The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13
light, power and heat SO produced.
Be it Ordained by the Town Council
of the Town of Leon, Iowa:

| of the Town of Leon, Iowa:
SECTION l.
That the right and franchise is hereby
granted to the Leon Electric Light,
| Heat q Power Company, it's successors
and assigns, to build, maintain and oper-
ate III the town of Leon, Decatur county,
Iowa, plants or works for the produc-
tion and sale of light, power and heat,
| and to use the streets, alleys and public
grounds Of the said town Of Leon now or
hereafter laid out or constructed, for
the distribution Of light, power and
heat, by overhead or underground con-
ductors, for the supplying Of the citi-
zens OF Leon, the city, and all corporate
or private consumers with the commod-
tiles herein mentioned, subject, how
ever, to the conditions and stipulations
hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2.
The rights herein granted shall ex-
tend for the period of twenty years,
from the taking effect of this ordinance.
SECTION 8.
The grantees herein. in consideration
of this franchise, shall furnish to the
town OF Leon three or more arc lights of
Two Thousand candle power each for
lighting the streets of said town at
price not to exceed $50 per year for
each light. And further agree to furn-
ish to said town, and the town of Leon
agrees to take and use seventy-five in
candescent street lights Of 16 candle
power each, at rate of not to exceed
rs cents per month for each light, pro-
viding, however, that the Town Council
may have substituted for the incandes-
cent lights OF any part thereof, arc
lights of Two Thousand candle power
each, at rate of not to exceed So per
month for each light, providing that the
| amount paid for street lights to said
Company will not be dimished by said
change; all street lights to be located
by the Town Council as provided herein,
said street lights to be furnished under
what is known as the Philadelphia
Moonlight schedule, with the further
provision that in case of dark and
stormy nights or of actual necessity,
the said street lights are to be turned
on and used under the direction or
order of the mayor of said town without
tany additional compensation to the
grantees herein; said lights to be paid
for at the rate specified only during the
| time they are in actual use as provided
herein.
SECTION a.
The grantees herein are to furnish all
| renewals of said street lights required
to supply lamps burned out, or exhaust.
ed, or broken by any cause except
malicious ones; said town to pay for
| the renewals of all street lamps destroy
ed maliciously, the grantees herein to
furnish said lamps to the town in that
case at their actual cost.
SECTION 5.
| The grantees herein shall furnish to
any person or persons along it's line of
wires, making application therefor,
electric current for incandescent and
arc lighting, and shall also furnish a
standard electric meter for the measure
ment Of the electric current so furnish
ed, and shall be entitled to charge each
consumer for such electric current CON
sumed not to exceed the sum of 12ll
cents per kilo Watt, and all Nchurches
and lodges not to exceed the sum of 20
cents per Kilo Watt. Said grantees
| shall also be entitled to charge each
consumer for such services minimum
charge of S1.00 per month wherever
meter is furnished by said Company
Where by agreement between grantee
and consumer no meter is used flat
rate not to exceed rs cents per month
for each light of 16 candle power may
be charged. All rates to be fixed and
adjusted by the Town Council as pro-
vided by law.
SECTION 6.
That the said grantees herein further
lagree as part of the consideration of
said franchise, that they will pump the
water required by the town for it's use
i f<Ncy NIvy<S ~k-s~. -Ls
catur county, Iowa, and furnish same in
the tank at the Electric Light Plant, for
the consideration OF 15 cents per thous-
and gallons; it being understood that