The Goodland republic., 1907-02-08
LEGAL NOTICES.
CF'irst published in The GoodIand Re-
public February 8, 1919

public February s. 1919
ORDINANCE NO 149-A1J ORDI-
nance granting the Western Telephone
Company Ito be fncorporatedj, con
sisting Of Q 81. Jett and others, their
successors and assigns, permission to
build, extend, maintain and operate a
telephone system and telephone ex-
change within the city Of GOOdland,
and to erect the necessary poles, wires
and other appliances in connection
Herewith, and to maintain the same
through along and across the various
streets, alleys and avenues OF the city
Of GOOdland, the alleys to be used in
preference to the streets wherever il
is possible TO DO 50.
Be IL ordained by the mayor and
cOuncilmen OF the said city Of Good
land, Kansas:
Section 1. That there Is hereby
granted 70 the Western Telephone
Company, composed OF Q. H Jett and
others, and their successors and as
signs, permission to build. erect, con-
strUct, maintain and operate a system
Of telephone and telephone exchange
in the said city OF GOOdland, Kansas,
and the right Of way therefor in, up
on through, along and across the vari-
Gus streets, alleys and avenues Of said
city o. GOOQland, Tor period Of fif-
teen years from and after the passage
and publication Of this ordinance
Section 2 That for the purpose OF
erecting, constructing, maintaining.
extending, maintaining and operating
such telephone system and exchange,
the said western Telephone Company.
Q. H Jett and others, their successors,
assigns, are hereby authorized and en-
powered to erect, maintain and con-
struct lines OF poles and posts, to
stretch string and lay wires and
cables, build mains. manhOles, con-
duits, and other appliances, in, along
and upon, through and across any and
all OF the streets, alleys or avenues OF
the said city Of GOOdland, as may be
necessary to erect, extend maintain
and operate such system Of telephone
and telephone exchange for the period
OF fifteen years from and after the
date OF the passage and publication OF
this ordinance in The GOOdland Re
public, the official city paper OF said
city OF GOOdland, Kansas.
Section 8. That the line or lines OF
poles, cables and wires to be erected by
the said Western Telephone Company,
their location shall be determined by
the city engineer Of said city OF Good
land.
Section 4. In case Of property own
ers desiring to remove buildings, or
who for any other purpose desire to
disturb the poles, wires, cables OF con-
duits Of any telephone system doing
business within the city Of Goodland,
/ that the said parties so desiring to in
any way disturb or interfere with the
said poles, wires, cables OF cOnduits,
shall pay the entire expense thereof,
and said moving, changing or in any
way disturbing said poles, cables or
Il cOnduits, shall be done by the tele-
phone company or exchange and the
Il expense Of said moving and replacing
said wires, poles, cables OF cOnduitS,
shall be at the expense Of the party
desiring said removal or displacing
thereof, and shall be without cost to
said telephone company or exchange,
said service to be performed at actual
cost Of work and material used by
said telephone company.
SeciOn 5. That the maximum rate
charged to the patrons OF sail tcle
! phone system and exchange Tor each
/ phone in use in any building OF place
! wherein business Of any kipC IS con-
Quoted shall be TWO dollars Pc month,
and the maximum rate for service or
| each phone in all buildings occupied
| exclusively as dwellings shall he one
i dollar and twenty-five GEMS Per
month and the time when such tele-
/ phone system and exchange shall be
in service shall be Tor the full twenty
four hours for each day.
/ Section 8. In any case any patron
4 OF said telephone system and eEcha7Gs
| shall notify the said telephone com
| pany, or its oft@ial repI Iesentatives in
Il the city OF GOodla1d, their successors,
i
i phone Is out OF order, = shall ne the
/ duty Of said telephone company 70 re-
| pair the same within a reasonable
| time, and in case said telephone SO
Il out OF order be not repaired and pu!
L in working order within three days
/ from date OF notice, that then and ir
/ that case the entire time for which
said telephone may be out OF use q
| service, by reason OF not being IN
! working condition. shall be deducted
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 telephont
company shall use cable instead o.
separate wires, along Boulevard ave
nue., between Ninth and FOurteentl
streets
Section s. That said Western tele
phone company SHALL within a periOt
OF one year, maintain and operate
telephone connection with either tn
city Of Colby or St Francis, Kansas
Section g. And the said Western
| Telephone Company, consisting Of c
! the city treasurer two hundred dollar
, as a guarantee that they viii , -;
| construction OF said systeU --ifi3i
sixty days and to compile o tbe saT
within one EeaF, said S.s-,Cei+ 70 he ?.
SStttles e-sSt t"O hundred dollars hs
- - ID in construction, le'
, o-s,SS Of printing and passing tn
} u .ance-
) Section 10. That in case country {
? rural telephone lines or cOmpani
: / wish to connect or exchange calls wit
Z the said Western Telephone compan
and the compensation thereof becOm
4 / a mater OF dispute or contention the
: / in such case the mayor and city cOul
: ell, at any regular meeting, shall ha7
| the power to arbitrate the char
( therefor, and the said Western Tel
| phone Company shall abide by SUI
: / decision and furnish such rural tel
Z phone lines or companies with SUI
/ connection and exchange O1 calls.
Section II. This ordinance shall
| in full force and effect from and aft
its passage and publication in the CT
! / Official paper
Passed and approved this 5th d.
OF February, 1907.
GEORGE KELLY, Mayor
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