River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-03-01
First publication Feb. % 1907
Notice of Application for a
Franchise.

Heard II Woodman and Frederick c.
Wheeler, hereby give notice that they VIII on
the 18th day OF March, 100, at a regular meet
ing OF the Common Council OF the City OF
River Falls. Wisconsin, make application 10
such council for q franchise granting to them,
their heirs and assigns, the right and privilege
Of erecting and maintaining in said City an
electric light plant. and permission 10 erect
and maintain on the streets, bridges and public
other fixtures necessary and convenient for
the transmission of electricity for the purpose
of furnishing electric light to said City and
the inhabitants thereof, ana they hereby SUD
init d form OF ordinance embodying a state
ment Of the privileges asked for by them, to-
gether with certain limitations ana RESTRICTIONS
thereon. which ordinance tney ask SAID City
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO WILLARD G.
WALTER. HOWARD IL. WooDaAS n FRED
ERICK G. WHEELER THEIR heirs AND
ASSIGNS. PERMISSION TO ERECT, CONSTRUCT.
install AND MAINTAIN AN BLEcIRIc LIGHT
PLANT AND TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN Thh
SAME WITHIN THE limits OF II
CITY OF RIyER FALLS, AND TO
ERECT POLES. WIRES, MAsIs AND OTHER FIX
rUREs IN AND UPON THE STREETS ALLEYs.
BRIDGES AND PUBLIC y OF SAID CITY
FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURNISHING ELECTRIC
LIGHT TO SAID CITY n THE INHABITANTS
ERE
Falls. wisconsin. do ordaln:
SEsrioN /. That there is hereby granted to
Willard q. Walther, Howard ii. Woodman
and Frederick G. Wheeler, their heirs and
assigns, hereinafter called grantees, the right
and privilege OF erecting, constructing, IN
stalling and maintaining an electric light plant,
and OF operating and m maintaining
the same within the limits OF the City of
River Falls, Wisconsin. as the same now are
or hereafter may be extended for a period of
twenty years from and after the date of the
passage and approval OF THIS ordinance, and
for that purpose during an OF sara period, to
erect and maintain on the several streets,
alleys, bridges public grounds and places OF
said city the poles, wires, lamps and fixtures
necessary, convenient or proper TO carry on
fha btf1fnnGG NJ furnishing and SUMMING
electric light to said City ana the inhabitants
thereof.
SECTION II. All poles and%iires erected by
virtue OF this ordinance shall be erected in
such places and in such manner as not un.
necessarily to encroaeli upon the streets, alleys,
bridges or public grounds and places OF said
City, and so as not TO unnecessarily oDStruct OF
impede the use thereof for the ordinary pur-
poses of travel thereon, and the erection there
Of shall be subject to the reasonable superyts-
ion and direction of the Common Council OF
said City. All poles, where set in alleys, shall
be set at or near the boundary line thereon, and
where set in streets shall be located twelve feet
from the property line of the abutting owners
unless otherwise directed by the Common
Council. All such poles shall be OF s~utlcient
size safely to carry the necessary weight OF
wire, fixtures and Accommodations of snow and
ice and win pressure, and all wires on princi-
pal streets shall be strung at least twenty feet
above the ground, and at all railroad crossings
at least twenty -eight feet from the ground,
and the privilege IS reserved by said Clty. OF
River Falls OF cutting or removing any wires
when necessary 10 ODIaln access TO u Duluiug
in case Of fire, without said City becoming
liable therefor to the grantees named here
in.
wires shall be so located as not to damage or
destroy any shade trees growing in said city.
1t is also further provided that in case any per-
son shall desire TO move a building along
streets occupied by said wires, and it shall be-
come necessary to have said wires temporarily
removed, the grantees shall be entitled to re.
ceiye from the party demanding such removal
at least twenty-fonr hours notice IN writing
thereof. and such party shall also pay said
grantees at the time OF giving such notice the
reasonable cost of removing such wires. Sueh
grantees shall only be compelled TO make
such renoya at such time or times when the
use OF such wires is not required in order 70
supply said City of River Falls or its inhabit-
ants with light.
SECTION III. The rights and privileges here
by granted shall at all times be and remain
subject to such reasonable police regulations
as may be imposed by the Common Col Gil of
said City OF River Falls, aud the said Common
Council hereby reserves the right 10 make and
adopt such regulations of a police nature as 1t
such City.
SECTION ". The said Common Council
from said grantees the said electric light
plant. and its wires, poles and other appurten-
ances at any time after the expiration OF ten
years from the date of the approval hereof, and
the said city of River Falls hereby agrees that
1t will not install a municipal lighting plant for
the purpose of Supplying private parties or In
stalled under the terms hereof shall be in ex-
isteuce and in operation. The pltce which
said City shall pay for such plant shall be as
certained and determined by arbitration in the
manner provided by Chapter 294 OF the General
Laws OF the State of Wisconsin, for the year,
1895. The purchase price so determined snail
BE- paid in cash by the said City Of River Falls
to said grantees upon the delivery to said City
of a good and sufficient convey ance OF the said
plant and its appurtenances.
1t Is further provided that the aforesaid Will
lard c.. Walther, Howard II. Woodman and
Frederick q. Wheeler, their heirs and assigns,
in consideration of the rights hereby granted,
shall, during the continuance Of such rights
and the life of this charter. furnish the said
City of River Falls with arc lights of nominal
twelve hundred candle power each, from dusk
to midnight on a moon light schedule for the
sum OF five dollars per month per lamp. The
OF do agree to furnish lights for the aforesaid
prices from dusk to midnight on all nights on
which the moon may be O6scured, even though
such nights be not included in a moon light
schedule. And the said City of River Falls
does hereby promise and agree with said
grantees that IN case they accept the terms aud
condi ions of this ordinance as herein provided
and construct, operate and maintain an electro
light plant as above set forth, that the said
City will and it does hereby agree to use and
lease from said grantees during the term
OF fifteen years unless such plant is sooner
purchased by the city not less than twenty
are lights and to pay therefor the prices
hereinbefore set forth. Such payments to be
made by said City to the said grantees on the
fifteenth day OF each calendar month follow
ing the month IN Whlch Sucn HghtS are supplied
to and used by it.
SECTION V. In case said City of River
Falls exercises the right reserved herein of
purchasing the plant and appurtenances of
the grantees then and in that case upon the
completion of such purchase, this ordinance
and all therein contained, shall as to all future
rights, privileges and liabilities created there
by, be and become null, void and of no effect.
SECTION vi. The grantees named herein
shall file with the said City Clerk of said City
of River Falls their acceptance in writing of
this ordinance and the privileges and liabilities
therein contained within sixty days after the
passage thereof, and in the event of their
failure so to do the said City of River Falls
shall have the right to repeal the same. Said
grantees shall within ninety days after their
acceptance of the terms of this ordinance, as
aforesaid, commence the erection of an
electric light plant within said City and they
shall have the same completed and in opera
ton on or before the first day of January,
1901
SECTION VII. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its
passage and publication.
WILLARD @. WALTHER,
HOWARD II. WoODMAN,
FREDERICK Q. WHEELER,