Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
ORDINANCE NO. 76.

signs the right to construct, MAIN
tain and operate in, upon and over
the streets, alleys and highways of
the Town of CosmopOis, in the
State of Washington, electric lines
and plants for power and electric
light to be furnished to the inhabi-
tants of the said town and else
where.
Be it ordained by the Town Coun-
Gil of the Town of Cosmopolis, Wash
ington:
Section One. There shall be and
| there is hereby granted unto the Grays
Harbor Railway e Light Company, a
corporation, its successors and as
signs, the right to use any and all
of the streets, alleys and highways
and public places within the Town
of CosmOpolis, aforesaid. and all the
streets, alleys highways and public
places which may hereafter be there
in laid out or established, for the pur-
! pose of constructing, maintaining
and operating electric lines and other
proper appliances for the purposes of
furnishing and selling power and
electric lights to the said town Of
COsmopOliS and the inhabitants,
manufacturers and business thereof
and therein; and to accomplish that
| purpose the right is hereby given to
! the said grantee, its successors and
assigns to erect and maintain poles
or other suitable supports in the
streets, alleys, highways and other
| public places aforesaid, from time
to time, as the said grantee, it's sue
cessors and assigns may desire, as
supports for wire, cables or other con-
ductors or appliances for the trans
mission of electricity and power for
| the purposes aforesaid.
Section Two. Nothing in this Or
dinance shall be construed so as to
prevent the proper authorities of the
said town from sewering, planking,
repairing, paving or otherwise i'm
proving any of the streets or alleys
OF the said town.
Section Three. That in construct
ing and putting said poles, wires,
conductors. etc, said grantee, its sue
cessors and assigns shall so construct
its electric line and other improve
ments or appliances so that no I'M
necessary injury or damage will be
done to the improvements of the
said town, and all such work of plac-
ing said poles, stringing of wires
thereupon and placing of other proper
appliances thereupon shall be done
in safe, good and workmanlike man
ner.
Section Four. In case any person
or persons shall during the life of
this franchise, desire to use any of
the streets, alleys, highways, or pub
lie places in the said town for the
purpose of removal Of pile-drivers,
buildings or other like structures, the
said grantee, it's successors and as
signs shall. upon twenty-four hours
notice of the intention so to do, re-
move or raise its wires so as to per-
nit the use of said street. alley or
public place for such purpose, PRO-
NIDED, that in no case shall it be
required to raise or remove more
than one hundred and fifty feet of
such wire at any one time or place,
for such use or purpose and pro-
vided further that the said grantee,
it's successors and assigns shall not
be required to raise or remove it's
said wiring or overhead structures
for the purpose aforesaid except be-
tween the hours of twelve o'clock at
night and six In the morning.
Section Five. The rights and priv
ileges hereby granted shall expire at
the expiration of fifty years from and
after the passage of this ordinance.
Section Six In all cases the said
grantee, it's successors and assigns
shall keep and hold the said town
of Cosmopolis free, clear and harm
less from damages from or on ac-
count of the building, construction
or maintenance of the said poles, wir-
ing and other structures caused by
the negligence or default of the said
grantee, its successors and assigns.
Section Seven. In erecting poles
for the purpose in this ordinance me-
toned on any of the streets in the
said town, such poles shall be SO
erected along or near the sidewalk
line, and if erected in the alley, near
the side of the alley, and shall be so
erected and maintained as not to I'M
necessarily interfere with travel on
said streets or alleys, or the use by
the public thereof; such poles and
overhead wires shall be constructed
and maintained at such elevations as
the council of the said town may
prescribe.
Section Eight. That whenever it
shall become necessary in the erec-
ton of the said poles to take up any
portion of the sidewalk or dig up
the ground in any of the streets or
alleys, the said grantee, its success
sors and assigns shall without I'M
reasonable delay, after said poles
have been erected, replace said side
walk in a good and workmanlike man.
ner and remove from such street or
alley all surplus dirt, earth or gravel,
and shall put such sidewalk, street
of alley in substantially as good con-
dition as it was before such sidewalk
was so broken up, or such street so
dug up or disturbed.
Section Nine. The said Grays Har-
Dor Railway e Light company, it's
or assigns shall have said
electric lighting system in full oper-
alton within two months Immediate
ly following the acceptance of this
ord inanca nv tho prontaa prOvida1