Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-28

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| Section I. No person or person,
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 in
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 permit to
break up, dig up, disturb, undermine
Or. dig under any public highway,
street, thoroughfare. alley or side
walk, or other public place in ,the
City and County of Honolulu shall
make application therefor, designat.
Ing the character and location of
such excavation or breaking up, to
the City. and County Engineer or
Road Supervisor or koad Overseer OF
the appropriate district. The City
and County Engineer or Road Super
visor or Road Overseer shall forth
with file such application with the
City and County Clerk, with the rec
ommendation OF such Engineer or
Road Supervisor or Road Overseer as
to the time for which such permit
shall be granted. and the amount OF
the bond. II any such bond shall be
required as hereinafter preceded.
The City and County, Clerk shall
thereupon issue to the person, firm
or corporation applying therefor up
on the filing of the required bond
In the amount so recommended, a
permit. limited in time as 80 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 ap-
plication. A separate permit shall
be required for each place to be
excavated or disturbed, and for each
400 feet in length Of 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 sig
nal system, the application for such
permit shall be made direct to the
Board of Supervisors, and as con-
dition to the granting Of such per-
nit the Board of Supervisors may
require such person or persons, firm
or corporation to furnish to the City
and County of Honolulu, and place
In position. conduit facilities for the
laying underground by the City and
County OF Honolulu of wires for any
police and hre alarm system or sig
nal system for use by the City and
County of Honolulu.
l Section 3. 1t shall be the duty OF
the City and County Engineer, and
OF the respective Road Supervisor or
Road Overseers to oversee and IN
spect all excavations and other dis
turbances for which a permit has
been granted, and before any such
permit shall be issued by the City
and County Clerk. the applicant
therefor shall pay to the City and
County Clerk to cover the cost OF
such inspection and the issuance OF
such permit, permit fee of the
sum OF fifty cents. All permit fees
collected by the City and County
Clerk under this Ordinance shall be
turned over to the City and County
Treasurer at the end of each and
every month.
Section 4. The person or persons
firm or corporation to whom such
permit has issued shall place suffi
cient red lights on or near the WORK
covered by such permit, and keer
them burning from twilight to sun.
rise, shall erect suitable ratings
barriers or protection about all open
trenches shall provide all necessary
watchmen on the work by day and
night, and shall take such other pre-.
cautions as may be. Necessary and
proper for the safety and protection
or the public, and as will effectually
prevent any accident in consequence
OF the work done under such permit
Section 8. Whenever required by
the City and County Engineer OF
ROAD supervisor or Road Overseer
any person or persons, firm or cor.
poration applying for such permit
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