Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-10-08
AN ORDINANCE.
GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHT AND HEAT

FRANCHISE.
An Ordinance granting authority t.
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
Iowa, with all 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 Elec
trio Light Company propose to con-
struct, operate and maintain Gas
works. operate and maintain an Elec-
trio Light and Power and Heating
plant in the City of Missouri Valley,
Iowa, for the purpose of furnishing
the city and citizens with Gas, Electric
Light, power, fuel and heat. And
WHEREAS, The construction and
maintenance of such systems will in
volve the expenditure of large
amount OF capital and certain rights
and privileges are necessary to enable
said Company to institute and proper
ly operate the same; land
WHEREAS. Said Company have ap-
piled to the City of Missouri Valley,
for the grant of certain privileges and
franchise deemed essential to said un-
dertakine; now therefore
BE it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Missouri Valley, Iowa.
SECTION 1.
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-
atlve. OF using the streets and alleys of
said city ss 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 &.
properly operate and msinfa n ssyst.m
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 manner and :places and said
wires be stretched or laid and said
mains and pipes be 80 LAID as not to In
terfere with the free and unobstructed
use OF streets and alleys, not to be set
or laid so as to damage private proper
ty along the same, nor shall the setting
OF said poles, laying or stretching of
wires or other work be so done as to In
any manner Interfere with the drain
age of said city or the construction of
sewers, water works, or any other i'm.
provements said city may deem prop.
or to make upon Or about said streets
or alleys, or any of them, and In all
cases said poles shall be of sufficient
height that the wires thereon shall in
no manner interfere with the working
of the fire department In case of fire or
30 endanger any private or public prop.
erty.
SECTION II.
The location of street lights, pipes
and mains, the excavation for the same
and the excavation for repairs shall be
done under the direction of the com.
mittee on streets and alleys of said city
according to the usual custom of Law
aog wires. pipes and mains.
SECTION III.
Said excavations shall be made an as
not to seriously interfere with trayeI
on said highways, streets and alleys.
and this grant is made and 10 be en-.
joyed subject to all reasonable repula.
ton Of ordinance of q public natnra ae