The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-05
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Lahelduu, u NC Hclu ga lhC $50 49,.
of February, A. D., 1912, make APP
plication to the said City Council to
adopt an ordinance amending ordl-
nance No. 81 of the ordinances OF
the Town of Lakeland, as follows:
Ordinance No.. ....... An Or
dinance amending ordinance No. 81
of the ordinances of the Town Coun-
ell of the Town of Lakeland, Flor
ida, granting certain rights and
privileges to William G. Brorin and
Guy Huffman.
BE it Ordained by the City Coun-
ell of the City of Lakeland. Section
/. That section one OF ordinance
No. 81 OF the ordinances of the Town
Council of the Town of Lakeland be-
ing an ordinance granting certain
rights and privileges to William u.
Brorein and Guy Huffman, be amend
ed to read as follows:
section one. That the City OF
Lakeland hereby grants to the Pen
insular Telephone Company a cor
roration created and doing business
urder the laws OF the State OF Flor
ida. with its principal office in the
City of Tampa, lIillsborough county,
Florida, as assignees OF William u.
Brorein and Guy Huffman, partners
under the firm name and style OF
Brorein & Huffman, and its success
sors and assigns, the rights. prlvll-
eyes. concessions and franchises OF
establishing, installing and operating
a telephone system throughout the
City of Lakeland, to set poles, string
wires and lay conduits along, over
and under all its streets, alleys ana
avenues, with the privilege OF chars-
ing toll, rent and hire, for the use
of its telephones and lines or other
Instruments; provided that, except
distributing poles and wires, and
poles and wires required for the
operation of toll lines, the said Com
pany shall, on or before January ],
1918, install it's wires and cables
underground along Main street, be-
tween Massachusetts avenue and Da-
kota avenue, and along Kentucky
avenue, between Main street and
Pine street, and along Florida ave-
nue.. between Main street and Lime
street.
Section 9. That section two OF
the said ordinance No. 81 be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That section three OF
said ordinance be and the same Is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"'Section 3. That the rates to be
charged by the said Peninsular Tele-
phone Company for the use, rent and
hire of telephones operated by it in
connection with it's said telephone
system, and within the limits of the
city of Lakeland shall be subject to
the regulation of the railroad conf
mission or other lawful authority
hereafter prescribed by law
Section 1. That section 4 of said
ordinance No. 81 be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4. That the rights and
privileges hereby granted to the said
Peninsular Telephone Company shall
be in force and effect for the term
and period of thirty 600 years from
the twelfth (l2th) day of June, A.
ID; 1901, and provided further that
any sale or attempted sale of the
rights and privileges hereby granted
to competitor of the said telephone
system shall work forfeiture of ali
the franchises hereby granted
Section 5. That section 5 of said
ordinance No. 81 be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"'Section ). That at the eXpira-
ton of this franchise the City of
Lakeland shall have the right to pur-
chase the telephone system installed
and operated under this grant, as
we'll as all properties used by it in
the operation of said telephone sys-
tenn within the limits of the City of
Lakeland. as we'll as all other prop
erty under or in connection with
such franchises or rights, or such
part of such property as the City of
Lakeland may desire to purchase, at
valution of such property desired
to be purchased, which valuation
shall be fixed by arbitration, as may
be provided by law
section 6. That section 6 of said
ordinance No. 81 be and the same is
hereby repealed.
Section Z. That section I of said
ordinance No. 81 be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows: