Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-05-21
NO.. 1913


An Ordnance granting Il The I'm
tied Farmers Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. a corporation. a
franchise.
The Board Of Trustees of Carson
City do ordain:
Section l.. There i, 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~horoughfares
OF Carson City, Nevada. telephone
line, and a telephone system and all
necessary or proper appliances in ON
@nection Herewith or appurtenant
: thereto.
Section ?. Grantee shall permit the
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
nieh 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
J give precedence Owe all other bust
ness to all fire alarms or alarms OF
. any calamity which may be sent over
its system, and shall Immediately
forward information concerning tho
same to the central fire station.
Section g.. The location of the
poles. wires and other appliances OF
grantee, other than its central office.
~',all 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 aud lighting companies
to 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 thirty-~ix dollars per
annum for business telephones and
twenty dollars per mum for resi-
dcncc telephones.
Section E. The Board Of City Trus-
tees shall have the right and power.
by ordinance. to regulate the number
OF telephones on 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
cnt 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 may be in
force.
Section /. Grantee is to pay the
city quarterly on the second Mondays
Of January, April. July and Septcm-
Der OF each year during the term OF
the franchise. three per ccntlun Of its
gross income derived from local tel |
rphone service in the city Tor the !
preceding quarter. and The Board. or |
lis agent, shall have the right TO IN
spect the books Of grantee as to its |
gross receipts from local telephone |
service. !
Section g. Grantee shall commence
the construction of its system in the
city on or before July !, 1912. othec
wise the FRANCHISE hereby granted
the Board Of City Trustees. The
hereby granted shall not be cx-
The City Board OF Trustees
may. at any time, for good cause. re-
yoke and declare forfeited the fran
and right hereby granted.
Section 9. BY permission of the
Of City Trustees, other per-
sons or companies may use the poles
grantee. provided that grantee is
paid a reasonable sun and rental for
such use and that there is no sub
injury TO the efficiency OF
grantees system thereby.
Section 10. The franchise and
right hereby granted shall not be as
or transferable without the
of the City Board Of Trustees.