The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-16
AN ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR
SALE OF A TELEPHONE FRAN
CH1SE IN THE CITY OF WIN
CHESTER, KENTUCKY.

Winchester, Clark county, State of
Kentucky, do ordain as follows:
Sec. l. That there is hereby ere
ated and established a franchise or
privilege to erect, operate and main
tain a telephone exchange, embrace
ing central Office apparatus, tele
phone poles, fixtures, cables and
wires along, through, over and un-
der the streets, sidewalks and alleys
of said city of Winchester, Kentucky.
Sec. 2. The said franchise or
privilege shall continue for the pc
Rod of twenty years from and after
the time the same shall take effect.
Sec. 3. The purchaser of said
franchise or privilege may assign or
transfer the same.
Sec. 4. Said poles, fixtures, ca
bles and wires shall be erected and
maintained In a substantial and
workmanlike manner; said poles
shall be neatly painted and shall be
so located as not to interfere with
the legitimate entrance to any ada
cent private property, nor to OBJ
struct the free use of said streets,
sidewalks and alleys for the purpose
OF public travel.
Sec. 5. The purchaser of said
franchise or privilege, his successors
or assigns shall promptly replace all
paving and macadamizing that may
be disturbed by said purchaser in
setting said poles, and shall also at
said purchasers own expense remove
all dirt and debris that may arise
in making excavations for that pur-
pose. All work of setting poles shall
be done under the supervision of the
street committee, and it shall be the
duty of said committee to see that
the provisions of this ordinance are
faithfully complied with.
Sec. 6. The said purchaser or his
assigns shall charge subscribers To-
Gated within one and one-half miles
of the court house of Winchester, for
metallic circuit service, as follows:
Business.
Direct circuit .$2.75 per month
Two-station circuit. 200 per month
Residence
Direct circuit -. .$1.65 per month
Two-station circuit. LAO per month
When said Winchester exchange
exceeds in number one thousand
subscribers located within one and
one-half miles of the Winchester
court house, the charge to subscrib-
ers located within that radius shall
be as follows:
Business.
Direct circuit 49,. $500 per month
Two station circuit. 2.25 per month
Residence
Direct circuit 49,. $500 per month
Two-station circuit. 1.50 per month
Sec. z. The city of Winchester
shall have the right to place, main
tain and operate its fire and police
wires upon poles of said purchaser
within corporate limits Of said city,
free Of charge, provided said wires
shall be located upon said poles in
such way as not to interfere with
the wires of said purchaser. The
purchaser agrees to furnish, free of
charge, to the city Of Winchester,
three long distance telephones with
metallic circuits to be placed where
directed by said city.
Sec. s. If after said exchange is
established, said purchaser, his sue
cessors or assigns, shall fail to per-
form all terms and conditions of this
ordinance, said City Council may,
after giving said purchaser, his sue
cessor or assigns, reasonable notice
of such failure, and such failure is
not remedied, revoke all rights and
privileges herein granted, and cause
all poles, wires and apparatus erect
ed under this ordinance to be remov-
| ed.
Nothing in this franchise shall be
construed so as to give the purchas-
er, its successor or assigns, any ex-
elusive right to the privilege granted
in Section 1.
Sec. 9. Within ten days after the
approval and publication of this or
dinance, it shall be the duty of said
City Council through its Mayor, to
advertise in The Winchester Demo
crat, The Winchester News and Sun
Sentinel newspapers published in the
city of Winchester, and having
general circulation therein in two is
sues each for two consecutive weeks,
that bids will be received at public
cutlery for the aforementioned
franchise or r,rivi1eoe and said Nav