Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-09

lie it ordained by the city Council of Salt
Lake City
and are hereby granted 10 the Utah Power
Company, u Utah cooperation, III successurs
and ass,gna. hereinafter called the grantee
Tor the period OF twtniy-1ve yeara from ana
after the approval OF this ordinance. 70 con.
struct, erect and MAINTAIN single Inc OF
poics in the streets, lanes and alleys OF salt
Lake city, with ,he necessary wires ana otn ne
distribution OF electric currents throughout
said City. to be used BY the inhabitnnts there
Of, for light, beat, power and other industrial
and commercial purposes, subject to The iul'
owing conditions, viz:
FIRST
That tho permission and authority hereby
granted IS subject 10 all laws, ordinances and
resolutions now In force IN salt Lake CITY, or
winch may hereafter he passed by tho state
Legislature or tho CITY Council, authorizing the
liking OF rates 10 be charged for electricity
used in said city for light, heat, power, or
other industrial or commercial purposes. ana
~ also subject 10 such laws OF the state and
ordinances and resolutions Of the city Council
which are now "a force, or may hereafter be
passed. governing the cons ructiou. erection
and maintenance OF poles, wires, conduitH,
or other erections or appliances now IN use or
TO be hereafter ueed for the transmission and
distribution OF electricity in said city All
poles erected under thia franchise snail
measure 40 feet IN length, II inches Htthe Int,
Lunches at the top, except IN special cases
wherein the City Council may order tho cree
ton of larger or smaller poles; sGiG poles
hHGAl ne SGT AZ near uh may ut laE lttt hlhfb,
and not less than feet in tho ground
at street intersections they snail be set as
near the center thereof az practicable All
said poles AMI their croes- arms shall be prop.
orly drGsscd and pnintsd and all work done
thereon or in connection Herewith shall be
done and performed under the supervision of
and to the satisfaction of tho city Engineer, or
such other officer or department as may be
hereafter designated for that purpose, by the
City Council.
SECOND
1hp an na pt i'm
ton for this franchise, agrees to and with said
sMt Lake city that upon receiving from san
Ci;y four months previous notice, to he served
upon II by the city Recorder at any time dur
Ing the year 1897. 1t VIII at once erect and
thereafter maintain in the streets of snid CITY,
at IS own expense. sufficient number of
admit of Lighting the CITY with 400
arc amps, said lamps to be placed at
sRe Intersection o or other nnS SSaon ms
said City. as the City Council may direct; and
sad grantee shall provide sand City with one
crofsarm upon each OF said poles. sufficient
Tor the proper nccommo datiou OF stringing
and supporting such wires, lamps and other
necessary appliances, as may he owned and
used by " for municipal lighting, and to which
it shall at al times have access for mainten-
ance and repairs; and no rental or other
charge shah be made by the said grantee for
the use of said poles and arms by said
CITY during the lite of this franchise
THIRD,
That as a further consideration for this
franchise, said grantee shall upon five
months previous notice. to be served upon II
AS aforesaid at any time curing the year 1897,
furnish to said City immediately upon the ex.
piratior of SAID i've months notice and for the
term of three years thereafter, the equivalent
OF 500 horse power in electrical energy, or so
much thereof rs said City may deem necessary
TO be used for municipal lighting; SAID
energy snail lie IN such form AZ may
DO By said City determined most suitable
for that purpose aud Rhnll be sup plea
continuously ana regularly every night in tho
hat II
and shail be delivered TO the conductors OF the
city street lighting system within one block OF
The Cty and County bun ding in sand City, or
such olher place AZ may be agreed upon and
thall be there measured, and afterwards paid
for monthly by said city at the stipulated
price OF VS. yer nnuum. 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
SAID city shall have the option to renew tho
same with SAID grantee for an additional
period OF ircm one to three years, at the price
stipulated herein or for any lower rate at
which saiu grantee may then be selling
electrical energy in quantities OF roo horse
power or less in salt Lake City, and said CON
SAID upon Ike terms aud conditions at the end
OF each contract period during the life Of ihia
franchise.
FOURTH.
That said grantee shall permit any other
electric light, telegraph, telephone, or power
company to string wires upon ITS SAID poles,
unutF hutH TthsunNpIC ItEulbklonb anu com
pensatlon therefor as may be fixed and adopted
by the City Council, and shall render the service
1t is hereby authorized TO supply. by the best
available methods and practice known to tho
science OF applied electricity, and such as VIII
secure the least danger to life and property,
compatible with the beet obtninable service;
and SAID service must ba supplied on equal
terms under like conditions, TO every CONNER.
cial user
FIFTH.
Tint said grantee shall execute 10 salt Lake
a an m thnma
dollars tsbO.0Ou,uO), to he approved by tho Cily
Council, conditioned that said grantee
shall and Will forever indemnify and save
harmless sald salt Lake City against and from
any and all damages, Judgments, DEGREES,
costs ana eNpenoes which sad Clty may SUIT
fer, or which may be recovered or obtained
against 1t for or by reason Of, or growing out
OF. or resulting from any act or acts
of the said grantee under Or BY virtue OF tho
that the SAID bond shall not be construed 10
limit the liability OF said company to fifty
thousand doilarsts5O 0Oo 00) but tho said grantee
ehall be liable to the full extent Of every liza
bnity imposed by this condition, nOlwith-
standing the amour thereof may exceed fifty
thousand dullars $3.50, OODO1). And 1t Ia hereby
further provided that upon the recovery of
any fnal Judgment or judgments against said
CITY as aforesaid, the said grantee shan imme-
judgment or judgments against said city, as
aforesaid, be liable to pay and shnll pay the
amount or amoupts thereof 10 the said City;
ana the fact thar the sand Citv may not have
PAD the same shall constitute no defense on
pnrt of SAID grantee to the payment there.
of 10 said CITY,
SIXTH.
That If ga 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 1t kept and per.
formed. this ordinance may thereupon be re-
yoked by the City Council
SEVENTH
That unless written acceptance OF this
franchise by the grantee. subject to all tho
conditions therein contained, be 1lcd with the
City Recorder within twenty days from The
date OF the approval hereof by the Mayor
This ordinance shall bo null and void.
seotion u, This ordinance shall lake effect
from and after its approval.
Passed by the City Council Of Salt Lake CITY.
state OF Utah, December end. 1896, title az
proved aud referred tOlthc Mayor for his ap.
proyAl.
SEAL DAVID S. EMERY.
City Recorder
A. d. 1896.
JAMES GLENDISNING.
Mayor
sTATE or UTAH,
CITY and County OF salt Lake. 3d.