The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.
To the Legal Voters of the 1ncor.
pOrated Town of Pleasanton,
Iowa:

|
ial election will lie held in the In.
corporated Town of Pleasanton
Iowa, in Decatur county, Iowa, on
the 9TH day of March, 1911, for the
purpose of voting upon the question
of granting a franchise to the Saline
Mutual Telephone Company of Sa.
line, Missouri, for the use of the
streets, highways, avenues alleys
and public places of the said Incor-
porated Town of Pleasanton, Iowa
authorizing the said Saline Mutual
Ielephone Company to place upon
and along the said streets, roads
avenues, alleys and public places OF
said incorporated Town their lines
poles and telephone system under
the regulations and in the manner
and places where the town council
of said Incorporated Town shall di-
rect.
That said election will be held on
the 7th day of March, 1911, at the
Mayors office, the usual voting place
said incorporated Town of Pleas
anton, Iowa; that the polls will be
| open at 8 o'clock A. M. and remain
open until o'clock P. NJ, as pro-
vided by law.
| To all of which the legal voters
of said incorporated town of Pleas
anton, Iowa, will take due notice.
BY order of the town council this
Oath day of Jan. 1911.
w. B. Clampitt, Clerk,
Royal Richardson, Mayor.
An ordinance granting to the Sa-
| line Mutual Telephone Company, of
Saline, Mo-, for a term of 20 years
! the right to build, maintain and OPP
crate telephone system within the
Incorporated Town of Pleasanton,
Iowa, and to use the public roads,
streets, alleys and grounds of the
said incorporated Town of Pleasan-
ton, for the purpose of establish
ing, maintaining and conducting
said system.
Be it ordained by the Town Coun-
Gil of the Incorporated Town of
Pleasanton, Iowa:
Section THAT a right and fran
chise be and is hereby granted to
the Saline Mutual Telephons Com
pany, of Saline, Mo-, it's success
ors or assigns to build, maintain
and operate in the town of Pleasan-
ton, Decatur county, Iowa, a tele-
phone system for the purpose Of
transmitting messages as provide by
law, and to use the streets, alleys,
roads and public grounds of the said
town of Pleasanton, Iowa, now or
hereafter laid out or constructed,
for the purpose of setting lc'es,
stretching lines and establishing and
maintaining said system for the sup
plying of the citizens Of the said town
of Pleasanton, Iowa, the said town,
and all corporate or private patrons
with the privileges herein mention
ed, subject however to the condi-
lions and stipulations hereinafter
set forth.
Section 2.-The rights hereinaf-
ter granted shall extend for a period
of twenty years from the taking ef-
feet of this ordinance.
Section 3.-The grantees herein in
consideration of this franchise agree
to establish and maintain central
office and permanent switch board
in said town of Pleasanton, Iowa,
with an operator to continuously ma
nipulate the same during the life
of this franchise and to furnish to
the said incorporated town of Pleas
anton, or to any person or persons
along it's lines or systems within said
town, making application therefor.
telephone service by installing in
their homes, or business places, tel
ephones, and furnish to them tele-
phone service at reasonable rates
and charges as provided by law.
Section 4.-The grantees herein in
are hereby granted the right to trim
all trees located in the streets and
alleys of said town in such man
ner and way as may be necessary
for the successful maintenance and
operation of their said telephone
system under the direction of the
town council. Provided further that
the said grantees are to remove all
brush from the trimmings of said
trees and dispose of the same at
their own expense.
Section 5.-That said grantees
shall do no permanent injury to said
streets, sidewalks, alleys or pave
ments thereon, or in any manner I'M
necessarily interfere with any pipe,
sewer, telegraph, telephone or other
electric wires which are now or
hereafter made by the town of
or any person or corpor-
alton without their legal consent,
and that during the progress of the
work of said grantees they shall not
obstruct the streets,
alleys or public places, but shall
each part of the work COM
as speedily as practical, and
restore all streets, alleys and public
places to as good and like condition
as they were before said work was
begun.
Section Gall poles which may
be now or in the future erected by
said company shall be shapely, and
the erection and placing of the poles,
and stretching of wires thereon
shall be subject to the direction of
the town council.
Section TN case of fire or 9TH
er emergency the poles, wires and
street fixtures of said company may
be cut and removed by order of the
mayor or chief of fire department
without liability upon the part of