Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
Ordinance No. 70,

An Ordinance granting to The Pacific Teie.
phone And Telegraph Company. its successors
and assigns, the right 70 place. erect and main
tain poles, wires and other appliances and con
ductors and 10 lay underground wires for the
transmission OF electricity for telephone and tele-
graph purposes i'll and upon and under the
streets. alleys. avenues and thoroughfares, and
public highways i'll the Village of Cottonwood
State OF Idaho and to exercise the privilege of
operating telephone and telegraph instruments
in and of doing telephone and telegraph bust
ness within the said Village of Cottonwood,
Idaho
The Village of Cottonwood does ordain as
follows
Section /. There is hereby granted by the
Village of Cottonwood to The Pacific Telephone
And Telegraph Company its successors and as
SIGNS. the right and privilege TO do a general
t lephone and telegraph business within said
Village OF Cottonwood. and 10 place. erect, lay,
maintain and operate in and under the streets,
alleys. avenues. thoroughtares and public high
ways within the said village poles. wires and
other appliances and conductors for the trans
mission of electricity for telephone and telegraph
purposes. Such wires and other appliances and
conductors may be strung upon poles or other
| fixtures above ground. or at the option of the
| grantee, its successors and assigns may be laid
| underground i'll pipes or conduits or otherwise
protected, and such other apparatus may be used
as may be necessary or proper TO operate and
maintain the same
Section q 1t shall be lawful for said The Pa
cifc Telephone And Telegraph Company its sue
cessors and assigns, to make all needful eXcaVa-
tons i'll any of such streets alleys avenues. thor
oughfares and public highways in said village
for the purpose of placing, erecting. laying and
maintaining poles or other supports or conduct
ors for said wires. or repairing. renewing or
replacing the same. Said work shall be done i'll
compliance with the necessary rules. regulations,
ordinances or orders which may, during the
continuance of this franchise be adopted from
time to time by the Village of Cottonwood.
Section g. Whenever The Pacific Telephone
And Telegraph Company, its successors and as
signs, shall disturb any of the streets for the
purpose aforesaid. il or they shall restore the
same to good order and condition as soon as prac-
ticable without unnecessary delay, and failing to
do So the Village of Cottonwood shall have the
right to fix a reasonable time within which
such repairs and restoration OF streets shall be
completed and upon failure of such repairs be
ing made by said Company its successors and
such repairs to be made at the expense OF said
The Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company,
its successors and assigns:
Section 4. Nothing in this ordinance shall be
construed in any way to prevent the proper au-
thorities of the Village of Cottonwood from sew
ering grading. plankirg, rocking. paving, re-
Dairinp altering or improving any OF the streets
alleys avenues thoroughfares and public high
ways within the Village of Cottonwood in or up
on which the poles. wires or other conductors OF
said Company shall be placed but all such WORK
or improvements shall be done if possible. so as
not to obstruct or prevent the free use OF said
poles wires. conductors. conduits, pipes or other
apparatus. -. s.,..
and the rights and privileges herein contained,
I'he pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company.
its successors and assigns, give and grant to the
said Village of Cottonwood. without further
charge the right and privilege to suspend and
maintain upon the poles placed by the said
grantee its successors and assigns IN the streets
alleys avenues and thoroughtares. and public
highways aforesaid. any and all wires tor IT'S hre
alarm notice telephone or telegraph service. and
xyhenever The Pacific Telephone And Telegraph
ComDauy places its wires underground, the night |
to The ust of such underground pipes and con-
duits or other protection for carrying under
ground its wires used for said police. fire alarm,
ts1enhoue and telegraph service; and. as soon as
The Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company
has established and is operating an exchange IN
The Village of Cottonwood. the use OF one indi- |
yidual line telephones for transacting the Dust
,esS Of The Village within the corporate limits |
hereof such telephones to be furnished at such
tocat;ons within the corporate limits as may be
des;gnated by the Village Council OF the Village
of Cottonwood. -, g..
Section g. The rights, privileges ana iran
ch;ses herein granted shall continue ana De IN
60 for the period of twenty-five vs. years from
and after the date If the passage oil TINS ofdi-
Section z This ordinance shall take ehect ana /
r.. IN force from and after its passage
- passed this 4th day of December. lSl.
annrovet this 4th day Of December. lSll-
App'' C. f. MCKINNEY,
.,,sst. Chairman Board OF Trustees
NJ NJ. BELKNAP.
~ Village Clerk.