Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-10-15
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GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHT AND HEAT

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FRANCHISE.
An Ordinance grAnting authority to
the Missouri Valley Electric Light
Company to erect, establish, MAINTAIN
and operate an Electric Light and
Power plant, Heating plant and Gas
works in the City of Missouri Valley,
lswa, with sll necessary reservoirs,
mains, lamps, trenches, pipes, drains,
burners, machinery, apparatus, poles,
wires and other requisites Of said
works and regulating the erection Of
poles and wires and establishment of
pipes and mains and regulating the
price to consumers.
WHEREAS, The Missouri Valley Flee.
trio Light Company propose to con
struct, operate and maintain q Gas
works. operate and maintain an Elec-
trio Light ard Power and Heating
splsnt in the City of Missouri Valley,
Iowa, for the purpose Of furnishing
the city and cit:z-ns with Gas. Electric
Light, power, fuel and hest. And
WHEREAS, The construction and
maintenance Of such systems will in
volye the expenditure of q large
amount of capital and certain rights
and privileges are necessary to enable
said Company to institute and proper
ly operate the same; and
w EEETAs. Said Company have ap-
piled to the City Of Missouri Valley,
for the grant of certain privileges and
franchise deemed essential to said un-
dertsktng; now therefore
BE it ordained blythe City Council
of the City Of Missouri Valley, Iowa.
SECTION L.
That the Missouri Valley Electric
Light Company, Its successors and as
signs be, and are hereby vested with
the rights and privileges for the term
of twenty-five (25) years from the date
that this ordinance shall become oper-
stive. of using the streets and alleys of
said city as now laid out, and all streets
and alleys that may hereafter be added,
Tor the purpose of setting poles,
stretching or laying wires, laying heat
and gas mains and pipes in and across
said streets and alleys and all such
purposes as may be found necessary ia
properly operate and maintain q system,
of gas, electric lighting, heating and
power throughout said city for the use
OF said city and its Inhabitants. Pro
vided that said poles shall be set In
such 9 manner and places and said
wires be stretched or laid and said
mains and pipes be 80 laid as not to in.
.erfere with the free and unobstructed
use OF streets and alleys, not to be set
'r laid so as to damage private proper
y along the same, nor shall the setting
II said poles, laying or stretching Of
wires or other work be so done ss to In
my manner Interfere with the drain
.ge of said city or the construction Of
ewers, water works. or any other i'm
'rovements said city may deem prop
< to make upon or about said streets
T alleys, or any of them, and in all
asses said poles shall be of sufficient
eight that the wires thereon shall In
o manner interfere with the working
I the fire department In case Of fire or
. endsnger any private or public prop
rty.
SECTION II.
The location of street lights, pipes
nd mains. the excavation for the same
I'D the excavation for repairs shall be
one under the direction of the COM
ittee on streets and alleys of said city
:cording to the usual custom Of lay
6 wires, pipes and mains.
SECTION III.
Ssid excavations shall be made 30 as
{ to seriously interfere with trsvel
said highways, streets and alleys,
d this grant is made and to be en-
red subject to all reasonable reguls-
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