Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-10-22
AN ORDINANCE.
GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHT AND HEAT
FRANCHISE.

AN OTulIloIice Z 4 1uii,i0 Huf nO!lFY u
se Missouri Valley Elec,rlc Llgh,
"m .nnv to erect, establish, III ntint 81,
nd operate All Electric Light and
'o"e, p'ant, Heating plant and Gas
nrks ,h the Cliv nf Missouri Vale.
WA, with al necessary reservoirs
mslns, lamps 'r+ncnes, pipes, drains
'irners, mnchlht ry, apparatus, poles
wires and other requisites of sAlG
works and regulating the erection
'",leS and wires and establishment o.
'lpes and M aims and regulating th.
price tn C ,nsumArs
WHEREAS The Mlssnnr' V .lley Elec
ric Light Company propose to CON
>truct, operate ard MAINTAIN u Gas
works. operate ard MAINTAIN an Elec-
frc Light ard Power and Heating
plant in the City of Missouri Valley.
Iowa, for the purpose of furnishing
the city and ci z ns with Gas, Electric
l.ieh', power, fuel and leat And
WHEREAS. The construction and
mainta,nance of such systems will in
volve the Expenditure of large
amount of capital and certain right.
and privileges are necessary ~ o+nsble
said Company TO Institute and proper
ly operate the sam; and
w TIEFAs. Said Company lave ap-
piled to the City of Missouri Valley,
for the grant Of certain privileges and
franchise deemed essential to said un-
dertakinp; now therefore
Be it ordained ~ ~ Council
of the City of Missouri Vail, y. Iowa.
SECTION y
That the Missouri Valley Electric
Light Company, Its successors and as
signs be, ard are hereby vested with
the. rights and privileges for the term
of twenty five (25) years from the date
shat this ordinance shalt become oper-
alive. of using the streets and alleys Of
said city as now laid out, and sll streets
and alleys that may hereafter be added,
for the purpose of setting poles,
stretching "r 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 t.
properly operate and maintain system
nf gas, electric lighting, heating and
power throughout SAID city for the use
of said city and Its inhsbltsnts. Pro
vided that SAID poles shall be set in
such q manner and places and sale
wires be stretched or laid and said
mains aud pipes be 80 laid as not to in.
terfere with the free and unObstruc:ed
use of streets and alleys, not to be sci
or laid so as to damage private proper
" along the same, nor shall the setting
of said poles, laying or stretching of
wires or other work he 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.
provemelfs nd CITY may deem prop.
ar to make upon OF about said streets
or alleys, yr any ut them, and in all
cases SAID poles shall he of sufficient
height that the wires thereon shall in
no m amer interfere with the working
of the fire department. i'll case of fire or
to endanger any private or public prop
erty.
SECTION III.
The location of street lights, pipes
and mains, the excavation for the sam.
and the excavation for repairs shall bt
done under the direction of the com
mi'tee on streets and alleys of said city
according to the usual custom of lay
ing wires, pipes III d mains.
SECTION I'LL.
Said excavations Shall be made so as
not to seriously interfere with travel
on said highways, streets and alleys.
and this grant is made and to be- en-
jOyed subject to all reasonable regula-
tion of ordinance of public nature as
The said City Council may be author
wed and see proper at any time t.
adopt, not destroying or materially i'm
pairing the rights and privileges here.
by granted.
SECTION Nv.
Said company shall comply with all
reasonable demands of the city or clti-
Z'.ns in regard to furnishing lights.
fuel or heat, and in no event shall said
company charge the city or citizens at
at any higher rate for furnishing said
light, fuel or heat, than the average
and customary charge in any other cit
les lighted or heated under substan-
TALLY similar conditions, due and prop
er account being taken in all cases, of
the number, power and quality of
lamps used and of the relative care
necessary to properly maintain and op-
crate the same.
SECTION ".
The privileges herein granted are
upon the express conditions that the
Company, Its successors and assigns
shall be liable for sllinjl to persons
or property caused by the negligence,
mismanagement or fault of said COM
pany or any of its employees while
constructing or operating said system,
and should the city be compelled to
pay any such damage 1t shall recover
the same from said Company, together r
r;th ;Dtoroot Qua oo,.,