The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-09-02
TOWN OF HIGHLAND.
PUBLIC NOTICE

fObl<iC NOIlCE.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that on |
August soth. 1914. the Board of Trus-
tees of the Town of Highland deter
mined to grant to Indiana Union TeIe-
graph and Telephone Company a fran
chise in said Town, in the following
FORM wit:
ORDINANCE NO. -
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING UNTO
THE INDIANA UNION TELEGRAPTI
AND TELEPHONE COMPANY. IT'S
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, GER
TAIN RIGHTS IN THE TOWN OF
HIGHLAND, INDIANA.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Board of
Trustees Of the Town of Highland. In
diana.
SECTION 1. That consent, authority
and permission be. and the same is
hereby granted unto the Indiana Union
Telegraph and Telephone company, a
corporation organized and existing I'M
der and by virtue OF the general laws
of the State of Indiana, its successors
and assigns. the right to construct.
operate, maintain and renew, across.
along, over and under the streets and
alleys of the Town of Highland. Indi-
| ana, Its lines of poles, wires cables
| equipment and condufts, with vaults
and laterals for the purpose of the
transmission of sound and signals bv
means of electricity; and this grant is
made under all OF the conditions and
provisions of Chapter 7s of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Indi-
ana, entitled "An Act Concerning Pub
lie Utilities Creating a Public Service
Commission, etc." approved March 4th
1918
SECTION 2. The height and location
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hereby approved and any change there
in or extension thereof, as well as the
construction Of vaults, conduits and
laterais shall be under the supervision
of the President or the Chairman of
the Committee on Streets and Alleys
| OF said Town, who shall Issue written
permits for same, and shall be so
placed and maintained as not to inter-
fere with ordinary travel on such high
| ways. and said poles. wires and cables
shall be placed in the alley of said
Town whenever and wherever IL is
practical so to do. and in case of
| bringing to grade change of any
street or alley. said Company shall
change its structures so as to conform
thereto, and said Company. its sue
cessors. 1essees and assigns shall hold
the Town of Highland harmless from
| and maintenance of the structures
hereby authorized. The right OF way
hereby granted shall not be exclusive
Tha privileges hereby granted are to
be taken and exercised subject to any
general ordinance or regulation of a
police nature. which the Board of Trus-
tees may have power and fit at any
time hereafter to adopt, not destruc-
tive of the rights hereby granted.
SECTION 3. The poles erected here
under shall be at least thirty feet in
height and shall be smooth. we'll
| shaped poles and shall be painted a
uniform color. and shall be kept paint
ed and in good condition so long as
such poles any Of them shall re
main standing.
SECTION 4. The said Grantee upon
a passage and acceptance of this Ordi-
nance shall be required to furnish rea-
| sonably adequate service and facili-
ties, and shall be entitled to charge
therefor reasonable charges for the
service required to be rendered under
this grant. and said Company shall
print and publish list of its rates as
provided in said act
Upon the execution of contract for
Telephone service by any citizen or
citizens of the Town of Highland. In
diana, the Indiana Union Telegraph
and Telephone company shall within
a reasonable time thereafter make
such addition or extensions to its lines
of poles, wires and cables as shall be
reasonable and necessary to furnish
telephone service for such subscriber
or subscribers. but said company shall
not be required to make such addi-
tions or extensions to furnish teie-
lr1h fn,-
subscribers. where such additions or
extensions will require the construc-
ton of lines of poles, wires and cables
more than one thousand G.0oO) feet in
length, multiplied by the number of
such proposed subscribers.
1t is further provided that said Com
pany shall give and maintain free ex-
change service between the Town of
Highland and the Town Of Munster
Indiana. and between the Town of
Highland and the Villages of Lansing
and Oak Glen. Illinois.
Said Company may charge not to ex-
coed FIVE cents for each message UP to
three minutes in duration transmit
ted from any telephone within said
Town to any telephone of any sub
scriber receiving exchange service TO
} the exchange located within the City
{ of Hammond. provided. however. that
a like charge shall be made for toll
service between the Town of Munster
and said City of Hammond, and pro-
| vided further that the said Company
shall construct and operate a local
| telephone exchange within the Towns
of Highland Munster, Indiana II
is further agreed that the service here
in shall be single party line or two or
, four-party line business telephones
and single party line or two or four
| party line residence telephones, and
? such other service as may be con-
: tracted for between any subscriber and
the Company
Z, SECTION 5. 1t is further under
5 stood and agreed that the said Com
pany will remove its said lines or line
of wires and poles whenever ordered
| to do so by the Board of Trustees OF