The border vidette., 1904-02-06
UP TO THE VOTERS.
The NOsaIes Electric Light ice and
 Water Co.,, Asks for a Franchise.

Last Tuesday night the Nogales Electric Light Ice & Water Company, through its secretary Mir. F.. Titcomb. appeared before the city council and submitted the following proposition which was accepted by that honorable body, and will become an ordinance, provided the voters of the Town of Nogales, approve their action:
 To the Honorable, the Town Council of
 the Town of Nogales, County of
 Santa Cruz Territory of Arizona:
 The Undersigned, the Nogales Elec- tric Light; Ice x Water Company, corporation organized under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, hereby notify your Honorable Body that it desires to obtain franchise to be, if approved by the vote of the qualified voters of said Town, granted by an ordinance in the following terms:
 SECTION That franchise be and the name is hereby granted to the No gales Electric Light, Ice X Water Com pany. corporation organized and in- corporated under the laws of the Terri tory of Arizona, its successors and assigns, to supply the Town of Nogales and it's inhabitants with electricity and electric ligh for all purposes to which the samo may now or hereafter be ap- piled, the duration of said franchise to be the period of twenty y-five years dating from the passage of said ordinance:
 SECTION 2-Said company shall have the right to erect and maintain in the said Town of Nogales electric light works for the manufacture of electricity for the purposes above expressed and to operate and maintain the same dur ing the continuance of this franchise. It shall have the right to erect poles and string wires for tho distribution of electricity and electric light through out said Town and throughout as now bounded or as the same may be enlarged or extended during the con tinuance of this franchise and to main tain the same in and on all or any of the streets. lanes. alleys and public grounds of said Town and to furnish electricity for the purposes herein mentioned. Provided: that said com pany shall not at any time erect or any street, lane or alley and that the placing of said poles and wires be sub ject to the control of the council.
 SECTION 3-The said company shall adopt and use in its business any de- vices and safe guards which may be from time to tipe e discovered or invented for the protection of persons and prop erty against injury growing out of tho use of electric current, if required to do by the Council of the Town of Nogales, and the said company. its successors and assigns shall, in case of x harmless the said Town from and against all lawful claims and demands for injuries to persons or property Oc- casioned by the existence of such poles and wires the streets of said Town and the said Town shall not be held lia ble by said company by reason of any injury or damage caused thereby on the streets, lanes, alleys and public grounds of said Town.
 SECTION 4-Said company shall bo permitted to charge for any light fur asonable price at the time of such furnishing or service said price not to exceed 20 cents per 1000 kIlovolts. It shall have the right at reasonable hours to enter any building using electricity for the purposes of repair ing or adjusting meters or other ap- pliances used for measuring electricity or in furnishing the same. It shall have the right to furnish to any con- sumner meters and to charge for the use thereof and also to remove all meters, wires, and connections owned by it fl Iom the building premises of any one who shall refuse or fail to pay for the electricity used or consumed to sever the connections and cut off the supply.
 SECTION s. Said company shall not at any time with Its poles or wires construct the traffic or travel in said streets, lanes or alleys or interfere with the free use and full enjoyment of the public grounds.
 The Nogales Electric Light Ice x Water Co.
 BY E. TITCoMB, Secretary.