The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
ORDINANCE NO. 70.

Town OF Newport as lOllOWs.
can Ordinance granting the right TO
construct, establish, equip and MAINTAIN
a telephone and telegraph system within
the town limits of the Town OF New
Section ]. That r. S. Anderson be and
is hereby granted the right, privileges
and franchise to erect poles, Win Tue
necessary supports, cross-arms anu
fixtures, and string wires ana caDles
thereon, and to lay, place and stretch
wires and cables therein, along, over
upon, under and across the streets,
alleys, avenues and public places OF the
Town of Newport for the TRANSMISSION OF
sounds, signals, conversation ana lntel,
ligence through and over said wires and
cables by means of electricity, and !, 10
construct, establish, equip and lnstall,
maintain and operate telephone ana
telegraph system, and to conduct gen
eral telephone and telegraph business
within the Town of Newport.
Sec. 2. All necessary connections TO
subscribers stations and to other points
may be made from such cables with
such means, apparatus, poles, wires and
appliances as may be requisite. Said
grantee shall, if required by the council:
file with the board of public works OF
said city plans of all conduits, nanholes,
distributing poles and all other con.
structlons proposed within the limits OF
the streets, alleys, highways and public
places of the said town, in such form and
detail as may be required, and approved
in writing. During the entire work OF
construction authorized by this franchise
an inspector may be appointed by the
board of public works to see that all the
terms and conditions of this franchise
are strictly conformed to. All poles
erected hereafter by virtue of this fran
chise and grant shall conform in length
and the wires thereon shall conform in
height to the reasonable rules and
regulations adopted by said board OF
public works.
Provided, That nothing in this section
contained shall be construed as prohibit
iting the Town of Newport or the council
thereof from, at any time hereafter,
exercising its police power to require
the main line wires of the grantee to be
placed in conduits in any other section
of said town; provided, that such police
power shall not be exercised except by
ordinance, applicable alike to all tele-
phone, telegraph and electric light wires
and poles; and, provided further, that
in the residence portion of said city all
poles shall, so far as practicable, be set
in alleys, where such alleys exist.
Sec. 3. That traps or manhOles may
be constructed along the line of said
conduit for the purpose Of affording &C
cess thereto; provided, that said traps
or manholes be located or constructed in
conformity with the instructions and to
the satisfaction of the board of public
works of said city; said traps or man
holes shall be so capped or covered as to
be flush with the surface of the street,
and not to interfere in any way with the
use of said streets for travel OF traffic.
Sec 4. The said grantee may, under
the direction of the board of public
works, or other such board or official of
the Town of Newport as may be lawfully
designated, make all necessary excava-
tions in any of said streets, alleys or
public places for the purpose of erecting
and maintaining poles and other sup
ports for it's wires or conductors and for
repairing the same, and for the purpose
OF laying, repairing and maintaining said
underground pipes and conduits and said
manholes, and tor the placing repairing,
maintaining and operating said wires
and conductors therein. All poles that
are erected and maintained pursuant to
the terms of this ordinance shall be
erected at the edge of the sidewalks
unless otherwise directed by the board
OF public works, or such other board or
official as the council or law may desig-
nate, in good and substantial manner.
When any excavating shall have been
made pursuant to the authority hereby
granted, the grantee shall restore the
portion of the street, alley or public
highway excavated to the same good
order and condition to which it was
prior to said work, and all said work
shall be done in compliance with the
reasonable and necessary rules, regula-
lions, ordinances or orders which NAV,
during the continuance Of this franchise,
be adopted from time to time by the said
council, or provided by law, and said
work of repairing said streets, alleys
and public highways shall be done to the
satisfaction of the said common council.
or such official or officials as the law NAV
designate.
Sec. 5. Nothing in this ordinance
shall be construed as in anywise to pre-
vent the proper authorities of the said
town from sewering, grading, paving,
planking, repairing, altering or doing
any. work that may be desirable on any
OF the streets, alleys or public highways
of said town, but all such work shall be
done, if possible, in such a manner as
not to obstruct, injure or prevent the
tree use and operation of the said tele-
phone and telegraph system of said
grantee.
Sec. 6. The grantee, whenever or
wherever electric currents are used or
employed in or about the use of the
franchise by this ordinance granted, or
the ground connected Herewith, shall
provide and put in use such means and
appliances as will control and effectaully
contain such currents in their proper
channels ON its own wires, so as to pre-
vent injury to the property, pipes and
other structures belonging to the town of
Newport or any other person, firm or
corporation within said town, and shall
repair and renew said means and appli-
ances, and from time to time change
and improve the same as NAV be neces-
sary to accomplish said purposes. all at
Its own charge or expense, and at it's
risk, selecting and adopting such means
n lIe1y,