Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-26
Town Board Proceedings.
CONTINUED from last week.
Eagle River, Wis, July 2, 1902.

Eagle River, WIS, July Z, 19O1'
Therefore issued the following no
ticc and caused the same to be pub
lished in the Eagle River Review, a
weekly newspaper printed and pub
lished in the village of Eagle River,
on the 5th day of July, 1902, and also
posted printed copies of the same as
follows: One copy on the front of
Moran's restaurant on Wall street, one
copy on the O'ConnOr block on Rail-
road street, one copy on the electric
light pole at the intersection of Rail-
road and Division streets all in the viii
lage of Eagle River the same being
public and CONSPICUOUS places in the
town of Eagle River, the said notice is
as follows to-wt:
Notice is hereby given to the electors
of the Town of Eagle River, Villas
county, Wisconsin, that Special Town
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
the purpose of voting upon the ques.
ton of authorizing. lnstructing and dl-
recting the Town Board of said town
of Eagle River to grant franchise,
and make a contract with ID. r. 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:
|, 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 /. 80
There is hereby granted to ID. K.
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 ID. K. Riordan
the right to attach wires and lamps to
said poles so erected or maintained for
said terms of years. There is further
granted to said d. Z. Riordan, his as
sociates and assigns, the right 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."
Said ID. 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 d. 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 ac-
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 ease said second
parties shall fail to furnish lights, as
provided by this contract, then pro
rata deduction shall be made from the
payments to become due said second