The Green Forest tribune., 1901-12-07
OIL, GAS & COAL FRANCHISE
Council Grants One Upon Streets
 and Alleys of Green Forest.


 and after some deliboration was passed at a special meeting Tues day morning.
 The franchise it grants would be exceedingly liberal toward the company in whose favor the or dinance was passed, were it known thatsoil, gas or coal un- s9erlay the town, but as it is d gs gsasatter of speculation a test of which means the expenditure Of many thousands of dollars, which the town nor any of it's citizens are never likely to put up, the 3 3council thought it the part of Fwisdom to grant the request of the Kansas. City & Arkansas Mining $ DevelopmentCo., and let the matter be investigated.
 Following is the ordinance as passed and ordered published:
 ORDNANCE NO. 45.
 An Ordinance granting to the Kansas City & Arkansas Mining & Development Company, cor poration organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, the ex- elusive right, privilege and authority to erect, maintain and operate in the Incorporated town of Green Forest, Carroll county, state of Arkansas, plant with all necessary machinery, fixtures, pipes, tubes, reservoirs, tanks and other things for the purpose of obtaining from the earth natural gas, coal, oil and petrol. leum, coal and other minerals, and for the purpose of furnishing 1t thereby or therefrom, to the said incorporated town and. 10 the. inhabitants thereof, light, fuel, powersand heat; and granting to said company the right of way through, over, under and upon SNe streets, avenues, alleys, lanes .d public grounds, except the public square, of said incorpor- ated town for said purposes, and for the purpose of refining and preparing said gas, oil and petro- leum, coal and other minerals for said uses, and for the market, andsfor the purpose of furnishing the same, or light, heat, power or fuel thereby and by means there of, to any other person, corpora ton, town or city for the period of twenty-five years from publi- cation of this ordinance.
 Be it ordained by the town council of the incorporated town of Green Forest. Carroll county, state of Arkansas,
 Section 1. That the exclusive right privilege and authority be and the same are hereby granted and given to the Kansas City 6; Arkansas Mining 6 Development Company, corporation organiz- ed under the laws of the state of Missouri, and to it's successors and assigns, to erect, maintain and operate, in the incorporated town of Green Forest, or within two thousand feet of the present limits of Green Forest, Carroll county, in the state of Arkansas, Ror the period of twenty-five (25) years, from the publication of this ordinance, a plant, with all necessary machinery, fixtures,- pipes, tubes, reservoirs, tanks s1other things for the purpose of obtaining from the earth natur- al gas, coal oil, petroleum, coal and other minerals, and the right to mine coal and other minerals from under the streets, alleys, avenues, lanes and public grounds, except the public square for mining purposes, of said Incorporated town, as the same now is and as the same may hereafter belaid out, extended or enlarged, and for the purpose of furnishing thereby, therefrom or by means thereof, to said incof- porated town, and to the inhabi- tants thereof, light, fuel, power and heat, and this franchise shall extend to sa5ss~ town as the town ia now and as the same may he hereafter laid out, extended or enlarged.