Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-04-09
An Ordinance


An Ordinance granting to the
Missouri Valley Electric
Light Company, its success
sors and assigns, the right to
construct, acquire, operate
and maintain a Gas plant
with the necessary apparatus
for generating, manufacture
ing, supplying and selling
gas to the city of Missouri
Valley, and it's inhabitants
and to supply light, heat and
power therefrom and also ex-
tending the franchises, rights
and privileges of the said
Company, its successors and
assigns, to maintain and op-
crate an electric light, power
and heating plant and regu-
lating and defining the rights
privileges and powers of said
Company.
Be it ordained by the City
Council of the City of Misso-
uri Valley, Iowa:
Section I. That the Missouri Valley
Electric Light Company, its sue
cessors and assigns, be and they are
hereby granted the right and privilege
to construct, acquire, operate and
maintain, for the term of twenty-five
years from the date when this Ordi-
nance shall be in effect, electric light,
heat, power. and gas plants, with all
the necessary poles, wires, burners.
pipes, trenches, apparatus, and
other requisites therefor. within the
City of Missouri Valley, Iowa, and to
generate electricity. manufacture gas.
provide heat and power and supply the
same in said city, with the. right to
erect, construct and maintain, poles,
wires, cables. conduits, and other APP
planes for transmitting, conducting,
and distributing electricity, heat gas and
power, and also the right to lay, use,
and maintain pipes, feeders, and mains,
with the proper connections and appur-
tenances for conducting and distribut-
ing gas, the sane to be constructed
either above or below the surface of
said streets, avenues, alleys, highways,
bridges, viaducts, and other public
places in said city as the needs Of said
distribution therein may require for
light, heat, power. fuel, and all CONNER :
cial purposes in said city, and for the
same purpose the right to maintain prop.
er connection with all consumers by
wires, conduits, cables, pipes, mains and
other appliances, provided that in so do
ing all pavements and sidewalks taken
up and all excavations made shall be
done under the supervision of the City
Engineer, or Mayor and replaced and
repaired with like material as found, and
left in as good conditions as before, sub
ject to the approval of the City Council !.
Section 2. Said grantees, its success
sors. and assigns shall do no permanent
injury to any street, alley. avenue, or
public place. and in constructing, OPP
Grating and maintaining its lines, con-
duits. mains, pipes and other appliances
and operating the same, shall be under
the direction of the City Engineer or
Mayor and subject to the approval Of the
City Council. and so as not to interfere
unnecessarily with thu free use of the
streets, avenues. alleys, bridges. via
ducts, and other public places of said
city. for the purpose of public travel
Providing. also. that the City Council
shall have the right to require said
grantees. its successors, and assigns to
place its electrical wires in such place S
and in such manner as it is''now or may
hereafter be required by statute or or
dinance for the safety and protection of
the propertyand lives of the inhabitants
of the said city. and said grantee, its
successors, and assigns, shall in the use
of the streets, avenues. and alleys of said
city conform ito the grades as now or
Observation-Disclosures or changed therein
and whenever it shall disturb any por-
tion of any street, alley. avenue. pave
ment. or sidewalk. the same shall with
in reasonable time thereafter be re-
stored with the same material by the