Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-19


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
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 a 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 ,. The right, power, and
authority is hereby granted and vested
in the Chippewa River Power Company
a 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 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 APP
proved by a vote of threefifths of
the electors Of said City voting there
on, and its final adoption by the Com
mon Council of said City.
Section 3. 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 10 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 10 remain
open, or be encountered for a longer
time than is necessary to properly ex-
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 and 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
more of such street, alley, or public
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 to buildings without Ae con.
sent of the owners.
Section 5. All poles erected, wires
strung, or conduts 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 ant
wires thereon so drawn as to avoiC
as far 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 OF
damage property owenrs.