The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-01-13
CHAPTER Il8

CHANCE COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT, PRIVILEGE
AND AUTHORITY TO OCCUPY THE
STREETS, ALLEYS, AND OTHER PUBLIC
PLACES OF THE CITY OF SAUK CENTRE,
MINNESOTA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF OP-
GRATING THEREIN A TELEPHONE Eek
CHANGE UPON THE CONDITIONS HERE
MATTER NAMED. erS.H
The Common Council of the City of
Sank Centre do ordain as foflows:-
/ SECTION /. The right, privilege
and authority is hereby granted to the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
Company, a corporation, it's successors
and assigns, to occupy the streets, al
legs and ather public places of the
City of Sank Centre; for the purpose
of placing thereon it's telephone poles,
wires and fixtures, for the purpose of
establishing, operating and maintain
ing a telephone exchange in said City
of Sank Centre upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter stated.
SECTION 2. Said telephone poles
and fixtures shall be erected at such
places and in such manner as the COM
mon council of said city or commit
shall direct, and shall be so placed
with ordinary travel or any public i'm
provement on said streets, alleys or in
said city, and said telephone company
shall hold said city free and harmless
from all damage arising by reason of
the occupancy of the streets, alleys or
other public places for the purpose
aforesaid.
SECTION 3. Said poles shall be so
placed as not to interfere with any
sewer, gas or water pipe, drain, gutter
or other public utilities, sidewalk,
curb, terrace, trees, ETC., now or here
after laid or placed in or upon or
along the streets and alleys of said
city, and in case of the bringing to
grade or change of grade of any street
or alley said poles shall be reset by
said company to conform thereto.
SECTION 4. This grant is made and
is to be enjoyed and exercised subject
to all regulations and ordinances
which said city shall at any time see
fit to adopt in the exercise of it's legal
powers not destructive or inconsistent
with the rights herein granted.
SECTION 5. The rights and privi-
leges herein granted shall not be eX-
elusive, and the council specifically
reserves the power to grant like rights
of use TO others for similar purposes,
the same, however, not to interfere
with the proper exercise OF the privi-
.leges herein granted.
SECTION E. In consideration of this
franchise the Northwestern Telephone
Exchange Company shall rebuild the
plant, making it first class, cable, me-
tallic, magnetic plant, and shall allow
the city to attach at any time to any
of said poles on the upper crOsSarm
thereof the fire alarm or police wires,
or both for city purposes.
Provided, however, that said at
tachmentS shall not be so made or
permitted as to interfere with the
said cOmpany'S use, and said attach
ments shall be made and maintained
under the direction of said company's
manager in said city. The said COM
pany shall furnish to the city free five
(5) telephones without charge and
with complete exchange service as
the common council shall designate.
Said company shall also furnish such
other telephone instruments and eX-
change service for the business of the
said city as the common council may
hereafter by resolution require at a
discount of twenty-five per cent
(25%) from the regular rates in force.
SECTION I. Whenever said COM
pany shall for a period of sixty days
fail to maintain and operate such
telephone line in first class manner
and telephone exchange in said city
or shall fail for such time to furnish
any citizen of said city who shall pay
therefor at the regular rates, first
class telephone service, then this ord
nance shall become void and all
rights granted shall cease and deter
mine without any act on the part of
said city.
SECTION 8. The present location of
the poles, wires and fixtures of the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
Company now operating it's exchange
in said city of Sank Centre is hereby
permitted until the common council
of the City of Sank Centre see fit to
change said locations.
SECTION 9. This franchise is grant
ed upon the. express condition that
said Northwestern Telephone EX-
change Company shall not charge
more than the sum of one dollar and
fifty cents per month for special
line, residence telephone, nor more
than the sum of two dollars and fifty
cents per month for special line
business telephone until such time as
the said Northwestern Telephone Ex-
change Company shall have more
than five hundred telephone stations
installed and in operation in said City
of Sank Centre and shall change it's
telephone system from what is known
as magnetic to common battery or
central energy system; however; no
change in rates shall take effect until
three months after the new plant is
completed.
SECTION 10. All other charters and
ordinances granting privileges to the
said Northwestern Telephone Ex-
change Company are hereby repealed.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall
take effect from and after its passage
and publication and the unconditiOn-
al acceptance thereof in writing by
the said Northwestern Telephone
Exchange Company, and shall remain
in full force and effect for period of
twenty-five (25) wears.
Passed by the Common Council of
the City of Sank Centre this 3rd. day
of January, A. d. 1910.
E. A. RICHARDS,
President of the Common Council