Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-14

thle Of electrical energy.
Re it ordained by the CITY Council of salt
| Lake CItY
| and are hereby grautod 10 the Utah Power
| Company, n Utah corporation, It's successors
and assigns, hereinafter called INC granlee
| for the period of twenty i've years from and
after The approval OF This ordnance, 70 con.
struct, erect and maintain q single line OF
| POI es In the streets, lanes and alleys of salt
Lake City, with the necessary wires ana other
proper appliances attached thereto, for the
| distribution of electric currents thfoughout
stid City. to be used BY the inhabitants mere
| OF, for light. heat. power and other Industrial
| and commercial purposes, subject 10 the fol'
owing conditions, VIZ;
FIRST
Thet the permission aud authority hereby
granted Is subject to all laws, ordinances and
resolutions now in force IN SAT- LAkc CITY, or
winch may hereafter be passed by the state
Legislature or the City Council. authorizing the
liking OF rates to be charged for electricity
used In said city for light, heat, power, or
other Industrial or commercial purposes. ana
IA also subject to such laws OF the state and
ordinances and resolutions OF the City Council
which are now IN force, or may hereafter We
! passed, governing the construction. erection
and maintenance of poles, wires, conduits.
or other erections or appliances now IN use or
| to be hereafter used for the transmission and
distribution OF electricity in said city. All
poles erected under this franchise shall
measure 40 feet IN length. IA inches att the Outt.
wherein tho City Council may order the cree.
ton OF larger smaller polcs; SAID poles
and not less than feet In the ground.
At street intersections they shall be set as
near the center thereof as practicable. All
said poles and their cross. arms shall be prom.
erly dressed and painted, and all work done
thereon or in connection Herewith shall he
done and performed under the supervision of
and to tho satisfaction OF the city Engineer, or
such other officer or department as may BIO
hereafter designated for thar purpose, by the
City Council,
SECOND.
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ton for this franchise, agrees to and with said
salt I AXE CITY tnat upon receiving from said
CITY four months previous notice, to be served
upon 1t by the city Recorder AT any time dur,
ing the year 1881 1t VIII at once erect and
thereafter maintain in the streets of said CITY.
Ats rs own , expense. suicient number Of
arc lamps. said lamps to be placed at
on tho streets, lanes, and a ieys OF
| eaid City, as the City Council may direct; and
| said grantee shall provide said CITY with one
Crossarm upon each OF said poles. sufficient
| for the proper accom- mediation OF stringing
and supporting such wires, lamps and other
necessary appliances. as may bo owned and
| 1t shall at alt times have access for mainten'
| nnce and repairs; and no rental or other
| charge shall be made by the said grantee for
| the use of said poles and cross arms by said
| City during the life of this franchise.
| THIRD.
| That as a further consideration for this
| franchise. said grantee shall upon 1--WE
| 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 tho
| term OF three years thereafter, the equivalent
| OF 800 horse power In electrical energy, or so
much thereof as said City may. deem necessary
to DC used FOR municipal lighting; SAID
be BY said City Determined most suitable
| for that purpose, and' shnll be sup piled
| continuously and regularly every night IN the
year between the hours OF sunset and sunrise,
| and 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 other place rs may be agreed upon and
| shall be there measured, and afterwards paid
| for monthly by said City at tho stipulated
| price of SIS per nnnum. for each electrical
horse power delivered nc 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 on TO renew the
same with SAID grantee for an additional
period OF from one TO three years. at the price
| stipulated herein or FOR any lower rate at
| which SAID grantee may thon be selling
electrical energy in quantities OF 200 horse
power or less in salt Lake City, and SAID CON
| tract may be renewed by said city rs afore-
said upon like terms and conditions ut the end
OF eacn contract period during the iifo of this
FOURTH
That said grantee shall Permit any other
electric light, telegraph telephone, or power
company to string wires upon Its SAID poles,
under such reasonable regulations and com
pensation 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 the
science Of applied electricity. ana such as will
| secure the least danger TO life and property.
compatible with the beat obtainable service (;
| and said service must be supplied on equal
terms under like conditions. to every CONNER
cial user.
That said grantee shall execute TO salt Lake
City bond IN the penal sum of nifty thous and
dollars (saO. 10000, TO DO approved by the Guy
Council, conditioned that said grantee
shall and Will forever indemnity and aave
harmless said Salt Lake City agbInst and from
any and all damages, judgments, decreoa
costs ana expenses which said CITY may sui.
fer, or which may be recovered or obtained
against 1t for or by reason Of. or growing out
| of, resulting from any act acts
of the said grantee under or By virtue OF the
privileges herein granted. Provided however.
that the said bond shall not be construed 10
limit tho liability OF said company to lfty
thousand doliars( $50 0o0 Ulbut the said grantee
shall be liable to the full extent OF every liza
bnity imposed by this condition, notwilh-
standing Inc amount thereof may exceed fifty
| thousand dollars tS50.0o.0J). And II Ia hereby
further provided that upon the recovery Of
my final judgment or judgments against said
CITY rs 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 shall constitute no defense on
part OF SAID grantee to the payment there
OF 10 said City.
| SIXTH.
That II said grantee shall fail or refuse after
fifteen days notice In writing from the City
Recorder, 10 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 a written acceptance of this
franchise by the grantee. subject to all the
conditions therein contained be lled with the
City Recorder within twenty days from the
date of the approval hereof by the Mayor,
this ordinance shall be null and void.
socuonlli. This ordinance shall take effect
from and after its approval.
Passed by tho City Council OF salt Lake City,
State of Utah, December 2lnd 1896, title az.
proved and referred tolthe Mayor for his ap.
prevail
lsEALl DAVID S. EMERY,
| City Recorder
Approved this the Goth day Of December,
A. ID. 1896.
JAMES GLENDINNING,
Mayor.
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