The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-29
ORDINANCES.

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EiGE u :, AND ~ POWER COMPANY.
II APPROVED OCTOBER %. 1899
whereas. the City Clerk has j., ia d n,,e
fore the common eT io capt tnS an ari-
spnresgtp ~ Sntovide FOR TIE granting by the
Ety Of Richmond to. a person. or eo r.. re- o.
i iion hereinafter to be ascerta.ned IN li ne
.nnds prescribed by law permission 20
erect poles and run wires on the s,fe .,,
and alleys of the City OF Rienmohp, ne a re
ana power BY electricity. together WIN ".
a certif cate OF due puolttcSaton o5 81
s waeks. in a newspaper published in ne
City Of Richmond, commenGing On mr. ,r
18th day Of August, 1893 maae, u ass ppn
s bly, q Mbe Nss the ?rssidng officer Of a
common Council thereupon i.ia'' ~, II ";
Whereas. the Merchants co.orerraa.'Ve
Light and Power G9 .In ~ sn read aloud
bid for one dollar, Whlch was reau
Whereas. the presiding officer, then r. . ana
there Inquired f9 ba any ofared the
Ing offieer declared the bidding closed;
Therefore, be IT ordained. ey tn nha to .Ihs
hid bid for tic the Merchants Cooperative Light
md Power Company be accepted and
that the rights and privileges, t., pron a i,a
and. The same one hereby, granted 70 lEe
Merchants Cooper ative Light and Power
That the name Of the SAID company
shall be inserted in said proposed t opua-
i nance and the same SO amended Is mere
NJ enacted and reordained in the words
and figures AZ tSllocTR,bfSiNANcE
To grant permission to the Merchants
Cooperative Light and Power oom ,Iaats
and alleys Of the City of Richmond az, ara
to construct conduts or s subway INERT 1tnSt
under for the e. puEp9S5 rici e iufn'sns s
Be 1t ordained by the Council OF the
Csy of Richmc:rd. .,,.o
g.. That the Merchants Co.opera i've
Light and Power Company be. and Is here
by. authorized to erect poles aid run wires re-
over and construct conduits or supW;a i
and run wires therein under and "a. a!o,s i
Richmond in order to furnish and supply
elecr. c light and powe! upon the CO, con n,
lions. proysons ana llm'a hnss also ne, set
forth. SO far as applicable and NOT in con- Z
flict with this cd nance IN Eco ehap pd ,Ss
Of Richmond ely Geqe lss made ad Or or
which may be hereafter made but with
In the district bounded on the west by by
10Th St the North Of ne Of Gay
on the east BY the east Inc of Cover. r
and Thirteenth Streets, and on the south
by James River no pole s6a it, be nf G5e ch.
mond shall have the right from time 70
time. to require the said Merchants
Cooperative l. ght and Power ComLan!
e remove. poles and wires from other
streets and squares and place It's wires
In conduts and subways.
o.. All conduts shall be built with
CAPACITY OF ct least thirty Ter centum
larger than the said Merchants Co-orera.
tive Light and Power Company. shall
shall be at least thirty per centum la ge..
The Committee on Streets aid SLo.koe
Creek may require said company TO use
ana occupy the conduts and poles al
reddv. erected by any other person or cor
tpot alton or which shall hereafter be
srected. before the running Of wires upon l!'ni
determined upon by the Committee on
Streets and Shockoe Creek before any
poles are erected. conduts constructed or
of this ordinance shall be done in a
manner satisfactory to the City Engineer'
g., The privilege hereby granted shall
forfeited, and upon the termination OF
the grant hereby made, the plant as well
hs pG9pety Il any s6 6 A sn sao PoWs
other public places, Of the city, snail
thereupon become the property Of the
City OF Richmond, upon the payment OF
n fair valuation therefor. but the said
company shall be entitled to no compen-
sa1ion by reason of the value Of the tran
chise hereby granted; such compensation.
If not agreed upon between the City OF
Richmond and said company more than
six months before the termination err; le.I ), OF ).
thirty days after forfeiture, shall be de-
teinined by arbitration. one Of the ar.
Riehmond, one. BY said company and the
third by the Hastings Court of the City
of Richmond, and upon the payment o.
compensa ton. either agreed upon, as
al or q ~
Arhitrators to be appointed as aforesaid,
the plant and property OF the, sad com.
pany shall vest absolutely in the City OF
Richmond.
A.. The City of Richmond expressly re-
serves the right to impose other rea-
qurements upon the said Merchants Co.
operative Light and Power Company, and
to pass all ordinances necessary to Sc
said company at reasonable, rates. and ito
compel the maintenance Of the ptoEerly
the sad COMPANY, n good order
to charge such annual sum for the priv.
lege Of using and occupying the streets
OF the city, a. .ilerelnpetore authorized
against other PERSONS engaged in like
business by the imposition of tax or
poles. wires and conduits. and tax or
gross receipts, or license TAX and it i
E hereby expressly provided that for a fail
ure TO comply with the provisions Of III:
ordinance. or such additonalIreguatio
forfeited. and this ordinance may be re
t1ealed and the franchise hereby granted
declared TO be at an end.
g. For any failure 10 comply with an,
requirement OF this ordinance the SAIL
Merchants Cooperative Light and Powe
Company shall be liable to fine OF no
less than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars for eacn ottense. each days iail
n!e TO be separate oftense; The I'm
pos. ton OF any fine under this sector
shah not prevent forfeiture under tn
foregoing section.
g. That. the said Merchants Co-opera
tive Light and Power Company in III
equipment OF It's condGits, sideways. poles
wires fixtures or other works viii u
such appliances as VIII prevent injur
by electrolys.s 10 the water and gas ma n
and pipes or other public Improvement
of-the city and will pay TO the ct
all damages occasloned by electrolysl
caused thereby. and viii also lndemn.f
and save harmless the city from all claim
of damages. occasloned any person Q
property, growing out OF injury 10 sue
mans or pipes from such cause. And til
SAID company agrees and binds itself I