St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-01-26
AN ORDINANCE

Awarding the contract TO light the
Town of Covington, Louisiana, with
electric lights.
section /. BE it ordained, by the
Mayor and Town Council of the Town
tract to light the Town of Covington,
Louisiana, is hereby awarded to the st.
Tammany Ice & Manufacturing Com
pany, Limited, for the period OF ten
years, upon the following cOndi-
lions, to-wit: The st. Tammany Ice
& Manufacturing Co., Ltd, is to furnish
arc lights OF 1900 candle power for the
sum Of SIS 90 each light per year; in
candescent lights Of ~ candle power for
the sum of So 90 each light per year;
incandescent lights Of 80 candle power
at the sum Of $50 90 each light per year.
The Town agrees to take not less
than $500 o. worth of lights from said
Company each year, to be paid monthly,
out of the general expense fund Of the
Town. That the Town Council shall
locate each light and specify what kind
Of light 1t shall be. That the Division
Of st. Jchu shall be lighted first, and
the 5000 90 shall be spent to light the
same. That the Town shall have the
right ut any time to have the lights ex-
tended beyond the Division OF st. John,
aud in such event each arc hight shall
not be greater distance than from two
blocks, or eight hundred feet, from ex-
listing poles, aud the iucandescent lights
not u greater distance than 400 feet
from existing poles. That the Council
shall furnish plat showing where they
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pany at the next meeting.
That the lights shall burn from half
an hour before dark, until sunrise the
next morning, aud said Company shall
deduct for every and all lights failing
to burn IN proportion to the amount
paid for each light when burning.
Sec. :. Be 1t further ordained, ETC.,
That all main lines shall be of copper
or some other material Of equal con-
ductivity, and all such wires and COLI
duct0rs shall b. well and securely insu-
lated by glass or other Insulating ma
terial 1t all points Of suspension or sup
port. That oil lines Of wires, all poles,
Ill other necessary works and construc-
lions shall be located SO Is not to OBJ
struct the public use Of the streets, al
legs, and other public places, or to
interfere with commerce or travel.
That said wires shall be carried into
the buildings and well insulated at the
point of entry. That all spices and
Joints shall be well soldered, and shall
be thoroughly wrapped with insulating
material, and when it becomes Deces-
sary to cross any telephone or telegraph
wires, the electric wires 1T such points
shall be well insulated with proper
material.
That the said Company shall repair
the streets and sidewalks wherever they
tear them up. That said Company
shall reimburse 10 private persons all
such damages as they may cause them,
and the Town shall be held blamelcss
for damages.
Sec. 3. Be 1t further ordained, etc.,
That the work OF construction shall be-
gin on the first day of April. 1901, and
be in prscticsDle operation on or by the
first day of October, 1901, and If the
said Company does not begin on the
above said date of beginning, Or finish
on the date Of finishing, this Ordinance
to be null and void.
Ad pied January Z, 1901.
&. Il. WILLIAMS,
Mayor.
W. G.. KENTZEL, Secretary.