Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1912-08-22

twelve public toll stations, one of
which shall be installed at each of
the following places: l.. The City
Clerks Office. 2. The Court House.
3. The State Reformatory. 4. The
State Normal School. S. Office of
Superintendent of City Schools. 6.
The Public Library. Z. Northern
Pacific Station. 8. Great Northern
Station. 9. St. Raphael's Hospital.
10. In Granite Shops District. IL.
In East St. Cloud Business District.
IL. In st. German Street Business
District. The business and shop
district phones shall be placed as di-
rected by the Commission where sat-
%isfactory business arrangements can
be made with owners If installation
of toll stations in any of the above
mentioned places be denied or if at
ter one year the Commission shall
determine that the public can be bet
ter served from another place, toll
stations shall be placed at such 9TH
err places designated by the Commits
sion where arrangements therefor
can be made, as shall afford as near
lv as possible the same distribution
and public access.
Section s. All appliances and
! equipment to be installed by said
grantee unGer and by virtue of this
| ordinance shall be the most approved
and modern of its kind.
Section 9. The privileges and
| rights herein granted to said grantee
are on the condition that said gran
tee will, without cost to the city, pro-
vide suitable places upon it's poles
fire alarm and police purposes and
that it will at it's own cost and ex-
pense string on such poles and draw
in and maintain in such conduits all
necessary fire alarm and police wires
required by the city for its use dur
ing the life of this ordinance, said
wires however, to be furnished by
the said city; provided that the said
grantee shall not be required to per-
nit upon it's poles or to place in it's
conduits wires conducting a stronger
current than can safely be carried
without impairing the efficiency of it's
service to be carried on over it's
wires.
"Section 10. Said grantee and it's
assigns shall indemnify and ave
harmless the said City of
st. Cloud from, and ssum
all liabilities for all DAM
ages which may arise or accrue
against said city from the injury of
any person or persons, or to any pro-
perty from the doing of any work
herein authorized to be done or from
the operation Of said plant or from
the neglect of said grantee OF it's as
signs or any of it's or their agents or
employees.
"Section II. The doing or furnish
ing Of any local telephone, or ex-
change, business is hereby expressly
prohibited and forbidden.
Section IL. The rights granted by
this ordinance are subject to the pro-
visions of all the ordinances of the
City of st. Cloud which are now in
effect or which may be hereafter
enacted by the City Council.
"Section Is. The failure, neglect,
or refusal of said grantee to obey
any proper order of the Commission,
or comply with the terms of this or
dinance .or any other ordinance Of
the City of st. Cloud, shall work a
forfeiture Of all the rights and privi-
leges granted hereby, which forfeit
ture may be made effective by the
repeal of this ordinance or by an ap
propriate action.
section IA. Upon the passage
hereof and it's approval by the May
or, the same shall be submitted to
the electors of the City of st. Cloud
for ratification or rejection, as pro-
vided in Section Is, Chapter vi of
the City Charter, at a special cleo
ton which is hereby called and shall
be held on the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1912.
Section Is. The City Clerk shall
cause to be published in the official
paper and posted at each of the poll
ing places in said city, at least 10
days before said date, a notice of
said special election, and shall pre-
pare the necessary ballots and do all
things necessary in order that the
said election may be, in all respects,
held as required by the City Char
ter.
Section 16. This ordinance shall,
at least one week before said special
election, be twice published at
length in the official paper of the
City, which publication shall take
the place of the printing and mailing
of ordinance and sample ballots as
provided for in Section SO of the City
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