Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
AN ORDINANCE.

| Supplementary to an ordinance
/ entitled AN ordinance giving per-
mission to the Central Union Tele-
phone company, it's successors or as
| signs, TO construct and maintain
| telephone lines in the city of Rock
! Island, Ill, and for that purpose to
| build conduits, tunnels, laterals and
an underground system and to erect
poles and string wires and maintain
the same over and under the public
highways, avenues and alleys in said
city"
Section /. Be it ordained by the
council of the city Of Rock Island,
Ill, that the Central Union Tele-
phone company, its successors or as
signs, is hereby authorized to pur-
chase and hereafter operate and
maintain the telephone plant, with
all of its appurtenances now owned
and operated by Charles L. Bailey,
Jr, purchaser Of the Union Electric
Telephone & Telegraph company in
the city of Rock Island and vicinity,
Illinois.
The travelling routes of the pole
lines and the underground system
plant of the Union Electric Tele-
phone & Telegraph company pur-
chased and operated by Charles L.
Bailey, Jr., are shown more par
ticularly upon a map of blue print
hereto attached, made part of this
ordinance and marked Exhibit A"
Section 2. The Central Union
Telephone company shall own, oper-
ate and maintain, as a part of its
own system, the telephone exchange
plant Of the Union Electric Tele-
phone & Telegraph company pur-
chased and operated by Charles L.
Bailey, Jr, in conformity with and
according to the provisions OF the
ordinance to which this is supple
ment In furtherance of facilitating
the convenience of the public and
clearing the streets and alleys of
said city of unnecessary duplication
Of poles and lines, 1t is the under
standing that the Central Union
Telephone company shall, wherever
practicable, do away with all paral-
lei lines and utilize single lines OF
poles. whenever in the opinion of |
the commissioner of streets and pub |
lie improvements, said singleness of
use seems practicable.
Section 3. This ordinance shall |
not be construed as a new and orig
inal grant unto said company, it's |
successors and assigns, but is mere |
Iy intended as a grant or privilege |
to purchase and thereafter operate /
and maintain the telephone plant of |
the Union Electric Telephone & /
company purchased by
Charles L. Bailey, Jr., under the |
terms. conditions and limitations Of |
an ordinance passed by the city
council of the city on the 18th day
OF February, A. D.. 1910.
Section 4. In consideration of the
rights and privileges hereby granted
the Union Electric Telephone & Tel
egraph company, Charles L. Bailey,
Jr., purchaser, shall pay to the city
OF Rock Island the sum Of FIVE thous-
and dollars (s5. o00) upon the pas
sage and taking effect Of this ordi-
nance.
AS a further consideration for the
privilege hereby granted the Central
Union Telephone company agrees to
permit the farmers or rural teIe-
phone lines going into or connecting
at Milan. Rock Island county, Ill, to
connect with the lines Of the Cen
trail Union Telephone company at Mi
Ian for which connections the maxi
mum charge shall be s cents per
message for each message passing
over the lines of the Central I-ninn