The Goodland republic., 1906-07-20
(First published in The GoOdland Re
public, July 20, 1860

(First published in The GOOdland Re
public, July 20, 1860
ORDINANCE NO. 14O-AN ORDI-
nance granting the GOOdland Tele-
phone Company, partnership con-
sisting Of 9. E Swarts and J. NJ. Jew
ell, its and their successors and as
signs, permission TO build, extend,
maintain and operate a telephone sys-
TEN and telephone exchange within
the city OF GOOdland, and to erect the
necessary poles, wires and other ap-
plianCes in connection Herewith, and
to maintain the same through, along,
and across the various streets, alleys
and avenues Of said city Of GOOdland,
and repeating Ordinance No. 122 Of
the ordinances Of said city.
Be il ordained by the mayor and cOun-
cilmen Of the said city OF GOOdland,
Kansas:
Section 1. That there is hereby
granted to the GOOdland Telephone
Company, a partnership composed OF
9. Z. Swarts and J. II. Jewell, its and
their successors and assigns, permission
to build extend erect, construct, main
tain and operate a system Of telephone
and telephone exchange in the said
city Of GOOdland, Kansas, and the
right of way therefor, in, upon,
through, along and across the various
streets, alleys and avenues of said city
Of GOOdland, for the period Of fifteen
years from and after the passage and
publication Of this ordinance.
Section ?. That for the purpose Of
erecting, constructing, maintaining,
extending and operating such tele-
phone system and telephone exchange,
the said GoOdland Telephone Compa-
ny, C. Z. Swarts and J. NJ. Jewell, its
and their successors and assigns, are
hereby authorized and empowered to
erect maintain and construct lines Of
poles and posts, to stretch, string and
lay wires and cables, build mains,
manhOles, cOnduitS and other appi-
anceS, in, along, upon, through and
across any and all Of the streets, al
leys or avenues Of the said city Of
GOOdland, as may be necessary to
erect, extend, maintain and operate
such system Of telephone and tele-
phone exchange, for the period Of If
teen years from and after the date Of
the passage and publication OF this
the official city paper OF said city Of
GOOdland, Kansas.
Section 3. That the line or lines Of
poles, cables and wires heretofore
placed, erected, maintained or used by
the said The GOodland Telephone
Company within the said city Of Good
land, shall be and remain in their
present position, except as hereinafter
stated, and in case Of necessity there
for, said poles, wires and cables maybe
replaced by others in the same lOca-
ton not occupied by said poles, cables
and wires, but that in case any ex-
tension Of said telephone line or lines
that may be hereafter made by said
GOOdland Telephone Company, the 10
cation Of the poles in said streets, al
leys and avenues necessary for such
extension Of the present lines shall be
determined by the city engineer Of
said city Of GoOdland.
Section 4. That all poles in said
city Of GOOdland belonging to said
telephone company, heretofore erect
ed, and now standing within the limits
prescribed for sidewalk purposes by
the ordinance OF said city OF Good
land, shall within sixty days from the
passage and publication OF this Ordi-
nance, be removed from sidewalk Ii
mits by said telephone company and
relocated under the direction Of the
city engineer Of said city Of GOodland-
Section 3. That the maximum rate
charged to the patrons Of said tele-
phone system and exchange for each
phone in use in any building or place
wherein business OF any kind is con-
Quoted, shall be two dollars per month
and the maximum rate for service OF
each phone in all buildings occupied
exclusively as dwellings shall be one
dollar twenty-five cents per month,
and that the time when such tele-
phone system and exchange shall be
in service shall be from 5 o'clock a m
until 10 o'clock D m. Of each day
until the first day Of September, 1906 /
and that on and after the hrSt day OF
September, 1906, the time Of service |
for such telephone system and ex-
change shall be twenty-fOur hours
each day
Section s. In case any patron Of
the said telephone system and ex-
change shall notify the said telephone
company, or the said c E Swarts or
J. NJ. Jewell. their successors or as
signs. in writing that their telephone
is out OF order, il shall be the duty I
OF said telephone company to repair /
the same within a reasonable time. |
and in case said telephone, so out Of /
order. be not repaired and put in I
working order within three days from /
the date Of said notice, that then and 4
in that case the entire time for which /
said telephone may be out Of use or j
service, by reason Of not being in 1
working condition, shall be deducted I
from the monthly charge paid by the /
user thereof, for the use Of the same /
pro rata in proportion to the whole /
time paid for
Section Z. That the said telephone /
company shall within six months from /
the date hereof place its wires along /
the west side Of Boulevard avenue be- /
tween Tenth and Fourteenth streets in 1
what is known as a cable, and there I
after maintain such cable system be- 1
tween the points described during the /
time covered BY this ordinance
Section s. Ordinance No 122 OF 1
the ordinances Of said city Of Good /
land, is hereby repealed
Section g This ordinance shall take 1
effect and be in full force from and /
after its passage and publication in 1
The GOOdland Republic.
Passed and approved by the mayor 4
land, Kansas, this 18th day Of July /
1906
GEORGE KELLY, Mayor I
Attest n a FLOYD, City Clerk =