Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-28

| wires and other Eceef1afy appliances IN
salt LAKE Guy Tor tho dftribution and
sale OF electrical energy
nsit ordained by the Ci,Y Council of salt
| Lake CITY
section j. That pernssion and authority be
| and are hereby granted 10 the Utah Power
| Company, Utah corporation, lie successors
and assigns, hereinafter called the grfntcc
Tor tho period OF twenty-five Years from and
| after the approval OF ihls ordinance. TO con.
| struct,. crgct and maintain q etngle llno %
poles IN The strceu, ianos and alleys o. sht
Lake CITY. with tile necessary Wires ana other
proper appliances attached thereto. for tbs
distribution Of electric cuffents throughout
| srii City. TO be uscd 10y the inhanitanta mere
| of, for night, Seat, power and other induetriql
and commercial purp0ses. subject to the fol-
| owing conditions, viz;
r1RsT.
| Thnt the permission and authority hereby
| granted IL suGject to all laws ordinances and
| resoutiona now In force IN salt Lake City, or
| witch mag hereafter be passed by the state
| Legislature or the city Council. authorizing The
| liking OF rates to be charged for electricity
| used tn said city Tor light, heat, power. or
| other industrial or commercial purposes. anu
| is also subject to ssch laws OF the state and
| ordinances md resolutions Of the City Council
| which arc now in force, or may hereafter lie
passed. governing the construction, erection
| and maintenance OF poles, wires, conduits.
| or other erncuons or appliances now N usc or
| 10 be hereafter used for the transmission and
distribution of elee.ricity in SAID city Az
| poles erected under this franchise shall
measure 40 feet IN length. II inches atthc butt,
lvinches at the too. except In special cases
| wherein the City Council may ordor the cree
! ton Of larger or smaller poles; SAID poles
SHAH bo set as near ma may bc l32 feet apart,
| ana not less than feet In the ground
! At street intersections they shall bo set rs
| near the center thereof az practicable All
said poles and their cross arms shall be prop.
eriy dressed and painted, 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 otner oncor or department as may be
hereafter designated for that purpose, by the
| Cily Council.
sEcoSD.
Ihe said grantee, as part of the considera.
ton Tor THIS franchiso, agrees to and with SAID
| talt axe CITY that upon receiving from said
| city four months' previous notice, TO DO served
| upon 1t by the CITY Recorder, nt any time dur.
ing the year 1871, IL wn NJ once erect and
thereafter MAINTAIN in the streets of said CITY,
NJ ns own expense, sufficient number OF
p9ies, WIN tne necessary eross.arns ~, 20
| arc ampS. faid lamps TO be placed at
the Intersection iof or other locations
| said City, ne the City Council may diTect; and
| SAID grantee shall provide SAID City with one
crossarm upon each OF said poles sufficient
| for the proper accommodation OF stringing
| and supporting such wires. lamps ana other
| necessary appliances, as may be owned and
used BY itfor municipal lighting. and to which
\ ance and repairs; and no rental or other
charge shall be made by tho said grantee for
| the rec OF SAID poles and cross arms by said
City during the life OF this franchise
| THIRD
! That as n further consideration for this
! franchise. SAID grantee shall upon I've
months previous notice, TO be served upon II
as aforesaid at any time curing tile year 1897,
| furnish to said City immediately upon the ex-
| piraior OF said five months notice and for the
! term OF three years thereafter, the equivalent
OF 500 horse power in electrical energy, or so
/ much thereof as said City may deem necessary
&c, n. be use, nssd Tor mupiG,Pd lighting said
/ be by said City determined most fuitablc
for that purpose. ami shall be supplied
| 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 systcm within one block Of
I the CITY and county bui ding in sand City, or
euch other place as may TIC agreed upon and
shnil be there measured, and afterwards paid
for monthly by said City at Tho stlpul atod
price OF s25 por annum. for each electrical
horse power delivered as aforesaid during the
prevloua month And at any tune within
thirty days bef)rc the expiration OF said three
years contract provided for In this condition,
SAID city shah have the option 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 saio grantee may then. be selling
electrical energy IN quantities Of go horse
power or tess In Salt Lake City, and said con.
tract may be renewed by said city as afore-
sad upon like terms and conditions at the end
of each contract period during the lite of this
franchise.
FOURTH.
That said grantee shall permit any other
electric light, telegraph telephone or power
company 10 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 snail render the service
II is hereby authorized 10 supply, by the hest
available methods and practice known to the
science OF applied electricity, ana such rs Will
secure the least danger TO life and property,
compatible with the best ohtAiuable service;
and said service must be supplied on equal
terms under ike conditions. to every CONNER
eial user
FIFTH.
That said grantee shall execute to salt Lake
City bond IN the penal sum OF nifty thous and
dollars (sbO, VOiuOl, 10 be approved by the Cily
Council, conditioned that said grantee
shall and VIII forever indemnify and save
harmless SAID snlt Lake City against ana from
any and all damages, judgments. DEGREES.
costs and CNpenGes which said CITY may sui
fer, or which may he recovered or obtained
against II for or by reason of, or growing out
OF. or resulting from apy act or acts
of the said grantee under or By virtue of the
privileges herein granted. Provided however,
that the sad bona shall not be construed TO
limit the lintiliiy Of said company to fifty
thousand dolnrssi0,oo eo but tho said grantee
ehall be liable TO IN" full extent OF every La
bn!ty imposed by this condition, notwith.
standing the amount thereof may exceed fifty
Thousand dullnra 1850, oOtlua). and 1t is hereby
further provided that upon the recovery Of
any tnal Judgment or judgments against said
CllY as aforesaid, the said grantee shall imme-
diately and without PRIOR payment of such
judgment or judgments against said city, as
aforesaid, he liable to pay and shall pay the
amount or amounts thereof 10 the said City;
and the fact that the said City may not have
paid the same shall constitute no defense on
nnrt of said grantee 10 the payment there.
OF to said City.
SIXTH.
That If 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 1t kept and per.
formed. this ordinance may thereupon be re.
voked by the City Council
SEVENTH.
That unless n written acceptance of this
franchise by the grantee, subject to all tho
conditions therein contained. be filed with the
City Recorder within twenty days FROM The
date OF tho approval hereof by the Mayor
This ordinance shnll be null and void
section, u, This ordinance shall take effect
from and after ia approval.
Passed by the CITY Council of Salt Lake City,
state of Utah, December end. 1896. title ar
proved and referred loithe Mayor for his ap.
proyal.
leEAt- DAVID $. EMERY,
City Iecorder
A. ID. 1896.
JAMES GLESDINsING.
Mayor
sTATE OF UTAH,
CITY and County Of salt Lake. ST.