Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-22
PROPOSALS.

| light, heat, power and any other general
purpose to the City Of Alexandria and in
habitants thereof, end to erect, construct
and maintain the necessary poles and 6x-
lures and TO 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 it 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
era 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 way
and places IN the City Of Alexandria, which
are embodied in the following draft of an
| ordinsncp:
An Ordinance to grant exclusive right to
-, its successors and assigns, to
furnish electricity for light heat, power and
any 9th r general purposes to the City of
Alexandria and inhabitants thereof and to
erect, construct ind maintain the necessary
poles aud fl, lures, and to run wires on, over,
under and along the streets, public alleys,
bridges, p1rks, and other public ways and
| places Ia the City Of Alexandria, for the pur-
pose ofsupplying electricity.
BE it ordained by the City Council Of Alex
aLdria. Virginia:
!. That - -, its successors and assigns
be and they are hereby granted the exclusive
| right to furnish electricity for light, heat,
| IOwer and any other general purposes TO the
City OF Alexandra, and the inhabitants
thereof, for period ofthirty 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
| Fala of
| lied TO erect, construct, and maintain the
necessary poles, fixtures, end other essential
apparatus, to construct and maintain conduits,
and to run and maintain wires on, over. un.
der aud along the streets, public alleys.
| bridges, parks and other public WAYS and
| places in the City ofAlexandria, in order 10
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 well 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 along such route, proyid-
ed that the City Engineer first deliver to the
| said - -, its successors or assigns. Der
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 agre- nent or arbitration. All wires
run and all work done in pursuance of this
ordinance shall he done in a good workman
like mani err and of material suitable for Il Q
purpose, at the time the work is executed.
and shall be approved as such by the City
Engineer.
3. The rights and privileges hereby granted
shall continue for thirty years unless sooner
forfeited as herein provided for, aud upon the
termination or forfeiture Of this grant the
entire plant, as well as the property of
said - its successors or Ssigns, located
in the streets, public alleys, or other pub
lie PLACES ir the city, shall become the prop
erty Of 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, 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 liant and property,
then and in that event, such valuation shall
be determined by arbitrator, one to be
appointed by the City Cou"cil of Alexan-
pria, one by the said -, its sue.
cessors or assigns, and the third lin case
Of disagreement by such arbitratOrsj by
these two arbitrators or, in the event Of the
the two so chosen being unable. within
twenty days after the date Of the appointment
Of whichever Of the two was last appointed,
TO agree upon a valuation, or failing that to
agree upon a third arbitrator, the third arbi.
traitor shall be appointed, by the then Judge
of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Of the
State of Virginia. aud 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 - its sue
cesSors or assigns, 10y 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 |
compensation for the three arbitrators so |
appointed, shall be borne by the said,
Council of Alexandria, equally.
4. The Citv Council of Alexandria express
ly reserves the right to impose other reason
able regulations, conditions and requirements /
upon the said - 49,, its successors or assigns L
and to pass such other ordinances as may be /
necessary to secure efficiency of public service
by said -, its 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
good order throughout the term Of this grant
and it is hereby expressly provided that for
q failure 10 comply with any material
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 said
-, its successors or assigns, provided |
always that any such failure resulting from
the act of God, public enemy, strikes at home
or abroad or from any other unavoidable ac-
cidents or events, shall not be deemed
ground for declaring the franchise, rights and
hereby granted repealed, forfeited
DR. at an end.
And it is further provided that should the
said - -, its successors or assigns, be
by virtue Of any state or municipal
aw or ordinance to place its or their conduc-
.ors or any portion or portions thereof under
ground, that the City Council Of Alexandria
hall provide, at its own expense, the trench
,r trenches necessary for the burying Of such
conductors, said City Council bearing the en-.
ire expense and responsibility incident to the
opening and closing of such trench or trenches
md the proper relaying ofthe pavement there
~ disturbed, and said --, its successors
n assigns, bearing the entire expense incident
# the furnishing and placing within such