Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-07-18
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORDINANCE

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORDINANCE
| ORDINANCE FOR BENEFIT OF LES
LIE a. GILBERT, LESsEES OF THE HOP
KINsvILLE WATER, LIGHT & PowEF
COMPANY.
| WHEREAs:-By an ordinance ad.
opted by the City Council of the City
of Hoplinsville, Kentucky, on June
18th, 1892. after said Council had
advertised for bids for same and
sold same at public auction accord
ing to law, franchise was awarded
and granted to John p. Martin, his
successors and assigns, to con-
struct and to maintain an electric
light plant in and near the City OF
Hopkinsville, for the purpose OF
furnishing electric lights for light
ing the streets of said City, and also
furnishing electric lights for COM
mercial purposes, with the right to
enter upon the streets of said City,
and to erect thereon pole lines and
to run wires thereon for the purpose
of supplying said lighting-said
franchise having been granted for
a period of 20 years from June 18th.
1892. And whereas, said John p.
Martin on the - day of -- 1898,
sold, conveyed and assigned to the
Hopkinsville Water, Light and
Power Company, his said franchise
above described and his electric
light plant, pole lines, Sc, at and
near the City of Hopkinsville, Ken
lucky. And whereas, the City
Council of Hopkinsville, by an or
dinance adopted by it on the 5th
day of December 1898, fully and
specifically recognized, approved
and confirmed unto said Hopkins
Vile Water, Light & Power Com
pany, the transfer to it by John p.
Martin, of the franchise granted
him by the City of Hopkinsville, Ky,
to erect, maintain and operate an
electric light plant in and near the
said City. And whereas, said, City
did on the 2nd day of October 1894
enter into contract with said Hop
kinsville Water, Light 81 Power
Company, as the successors and as
signs of said John p, Martin, to
furnish the City lights for its streets
for period of five years from said
date. And whereas, the said Hop
kinsvllle Water, Light 81 Power
Company, did on MAY 14th, 1897
lease its franchise, plant, power
house, pole lines, lamps &c, for a
period of ten years from that date,
to Leslie & Gilbert, granting them
full control and right to use said
plant &c, and operate same under
the franchise owned by SAID Hop
klnsville Water, Light g. Power
Company contract for lighting the
streets OF said City of Hopkinsyille.
And whereas, said Leslie s. Gilbert
took charge of said plant sc. on the
18th day of May 1897, under their
said lease, and have ever since said
last named date conducted said
business and carried out said COM
papy's contract with the City, for
Lighting its streets, and have been
paid by the City for the services
and light furnished by them to the
City and recognized by the City
Council as the lessees of said fran
chise, plant &c. owned by the Hop
kinsville Water, Light & Power
Company, and as having the right
to use and operate said plant &C.,
and have benefit of said franchise
&c. according to the terms of said
lease from Hopkinsville Water,
Light g. Power Company. And
whereas copy of the lease has
been exhibited to the City Council
filed with the City Clerk
THEREFoRE:--Be il ordained,
that the lease of the franchise, the
plant. pole lines, and other prop
erty of the Hopkinsville Water,
Light 81 Power Company, by that
Company, to Leslie & Gilbert, be
and the same is hereby ratified, APP
proved and confirmed by the City
Council and the City of Hopkinsville,
and said Leslie g. Gilbert are rec,
ognized by this Council as having
the right under said lease, as long
as it may exist, to operate and con-
duct the electric light business in
and near the City of Hopkinsville,
under the franchise granted John
p. Martin by. the City, June 18th,
1892, and transferred by him to the
Hopkinsyille Water, Light g. Power
Company. as fully as said Martin
or said Hopkinsvllle Water, Light
& Power Company could have done,
and as having the full right to carry
out in place of said Hopkinsville
Water, Light 81 Power Company
its said contract made on October
End, 1894, for lighting the City, and
to have the benefit of all of the pro-