The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-05
A n ORDINANCE

n ORDINANCE
GRANTING TO THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH
CABL COMPANY THE RIGHT TO con-
! STRICT AND MAINTAIN ITS TELE-
GRAPH Inns ALONG CERTAIN
STREETS AND WAYS IN THE CITY OF
FREDERICK.
SECTION BE it enacted and ordained by
! tho Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, lhaI
| the Postal Telegraph-Cable company pe anu n
| il is hereby granted the right, SUBJECT 10 lhe
| regulations hereinafter set fortn or thttt may
! 10 hereafter prescribed by ordinance, to set
/ noles string wires and operate ana maintain
| fines of telegraph, including an pores anu
guys. cables wires ana hNtures 'neISol., "oii ~
| and over the following streets ana ways VI
! Frederick, to-wit: Beginning AZ the western
| limit of the city on West Patrick street, anu
/ thence along said street eaStWardly 70 the ny toy
! Water Way and with said Water way 70 lel-
! eprnph street, and along said street TO SCUM
! street. and along said south street 10 th9
/ eastern limit of the city, and TO sci poles anu
! maintain a cable thereon for the operation ol
/ lis ines of telegraph from said South street
at its Intersection with south Marker stTeet
1 along and over said South Market ,!reel 10
4 Patrick street and along and over sald street,
4 either Fast or West. to such place as may De
secured by said Company as its ONCE Tor the
transaction of Its business.
SECTION And be ii enacted and ordained,
That the poles so to be erected by said ON
pany shall, as far as possible, be OF UNIFORM
size, style and height neat ana syltIetrlcJ ~
] properly dressed and firmly and safely SET IN
4 the round and painted such colororc olorS as
may be selected by the Committee on Streets.
SECTION 3-And be it enacted and ordained,
/ That the said poles shall, rs far as practicable c,
/ be erected on the same side of the street, aqua
4 cent to and just within the curb INES, az such
/ points or places as may be indicated by the
/ Superintendent of Streets. and wherever pos
! sible shall be placed opposite lines of property
division, and said places shall not be more
than $50 nor less than 100 feet apart. All
poles, wires and apparatus shall be so set,
placed and arranged as to be of the least pos
Sibe obstruction in case of fire and to cause
/ the least possible inconvenience to the owners
! of properly and to the public.
/ SECTION And be it enacted and ordained,
That in order to avoid the multiplying of
poles on the streets of the City the Company
shall. a> far a. practicable, locate il poles at
the places now occupied. ON the route above
mentioned by the electric light poles of the
/ City Of Frederick, the poles of the said
Company to be substituted for the said
electric light poles and to he OF sufficient size
and strength to safely support and accommo-
date the electric light wires OF the city, and
such other wires as are entitled to be placed
upon the City poles under existing ordinances,
as well as the wires or cable of said Company,
and wherever the poles of said Company are
substituted for the poles of the ity, the said
I ompany, al its own expense shall transfer
to and properly string upon its said poles all
wires or cables now strung upon the said
poles of the ity, such transfer to be made
Immediately and with the least possible dis
turbance of the use of the wires or cables SO
transferred
4 SECTION And be it enacted and ordained
That the said Company shall. at its own eX
penSe, restore all streets, ways paVcmcntS,
sidewalks. curbings or cutters disturbed in
the setting of its said poles, to a cor dition
equally as good rs before said poles We're set,
and shall rcmoVcall surplus dirt left after the
setting of said poles and the erection of said
poles. Stringng of wires or cables and the re-
StOratiOn of the streets shall be AT all times
subject to the supervision and direction of the
Superintendent of Streets.
4 SECTION G.-And be it enacted and or
dained That the City shall have the right at
amy time To place upon the poles SO to be
erected by the said lompany such wires as
may be necessary for police. fire alarm or cleo
trio light purposes; and wherever the poles of
the said Company are substituted tor the
poles of the City. as hcrcinbefore provided.
the said poles of the Company shall be liable
to the same extent as the ity poles to the use
of any Company now entitled to use the City
poles 9hdereNiSuns ordinances; ana AL wires re.
or cables placed upon the poles erected by the
said Postal Iclegraph- able Company shall
i be SO strung and maintained by the respective
parties as TO not interfere with the operation
of the wires or cables of the other party or
parties entitled to the use of said poles.
SECTION And be il cnaCted and ordained,
That the said Postal Tclegraph-Cable Com
pany shall be responsible and shall indemnify
and save harmless the ity from all liability
for and on account of any damages or injury
to person or property in the construction OF
maintenance of the poles, wires and appara
tus hereby authorized to be constructed and
maintained
/ SECTION S.-And be it enacted and ordained
That whenever the SAID Company shall BIZ
notified by the superintendent of Streets that
any of said poles is or are defective or danger
Gus from any cause, the said company shall
without delay repair, reset or replace said pole
or poles as the case may require.
SECTION 9-And be it enacted and ordained
That the said ompany shall in every and all
things done by il well and truly comply with
all the terms, conditions and restrictions OF
this and all other existing or future ordinances
of the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, SC
far as the same may be consistent with law
SECTION l0--And be ii enacted and ordained
That said tompany shall pay the reasonable
cost of the preparation and publication of this
ordinance.
SECTION ll.-And be ii enacted and or
dained, That this ordinance shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Passed April 10th, 1899.
WILLIAM f. Chiffon,
PB. A.
Approved April 10Th, 1899.
WILLIAM F. Chiffon,
april 2S-3t. Mayor.