Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-09
For Telephone Service In Chris
tian County.--AlI Permits
Revoked.
MANY APPROPRIATIONS MADE
Fiscal Court TransactS Much
Important Business at jan
airy Meeting.

The Fiscal Court at its meeting
Tuesday passed the following, very
important resolution in regard to
telephones: -s /
Whereas, the Cumberland Tele-
phone and Telegraph company. the
Hopkinsville Home Telephone Co..
and the Pembroke Home Telephone
company. each formerly doing tel
ephone business in this county. and
recently consolidated under the
Lames of the Christian-Todd Tele-
phone Company, have each and all
failed and refused to remove their
poles outside of those portions of the
roads US d by the public for travel
and outside of the valleys and ditch
es along said roads. so as not to in
terfere with the maintenance and
repair of the said public roads at
various places, when ordered TO do
SO by this court, and the officers of
this county. and
Whereas. the said consolidation
of said telephone companies using
and occupying the pnblic roads of
Christian county and the rights of
way thereof has been followed by
advances in the rates charged for
the service on the said lines so using
and occupying the same, and dis
elimination in the said rates charged
to various patrons along the said
public roads of this county outside
of incorporated cities and towns;
ut is therefore ordered by this
court that any permission, privilege
or consent, if any, heretofore grant
ed or given by this court tn either
or any Of said telephone companies
to so use the public roads Of this
county or any part of the rights
thereof. or to occupy same with
their poles ard wires in the tele.
phone business, is hereby revoked,
recalled and set aside and held to be
| void and no longer binding on this
court.
| And it is further ordered that O
franchise to use, operate and main
tain telephone lines along and acros;
the public roads of this county and
along the rights of way thereof. be
sold by this court at public cutlery tc
the highest and best bidder. to erect
and maintain a system of telephones
poles and wires along the public
roads Of this county and the rights
of way thereof. for a period OF
twenty years from the date of sale
and purchase of same. with such re-
strictions and regulations as to the
; place of erection, maintenance aDd
operation of the same along the
said public roads and rights of way
. thereof. and providing free service
throughout this county. fixing the
rates to be charged therefor with
such other regulations and restrict
ions as to prevent discrimination
etc.. as this court may deem reason
able and just.
"And it is further ordered thai
the County Attorney prepare anc
submit franchise for the consider
alton Of this court at its next meet
ing, and to be sold as heretofore
ordered. And the said telephone
company or other persons and the
public are invited to have represent
atives before this court at its mex
} meeting to discuss said franchise
its regulations and restrictions as t
rates. etc.
And this cause Is continued fol
said purpose until the next term o.
this court"
/ All of the members were presen
: except Esq. Carrots. Esq. 7. +
: Clardy. the new member. was pres
b. ent for the first time.
0 The following claims in part wer
allowed: