Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-22

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the Question of Granting Franchise
to the Farmers and Merchants
! Telephone Company to the Legal
Electors of the City of MarshaItown,
| Iowa.
To the electors of the city Of Mar
shalltown, Iowa:
Whereas, on the 14th day of Sep
tember, 1908, the city council of the
city of MarshalMoWn, Iowa, passed the
| following ordinance, viz:
| An ordinance granting to the Farm
ers and Merchants Telephone company,
a corporation of Iowa, and to it's sue
cessors and assigns. the right, permits
| sion and authority in, upon, over. I'M
, der and along the streets, avenues. al
leys and public grounds of the city OF
| MarshalltoWn, to erect, construct, OPP
crate and maintain, for and during the
term Of twenty-five years lines of con-
Quits, wires and conductors, together
with feeders, service wires, poles and
appliances, to be used for electric COM
municat!on and transmission of sound
and also providing for terms and con-
ditions. rates and charges and provld-
ing for a submission of a proposition
/
tors of the city of Marshalltcwn.
Be it ordained. by the city council
| OF the city Of Marshalltown. Iowa.
Section 1. That the right, permits
sion and authority ID hereby granted
to the Farmers and Merchants Tele-
| phone company, its successors and as
signs, to erect, construct operate and
| maintain for and during the period OF
twenty-five years in, upon, over, under
and along the streets, avenues, alleys
and public grounds of the city of Mar
sha1ltown, lines of conduit. wires and
| conductors, together with all necessary
| and proper manhoes. feeders, service
wires, poles and appliances TO be used
! for the transmission of sound, signals
and electric communications, subject to
| the existing ordinances relating no SUCH
construction and such regulations as
may from time to time be provided by
ordinance of said city for the safety
and protection of the persons and prop
erty of the inhabitants thereof, and
also subject to the conditions herein
after provided.
| Section 9. The latest and most i'm
proved apparatus and equipment snail
I.be installed and maintained by SAID
| telephone company and all of such line
! or lines Of wire and electrical COM
munication shall be placed under
| ground in conduits within the territory
| bounded as follows: High street on the
south, Thirteenth street on the west
Center street on the north, and
Eighth avenue on the east, in the city
| of Marshalltown, Iowa.
! Provided, however. service and ex-
change connections. as provided in this
ordinance, may be made above ground
surface and for that purpose wires may
extend from the underground system
above the surface as far as it may be
reasonable and necessary. and pro-
vided further that nothing herein shall
abridge the right of the city to enlarge
said underground district from time 10
| time
! Outside the limits of said district the
poles and wires shall be erected and
constructed in such manner as to
comply with the city ordinances but
said poles and lines shall in all cases
be erected in the alleys of said city
where possible. and shall be so placed
and maintained as to go over present
city electric light, telegraph, fire alarm
wires, as not to interfere with public
travel ON the streets, alleys and hish-
ways of said city. and only the pores
necessary to properly distribute and
carry messages outside OF the above
described limits, toll and rural lines
shall be erected and all ether wires
and lines, where practical, shall
be underground, and all condults anc
underground wires and poles shall DC
placed and erected under the direction
/ and supervision and in accordance
with the reasonable requirements OF
the street commissioner, where in the
same do not conflict with this ordin-
ance, and all poles shall carry wires
from reasonable height from the sur
face of the ground and shall be
straight and erected in an upright
manner And provided further that the
city of Marshalltown shall have the
right to the use of each of the poles
for necessary wires of it's police ane
fire department for the transmission
of sound, signals and intelligence, anc
said telephone company, their grantees
and successors and assigns, shall IN
constructing their conduits provide fol
the installation of the necessary wires
Of the fire andl police system OF the
CITY of MarshalltoWn free of charge, II
the underground district prescribed
from time to time for the use OF thu
city when needed.
Provided further however. that thu
tsaid city shall pay all the expense Of
installing, insulating and protecting
any wires in such duct or on said po-
lice system. that they shall not in an.
| manner interfere with the purpose o.
use of the wires or cables Of said tele-
phone company, and shall not carry
pressure to exceed one hundred volts.
Section g. That said telephone
company, its successors and assigns
shall at all times keep on file in thu
office of the city clerk plans showing
| the location of conduits, and befor'
LAYING any new conduits shall file will
the city clerk a plan showing where
each conduit is to be laid and the To-
cation of the manholes.
Section 4. Before opening an.
street for the purpose Of laying or re
/ moving conduits, wires or other con
ductors. the said telephone company
| its successors or assigns. shall apply TO
and obtain a permit therefor from tn
CITY council and said telephone com
pany. its successors or assigns shall
in all cases restore all openings mad
nv them Under this ordinance in sucl