Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-05

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Meeting will be held at the Town Hall
in said town in the village OF Eagle
River on the 10Th day of July, 1902, for
ton of authorizing. instructing and di-
rectine the Town Board of said town
of Eagle River to grant a franchise,
and make a contract with d. E. Rior-
dan, his associates and assigns of which
said proposed franchise and contract,
the following is copy to-wit:
To the Honorable Town Board of
the Town of Eagle River, Wis, and to
the Electors and Tax Payers of said
town:
l, the undersigned, D. Z. Riordan,
for myself and such persons as may be-
come associated with me, as well as
our or my assigns, hereby make appli-
cation for franchise from said Town
of Eagle River to the following tenor
and effect.
''Sec. |.
= There is hereby granted to d. E..
Riordan, his associates and assigns,
the right to erect, construct, acquire
and maintain system of electric light
poles in the streets and alleys in the
Village of Eagle River, and in the
streets and alleys adjacent thereto, for
the term of Fifteen years from and
after the date of the granting to and
acceptance of this franchise; there is
further granted to said d. E. Riordan
the right to attach wires and lamps to
said Soles so erected or maintained for
said terms of wears. There is further
granted to said D. E. Riordan, his as
sociates and assigns, the light to main
tain such electric light poles and wires
as are now being maintained in said
village of Eagle River by one f. j.
Thrun, provided said Riordan, his as
sociates and assigns. acquire title there
to from said Thrun.n
Said D. E. Riordan, for himself, his
associates and assigns further sub
mits to and proposes to enter into the
following contract with the said Town
of Eagle River:
This contract made and entered in
to between the Town of Eagle River,
Wis, party of the first part, and ID. E.
Riordan, his associates and assigns,
parties of the second part, Witnesseth:
:. 1t is mutually agreed between the
above named parties that said second
parties shall maintain in the unincor-
porated village of Eagle River in said
Town of Eagle River, for the period of
twelve years from date seventeen arc
light electric lamps, of not less than
twelve hundred candle power each,
to be run for street lighting purposes,
provided, however, that said second
parties shall not be obliged
to run said lamps on moonlight
nights, and provided further
that said lamps shall run &C
cording to what is known as the Phil
adelphia Moonlight Schedule, which is
made part of this contract, said
lamps to maintained where they now
are, unless the town board of said
town of Eagle River directs that
changes be made, in which event the
second parties agree to make such
changes; the said Town of Eagle River
in such an event to pay the said sec
ond parties actual cost of making the
desired changes.
1t is further agreed between the par
ties hereto that in case said second
parties shall fail to furnish lights, as
provided by this contract, then a pro
rata deduction shall be made from the
payments to become due said second
parties, figuring each lamp on basis
of 1925 per month earning. capacity.
1t is further mutually agreed be-
tween the parties hereto that said town
of Eagle River is the owner of a sys-
tenn of water-works, consisting of
pumps, mains and hydrants, which
are and have been maintained for fire
protection; that for several years said
town maintained said water-works af-
ter the same were constructors that
thereafter contract was made with
one, F. j. Thrun, for maintaining the
same; that the terms of said contract
was SO onerous, owing to increased
cost of fuel and other expenses, that
said Thrun is unable to carry out or
fulfill his said contract, and has mott
fed said first party that he would
have to default in carrying out the
same, and surrender his said contract,
and it is further understood that the
financial standing and ability of said
Thrun is not such that said contract
can be enforced. 1t is further under
stood and agreed that said water works
can be run and maintained more eco
nomically if run in connection with
said electric light plant than if each
plant was run separate from the other.
III.
Said first party on its part agrees to
maintain and keep in proper state
of repairs the pumps, mains, hydrants
and connections of said water works
system at its own cost and expense,
and in case of breaks and leakages
occurring so as to unnecessarily waste