Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-28

franchise hereby and herein conferred the
said James 2. Porteus, his heirs, executors,
administrators n assigns hereby agrees to
install the proper machinery for the manu-
facture of electricity for power and light
n whenever the said mi p. Porteus,
his heirs, executors, administrators n as
signs shall commence the work as herein
contemplated it shall not during the pro-
gress OF the work unnecessarily obstruct
passage for the tree use OF said streets, al
leyS, venues or public places; and the said
James p. Porteus, his heirs, executors, adj
ministrators n assigns shall maintain at
night red lights or danger signals to be
properly placed while work is in progress
which shall from the nature OF the work be
liable to cause accident and he shall take all
other necessary precaution to prevent acct
dent during the progress OF such wo rk.
SECTION 5. For the purpose OF lighting the
streets and other public places in said City
for a term OF ten 10r years, there shall be
placed in position and equipped for use
Watt Tungsten lamps, or the equiva-
lent in Watts OF smaller lamps, at
such places in said City as shall be desig-
mated by the Board OF Aldermen OF said City
when or before the said James P. Porteus
shall be ready to install same, said lights or
lamps to be hung, placed and maintained so
as to hang perpendicularly above the street,
avenue or alley and for the service OF which
the said City agrees to pay, for a term OF ten
years, the life OF the contract herein entered
into, the said James P. Porteus, his heirs, ex-
%ecutors, administrators and assigns the sum
OF Thirty-Six Dollars 1885, per annum per
lamp for service every night and all night;
and the said James P. Porteus agrees to fur
nish said lamps and such others OF like size
and power as may be hereafter required by
said city at the price above mentioned and to
furnish said light to said town from the be-
ginning OF darkness on each and every
night until the beginning OF daylight the
next morning; and 1t is agreed What said
James P. Porteus, his heirs, executors, adj
ministrators and assignsat all times during
the life OF this ordinance shall furnish suffi-
Gent electricity to properly operate said
lamps and such others as may be hereafter
required by said city, and said city hereby
agrees to pay said James,P. Porteus month
". Additional street light installations
will be made on the order of the Board OF
Aldermen, where not more than three hun
dred t30O) feet OF additional pole line con-
struction will be required for the equivalent
OF each one hundred nOO) Watt Tungsten
lamp, the price for the service to be the
same per lamp as in The original contract,
viz: Thirty-SiX Dollars 1856 per annum. A
deflni location for the not to exceed
Twenty l20) lamps in the original contract
to be definitely fixed by the Board OF Alder
men and agreed upo by grantee on or be-
fore the acceptance OF this ordinance.
SECTION 6. And the said James P. Porteus,
his heirs, executors, Administrator and as
signs agrees to furnish to the citizens OF the
city OF lronton and to the city for other
than street lighting purposes electricity for
light and power at the rate OF sixteen cents
t.16c) Per k1lowat hour for the first ten (l0l
kilowatts consumed in any one month, and
eight cents (.0Sc) per kilowatt for
addltlonal current consumption in the
same month. Said grantee, his heirs, ex-
ecutorS, administrators and assigns shall
not increase the price at which he is to
furnish electricity during the life of the
FRANCHISE herein granted, provided, however,
that said James P. Porteus, his heirs, execu-
fnrC 6miniGtp m tnrS n n6 occirnc Chn1I I0,,a
a right to charge one dollar Isl .00) per month
as a minimum charge for the electricity per
meter consumed, whether the total amount
of current consumed amounts to that sum
or not, and the said James p. Porteus, his
heirs, executors, administrator and assigns
shall furnish commercial lights in all dis
tricts Where wires are strung and at any
time the same may be desired from the time
OF darkness until daylight following.
SECTION I. That in consideration OF the
granting OF this franchise the said James, P.
Porteus, his heirs, executors, administr ators
and assigns hereby agrees that during the
first fifteen (15l years OF this franchise he
Will install poles and wires and furnish cleo
tricity on every street, avenue or alley OF
the said city OF Ironton whenever the resi-
tents on any single block will guarantee a
gross revenue OF at least ten Dollars (S10)
per mont from lighting or power
SECTION 8. That the privileges herein and
hereby granted are made on the express
condition that the said James P. Porteus, his
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shall within six months OF the passage OF
this ordinance begin active operations for
installing the poles and stringing the wires
thereon, and said grantee, his heirs, execu-
tors, administrator n assigns shall with
in twelve months from the passage OF this
ordinance have completed aud nave in op-
GRAFTON the twenty (20) One Hundred t100)
watt lamps contracted for by said town and
shall be ready to furnish electricity to the
inhabitants OF said city OF %Ironton, residing
on the streets, avenues and alleys as pro-
yided aforesaid That the rights and priv
lleges herein granted shall cease and be de-
termlned II said James p. Porteus, his heirs,
executors, administrators and assigns shall
fail to reasonably comply with any OF the
provisions OF this section, unless he or they
shall be prevented from doing so by reason
OF strikes or other causes beyond the con-
troll OF the saiA grantee. his heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns.
SECTION Q, The rights and privileges here
in and hereby conferred are granted to said
administrators and assigns, upon the express
condition that Ii he or his heirs, executors,
administrators, associates, successors and
assigns shall fail wholly to furnish electric
ity to said patrons for a term OF sixty (6O)
consecutive days in the said city Of Ironton
In the manner II within the time specified
In this ordinance, unless such failure shall
be due to strikes or other unavoidable caus
eS, then this franchise hereby granted, at the
option OF the said Board OF Aldermen OF the
city OF lronton, may be by 1t declared for-
feited, and in such case all the rights and
privileges, herein and hereby conferred,
shall cease and be determined forthwith.
SECTION 10. That said City OF Ironton shall
have the right and. privilege, without any
charge being made therefor, to attach to the
poles OF said plant and system fire alarm
wires and police alarm wires, and to MAIN
tain the same at the expense Of the City pro-
vided that such wires shall be attached under
the directions and supervision OF the super
~intendent OF the lighting system.
SECTION IL. said James P. Porteus, his
heirs, executors. Administrator and assigns,
shall save and protect harmless the said CITY
OF Ironton from all loss, costs other than
aforesaid, expenses and damages, on account
OF this ordinance and the construction and
maintenance n operation of said plant and
system OF electrical distribution in said City
OF Ironton, Missouri.
SECTION IL. This ordinance shall be in force
and effect from and after its passage and
approval, and the said James P. Porteus, his
heirs executors, administrators and assigns.
shall within thirty days after 1t shall take
effect, file with the Clerk Of the City OF IRON
ton, his written acceptance OF this ordinance,
before any act or thing can be lone under
and by virtue OF this ordinance and contract
to furnish said lights.
Passed this 18th day Of March, 1912.
Approved this I4th day Of March, loI2.
ROBERT A. RASCHE,
Mayor of City Of Ironton, Mo.
Attest: WALTER H. FISHER,
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