Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-09


wires and other necessary appliances IN
salt Lake Oiiy Tor tho disiriDuton ana
sale OF electrical energy.
10 1t ordained by the city Council OF salt
section |. That permission and authority DO
aud are hereby granted 10 The yuan fowor
sSa pss,yr IuSn cnlIea tbe srsneo
| for the period OF twenty 1--WE wears IRON ana
| after the approval OF this nance. 70 con,
| htruot, erect and maintain a hlngle nhe oi
poles in tho streets. lanes and alleys OF SAT-
| Lake CITY with the necessary wires anu other
! proper appliances attached thereto, for the
| distribution OF electric currents throughout
| sid Oity to DO used by the inhabitants thore
| OF. for hght, heat power and other INDUSTRIAL
| and commercial purposes, subject 10 inc foi'
| owing conditions, viz;
| That the permission and authority hereby
| granted Is subject TO all laws, ordinances and
| resolutions now In force IN salt Lake city, or
| Mhlch may hereafter be passed by tue state
| Legislature or the Ciiy Council authorizing the
| hNinS OF rates to bo charged for electricity
used In said city for light heat, power. or
| other industrial or commercial purposes. anu
| Is also subject to such laws of the stnte and
ordinances and resolutions Of the City Council
| which are now In force. or may hereafter be
| passed. governing the construction. erection
anu 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 franchlsc shall
measure 40 feet In length, II inches at the butt,
Lunches at the top, except In special cases
wherein the City Council may order the cree.
ton OF larger or smaller poles; said poles
shhll be set az near us may be l82 feet apart.
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 prop.
erly dressed and painted. and all work done
thereon or in. connection Herewith shall DO
done and performed under the supervision OF
and TO the satisfaction OF the City Engineer. or
such other officer or department as may be
hereafter designatcd for that purpose, by the
SECOND.
The said grantee, as part OF the considcra.
ton for this franchise. agrees to and with said
snll lake CITY that upon receiving from said
Ci,y four months' previous notice, to he served
upon 1t by the city Recorder. at any time dur.
ing the year 1897. 1t VIII at once erect md
thereafter maintain In Inc streets OF said CITY:
AT us own expense. sufficient number of
poles with the necessary cross arms 10,
admit OF Lighting the lily with 100
the intersection Ioi, or other locations
on tho streets, lanes, and ,leys OF
said City. as the oity Council may direct; and
| SAID grantee shall provide SAID City with one
| erofshrm upon each OF said poles. sufficient
| Tor the proper accommodation OF stringing
and supporting such wires. lamps and other
necessary appliances, as may he owned and
used by 1t for municipal lighting. and to which
1t shall at alt times nave access for main.on.
| ance and repairs; and no rental or other
| charge shall be made by the said grantee tor
the pse OF said poiss and cross arms BY said
| CITY during the ME OF this franchise.
THIRD.
That as q further consideration for this
| franchise. sad grantee shall upon i've
| months previous notice, to he served upon 1t
as aforesaid at any time curing the year 1897.
/ furnish to SAID City Immediately upon the ex.
pirauor 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 as said City may deem necessary
so.rS be s nssd for municipal Lighting said
| be by said City determined most suitable
| Tor that purpose, aud shall be supplied
| continuously and regularly every night in the
| year hetw cen the hours OF sunset anu 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 Bs may he agreed upon and
| shall be there measured, and afterwards paid
for monthly by said City at the stlpul sted
price OF s2a per nnnuln. for each electrical
horse power delivered rs aforesaid during the
preuons 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 option to renew the
same with sad grantee FOR an additional
period OF from one 10 three years at the price
stipulated herein or for any lower rate at
which saiu grantee may then be selling
power or less in Salt Lake City. and said ron.
tract may be renewed by said City as afore-
of each contract period during the life of this
franchise.
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 CON.
pensRtion therefor as may be fixed and adopted
by the City Counctl, and shall render the service
It 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 best obiainable service;
and said service must be supplied on equal
terms under like conditions, to every CONNER
cial user.
FIFTH.
! That said grantee shall execute to Salt Lake
| City bond IN the penal sum of fifty thous and
dollars $3.50, UOO.uO), to be approved by the Cly
| Council, conditioned that said grantee
shan and VIII forever indemnify and save
| harmless SAID salt Lake Oity against and from
| any and all damages, judgments, decrees,
| costs and expenses which said CITY may SUIT
| fer, or which may be recovered or obtained
| against Il for or by reason of, or growing out
! of, or resulting IRON any act or acts
| Of the said eran;eo under or by virtue OF the
| privileges herein granted Provided however,
| that the said bond shall not be construed 10
| limit the liability Of said company to lfty
thousand dollars $50 OO9 OO) hut the SAID grantee
| shall be liable to tho full extent of every ha-
bnity impOsed 10y this condition, noiwith.
standing the amount thereof may exceed iifiy
thousand dollars tsJO, Od). And II Is hereby
| further provided that upon the recovery Of
| any hnai judgment or judgments against said
! City as aforesaid, the said grantee shall imme.
| diately and without PRIOR payment OF such
| judgment or judgments against said city. as
aforesaid, be liablo 10 pay and shall pay the
| amount or amounts thereof to the said CITY.
| ana the fact that tho 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 IL SAID grantee shall fail or refuse after
| fifteen days notice In writing from the Civ
| Recorder. to Keep and perform any OF the
| conditions hereof, 10 be by II kept and per
| formed, this ordinance may thereup0n be re.
| voked by the City Council
| SEVENTH.
| That unless a 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,
I this ordinance shall be null and void
| Section u. This ordinance shall take effect
| from and after its approval.
Passed by the City Council Of Salt Lake City.
| State OF Utah, December a2nd. 1896. title az
| proved and referred to!thc Mayor for his 40
prOvai.
| SEAL DAVID s. EMERY,
| City Recorder
| Approved this the Goth day of December.
| A. ID. 1905.
| JAMES GLENDINNING,
| Mayor.