Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-12

so as not to interfere with buildings
in course of construction or already
constructed. Whenever anyone desires
to move any building through or
across said streets or alleys of said
town. within or upon which any of
such wires are strung. whereby any
of said wires would be injured or in.
terfered with, such person shall in
writing give to the grantee herein
twenty-four hours notice of the time
and place when and where he desires
such wires moved for such purpose,
and thereupon the grantee. upon the
payment to il of the reasonable and
actual cost and expense of so doing,
shall cause such wires to be moved so
as to allow the passage of such build
ing, but in all cases such removal of
said wires shall only be required be-
tween the hours of six O'Clock n. m.
and two O'Clock p. m
Section 8. The grantee herein shall
furnish electric current for light,
heat, power or other purposes for
twenty four hours each and every day
continuously for seven days n week,
under such reasonable rules and regu-
lations az may he made by said
grantee, to all citizens of said town
who desire such electricity and are
willing to pay therefor at the regular
price to be established by said gran
tee; providing that said grantee shall
not in any event make any charge for
current for lighting purpose in ex-
cess of
1Oc for the first 10 X. w. II.
&c for the next SO X. w. II.
&c for all over 100 X. w. ii.
as measured by meter, and for cur
rent furnished for power purposes an
amount not exceeding
A DC for the first 1000 X. w. IL.
4.0c for the next 1000 K. w II.
3.5c for the next 1000 X. w II.
3.25c for all over 5000 X. w. III.
as measured by meter.
The term "electric current furnish.
ed for power purposes, shall apply
only where such current is furnished
for motors with II capacity of two
horse power or over, and provided
also. that said grantee shall not be
required to furnish electric current
for power purposes between the hours
of four O'Clock p. m. and eleven
O'Clock p. IN. or to extend its lines
more than three hundred feet to sup
ply any one customer, and provided
also, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to invalidate the
franchise hereby granted to said
grantee, IL by reason of shortage of
water, installation of additional ma
chinery. injury or breakdown of mach
inerv. damage or injury to any cleo
trio transmission line or lines, acci-
dents, strikes. washouts and other
causes beyond the control of said
rgantee, it shall be unable to furnish
such electricity; provided, however,
that said grantee shall use reasonable
diligence to put itself in a condition
as soon as reasonably possible. to re-
sumo the furnishing of electricity.
Section 4. The grantee herein
shall use diligence to meet the rea-
sonable demands for current of the
town of Pocahontas and the inhabi-
tants thereof. and shall keep itself in
readiness to serve those connected to
its lines and for such readiness to
serve said grantee shall have the
right to make minimum charge of
seventy five cents per month per
meter installed and used for lighting
purposes. and one dollar per month
for each horse power or fraction
thereof, of power capacity which any
power consumer may have connected
to the plant or system of wires of
said grantee (which minimum charge
shall be known as readiness to
serve" charge provided that such rea-
diness to serve charge shall not be
made againSt any consumer for any
month in which the consumption of cur
rent figured at the regular rate or rates
shall equal or exceed such minimum
charge, and provided further, that
when the consumption of current by
any consumer for any month, figured
Mt the regular rate or rates, does not
equal at least the minimum charge
for readiness to serve, the payment
Of such charge shall be payment for
the current consumed.
The consumer or the grantee shall
have the right to call upon the other
for test, and any such test shall be
made by competent and disinterest-
ed party, and in event of error in
meter exceeding 2 per cent allowance
shall be made by the one to the other