Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-02
PROPOSALS.

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light. heat. mover and any other general
purpose to The City Of Alexandra and IN
| habitants thereof. end 10 erect, construct
md maintain the necessary poles ana DIX,
lures and 10 run wires on, over rnder ana
along the streets, public alleys, bridges
parks and other pub. ways AMI places III
the City of Alexandra, for The purpose oil
supplying electricity. .,rr
Be it ordained by the City Council OF Alex
andria, Virginia:
Section l. That there shall be granted in
the manner prescribed in an act of the Gen
| eral Assembly of Virginia, approved May
| 20, 1908 the rights and privileges on, over,
under and a.org u streets, pu0lc a'ieys,
bridges, parks, and other pubic ways
and places in tie City Of Alexandra, wneh
are embodied in the following drait OF an
/ ordinance:
| An Ordinance to grant exclusive right to
-. its successors and assigns, to
| furnish electricity for light, aeat, power ana
| any other general purposes to the lily OF
| Alexandria and inhabitants thereof, and TO
| erect, consi .uct, and maintain the necess Try
| poles and fixtures, and 10 iun wires on, over,
| under and along the Secs, public alleys,
bridges, parks, and other public ways ana
places in the City Of Alexandria, for the pur-
pose ofsupply ing electricity.
Be it ordained by the City Council OF Alex
andria. Virginia:
| I. That - -. its successors and assigns,
be and they are hereby granted the exclusive
right TO furnish electricity for light, heat.
| power and any other &, neral nOrpO e7 10 the
| City OF Alexandria, aud the inhabitants
| thereof, .or period Of Il Try years, aud 70
| the purpose Of furnishing and supplying
electricity for light. heat. power, and other
general purpO es they e her by granted the
use Of the stress. highways az other public
ways and places ofsad City, an" are author
J lied to erect, construc., and maintain the
| necessary poles, fixtures. end other eS entail
apparatus, to construct and m lintaiE ond tits,
| and to run and maintain wires on, over: un-
| der ard 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 W u as under these Sc.
forth in sdch ordinances Of the City of Alex
andria, as may he applicable thereto, and as
are not in conflict with this ordinance al d
the amendments heretofore made or viii h
may be hereafter made 10 such ordinances.
| q Each route shall be first determiT ed upon
by the City Engineer before anv poles are
| erect ID, and the Committee on streets may
require the said ----, successors or
assigns, to use and occupy The poles already
erected by any pc on corporation before
the running Of wires alongsuch route, provid-
ed that the City EngiI ger first deliver to the
said -, its sue 'S0rs or assigns, per-
mission in writing from 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 OF this
| ordinance shall be dOre in a good 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.
8. The rights and privileges hereby granted
shall continue for thirty years unless sooner
| forfeited as herein provided for. and upon the
| termination or forfeiture of this grant The
| entire plant, as well as the property Of
said ----.its sueceSors or assigns, located
in the streets, public alleys, or othe- prb-
| lie places in the city, shall become the prop
erty cf the City Council Of Alexandra.
| upon the payment TO The said - -, its
successors or assigns, by the City Council Of
| Alexandria, of fair cash valuation of said
entire plant and property, Luz the said--
- shall be entitled 10 no comEen'a.io
| 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 ,.lis
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 arbtrators, one to be
appointed by the City Council of Alexan-
pria, one by the said -, its sue
cessors or assigns. and the thiid lin case
of disagreement by such arbiratOrsj by
ftrN m m 10 of ha
the two so chosen Deing unable, within
twenty days after the date Of the appointment
Of whichever Of the two was last appointed,
TO agree upon q valuation, or failing that TO
agree upon third arbitrator, the third arbi.
traitor shall be appointed, by the then Judge
of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of the
State Of Virginia, and the three arbitrators
SO appointed, shall proceed TO establish a
fair cash valuation of said plant and prop
ertys excluding the valne Of or any COM
pensation for the franchise hereby granted,
and upon the payment of the amount so es-
tablished and fixed to the said - -,i,s spc-
cessors or assigns, by City Council Of Alex
andria, the said plant and property shall
thereupOn vest absolutely in the City Council
ofAlexandria, and any expense incurred for
compensation for the three arbitrator so
appointed, shall be borne by the said,
its successors or assigns. and the said City
Council OF AieXanurla, equally.
4. The CITY Council Of Alexandria express
ly reserves the RICH, to impose other reason
able regulations, conditions and requirement.
upon the said -, its successors or assigns
and to pass such other ordinances as may be
necessary to secure efficiency Of public service
by snid -, its successors or assigns, at |
reasonable rates, and 10 compel the said -
its successors or assigns, 10 ma,ntain said |
plant and property of the said - in |
good order throughout tie term o. this giant |
and il is hereby expressly provided that jof |
failure to comply with any mate Ia. |
provision of this ordinance or Of any such |
regulation, condition. requirement or other |
ordinance, this ordinance may be declared |
forfeited by said City Council Of Alexandria,
and be repealed, and the franchise hereby /
granted be declared to be at an end, provided |
always that any such failure shall not have |
been made good by the said - -, its sue
cessOrs or assigns, within ninety days after
written notification OF such failure to aid |
--, its successors or assigns, provided
always that any such failure resulting from
the act of God, public enemy, strikes at LONE
or abroad or from any other unavoidable AZ
cidents or events, shall not be deemed a
ground for declaring the franchise, rights and
privileges hereby granted repealed, forfeited
or at an end.
And it is further provided that should the
said = -, its succC ssors or assigns. be
compelled by virtue Of any state or municipal
law or ordinance to place its or their condnc-
tors or any portion or portions thereof under
ground, that the City Council OF Alexandria
shall provide, at its own expense, the trench
or trenches necessary for the burying Of such
conductors, said City Council bearing the en-.
tire expense and responsibility incident to the
opening and closing of such trench or trenches
and the proper relaying ofthe pavement there
by disturbed, and said - -, its successors
or assigns. bearing the entire expense incident