Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
the Common Council of said City.

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Grantee" appears in this Ordinance
it is hereby intended to designate
and shall be held to mean, the Chill
pewa River Power Company. its spc-
cessors and assigns.
Section 2. 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 80 the limitations, con-
diti0ns, and restrictions hereinafter
mentioned, and to transact a local
business in said City, by furnishing to
the inhabitants thereof electric cur
rent for light, heat, and power, for a
period 'of thirty years from and after
the time this ordinance shall be ap-
proved by a vote of three-fifths of
the electors of said City voting there
on, and its final adoption by the Com
mon Council of said City.
Section 8. All avenues, streets, al
legs, highways, and other public pla-
ces opened by said Grantee, its sue
cessOrs and assigns, for the purpose Of
repairing or laying mains, pipes con-
Quits, or other apparatus, shall be re-
stored by it TO the same good order and
condition as before they were opened.
Said Grantee, its successors and as
signs, shall not permit any street,
alley, or other public place TO remain
open, or be encountered for a longer
time than is necessary to properly exc
cute the work for which the same shall
have been opened or encountered, and
said Grantee, its successors and as
signs, shall erect and maintain suit
able barriers and lights to prevent
any accident in consequence of such
opening or encumbering of such street
alley, or public place. Neither shall
said Grantee, its successors ana as
signs do any permanent injury to any
street, alley, or public way, or in
any manner unnecessarily interfere
with any sewer, water pipe, gas pipe,
cable wire, conduit, or shade tree
therein, nor open, nor cucumber any
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way, at any one time than may be
necessary to enable the said Grantee.
its successors and assigns, to proceed
with advantage in constructing or re-
pairing its conductors or other APP
paratus.
Section 4. The poles or masts shall
be reasonably straight, and shall be
painted and set upright in the ground,
and shall be Such as may hereafter be
provided for by a general ordinance
affecting all such poles or masts, with
in the said City of Alma. All wires
shall be strung at least twenty-one
feet from the surface OF the ground,
except when entering buildings, and
at such distance from other telegraph,
telephone, or electric wires as
to prevent interference by induction
or otherwise, with any such wires.
The said Grantees plant, wires, insu-
lators, and other apparatus shall be
modern and first class in every re-
spect No wire or wires shall be at
tached 10 buildings without the con-
sent of the owners.
Section 8. All poles erected, wires
strung, or conduits laid by said Gran
tee, its successors or assigns, shall be
erected strung, and laid under the SUI
pervision of, and as directed by the
Common Council of said City of AL
ma All poles shall be kept in an
upright position, and the cables and
wires thereon so drawn as TO avoid
as lar as practicable, any obstruction
in any of the streets, avenues, alleys
highways and other public places. and
so far as practicable, all work shall
be done SO as not TO inconvenience or
damage property owners
Section 6. If said Grantee. its sue
cessors and assigns, shall not be de-
hyering and selling electric current
from its dams on the Chippewa river
to the citizens Of the said city OF Alma
on or before the expiration of three
years from the time that this ordi-
nance shall be approved by the cleo
tors OF said City at a general or spe-
cial election, then the Common Coun-
ell, at any time after the expiration
of said three years and before said
Grantee, it's successors and assigns, is
selling electric current from its dams
on the Chippewa river to the said
City Of Alma. shall have the right
to pass a resolution declaring this or
dinance null and void and afte. the
passage Of such a resolution this or
dinance shall be and become null and
void
Section Z. The said Grantee, its
successors and assigns, shall be en-
titled to charge the inhabitants OF
said City for electric light, heat, ana
power. no higher rates than are Maid