The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-23
LEGAL NOTICE.

State of Indiana, County of Wayne,
S.:
Before the Board of Trustees of town
of Centerville, Ind.
The citizens and taxpayers of the
town of Centerville, of Wayne county,
state of Indiana, are hereby notified
that the Board of Trustees of the said
town of Centerville, at its meeting
held on Thursday, July II, 1913, en-
tered its order tentatively approving
proposed contract to be entered into
with the Terre Haute, Indianapolis
and Eastern Traction company, for
the purpose of supplying the proposed
electricity conveyance system of the
said town with electricity for distribu-
ton to the said town and to the citi-
Zens thereof and of the vicinity OF
said town said Terre Haute, Indian
apolis and Eastern Traction company
being a corporation organized and ex.
listing under and pursuant to the laws
of the state of Indiana: and
That the said Board of Trustees in
expression of it's willingness to enter
into contract of form as indicated
herewith, has fixed on Thursday even.
ing, August 7, 1913, at p. m. at its
council room in Town Hall, Center
vile, Indiana, as time and place at
which any taxpayer of the said town
of Centerville may appear in person
or by attorney and file any objection
to the proposed contract in whole or
in part, and be heard regarding the
same.
The form of contract which it is
intended to engage in, unless same
shall be shown to be inadvisable, and
as tentatively adopted by the said
board of trustees, reads as follows:
This agreement by and between
the town of Centerville, Wayne coun-
ty, Indiana, and the Terre Haute, In
dianapolis and Eastern Traction com
pany, a corporation organized under
the laws of the state of Indiana, is to
witness:
That whereas, said Traction com
pany is in the business of manufacture
ing electricity and operating a sys
tenn of interurban railway and its
tracts and electric wires pass through
the town of Centerville, upon the main
street of said town, and the said town
desires to purchase from said com
pany electric current to be used by
said town in lighting its streets, al
legs and public places, and in dis
tributing current for heat, light and
power to the citizens and business
houses of said town through and by
means of apparatus belonging tc
said town of Centerville and
located on property at the cor
ner of Main and First streets in said
town, and various wires and appa
ratuses belonging to said town, where
by such current may be conveyed to
! the citizens and business houses
| thereof, and the said company desires
to sell to said town electric current
for the purposes aforesaid,
/ Now, therefore, for the purposes OF
carrying out the said plans. and ir
consideration of the mutual promises
agreements and advantages set forth
! in this contract. the parties agree and
contract with each other as follows:
l. The said town of Centerville shall
have and maintain upon the property
! located at the corner of Main and
| First streets a suitable building OF
tower for a transformer station, with
machinery for Transforming current
from the high tension wires af the
said traction company to current OF
| approximately twenty-five hundred
! (2,200) volts. and a connection shall
be made from the high tension wires
! OF said traction company opposite said
transformer station to and into the
transformer located in said station
and upon the low voltage side o.
the said transformers there shall be
fixed a meter so arranged and attached
as to measure the current proceed
! ing from said transformer into
| former the wires of the said
town of Centerville. All apparatus, in
! struments or material necessary tc
make said connection and TO consti
tute the said transformer and trans
former station, meter and appliances
connected Herewith, are to be tbs
/ best of their respective kinds and
only such as are suitable for this class
of work and acceptable to the en-
gineer of the said traction company
and the same shall be maintained IL
a manner satisfactory to said Traction
company, and the engineer of saiC
traction company reserves the RICH
to 60 upon the premises to inspect
the apparatus and the repairs there
to made The entire cost of maEins
Said installation and connection witt