The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-26
CITY ORDINANCE.
Ordinance No. 1911.

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Il Franchise to Construct Maintain
Hand Operate a Telephone and Tele-
graph System within the City of
Ardmore. Pickons Co. Indian Ter
Nritory.
BE II ordained by the City Council
If the City of Ardmore:
Section l. That the right, privilege
land franchise be and is hereby grant
led to f. b. McElroy, associates and
assigns, to own, construct equip,
maintain and operate a telephone and
Telegraph system within the City of
AFdmore. and TO place the necessary
|poles and wires over, under along and
across the public streets. highways,
|avenues and alleys of the City of Ard.
Imore to the extent that may be re
jluired for the proper operation Of such
Telephone and telegraph system
4Sec. 2. That all poles shall be erect
led and maintained within the inside
lof the curb line or the immediate
tDu utside. as now fixed. or may here.
I,fter be fixed by ordinance of each
Respective sidewalk, and the setting
)f all poles required for said telephone
,ompany shall be under the supervi
tpion Of the street commissioner Of said
'iy.
10 Sec. 3. The city reserves the right
require said grantees to change
, b local ion of any and all telephone
leles in case the same shall be nee
-fary by reason OF any public improve
-ent, or by reason of the same Oh.
ntucting any street, alley avenue,
esidge. or public grounds belonging TO
"a. nnIAp Hnnfpnl of cold af uI 20
abs. enact and enforce such ordi-
Vices for public regulations in regard
8ereto as the council may see fit.
Sxd to pass and enforce such ordi-
Nnces for the regulation and control
u the grantee, associates and assigns,
4 it may deem proper.
Sec. 4 The rights and franchise
8rein granted shall continue for
ssfiod Of twenty years from the 10th
ny of October, 1905. and upon the
arms and conditions herein provided.
sSec. 5. The said grantee, associates
nd assigns, shall be capable of fur
Eshing the city all the telephones il
day require for public use, and the
Inhabitants of said city all the teie-
Shones they may require for private
&e, subject 10 Section Z of this or
finance.
I Sec g. The said grantee, associates
nd assigns. shall not charge or re-
Give for telephone rental TO exceed
De schedule of prices fixed by such
frdinance., to-wit: The maximum
barge for each single telephone in
Nlsiness house shall be $500 per
nonth and the maximum charge for
4 single telephone in residence
buse shall be $500 per month The
Nty of Ardmore reserves the right
a be exercised at any time. to regu-
Ute the increasing or decreasing the
-ental of said telephone.
Sec I. The said telephone company,
associates and assigns, shall at
u times within thirty days after be-
d. requested to do so furnish private
sers with telephones uDon their sign
ng a contract for one year at rate
D be agreed upon, not greater than
fovided for in Section of this Or
hance: provided that at least one
elephone shall be installed for each
vo blocks of extension so ordered.
Sec. g. In consideration of the rights
nd privileges herein granted said
rantee. associates and assigns, here
\ covenant and agree to keep in good
fder and repair in said city, al the
fty Hall, and in such other places
sthin the city limits, as may be des.
Rnated by the city council, five first
lass telephone instruments such as
BE commonly used by the said com,
mny, TO be used by said city free of
Dl costs and charges so long as the
lights and privileges herein granted
hall be exercised.
Sec. 9. Any violation by said gran
&c, associates and assigns, of the du.
les herein imposed, shall work, at
he opinion of the city council for
eiture of the rights and privileges
ierein provided and granted.
Sec 10. No poles except distribu-
jon poles shall ever be set or planted
,or conduct of wires of said telephone
md telegraph system along Main
Street between u Street on the East
and u Street - the West, and be-
tween said streets the lines OF said
and telegraph system shall
b. laid under ground, and under the
Supervision of the street commits
sioner.
Sec II. The said +. B. McElroy, asso-
BATES and assigns. shall commence
the construction of the system herein
provided for within six months from
thc date of his acceptance, and shall
have said system in operation within
Twelve months froa the date of his
acceptance,
Sec. ~ The said F. B. McElroy
shall deposit with the City Clerk OF
he City Of Ardmore his certified check
IOr the sum of Five Hundred Dollars
lS5O0.O0) as a guarantee that the con-
struction will he started and said sys-
.em will be Put in operation within the
hbove specified time. Said check shall
be deposited with the City Clerk con-
lemporancously with the filing OF the
written acceptance Of this franchlse,
which acceptance and check SHAH De
given to the City Clerk not later than
the 26th day of November, 1909. The
said grantees shall construct as near
hs practical an all cable copper wire
telephone system and shall install a
full centra. energy switchboard with
capacity for at least ore-thousand sub
scribers and each subscribed shall be
furnished with telephone OF the CEN