Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-30
POLE ORDINANCE

thereon.
The Common Council of the city of
Lancaster do ordain as follows:
Section 1. All telephone, telegraph.
electric light, heat, railroad and street
railway poles and posts now in or up
on or hereafter erected in or upon the
Lancaster shall be subject to and
governed by the following rules and
regulations:
Section 2. The city of Lancaster
shall have the right at any time to des-
ignate the location of all such poles
and posts and reserve the right at any
time to direct any alteration in the To-
cation of such poles or posts, the
height thereof and the height at and
the manner in which all wires thereon
shall be strung, any such alteration to
be made at the cost of the owner or
owners of such poles and posts, but be-
fore any such alteration is made at
least ten days notice in writing shall
be given the president or local officers
in charge of the company or to the per-
son or persons affected by the proposed
alteration, and reasonable opportunity
shall be afforded such person or per-
sons or the representatives. OF such
company or any citizen interested to be
heard thereon, but when any such al
iteration shall be ordered said company
shall within five days thereafter COM
mence such alteration and complete
the same as soon as practicable there
after, and upon failure SO to do the
city may perform said work at the
proper charge and cost of the owner OF
said poles, posts or wires; and thesald
person, persons or company shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
punished by fine not exceeding 500.
Section 8. All poles or posts of iron
or other metal shall be of such height
and pattern as shall be approved of by
the mayor, the city clerk and the street
commissioner; if of wood, all such poles
or posts shall be Of sound timber of
uniform size and shape, and they and
all wood attachments thereto, shall be
thoroughly painted green; and all tel
ephone or telegraph poles or posts
within distance of one block from the
courthouse block in said City shall be
at least IS feet in height above the
ground, and the wires thereon shall not
be less than 50 feet above the ground,
but said telephone or telegraph poles
and wires shall be of such greater
height as shall be ordered by the may
or, city clerk, and street commissioner.
All other electric poles, posts and wires
shall be of such height as the mayor,
city clerk and street commissioner
shall direct.
Section 4. Before any person, per-
sons, corporation or association shall
erect any telegraph, telephone, electric
light, heat or railway poles or posts
upon any street or alley, they shall
submit to the mayor, city clerk and
street commissioner the route of their
proposed line or lines or any extension
thereof, stating the name of the street
or streets to be occupied, or if an alley
the number of the block, and as far as
practicable the location of each pole or
post, and the number and location of
the wires, and no such pole or post
shall be erected until such approval
shall be first obtained. Provided, how
ever, that no additional poles or posts
shall be erected on the public high
ways bounding the court house block.
Section 5. Whenever IN the judgment
of the mayor, city clerk and street COM
missioner the use of any alley for the
purpose of erecting the poles or posts
herein mentioned is practicable, said
poles or posts shall be placed upon
and along said alley instead of upon
and along the streets next adjoining.
When the poles are set in any alley
they shall be located as near the side
lines as practicable, and in such a
manner as not to incommode the public
or the adjoining proprietor or resident.
Section 6. Whenever the said poles
or posts are erected on a street they
shall be placed in all cases, unless
specially directed otherwise by the
mayor, city clerk and street commits
sion, on the outer edge of the sidewalk
Just inside the curbstone, and on the
line dividing the lots one from another;
and in no case to be SO placed as to in
commode the public or the adjoining
proprietor or resident, or to disturb the
drainage of the streets or interfere with
or damage the trees or other public or
private property on the line of the
street or alley where such poles or
posts shall be erected, unless the con-
sent of the owner of said trees or other
property and of the mayor, city clerk
and street commissioner of said city
shall have previously been obtained.
Section Z. Whenever any street on
which any of said poles or posts shall
have been set shall be graded or paw
ed, all said poles or posts shall be re-
set Immediately SO as to conform to the
street as reconstructed, and the owner
or owners thereof shall Immediately
put in order and thereafter SO main
tain and keep all those parts of the
streets, sidewalks, alleys or public
grounds interfered with or used in the
erection of said poles or posts.
Section 8. The city of Lancaster re-
serves the right at anytime to order
any or all wires heretofore or hereaf-
ter run in said city to be cabled, or be
placed under ground, and to order
poles and posts supporting the same
to be removed from the Ilblic high
ways. On the failure of the owner
thereof to comply with said order with
in the time therein designated, the city
may perform the said work at the cost
Of the owner of said poles, posts or
wires.
Section 9. The city of Lancaster ex-
pressly reserves the right to grant the