Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-06

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PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, STREETS,
THoROuGHFARES. ALLEYS,
SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUB
Lie PLACES IN THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF HONOLULU.
BE It ordained by the People CT
the City and County of Honolulu:
Section 1. No person or persons,
firm or corporation shall, in any
manner or for any purpose, break
up, dig up, disturb, undermine, or
dig under, or cause to be broken up
dug up, disturbed, undermined, or
dug under, any public highway
street, thoroughfare, alley or side
walk, or any other public place III
the City and County of Honolulu,
without having first obtained writ
ten permit therefor from the CITY
and County Clerk.
Section 2. Any person, firm or
corporation desiring a permit to
break up. dig up, disturb, UNDER
mine or dig under any public high
way, street, thoroughfare, alley or
sidewalk, or other public place in
the City and County Of Honolulu
shall make application therefor, des-
ignating the character and location
of such excavation or breaking up,
to the City and County Engineer or
Road Supervisor or Road overseer OF
the appropriate district. The City
and County Engineer or Road SUI
pervisor or Road Overseer shall
forthwith file such application with
the City and County Clerk, with tho
recommendation of such Engineer or
Roard Supervisor or Road Overseer
as to the time for which such per-
nit shall be granted, and the amount
Of the bond, IL any such bond shall
he required as hereinafter provided.
The City and County Clerk shall
thercupon issue to the person, firm
or corporation applying therefor
upon the filing of the required bond
in the amount SO recommended, a
permit limited in time as SO recon-
mended to break up, dig up, dis
turb, undermine, or dig under, the
public highway, street, thorough
fare, alley or sidewalk, or other pub
lie place as designated in such APP
Iplication. A separate permit shall
be required for each place to be ex-
cavated or disturbed, and for each
800 feet In length or fraction there
of of any continuous excavation or
disturbance Of any such place. II
any person or persons, firm or cor
poration desires such permit for the
purpose of laying underground
wires for any telegraph, telephone
or signal system, the application fol
such permit shall be made direct tc
tho Board of Supervisors. and as q
condition to the granting Of sucl
permit the Board of Supervisors may
require such person or persons, firm
or corporation to furnish to the Cit!
: and County Of Honolulu, and place
in position, conduit facilities for thu
laying underground by the City an'
County of Honolulu of wires FOL
any police and fire alarm system o
signal system for use by the Cit!
and County of Honolulu.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty o
the City and County Engineer, ant
Of the respective Road Supervisor o
Road Overseers to oversee and In
spect all excavations and other dis
turbances for which a permit ha
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:, permit shall be issued by the Cit,
: and County Clerk, the applican
therefor shall pay to the City an
County Clerk to cover the cost O
Q such inspection and the issuance O
J. such permit, permit fee Of the sur
OF fifty cents. All permit fees col
:. lected by the City and County Cler
under this Ordinance shall be turne
over to the City and County Treas
urer at the end of each and ever
month.
Section 4. The person or persons
firm or corporation to whom sue
% permit has issued shall place sufi
Gent red lights on or near the wor
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them burning from twilight to SUI
rise, shall erect suitable railing
- barriers or protection about all ope
trenches, shall provide all necessal
watchmen on the work by day an
night, and shall take such other pr
!. cautions as may be necessary an
proper for the safety and protectiC
of the public and as will effectual
prevent any accident in consequent
of the work done under such PERM
, Section 8. Whenever required
" the CiE and County Engineer
Roard supervisor or Road Oversee
g. any person or persons, firm or co
poration applying for such perm
shall, before such permit is issue
file with the City and County Gle
n a bond, to the City and County
III Honolulu, with two sureties, in su,
sum as may be designated by 50