River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-23
Council Proceedings.
COUNCIL CHAMBER

Pernilla Lund, annual instalment on
contract Powell Falls plant 200 90
Kate Winter, annual installment on
contract Powell Falls plant......... 200 90
E. Buck, Supt. cleo. light salary u mo- Al so
L. Chinook, 20 90
W. Patterson. 20 90
T. Adams, nine days' work. II 90
N Rock. IL SO
7. Savage. water works 855
streets, ........-........... 10 IL
F. NJ. Ulrich, cement walks. ............. 1885 30
w. P. Knowles, legal services. ......... 10 90
E. Van Voorhis, electric suppies...... II 90
r. Reynolds, tax refunded, ............. 16 48
Peter Simon, marshal, salary. ..... % so
Bills allowed, all voting aye.
Agreement proposed between the City and
George Fortune as to f1owage read and on
motion voted that the agreement is approved
and the Mayor is authorized to execute the
same in behalf of the city. Agreement exc
cuted and duplicate placed on file.
On motion voted that no change be made in
the water rate for the high school.
Application of Albert +. Morgan for a tele-
phone franchise read and after insertion OF
| certain amendments was read twice, and on
motion rules were suspended and ordinance
was read third time, put upon its passage,
| Ordinance adopted all voting aye.
| The Common Council of the City of River
Falls, Counties of Pierce and ST. Croix, and
| State of Wisconsin, do ordain as follows:
SECTION /. A franchise is hereby granted to
Albert F. Morgan, his heirs. representatives,
successors and assigns, to construct, MAINTAIN
| and operate a telephone exchange within the
present and future limits of the City of River
| Falls Wisconsin to use the streets, alleys and
public grounds of said City for the erection of
poles, stringing OF wires ana the c6nstfuctlo on
| of other necessary appliances, SUBJECT TO all
| the provisions of the Statute Law now IN 1Orce
| and applicable thereto and to such rules ana
| regulations respecting said streets and alleys
| and public grounds, as now are, or may mere
| after be in force within said City or River
! Falls.
/ SECTION H. The setting of said poles, the
| stringing of said wires. and the construction
| of said appliances shall be under the control or
| the Common Council to the extent mat the
| Common Council or their authorized repre-
sentatives may prevent the said Albert r.
! Morgan, his heirs, successors, representatives
or assigns, from permanently placing salo
| poles wires and appliances where they Will
| ObStruct the public travel, ana see GhaG tne
poles are set as nearly as possible to the Ovid
| ing lines between lots abuttlng on the streets
| and alleys along which the telephone INES are
| extended.
SECTION III. The permission herein granted
| shall be subject to all the following conditions
and restrictions: All poles and posts used IN
| the construction of said telephone exchange
| shall be good, sound, peeled and REASONABLY
| straight of height acceptable to the City
| Council and placed near the curbStone or
| the sidewalk as is consistent for the Strlnglng
| of said wires relative to the trees intervening
| and shall not interfere in any way with the
| flow of water in the drains, and shall leave the
| streets, alleys, and pubic GROUNDS In as goo9
| condition as they were before placing OF salu
! poles and appliances.
Provided, that unless otherwise ordered by
| the Common Council all poles used in the con-
| structiOn of such exchange where set on the
| streets other than Main street shall be placed
| at least twelve feet from the property line or
| such street but not so as to interfere WIN the
cutters and where poles are set on MAIN sCreeC
| thew shall be placed at the outer line or the
| sidewalks where such walks are twelve 1eet
| or more in width
| Where set on alleys they shall be placed at
the boundary line of such alleys.
| All wires on the pole lines shall be strung SO
to be at least enty feet a6oy9 Inc
| tWenty-four feet above the rails and clear
| ance of at least four feet above or below the
| electric light wires of said city snail be pro
| vided at ali places where such telephone wires
| run parallel with or shall cross SUCH electric
| light wire. .
| This franchise shall become null and void
| unless line shall be actually constructed and
| in use within eighteen months from the date
| hereof and may be revoked by tne common
| Council after thirty years from the GATE mere
| In consideration of this franchise being
| granted the said Albert r. Morgan for himself
| and for his assigns extends the privilege to the
| Common Council of said city to use said poles
| and appliances for Strlnging wires TO De USED
| for the purpose of fire alarm system. and also
| extend Service of said telephone system to the
officials of said city for official business at all
| times and without charge or other compensa-
| ton and to place an instrument In the Councn
| Chamber OF such city,
| SECTION ~. The said Albert T. Morgan
| his heirs, representatives, successors and as
| signs shall save and hold and keep the City or
| River Falls harmless of and from all actions,
| causes Of action, liability and damages, ex-
penses and costs, caused BY or accrung
| through or by reason of the faulty and negli-
| gent erection and construction OF said tele-
SECTION Y, This ordinance shall take effect
| nd after MASSAGE publication,
The Clerk of the City of River Falls. Counties
| of Pierce and st. Crox, State of Wisconsin,
/ shall. and is hereby directed to cause this Or
| dinance, according to law, to be published in
| the official paper of the City OF River Fails,
| Wisconsin.
Passed Feb II, 1905
Approved Feb. II, 1905
Attest! ALIEN +, WELD City Clerk
Mayor Dunn rendered his resignation of Of
| fee of Mayor and on motion a resolution was
passed authorizing his resignation.
RESOLUTION.
| WHEREAS, James Dunn Mayor of the City
of River Falls, has rendered his resignation of
| such office, with a request that the zame be
| accepted by the Common Council
RESOLVED, That such resignation be ana che
same is hereby accepted, in accordance with
such request.
RESOLVED, That in accepting this resigna-
| ton the Council expresses its regrets at losing
| the services of Mr.. Dunn and tenders it's sin
cere thanks for the uniform courtesy and con-
sideratioa with which he has presided over the
meetings of the Council and for the ability
and careful attention with which he has con-
Quoted EXPERIMENTATION of the affairs of the
city during his term of Office.
Passed, February II, 1905,
Approved, February II, 1905
c. G. KNOWLES, Acting Mayor.
Adjourned.
ALLEN P. WELD, City Clerk.