The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Proceedings Of the County Commits.
sioners of Stevens County.
Confined From Issue of March r.. }
March 4. 1908.

Confined From Issue of March 12.)
March 4, 1908.
THE TELEPHONE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO
E. A. HUMPHREY MARCH 4, 1908.
E. A. Humphrey, of Stevens county,
Wash, having on the 3rd day of Febru-
airy, 1908, filed his application for an
extension of franchise or right to CON-
struct, erect and maintain telephone
poles and wires in and upon the several
county roads in Stevens county named
in said application and hereinafter de-
scribed, and the said application coming
on to be heard before the Board of
County Commissioners of said county on
this 4th day of March, 1908, in pursu-
ance OF notice regularly posted and pub
lished, and the said Board of County
Commissioners being satisfied and the
proofs being fully made that the notice
ordered by said board was duly and
regularly published in the Newport
Miner for the period prescribed by law,
which publication is shown by the aft
davit of the publisher of said newspaper,
and that the said notice was posted in
three conspicuous places in the county
seat, as required by law, proof of which
is shown by the certificate of the deputy
county auditor, L. e. Jesseph, and the
further proof showing that copy of the
notice was posted on the public highway
named therein, which is shown by the
affidavit of the party who posted said
notice;
Therefore, it is ordered by the Board
of County Commissioners that the said
f. A. Humphrey be and he is hereby
granted an extension of his franchise.
authorizing him and his successors to
erect, maintain and keep in operation
telephone line over and along the Col
vile and Chewelah county road, from
the Town of Blue Creek to the Town of
Addy, in said county and state.
Said franchise is hereby granted for a
period Of fifty years.
Said franchise is granted upon the fol-
lowing terms and conditions: The said
+. A. Humphrey, his successors or as
signs, shall hold the county harmless
from any and all damages which may
accrue on account of the extension and
maintenance of said telephone line, or
the granting of this franchise; said E. A .
Humphrey shall not in any manner in
terfere with the free and unobstructed
use of any of the roads herein named,
nor the travel thereon; said E. A
Humphrey shall. in the erection OF his
telephone poles and lines maintain and
carry all poles or their appliances
line as nearly as may be
possible to the extreme outer
limits of said highways; and all wires
shall be stretched from pole to POLE or
from support to support, as tightly as
maintenance will permit, and kept at
all times securely fastened to the poles
or supports, and so kept stretched and
fastened that all wires when in place at
any crossing shall not be less than six
teen feet, and along roads not less than
twelve feet above the surface of the
ground; that whenever it shall be neces-
sary to excavate or in any manner to
interfere with any of said public high
ways the said grantee herein shall
complete the work as soon as
possible and without delay re.
store such highway to in as good
condition as before it was interfered
with, and during the progress of such
work said grantee shall at all times leave
the highway wholly unobstructed and
securely guarded, so that the public
travel on said highway shall not be in
terfered with.
This franchise is to continue in force
and be in effect for period of fifty years
from June 9th, 1906, and is granted to
E. A. Humphrey under and by virtue
of the laws of the State of Washington
Done at Colville, Washington. at a
special session of the Board of County
Commissioners of said County of Stew
ems, State OF Washington, this 4th day
of March, A. D. 1908.
THos. r. MAJOR,
W. l. FOUNTAIN,
S. S. BEGGs,
Board of County Commiss toner's
The county treasurer is hereby ordered
to reduce the valuation on lot Z, block
Is, Meyers addition to Colville, Wash
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