The age-herald., 1898-07-12
AN ORDINANCE

Granting Permission to the American
 Telephone and Telegraph Company to
 construct, operate and maintain lines of
 under the highways of the city of Bir-
 mngham, Alabama.
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham that the American Telephone and Telegraph Con- pany, it's successors and assigns, be and the same is hereby granted the right, privl- lege and authority to erect, operate and maintain lines of telephone and telegraph, including the necessary poles, fixtures and electrical conductors upon along and over der the highways of the city of Brming- ham as it's business may from time, t2 time require, provided, that all poles shall be of red cedar, chestnut, creosoted pine or some Qther material authorized by the Mayor and Aldermen, and they shall be neat, symmetrical and painted with aura that section of the city of Birmingham bounded on the north by the north side of Fourth avenue, on the south by the south side of Powell avenue on the east by the east side of Twenty-first street and on the west by the west side of Eighteenth street, no pole nor overhead electrical conouctor shall be placd or maintaind except such poles fixtures electrical conductors as may be necessary or convenient for local distribution from an underground system; The board hereby expressly reserves the right to alter or extend the limits of such underground section.
 Sec. g. That the work of erecting. poles and constructing subways by virtue of this ordinance shall be done under the super vision of the City Engineer. or such other officer as may be designated by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, from, time to tme and the said American Telephone and Telegraph Company shall replace ana properly relay any sidewalk or street that may be displaced by reason of the erec- ton or construction of such poles or sub- ways and upon failure of the company so to do afte rome days notice in writing shai have been given by the city to said com. pnay the city may repair such portion or the sidewalk or street that may have been disturbed by said company and collect the
 Sec. 8. In consideration of the rights and privileges herein granted, said company and one duct in the. sub-ways constructed by virtue of this ordinance, for the free use Of the police and firesalarm telegraph sys- tern of the city of Birmingham.
 Sec. 4. Said company shall at all times be subject to the city ordinances now in existence or which may be hereafter passed relative to the use of the public panies and the joint use of telephone and telegraph poles upon said streets.
 Sec g. Said company shall indemnify the city of Birmingham against and assume all liabilities for damages which may arise or accrue to the city of Birmingham from any doing of any work or negligence in the doing of afy work herein authorized or the neglect of said company or any of it's employees to comply with any ordinance relative to the use of the streets of said city and the acceptance by the company of this ordinance shall be an agreement by it to pay to the city of Birmingham any sum of money for which the city may become lrable from or by reason of such injury.
 Sec 6. Said company shall file with the Clerk of the city of Birmingham it's accept ancc of this ordinance within sixty days from the date of it's passage.
 Sec. z. Said companv hereby agrees to connect the city of Birmingham with it's system within six months from the passage of this ordinance, the act of God and the public enemy excepted.
 Sec. 8. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage.
 Adoptei this 15th day of June, 1S9S Approved June 17. 1898.
 r. V. EVANS, Mayor. Attest: A. J. CAMP. City Clerk.