The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

NOTICE AND PROCLAMATION
TO the Qualified Electors of the City
Of Keokuk and to whom it may con-
Germ:
You are hereby notified that on the
) Birth day of April. 1911, application
was made by Joseph 0. Proctor, Jr.,
for the grant of 8 franchise to him,
his successors, lessees and assigns.
comforting the right to erect and
maintain poles and wires in the city
OF Keokuk for the transmission and
distribution of electric energy for
light, heat, power and other purposes
in accordance with the terms OF
certain proposed ordinance, draft
OF which is now on file in the office
of the city clerk of the city of Keo-
kuk, Iowa, as part of said application
and being in words and figures as fol
lows, to-wit:
Ordinance No.
An ordinance granting to Joseph 0.
Proctor, Jr.. his successors, lessees
and assigns, the right to erect, and
maintain poles and wires in the City
OF Keokuk for the transmission and
distribution of electric energy for
light. heat, power, and other pur-
poses.
Be it ordained by the City Council
Of the city of Keokuk:
Sec. 1. That Joseph O. Proctor,
Jr., his successors, lessees and as
signs Hereinafter referred to as the
Grantee) are hereby granted the right
to erect, acquire, maintain and oper-
ate through. over and upon all the
streets and alleys of the City of Keo-
kuk for a term of twenty-five years
from August /. 1911, poles or posts of
wood, iron or other suitable material,
and to string thereon wires for the
transmission OF electric energy for
light, heat and power and other pur-
poses in the said City of Keokuk.
Sec. 2. All the said poles and posts
are to be located under the direction
and supervision of the city engineer
or other proper official of the City of
Keokuk 80 as not to interfere with
the flow of water in any drain or gut
ter of the city, nor with the public
travel of the CITY nor with the proper
use of other works or improvements
now existing on the streets and al
leys of said city, made by any other
person, company or corporation under
rights granted by the City of Keo-
kuk.
Sec. 8. After the erection of the
poles or posts hereby authorized the
grantee shall put all streets and al
leys in as good repair as they were
before the erection of such poles and
posts, and if by reason of the grading
on any street, alley or sidewalk it
shall become necessary to move or
relocate any of said poles or posts,
the grantee shall do so at his own cost
and expense.
Sec, 4. II the grantee shall fail to
use any of the poles, posts and wires
for the purpose herein granted for a
period of six consecutive months,
then the city council may order the
same removed at the expense of the
grantee, unless such failure was with
cut fault on the part of the grantee.
Sec. 5. If the grantee shall fail
to do any of the things required in
sections 2, 8 and 4 of this ordinance
within ten days after service of no
tice in writing, then the city council
may cause the same to be done at the
cost and expense of the grantee, and
to secure the payment of the same,
shall have a lien upon all property
operated under the provisions hereof
and the right to collect the same as
all other special taxes are collected.
Sec 6. The City of Keokuk ex-
pressly reserves the right whenever 1t
becomes necessary in times of fire to
cut any wire or wires which In any
way may interfere with the efficient
use of the city fire apparatus, and
shall not be held liable or answer
able for damages by reason thereof.
Sec I. The grantee agrees to fur
nish to the City of Keokuk, free of
charge, electric current sufficient for
six hundred (600) incandescent six
teen (16) candle power lamps Tor
their equivalenD in the city Offices,
fire station. or other city buildings as
the council may elect. and in addi-