The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
so VOTE TIE ALDERMEN
A Franchise Granted to the Bell Tele.
phone Co. For an Underground
System of Wires.
SUBJECT ALWAYS TO oRslNASCE OF CITY
Police and Fire Alarm telegraph System 10 b.
Carried Tree. The Company to be HID
Respor sble For Any Il biIi'y the
City May Incur,
City May Incur,

NltJ way iHCuIs
The board of aldermen were in session
last night and transacted some importan
business. What the City Fathers did vii
be read with interest this morning.
The bond of Mr.. f. Fl. Lumsden, Che
OF the Fire Department, amounting to 500
was accepted and filed.
The amount of the bonds of the city
of Raleigh to be voted on at the election
heretofore ordered was reduced from
100000 to $50, O00
In order that the proper time might be
had In which to publish the notice of the
change in the amount the date of the
election was changed from July Sth to
August 10Th, 1901
franchise was granted the Bell Tele-
phone Company to lay an underground
system of electric telephone wires in the
city.
The following is the ordinance regard
ing the underground telephone wires in
troduced by Alderman Barbee:
Section /. Be it ordained by the board
of aldermen of the city of Raleigh, North
Carolina, that permission be and the same
IS hereby granted to the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company, its
successors and assigns, to erect, operate
ana maintain lines of telephone and tele-
graph. including the necessary poles, fix
lures and electrical conductors upon
along and over and sideways for electri-
cal conductors under the public roads,
streets and highways of the city of Raj
eigh North Carolina, as its business may
from time to time require. provided that
all poles shall be neat, symmetrical and
painted and that no electrical conductor
shall be placed less than twenty feet
above the surface of the ground; and
further provided that on Fayetteville
street, between Cabarrus ard Morgan
streets, Martin street between Fayette-
vile and South Wilmington streets, East
Morgan between Fayetteville and South
Bount streets, South Blount street be-
tween East Morgan street and Newbern
avenue West Morgan street between Fay
etteville and South Salisbury and South
Salisbury street between West Morgan
and Hillsboro streets no aerial pole lines
shall be constructed; and underground
conduits with necessary distributing
poles, shall be constructed, and the pres
ent pole line shall be removed within
seven months from the passage and APP
proval of this ordinance.
Sec. 2. That the work of erecting poles
AMI constructing subways by virtue OF
this ordinance shall be done under the
supervision of the street commissioner
and the said Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company shall replace and
properly relay any sidewalk or street that
may be displaced by reason of the cree
tion or construction of such poles or
subways and upon the failure of the COM
pany so to do after twenty days notice
i'm writing shall have been given by the
street commissioner to said company, the
city may repair such portion of the side
walk or street that may have been dis
turbed by said company ana collect the
cost so incurred from said company.
Sec g. In consideration of the rights
ard privileges herein granted, said com
pany shall provide one cross arm on each
pole and space not to exceed one duct
in the subways constructed by virtue of
this ordinance for the free use of the
police and fire alarm telegraph system
OF the city Of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Sec A. Said company shall at all times
be subject to the city ordinances now in
existence or which may be hereafter
passed relative to the use of the public
streets by telephone and telegraph COM
panies
See. 5. Said company shall indemnify
the CITY of Raleigh, North Carolina
against, and assume all liabilities for
damages which may arise or accrue to
the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, from
any injury to persons or property from
the doing of any work herein authorized
or the neglect of said company or any
OF it's employees to comply with any ordi-
nance relative to the use of the streets
Of said city, and the acceptance by the
company of this ordinance shall be al
agreement by it to pay to the city o
Raleigh, North Carolina, any sum Of
money for which the city may become
liable from or by reason of such injury
Sec. g. Sid company shall file will
the city clerk of the city of Raleigh
North Carolina, its acceptance OF this
ordinance within sixty days from the date
when it shall take effect.
Sec Z. This ordinance shall be in force
from and after the date of its passage
The ordinance reducing the amount o.
the proposed bond issue to $4,000, anC
pV9tpolRh6 tie SleCliou from July OF
to August 18th, was introduced by Al
derma41 Barbee.
First came the clause repeating the
previous act calling bond election fol
100000 for July 9Th and then the ordi
nance.
Section /. That on the third Monday
Of August, 1901. it being August 10
1901. an election is hereby called to b,
held on said day for the purpose o
obtaining the consent of a majority o
the qualified voters of the CITY of Raj
eigh to the issuance by the city of Raj
eigh of it's bonds to an amount of fit.
thousand dollars (S5O,00O) for the pur
pose of paving, matchmaking an,