Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-03-13

the Contractor below contained doth
grant unto the Contractor for the term
OF ten years from said Sd day Of May
instant, the exclusive right and fran
Chise to furnish and supply electric
light and electric power Except as e1-
Cepted in said Act) for hire in the dis
triCt of Honolulu. within the area
named in said Act. and to erect poles
and wires for the purpose OF convey
ing such electricity in. upon and across
any street or road in said district. and
upon and across any Government land;
such poles and wires to be erected and
maintained in accordance with the reg
ulations to be made by the Minister
from time to time according to law.
And the Contractor for itself and
its successors and assigns. does hereby
Minister and his successors in the
Office of Minister of the Interior as
aforesaid that the Contractor will and
its successors and assigns shall with
in one month after the twenty-third
day Of May in each and every year for
the term of ten years from the dats
hereof, file with the Minister or his
statement showing the name of each
consumer of light or power furnished
by the Contractor the number and
character of light or horsepower fur
nished to each consumer. and the
amount paid by each consumer during
the preceding year; Second: A de-
tailed statement showing the objects
added to the plant or stock of the Con
tractor and the true net price. after de-
duCtion of all discounts and rebates
of each such objects; and Third A fur
ther detailed statement showing the
item of running expenses of such Con
tractor, and the amount of each such
item during the preceding year; and
shall at the time of the filing of each
Of such annual statements. pay to the
Minister in gold coin of the United
States of America, a sum equal to two
and one.half per cent OF the gross re-
Ceipts of the Contractor from all cleo
triCt light and power furnished 10 con-
sumers during the preceding year. pro-
vided, however. that such payments
shall not be required to be paid for the
first two years of said term of ten
years.
And Iurther that the Contractor
will, and its successors and assigns
shall, within two years from said third
day Of May, A. D., 1893. be able to and
shall and will furnish to all applicants
at any point within the area of the
units named in Section of said Act
all of the electric light and power
which such applicants respectively
may bona fide apply for, at rates not
exceeding those named in said Act,
provided that such electric light or
power shall be required upon premises
accessible from some public street: and
that the Contractor shall not be re-
quired to run special wires over 1000
feet in length for light or power until
the applicant or applicants shall apply
for at least so sixteen candle power
lights, and shall have first wired the
premises proposed to be lighted or pre-
pared the apparatus necessary to util
iZe the power applied for: and that the
Contractor in no case shall be Obliged
to run wires until the applicant shall
have made satisfactory contract to
take at least Ave lights at schedule
rates for at least one year, and that ii
the Contractor is unable to furnish
power or light applied for by reason
of lack of capacity of apparatus to pro-
lnrn gnph nlnHt riHifV tho ('nntru.tar
shall be allowed a reasonable time not
to exceed nine months from the date
OF the application to procure such ad
ditional apparatus as may be necessary.
And II Is cOvcnantcd and agreed by
and between the said parties hereto
that at the termination Of the fran
chlse hereby granted as aforesaid, the
Minister or his successors in said Office
may take over on behalf of the Gov
ernment all of the stock landl plant
of the Contractor actually in use in
carrying out the purpose of said fran
chise at such time, upon paying for the
same the cost price and the actual cost
of labor used in placing the same in
position, less reasonable deduction
for wear and tear and deterioration
but the amount to he paid shall not
exceed the amount for which such
| plant and stock could be duplicated
for at such date. The re.,en age to be
deducted for wear and tear, II not
agreed upon, shall be settled by arbi-
| ration as nioyided in said Act.
in witness whereof said rarity OF