The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-04-23
FOR ELECTRIC
| LIGHT PLANT
Ld;nance Submitted to Council
LAT Special Meeting Monday
OUIP PLANT AT ONCE
|mmittee Appointed to Interview Citizens
Ind Company and Report Amend
meots at Next Regular Meeting

nlentS DIT Neht NeSu'o' Wesu'S
The following ordinance was submit
TO the city council at a special meet
held Monday evening, and after be
read was referred to "A special com
tte composed of w. E. VanLanding
m. F. f. Wilson and &. A. Killer
h instructions to interview citizens
the company and submit amend
nts at the next regular meeting Of
city council:
Ordinance granting to the st. Lucie
ce Company Franchise for Electric
light and Power Purposes; granting
hem the right to use and occupy the
treets, highways and alleys of the
ity of Fort Pierce for such purposes;
Providing for the lighting of the
treets by said company, and pre-
cribing the compensation therefor;
nd providing for the purchase by
aid city of the Electric light plant of
aid company at the termination Of
aid franchise; and for other purposes.
it ordained by the Mayor and City
'ouncil of the City of Fort Pierce,
lorida:
ection /. The city of Fort Pierce,
rida, docs hereby give and grant
the St. Lucie Ice Company, a cor
alton of the State of Florida, its
cessors and assigns, the sole and
lusive right and privileges, for a
m of thirty years from and after the
sage and approval of this ordinance,
lend and sell electric lights in the
of Fort Pierce for both public and
Rate use, and to that end the said
bpany is hereby authorized to use
occupy the public highways. streets
alleys Of said city for the purpose
Frecting and maintaining poles, lay
cohduits, stretching wires, placing
ps, and providing : i necessary fix
Ps for the PURPOSE of establishing,
ntaining and supplying system of
tric lights in said city.
ection g Said Company is also au-
Fized to use and occupy the high
Is, streets and alleys of said city
the purpose of erecting and main
ling poles. laying conduits, stretch
wires, and providing all necessary
ures for the supplying of electric
Ter to such persons, firms or cOrpOr-
Pns as may contract with it.
ection g. In consideration of the
ITS and privileges hereby granted
the said city of Fort Pierce, the
81. Lucie Ice Company shall, on
before January |, 1910, erect, estab-
and place in operation an electric
ting plant within the said city of
Pierce, of sufficient size and capac-
to adequately supply the said city
electric lights for both public and
ate use. And the rights and privi-
IS herein granted by said city are on
express condition that the said
pany shall have completed and put |
peratlon said electric lighting sys.
0y January |, 1910; otherwise this
nance shall be null and void.
ection 4. All poles erected under
ordinance shall be placed at such
IS as shall be approved by the
YET committee of the City Council of
city, Any sidewalk or paving that
be displaced by reason of the cree
OF such poles shall be replaced by
SAID company, and upon its failure
oso,, after twenty days notice in
ing, by the Mayor to said Company
SAID city may repair such sidewalk
|avlng, and collect the cost thereof
the said cOmpanv.
Pctlon 3. Said company shall install
MAINTAIN as many electric arc
Ps OF 1000 candle power each as may
eemed necessary by the city Coun-
said electric arc lamps to be placed
ach points as the city may direct.
consideration therefor the said city
res to permanently use and pay for
East twelve electric arc lights of {
candle power each, at the rate of
per annum per lamp. All addition
nights that may be used by said
snail be paid for at the same rate.
fction =. Lamps when once installed
not be changed to different To-
Ph except at the expense of the
'roh T. All electric arc lamps
by the city for street lighting
poses shall be kept burning every
from dark until daylight, except |
zen times when the light of the {
snail be bright enough to render
Electric lights unnecessary.
ctlon 8. When for any reason, not |
auit OF the city, any of said arc $
y snail fail to give light, deduction
oe made from the amount pay
70 the Company at like ratio as
amount paid by the city for such {
lctlon 8. The said company shall !
ald monthly by the city in lawful I
~ OF the United States for the I
ice rendered in accordance with the
ps OF this contract. c
ctl I 10. All the provisions of g
oralnance shall be bin ling on the