Gunnison news-champion., 1906-03-16

NOTICE OF INTENTION To
APPLY FOR A FRANCHISE
FROM THE TOWN OF GUN
NISON FOR THE CON
STRUCTION AND OPERA
TION OF AN ELECTRIC
LIGHTING PLANT IN SAID
TOWN.
Know ALL MIN BN THESE PRES
ESTs. That !. George III seth
man. do hereby publish and declare
my intention to apply to the Board
OF Trustees of the incorporated
Town of Guunison. OF the County
of Gunnison and State Of Colorado.
for a franchise for the erection and
construction OF an electric light
plant or system in said Town and
for the operation thereof.
And pursuant to law | give no
tice that | shall apply to the Board
of Trustees of said Town at a regu-
lar meeting thereof to be held in
the Town of Gunnison, State of
Colorado, upon the 2oth day of
March, 1900, for such franchise.
The name of the applicant for
said franchise is George III. Seth
man and a general description of
the rights and privileges to Ike APP
piled for, and the time for and
terms upon which such franchise
h desirud u se4 forth in said tran
chise itself, which is i'll words and
figures as follows:
AN ORDINANCE
Granting to George II. Setlman
a franchise and privilege for the
construction and operation of an
electric light plant in the Town
of Gunnison, State of Colorado,
and providing for the purchase of
said plant by said Town
Sec. 1. The right and privilege
of constructing, maintaining and
operating an electric light plant
and lighting system within the
Town of Gunuison, in the County
of Gunnison, State of Colorado,
and all the extensions of said
Town; and for erecting poles,
stringing wires and other appara-
tus for the transmission of electric
ity, or if he shall so elect, the
right to excavate for and construct
conduits underground for electric
wires along and through and on
the streets, alleys and public places
within said Town, and in and upon
and along all the extensions of said
Town and the additions thereto, is
hereby given to George III. Seth
man, Hereinafter called the
grantee) his SUCCESSORS and as
signs; and for the purpose afore-
said the said grantee is hereby
given permission to go upon all
said public places, streets, lanes
and alleys of the said Town of
Gunnison, erect poles and other
appliances thereon, or to make eX
cavations for conduits therein.
Permission and authority is also
given to the said grantee, to such
an extent as the Town may legally
grant the same, to construct with
in the corporate limits of the said
Town an electric lighting plant
with the buildings, machinery,
dynamos and various appurtenances
thereinto incident.
Sec. 2. All the rights, privi-
leges and authority hereby grant
ed shall be given for the full per-
iod of twenty (2O) years from the
date of the passage of this ordi-
nance and its publication. If ad-
ditonal territory shall at any time
be added to the Town of Gunnison,
the said Town of Gunnison
upon being requested to do so by
the grantee, his SUCCESSORS or as
signs, shall make additional grants
of the rights and privileges con-
ferred by this ordinance confirming
the said rights and privileges to
the grantee, his SUCCESSORS and
assigns, so that the additional terri
tory added to the Town of Gunni-
son, shall come within, and be
subject to the terms of this grant.