The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Dated November Z. 1905.
To the Mayor and Common Council Of the City
of EdgertOn:

To the Mayor and Common Council of the City
of Edgerton:
The Edgerton Electric Light Company a
corporation organized under and pursuant to
the laws of the state of Wisconsin, hereby APP
plies to your honorable body for franchise to
maintain, extend construct and operate an
electric light and power plant in the city of
EdgertOn, and for authority to use the streets,
avenues and alleys of said city in connection
Herewith as enumerated and referred to in
the annexed proposed ordinance; and it re-
spectfully asks for the adoption of said ordi-
nance.
Dated November Z, 1905.
An ordinance, granting to the Edgerton Elec
trio Light Company, a corporation organized
under and pursuant to the laws of the state
of Wisconsin, it's successors and assigns the
right to maintain, extend, construct and OPP
crate an electric light and power system in
the city of Edgerton aud authorizing the use
of the streets, avenues and alleys Of said city
in connection Herewith.
The Mayor and Common Council of the City
of EdgertOn do Ordain as follows:
SecUion 1. The Edgerton Electric Light
Company, it's successors and assigns, is hereby
81 tainted for the full term of twenty-five years
from and after the passage of this ordinance
the right and authority to construct maintain,
extend and operate in the city of EdgertOn an
electric light and power system for the pur-
pose of furnishing light and power to the in
habitants of the city OF Edgerton and it's vcin-
lty, and for the purpose of furnishing light
on the streets and avenues of said city, and in
the public buildings thereof.
SectiOn2. All poles and wires now located
in the streets and alleys of said city shall re-
main as now located, unless said company, it's
successors or assigns, shall remove the same,
or unless directions for such removal shall be
given by the common council of the city of Ed
gerton under police power and when necessary
so to do.
Section 3 Said company, it's successors or
assigns, may from time to time extend said
system to any streets or alleys in said city
which it may desire to occupy, and in such
case shall locate the poles for it's wires at such
place in the streets, and string its wires at
such height above the ground as the common
council m y, by resolution, prescribe. In case
the common council shall fail to give direc-
tiOnS, then said company shall place it's poles
in the same general location as the poles now
constructed and maintained are placed and
shall string the wires at the same height as the
wires as are now strung on the system oper-
ated by said company.
Section 4. Said company, it's successors or
assigns, will take the rights and privileges
hereby granted, subject to the right of the city
to ordain and establish such reasonable regu-
latiOnS as the common council, within it's pO-
lice power may, from time to time, peeScribe
in respect thereto.
Section 5. The city of Edgerton may at any
time it shall by ordinance so declare, purch ase
of said company, it's successors or assigns its
system within and without the city of Edger-
ton, and shall pay therefor it's value at the
time of such purchase; in case the city and
said company, it's successors or assigns shall
be unable to agree upon the price so to be paid
then the value of said plant shall be determin-
ed as follows: An appraiser shall be selected
pany, its successors or assigns in case these
appraisers are unable to agree upon the value
they shall select a third person impartially be-
tween the parties, non reSident of the city of
Edgerton, and he shall fix and determinS the
value so to be paid and in determining the
sum to be paid by the city of Edgerton in case
of such purchase, the appraisers shall value
the plant of said company whole When
the amount to be pail by the cily of Edgerton
has been determined as aforesaid, the common
council shall Immediately make provisions for
the payment of tie amount aforesaid and in
case the same shall be necessary, shall provide
for the issue Of the bonds of said city and the
sale thereof in order to defray the costs of &C
quiring such plant Said common council
shall give to the said company, it's successors
or assigns. three months notice in writing of
Its intention so to acquire said property and
to have the value aScertaned. The city of Ed
gertOn shall acquire no interest in said plant
or right TO its revenues prior to the actual paw
ment of the amount determined upon as above
set forth.
Section 6. Whenever the common couneil
shall grant to any person the right to move a
building along the streets of said city the
company when receiving reasonable notice of
such permit. and reasonable indemnity for the
costs. expenses and damages which it will in
cur thereby. shall elevate or temporari,y re.
move its wires so as to permit the passage OF
such building across or along said streets or
avenues for period OF time not exceeding five
hours
Section7. This ordinance shall take effect
and he in force from and after its passage and
publication.