Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-01

the Question of Granting Franchise
to the Farmers and Merchants
Telephone Company to the Legal
Electors of the City of MarshaIItown,
Iowa.
To the electors of the city OF Mar
ehalltown, Iowa:
Whereas, on the 14th day of Sep
tenber, 1908. the city council of the
city of Marstalltown, Iowa, passed the
following ordinance. viz:
An ordinance granting to the Farm
ers and Merchants Telephone company,
a. corporation of Iowa. and to its sue
cessors and assigns, the right, permis-
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
fnuncation and transmission of sound
and also providing for terms and con-
ditions, rates and charges and provid-
ing for a submission of a proposition
for the franchise to a vote of the cleo
tors sof the city of Marshalltcwn.
Be it ordained, by the city council
Of the city of Marshalltown, Iowa.
Section 1. That the right, permis-
sion and authority ia hereby granted
to the Farmers and Merchants Tele-
phone company it's 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
shalltown, lines of conduit, wires and
conductors. together with all necessary
and proper manholes, feeders, service
wires, poles and appliances to be used
for the transmission of sound, signals
and electric communications, subject to
the existing ordinances relating to 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 g. The latest and most linz
proved apparatus and equipment shali
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.
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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 1t may he
reasonable and necessary, and pro-
vided further that nothing herein shall
abridge the right of the city to enlarge
said underground district from time to
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 high
ways of said city, and only the poles
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 conduits and
underground wires and poles shall be
placed and erected under the direction
and supervision and in accordance
with the reasonable requirements of
the street commissioner, where in the
same do mot conflict with this ordir,-
ance, and all poles shall carry wires
from a 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 and
fire department for the transmission
of sound, signals and intelligence. and
said telephone company, their grantees
and successors and assigns, shall IN
constructing their. conduits provide for
the installation of the necessary wires
of the fire and police system of the
city of Marshalltown free of charge, in
the underground district prescribed,
from time to time for the use Of the
city when needed.
Provided further however. that the
said 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 any
manner interfere with the purpose or
use of the wires or cables of said tele-
phone company, and shall not carry
pressure to exceed one hundred volts.
Section 8. That said telephone
company, it's successors and assigns,
shall at all times keep on file in the
office of the city clerk plans showing
the location of conduits, and before
laying any new conduits shall file with
the city clerk a plan showing where
each conduit is to be laid and the To-
cation of the manholes.
Section 4. Before opening any
street for the purpose of laying or re-
moving conduits, wires or other con-
ductors, the said telephone company,
it's successors or assigns, shall apply for
and obtain permit therefor from the
city council and said telephone COM
pany. its successors or assigns shall
in all cases restore all openings made
by them under this ordinance in such
streets, avenues. alleys or public
grounds to good condition; and for
that purpose the said telephone COM
pany, it's successors or assigns shall
provide and file with the city clerk and
keen in force a bond in the sum of