Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-29
Certified Copy Of Council Proceedings
Relative to the Granting Of Fran
ChISe to the chippewa River Pow
er Company" OF Port Huron, Mich.
igan.

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At a regular meeting OF the Com
mon Council of the City of Alma,
Gratiot County, Michigan, held in the
Council Rooms of the said City on
the goth day Of July, 1909, at o'clock
p. Nj.
Present: Aldermen Fuller, Russell,
Ogden, Pulfrey, Fullerton.
The following resolution was offer
ed by Alderman Russell and supported
by Alderman Pulfrey.
Whereas, The Chippewa River Pow
er Company, Corporation organized
and existing under and by virtue of
the laws OF the State of Michigan,
has acquired property and property
rights along the Chippewa river, in
/ the counties of Isabella, and Midland
for the purpose of building dams and
erecting a plant for the generation
of electricity, and
Whereas, The said Chippewa River
Power Company, is DESTROYS OF OBJ
tanning a franchise permitting it to
do business in the City of Alma, and
Whereas, In our opinion the city of
Alma will be greatly benefited in a
business and industrial way by per-
hitting the said Chippewa River Pow
er Company to come into the City and
do business on such terms as will
fully protect said City and its citizens,
and
Whereas, A franchise has been
agreed upon by the said Chippewa Ri
yer Power Company, and the Common
Council of said City, as being equita-
BILE to both parties, therefore, be it
Resolved, That special election be
and is hereby ordered to be held in
the City of Alma, on Tuesday, the 10th
day OF August, 1909, for the purpose
of voting upon an Ordinance granting
to the Chippewa River Power Com
pany, a corporation organized and ex-
listing under the laws of the State of
Michigan, its successors and assigns,
the right, power, and authority to
construct, acquire, maintain, and use
masts, poles, cross arms, guys, braces,
feeders, transmission wires, transform.
erS, conduits, and other electrical APP
planes, on, along, across, and I'M
der the avenues, streets, alleys, high
ways, and other public places in the
City of Alma, Gratiot county, Michi-
gan, and to transact local business
in said City by furnishing to the in
habitants thereof electric current for
light, heat, and power, for a period of
thirty years from and after the time
this ordinance shall be approved by
vote of three-fifths of the electors
of said City voting thereon, and its
| final adoption by the Common Council
of said City, which ordinance is as
follows:
AN ORDINANCE.
| Granting the Chippewa River Pow
| er Company, a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the
State of Michigan, its successors and
assigns, the right, power, and au-
thority to construct, acquire, maintain,
and use electric lines consisting OF tow
ers, masts, poles, cross arms, guys, bra
ces, feeders, transmission wires, trans
formers, conduits, and other electri-
cal appliances, on, along, across, and
under the avenues, streets, alleys,
highways, and other public places in
the City of Alma, Gratiot County,
Michigan, subject to the limitations,
conditions, and restrictions hereinafter
mentioned, and to transact a local
business in said City, by furnishing
to the inhabitants thereof, electric
current for light, heat, and power,
for a period of thirty years from and
after the time this ordinance shall
be approved by vote of three-fifths
of the electors of said City voting
thereon, and its final adoption by
the Common Council of said City.
The City of Alma Ordains:
Section l. That wherever the word
Grantee" appears in this Ordinance
it is hereby intended to designate,
and shall be held to mean, the Chip
pewa River Power Company, its sue
cessors and assigns.
Section 3 The right, power, and
authority is hereby granted and vested
in the Chippewa River Power Company
corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Michi-
gan, its successors and assigns, to
construct, acquire, maintain, and use,
electric lines consisting of towers,
masts, poles, cross arms, guys, braces,
feeders, transmission wires, trans
formers, conduits, and other electri-
cal appliances, on, along, across, and
under the avenues, streets, alleys,
highways, and other public places in
the City of Alma, Gratiot county, Mich
igan, subject to the limitations, con-
ditiOns, and restrictions hereinafter
mentioned, and to transact local
business in said City, by furnishing to
the inhabitants thereof electric cur
rent for light, heat, and power, for
period of thirty years from and after
the time this ordinance shall be APP
proved by a vote of three-fifths of
the electors of said City voting there
on, and its final adoption by the Com