Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22

eacn extension SnalI Do mSuo onty
after the applicants shall have jointly
agreed that the revenue per season
shall amount to at least $50 per eighty
feet OF said extension and said appli-
cations shall be made by consumers
located on such extension and agree
Ing to use and pay for the steam SER
vice as provided for above.
| Sec. II. Said grantees herein shall
within thirty 500 days from and after
the passage and adoption OF this or
dinance by q referendum vote OF the
qualified electors of the city at an
election, file with the city clerk OF the
said city their acceptance In writing
of the terms and conditions Of this
ordinance, and in failing to do 30, this
ordinance shall become null and void
and no longer binding upon said city
or upon said grantees
AN ORDINANCE.
IAN ordinance authorizing w. T.
Bailey. F. o. Bailey. and J. r. Bailey,
their successors or assigns. within tins
city OF Marshalltown, Iowa, to acquire.
construct. reconstruct. maintain and
operate a power plant or plants for
the generation of electricity, systems
for the transmission. distribution and
use Of electricity and to furnish cleo
trio light. electric power and electric
current to the public.
Be is ordained by the city council!
Of the city of Marshalltown. Iowa:
Sec. /. Permission and authority
are hereby granted to w. 7. Bailey. r.
| o. Bailey, and j. r. Bailey. their sue
cessors or assigns. within the corpo-
rate limits of the city of Marshalltown.
Iowa, as the same now are or may
| hereafter be located or extended TO
acquire, construct. reconstruct, main
tain. operate and use power plant or
plants for the generation OF electricity
whether said power plant or plants
have been heretofore or may hereafter
be erected and to enter upon the pup
lie streets, alleys and highways
bridges, and public places OF said city
now or hereafter opened. extended or
erected and therein, thereon. thereun-
! der and thereover to erect, construct.
use, maintain, operate and reconstruct
| systems for the transmission. distrlpu-
| ton and use Of electricity to consist
f! of electric wires, poles. conduits ana
other construction necessary or incl
| dent to said systems and their USE
! whether said systems have been mere
| tofore or may hereafter be constructed
to sell or furnish electric light. electric
power and electric current to the city,
it's inhabitants, industries, railways
street railways, the public and all APP
piicants for light, power or curreh.
and to carry on a general electric light
and power business.
Sec. 9. In this ordinance. the woru
! city" refers to and means the city Oh
Marshalltown, Iowa. and the woru
| grantees" refers to and means w. L.
| Bailey. F.. O. Bailey, and j. r. Bailey
successors or assigns.
Sec, 3. Said transmission and dis
trihution system hereafter erected, IN
Guiding the poles. wires, conduits ana
other construction, shall so far as
practicable, be constructed and erected
in and upon the alleys of said city with
the wires upon said poles and brackets
az least twenty-three (23 feet from
the surface Of the street or alley pc
meath: and said construction shali NC
nut up and maintained in accordance
with the specifications of the Nauohal
| Board of Fire Underwriters In force az
| the time Of said construction. Inc
| poles, wires, conduits and other apph-
anees aforesaid and all the apparatus
connected Herewith shall be located
arranged, adjusted and maintained 50
as not to endanger persons or unreal
sonably to interfere, electrically or
| otherwise, with other electric appil-
| ances erected prior thereto or with any
| improvement the city may deem proper
| to make, nor unnecessarily hinder or
| obstruct the free use Of streets, ave-
| nues. alleys, bridges, or private or
| public property.
Sec. 4. Whenever grantees, in erect
! ing. constructing or maintaining said
| poles, conduits or appliances, shall
| take up any pavement on the streets
i or alleys OF said city or shall make
any excavations therein or in any OF
| the public places Of said city, such ex-
! cavations shall be at once retilled and
pavements replaced under the direction
| Of the city engineer. and all surfaces
made as good as before by the said
grantees, or, in case of their failure so
| to do as promptly as practicable, the
city or any abutting property owner
| may do the same at the expense OF the
grantees. and said grantees shall be
liable therefore in a civil action for cost
Of same: and provided, further. that
when the grade of any street, avenue
or alley OF said city is changed, said
grantees shall change and remove said
poles, posts or conduits so as to con-
form with said new grade and meet
the requirements hereinbefore mem
toned as to the height Of wires above
said alleys and streets, all at said
grantees own expense. but the city
may require the grantees, at grantees
own expense, to relocate any pole or
poles in any other suitable location.
Grantees herein, before constructing
any new transmission or distribution
lines. shall obtain a written permit
from the city SO to do and the city
shall issue said permit to grantees
herein under reasonable terms and
conditions.
| Sec. 5. If 1t shall become necessary
for any person to move across any
streets. avenues or alleys, any house or
building of such type or size as may
| interfere with the poles, wires or 9TH
err construction of the transmission
and distribution systems hereby au-
thorized. the said grantees herein shall
temporarily remove the poles and
wires so far as necessary to allow the
passage OF such house or other build
ing for reasonable period Of time not
exceeding five co hours. but said
grantees shall not be required to re-
| move said wires prior to eight (S)
| O'Clock in the forenoon or later than