Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-03-01
FRANCHISE ORDINANCE.

iliC' ou fduNt % lNfhihafNAta htH
tucky, before the Board Of Courcil-
men of the city Of Hopkinsyille
Kentucky, and srated that said COM
pahy wished to Obtain, franchise
To- erect maintain and operate an
Electric Light and Power Plant 10
Tie city Of Hopkineville, Kentucky,
ard asked SAID Board Of Conucilmeu
To- pass an ordinance, authorizing aud
ordering the sale Of such franchise
whereupon Il e following ordinance
WAS adopted:
Be it ordained by the Board oil
Cnuocilmen Of the city of Hopkins
VILE, Kentucky-That the city OF
Hopkiusviue sell to the highest and
best bidder, franchise to construct,
maintain and operate an electric
light and power plant, in the city for
n period of twenty years from and
after the enactment of an ordinance
by this council. confirming such sale
and granting Of such franchise. The
person or persons, or corporation be-
coming the purchaser OF such fran
chise, when sold, after said sale shall
| have been confirmed by this council
shall have granted to them or It, a
franchise giving to him or it, their or
its successors, assigns or Jesse es, the
following privileges, imposing on
them or it, their or it's assigns, sue
cessors or lessees the following re-
| stIiction:
SECTION Full permission and
authority is hereby granted to the
person or persons, or corporation
purchasing this franchise when sold,
to manufacture, distribute and sell
! to the city Of Hopkinsyille, aud its
! citiz ms, electricity for lighting or
Illuminating purposes, and for motor
power running. and propelling fans
Or other machinery and to acquire,
erect, maintain and operate at any
place in or near the city eff Hopkins
Vile, which may be selected by the
grantee, engines, boilers or any other
machinery or apparatus necessary
or desirable by said grantee for the
purpose of manufacturing or general
ing aud distributing electricity for
illuminating purposes, and for motor
mower for running fans or other ma
chinery. All of said machinery aud
apparatus to be of the kind and ca
pacity selected and desired by said
gtautee and may be Increased,
changed or enlarged at any time at
the option of said grantee, sud 70
manufacture, generate and dls1ri-
butte electricity for the purposes here
in named, in such quantities as such
grantee may deem ad quate aud
necessary.
SECTION To erect in and upon
the streets, lanes, alleys, ways and
public places of said city, poles for
an electric light circuit or circuits
and to wire same for the purpose of
furnishing lights and motor powr
for electric fans or other machinery
All wires used for the circlit or cir
cults, shall be of best quality, NJ 6
B. ard S. guage line wire. All poles
or towers erected in or upon the
streets, lanes, alleys, ways or public
places, and all line wires and guys,
shall be so strung at such height a.
not co interfere with the free use
said streets, lanes, alleys, ways or
public places. All excavations made
in or upon said streets, alleys, lane S,
ways or public places for the pur
pose of planting, changing or remov
ing poles and towers shall be II filed,
packed and levelled to the same con
dition as before said excavation was
made, and all poles shall be changed |
or removed when the same shall be
come dangerous to the life or prop |
erty of the citizens of said city. And !
said grantee shall indemnify said |
city against all or any damage to
real or personal property which it,
or.any citizen thereof may sustain
by reason OF said grantees construct |
ing and operating under this fran
chise.
SECTION 3. To charge said city
for it's lamps or lights Of the XIII or
kinds mentioned, the following
schedule, not exceeding the rates
shown by the following schedules:
ARC LIGHTS FOR COMMERCE.
AL PURPOSES.
For 10 O'Clock circuit, 1000 c. p.
each, per wk. 6 nights. ...$l 80
For II O'Clock circuit, 1000 C. p.
each, per wk. 8 nights. ......17 70
All night and every night, 1000
p. each, per wk. 8 nights. ...200
Special rates for larger candle
power may be made. III
Arc lights for street lighting