Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-05-22
NO.. 123

An Ordnance granting to The IN |
tied Farmers Telephone and Tele |
graph Company, a corporation. a
franchise. |
The Board OF Trustees OF Carson |
City do ordain:
Section |. There is hereby granted
to The United Farmers Telephone
and telegraph Company. a corpora
ton. for the term of fifty years. a
franchise and right Of way, to con-
struct. operate and maintain, upon,
along. over and under the streets,
alleys and other public t~hOroughiares
OF Carson City, Nevada. telephone
line, and a telephone system and all
necessary or proper appliances in CON
nection Herewith or appurtenant
thereto.
Section ,. Grantee shall permit the
city. without rental or charge. to at
tach to grantees poles in said city,
city FIRE alarm. police alarm and cleo
trio wires. provided that they do no
substantial injury to grantees tele-
phone SYSTEM. and grantee shall fur
nish to the city. without rental or
charge. four telephones for city bust
| ness. with local exchange service. to
be located where the City Board OF
Trustees may direct. Grantee shall
, give precedence over all other bust
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any calamity which may be sent Yer
its system. and shall Immediately
J forward information concerning the
same to the central fire station.
Section 3. The location of the
poles, wires and other appliances of
grantee, other than lis central office,
hall be under the control OF the City
Board OF Trustees. provided. that the
Board may at any time by general
ordinance require telephone. tele-
graph. power and lighting companies
10 place their wires underground
Grantee shall paint all poles and
CrosS-armS.
Section 4. Grantee shall save and
hold the city harmless OF all costs
and damages which may accrue or
result from grantees poles. wires or
appliances.
Section 5. The rate to he charged
by grantee for local telephone service
shall not exceed t~hirty-oix dollars per
annum for business telephones and
twenty dollars per annum for resi-
dcncc telephones.
Section g.. The Board Of City Trus-
tees shall have the right and power.
by ordinance. to regulate the number
Of telephones OF each party line of
grantee in the city. and to compel
grantee, upon reasonable terms, to-
give exchange connection and service
to any telephone or telegraph com
pany to enable the patrons Of differ
ent or competing systems to COM
municatc with each other. and grantee
shall conform to all other ordinances
OF the city passed under or by virtue
OF its police power or authority. and
which now or hereafter NAV be in
! force.
Section /, Grantee is to pay the
city quarterly on the second Mondays
OF January, April, July and Septem-
Der OF each wear during the term o.
the franchise. three per ccntum OF. its
! gross income derived from local tel
ephone service in the CITY for the
preceding quarter. and the BOARD. OF
its agent, shall have the right r. n
spect the books Of grantee as to it,
gross receipts from local telephone
service.
Section 8. Grantee shall commence
the construction OF its system in the
"ity on OF before July /. 1912, othee
wise the Franchise hereby granted
shall be rcvocablc at the discretion %
the Board of City Trustees. The
right hereby granted shall not be ex~
elusive. The City Board OF Trustees
may. at any time. for good cause. re-
woke and declare forfeited the fran
chiSc and right hereby granted.
Section @. BY permission OF the
Board Of City Trustees. other per-
sons or companies may use the poles
al grantee. provided that grantee is
paid a reasonable sum and rental for
such use and that there is no sub
S%tantial injury TO the efficiency OF
grantees system thereby.
Section 10. The franchise and
right hereby granted shall not be as
Signable or transferable without the
consent of the City Board OF Trustees.
Section II. The powers hereby