Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-08
PROPOSALS.

AN ORDINANCE to provide for the granting
by the City Council of Alexandria, to the
person or corporation hereafter to be ascer-
tanned in the manner prescribed by law, Of
the exclusive right 10 furnish electricity for
light, heat, power and any other general
purpose to the City of alexandria and in
habitants thereof, end 10 erect, construct
and maintain the necessary poles and tx
lures and { run wires on, over, under and
along the streets, public alleys, bridges,
PARKS and other public WAYS and places in
the City of Alexandria, for the purpose Of
supplying electricity.
BE il ordained by the City Council Of Alex
andria, Virginia:
Section |. That there shall be granted in
the manner prescribed in an act Of the Cen
eral Assembly Of Virginia, approved May
20, 1903 the rights and privileges on, over,
under and along the streets, public alleys,
bridges, parks, and other public ways
and places IN tie City of Alexandria, which
are embodied in the following draft of an
ordinance:
An Ordinance to grant exclusive right to
its successors and assigns, TO
furnish electricity for light, neat, power and
any other general purposes to the City Of
Alexandria end inhabitants thereof, and to
erect, construct. and maintain the necessary
pores anu hAtuftSs anu W run NlEtS Ouf over,
under and along the streets, public alleys,
bridges, parks, and other public ways and
places in the City Of Alexandria, for the pur-
pose ofsupplying electricity.
Be it ordained by the City Council Of Alex
audria. Virginia:
|. That - -, its successors and assigns,
be aud they are hereby granted the exclusive
right to furnish electricity for light, heat,
power and any other general purposes 10 the
City OF Alexandria, ard the inhabitants
thereof, for period of thirty years, aud for
the purpose of furnishing and supplying
electricity for light. heat, power, and other
general purposes they are hereby granted the
use of the streets, highways and other public
ways and places ofsaid Ci,y, and are author
lied to erect, construct, AID maintain the
necessary poles, fixtures, end other essential
apparatus, TO construct and maintain conduits,
ard to run and maintain wires on, over I'M
der and along the streets, public alleys
bridges, parks and other public ways and
places in the City of alexandria, in order to
furnish and supply electricity for light, heat,
power and other general purposes to the City
or to the inhabitants thereof, upon the con-
ditions, provisions and limitations herein
after set forth, as we'll as under these set
forth in such ordinances of the City of Alex
andria, as may he applicable thereto, and as
are not in conflict with this ordinance and
the amendments heretofore made or which
may be hereafter made to such ordinances.
2. Each route shall be first determined upon
by the City Engineer before any poles are
erected, and the Committee on Streets may
require the said - -, its successors or
assigns, to use and occupy The poles already
erected by any person. or corporation before
the running of wires aloDg,such route, prOyid-
fhaft ha M ir<f Hal ~ ha
said ---, its successors or assigns, per-
mission in writing fIom the owners Of such
poles already erected, to run and maintain
other wires thereon, at reasonable rates TO be
fixed by agreement or arbitration. All wires
run and all work done in pursuance o. this
ordinance shall he done in lOOd workman
like manner and of material suitable for the
purpose, at the time the work is executed,
and shall be approved as such by the City
Engineer.
S.The rights and privileges hereby granted
shall continue for thirty years unless sooner
forfeited as herein provided for, and upon tie
termination or forfeiture of this grant the
entire plant, as well as the property Of
said - its successors or assigns, located
in the streets, public alleys, or other pub
lie places in the city, shall become the prop
erty of the City Council of Alexandria,
successors or assigns, by the City Council of
Alexandria, of fair cash valuation Of said
entire plant and property, but the said
- shall be entitled to no compensation
by reason of the value Of the franchise
hereby granted. In the event of the City
Council of Alexandria and the said
its successor or assigns, being unable at least
six months prior to the termination of this
grant, or within thirty days after the for
fixture Thereof, to agree upon fair and Just
cash valuation of said plant and property,
then and in that event, such valuation shall
be determined by arbi,ratOrs, one TO be
appointed by the City Codneil Of Alexan-
pria, one by the said -, its sic-
cessors or assigns, and the third lin case
of disagreement by such arbitrators) by
these two arbitrators, or, in the event o. the
the two so chosen being unable, witbin
twenty days after the da,e OF the appointment
of whichever Of the two was laIt appointed,
to agree upon a valuation, o. falling that to
agree upon third arbitrator, the third arbi-
traitor shall be appointed, by the then Judge
of the Sixteenth Judicial Circdit of the
State of Virginia, ard the three arbitrator
so appointed, shall proceed to establish a
fair cash valuation Of said plant and prop
ertys excluding the valne OF or any CON-
pensation for the franchise hereby granted,
and upon the payment of the amount SO es-
tablshe1 and fixed to the said - its sue
cessors or assigns, by City Council Of Alex
andria, the said plant and property shall
thereupon vest absolutely in the City Council
Of Alexandria, and any expense incurred for
for the three arbitrator so
appointed, shall be borne by the said,
its successors or assigns, and the said City
Council of Alexandria, equally.
f. The CITY Council of Alexandria express
y reserves the right to impose other reason
lble regulations, conditions and requirements
lpon the said - -, its successors or assigns
md to pass such OIL er ordinances as may be
necessary to secure efficiency of public service
~ said -, lis successors or assigns, at
reasonable rates, and to compel the said -
. Its successors or assigns, TO MAINTAIN said
plant and property of The said -- in
rood order throughout the term of this grant
md it is hereby expressly provided that for
failure to comply with any material
provision of this ordinance or Of any such
equation, condition. requirement or other
ordinance, this ordinance may be declared
orfeited by said City Council of Alexandria,
md be repealed, and the franchise hereby |
,ranted be declared to be at an end, provided
lways that any such failure shall not have |
,een made good by the said = =, its sue |
essors or assigns, within ninety days after
written notification Of such failure to said |
-, its successors or assigns, provided |
lways that any such failure resulting from |
he act of God, public enemy, strikes at home |
r abroad or from any other unavoidable ac-
ideBts or events, shall not be deemed a |
round for declaring the franchise, rights and |
privileges hereby granted repealed, forfeited |
r at an end.
And it is further provided that should the
aid -, its successors or assigns, be /
ompelled by virtue Of any state or municipal
lw or ordinance to place its or their conduc-
DTS or any portion or portions thereof under
round. that the City Council of Alexandria
nall provide, at It's own expense, the trench
r trenches necessary for the buryiug of such
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