasonable regulations and com.
| pensati0n therefor as may be fixed and adopted
by the City Councii and shall render the service
| 1t 10 hereby authorized to supply. by the best
| available methods and practice known to the
| science OF applied electricity, ana such us Will
! secure the least danger to life and property,
| compatible with the best obtalnable service;
| and said service must he supplied on equal
terms under like conditions, to every CONNER
| cinl user
FIFTH.
| That said grantee shall execute to salt Lake
| city bond IN tue penal sum OF ifty thous and
| dollars t'5O,OO'.O0l 70 be approved by the cry
Council, conditioned that said grantee
! shall and will forever indemnify end save
harmless sad salt Lake CITY against ana from
any and all damages, judgments, decrees
! costs and expenses which SAID CITY NAV suf.
fer, or which mny be recovered or obtained
| against 1t for or By reason Of, or growing out
! OF, resulting from any act or acts
/ of the said grantee under Or by virtue of the
| privileges herein granted. Provided however.
| that the said bond shall not be construed TO
/ limit the liability OF said company to fifty
thousand dollars $4,000 JUlbut the SAID grantee
| shall be liable to the full extent OF every lia-
! bIlity imposed by this condition, notwlth-
| standing Inc amount thereof may exceed fifty
| thousand dollars 5000 0D) And It Is hereby
further provided that upon tho recovery OF
! any 1lnal Judgment or Judgments arainst said
| CltY as aforesaid the SAID grantee shall imme-
diately and without priOr payment of such
judgment or judgments against said city, as
aforesaid, be liable TO pay and shall pay the
amount or amounts thereof to tho said City
and the fact that the SAID city may not have
paid the same shhll onstitute no defense on
part of said grantee to the payment there.
of to said City.
SIXTH.
That II said grantee shall fail or refuse after
fifteen days notice In writing from the City
Recorder, TO keep and perform any OF the
conditions hereof, TO be by II kept and per
formed, this ordinance may thereupon be re,
yoked by tho City Council.
SEVENTH
That unless written acceptance of this
franchise by the grantee, subject TO all the
conditions therein contained, be filed with the
City Recorder within twenty days from the
date of the approval hereof by the Mayor,
this ordinance shall be null and void.
socuonl1l, This ordinance shall take effect
from and after ts approval.
Passed by the City Council OF salt Lake City,
state of Utah. December 2gnd. 1896, ulle az.
proved and referred tothe Mayor for his ap
prOval.
lsEAL-l DAVID $. EMERY.
City Recorder
Approved this tho 2sth day Of December.
- - JAMES GLENDINNING.
Mayor.
sTATr OF UTAH.
| City and County Of salt Lake, So