The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-05-07

cents per pole, only when ana wheIe
ther use will not interfere with the
efficiency Of the telephone service
Sec. (. In partial consideration of
the rightand privileges herein granted,
said company shall provide and main
tain for the Town Of Farmville two
telephones with local exchange ser
wee of class free Of cost 10 said town
during the period covered by this con-
tract said telephone TO be located as
the Council of said town may direct.
See. SAID company SHAH when 80
required provide and maintain the up
peTmost crOss-arm on its poles for the
free use of the town in strnging its
fire alarms and police telegraph wires;
and when it becomes necessary to re-
move said wires from said crOss-arm
for its own Purposes. such removal
shall be done at the cost of said com
pany and under the supervision OF the
Chiefs of Police and Fire Department
and the wires to be promptly replaced.
See. g.. The successful bidder shall
nut up. maintain and operate a tele-
phone system whose service shall be
satisfactory to the town Council who
shall be the sole judges OF the ELL
cheney of the service.
Sec. :. The company shall be re-
quired to relocate its poles, whenever
/ in the judgment of the town engineer
or the town Council it becomes neces-
sarv. the company bearing one-half Of
he cost of changing and the town
one-half, and its wires, poles, ma
thines and appliances, etc, shall not
be used for any other purpose than
those specified i'm this ordinance, with
out the consent of the Council first OBJ
tanned.
Sec. S. The said company shall in
demnify and save harmless the said
town from all claims for damages,
arising from the construction, location
or operation Of said telephone system,
and should the said company fail TO
pay any liability hereunder to the
Town within a reasonable time after
said liability has been judiciously de-
temined all its rights and privileges
shall in the discretion Of the town
+ Council be deemed forfeited.
See. 9. The said company to be re-
Quired to fin all applications for ser
vice within thirty days after applica-
ton in writing has been received, they
may collect one months rent IN adj
vance. The company will be re-
Quired 10 furnish telephone service
anywhere within The corporate limits
of the town Of Farmville. The said
company to maintain an all day and
all night service, provided, however,
that on Sunday il shall be kept open
night and day except between II A..
/ NJ. and - NJ. Where new phones
are installed subscribers may he re-
quired to agree TO take phone service
/ for a period of months.
Sec. 10. The said company shall
maintain and furnish during the
period of this contract the following
named kind of telephone exchange
service or telephone exchange service
of another kind equally a efficient,
namely: A Metallic circuit and wires
cabled for 10 or more phones, unlimit-
ed service.
Sec. II. Charges for residence, per
year $500. Charges for business per
year 5000. This service to be only
one phone to one circuit.
Sec. II. The right of the town TO
impose any lawful license franchise
and property tax upon said company
it. hereby expressly reserved and is not
TO be i'm any manner waived and
abridged by this ordinance.
See. l3. Nothing herein shall be
construed as granting 10 said COM
pany the exclusive right To use any Of
the streets and alleys aud public high
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in any manner preventing the town
from granting similar, equal or great
er rights 10 any other rerson OF COM
pany.
See. If. The said company shall
complete the construction Of its eX-
change and telephone system within
SIX months from the passage Of this
ordinance, otherwise all the right and
privileges shall be deemed waived
and forfeited, unless the company can
show that the delay was unavoida-
BILE.
Sec. 10. The privilege hereunder
granted shall continue for twenty
wears from date of this ordinance, pro-
vided, however. that the said town Of
Farmyille reserves the right Of annull-
lug the luNlitEt At1it-h hNiShiihOi
upon three months notice in writing
to the successful bidder by paying the
said successful bidder fair and rea-
sonable compensation for all poles,
lines and fixtures there put up and
used bv the said successful bidder; the
said compensation TO be asceriained
by board of arbitration consisting
of two, one selected by the Town
Council and one by the successful bid
der. and these two choosing "A third.
For any failure TO comply with this
ordinance there shall be fine Of not
less than - 90 nor more than $1,000
for each 0aense. The successful bid
der for said franchise shall be required
to give bond in the penalty OF 100000
with security to be approved by the
Finance Committee, conditioned upon
the constructing and putting into
operation and maintaining the teie-
phone system i'm the franchise granted.
The said successful bidder shall make
special request 10 trim trees i'm the
said town, and get consent Of the
ofreaf cot,, st,itfpp hpforp doing so and