Morris tribune., 1910-05-13
CITY OFFICIAL NOTICES
Resolution.
(By Alderman Gutter }

the passage and adoption of the fol-
lowing resolution, which was duly Sc
conded by Alderman Watzke. -
Be it resolved by the city council of
the city of Morris that:
WHEREAS, the city of Morris, by
and through its proper officers, and
by agreement with S. Stewart, the
| proprietor of the Morris Electric
Light Plant, has heretofore caused a
fire alarm whistle to be established in
the central plant of said electric light
works for the giving of a public alarm
in the event of a fire within said city,
which said alarm whistle is operated
by the engineer or other employee at
said electric light plant, and,
WHEREAS, the said city desires to
construct and maintain gong or bell
in said electric light plant connected
by metallic circuit through the
cables of the Stevens County Tele-
phone Company, to and with a push
button to be mounted upon the switch
board of the said Stevens County
Telephone Co., in its central office, in
order that the operator of said Tele
phone Company may communicate
any alarms of fire, which may be by
her received over the telephone cir
cults of said telephone company, to
the engineer or other employee at
said electric light plant by the ring
ing of said gong or bell, there to be
installed, in order that the proper
alarm may be given by said engineer
or other employee by means of said
alarm whistle; and,
WHEREAS, the Stevens County Tele-
phone Company has expressed will
lingness to allow the said metallic cir
cult for the ringing of the said gong
or bell to be connected with a push
button upon it's said switchboard and
will instruct its operators to COM
municate any and all alarms of fire,
which may come to such operator, to
the said electric light plant be means
of said metallic circuit and gong.
Now, THEREFORE, In consideration
of the foregoing, be it resolved and
agreed by the said city council of the
city of Morris, that the said Stevens
County Telephone Company and its
employees assume no liability what
soever to the said city of Morris, or to
anyone else for damages resulting
from failure to give or delay in Civ
ing any such fire alarms, or from a
failure or delay in giving said alarms
to said electric light plant by means of
said gong or bell and said metallic cir
cult, whether such failure or delay is
caused and occasioned by negligence
or ignorance of said operators of the
Stevens County Telephone Company
or because of the defective or other
condition of such metallic circuit and
gong or bell, or for any other cause,
And further, That the installation of
the said push button, metallic circuit
and bell or gong is for the purpose Of
improving the present system of fire
alarms and that when so installed and
completed it shall be held and offered
to the public, not as a sure and in
fallible means of alarm, but as an
alarm system which is as good as can
be provided without installing COM
plete and separate alarm system.
Further, That this resolution shall
take effect from and after its pas
sage and the publication thereof and
upon the said Stevens County Tele-
phone Company filing with the city
clerk an instrument in writing where
by it agrees to allow said metallic cir
cult and push button to be installed
and to furnish such service, without |
cost to the city, as is by this resolu-
ton provided for.
Passed this 3rd day of May A. D.,
1910.
D. H. LAWLER,
Pres. of the Council.