The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-04


BE 1T ORDAINED, By the Mayor
and City Council of the City of Pa
latka, Florida:
Section l. That the Palatka Gas
Light & Fuel Company, a Corpora
ton created and organized under the
laws Of the State of Florida in the
year 1914, its successors and assigns,
hereinafter called the Grantees are
hereby given and granted a Fran
chise, Right, Privilege, and AuthoTi-
ty, to construct, own, operate, and
maintain, in the City of Palatka.
Florida, a plant or plants for the
manufacture, sale and distribution Of
Electricity, Gas and other illumnants
or products for light, power and fuel,
and the said Grantees, are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to lay such
mains, pipes and fixtures, under the
streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, and
bridges of said City, for the distla,
button Of gas, and to erect all nee
essary poles, lampposts, wires and ap-
pliances, for the transmission of cleo
tricity and power, along, through, over
and across the said streets, lanes, al
legs, sidewalks and bridges of said
City for the period Of thirty years
from the passage of this ordinance,
provided, however, that said Grantees
within thirty days from the passage
of this ordinance, shall file with the
City Clerk, its written acceptance CT
this ordinance.
/ Section 2. All poles used by the
Grantees shall be neat and symetrical
and the location of poles and wires
within the City limits and the MAIN
tenance of same shall be under the
Supervision of the City Council and in
accordance with its instructions, and
Grantees shall replace and properly
repair any sidewalks, pavements or
streets that may be disturbed by
Grantees, at its own expense, and
upon the failure of the Grantees so to
dc after ten days notice in writing
shall have been given by the Mayor
or City Clerk of the City, to said
Grantees, the City may repair such
portions of the sidewalk, pavement or
street, that may have been disturb
ed by said Grantees, and collect the
cost so incurred from the Grantees.
Section 8. The rates to be charged
in the City of Palatka for CONNER
cial electric lighting shall not be
more more than ten cents per klllo-
wat, meter measurement, for the tlrst
ten years, and not more than nine
cents per killowat thereafter; me-
ters to be furnished and kept in re-
pair by the Grantees herein at their
expense, and the minimum charge
shall be not more than one dollar and
fifty cents per month.
Section 4. The rates to be charged
in the City of Palatka for electric mo-
tor service shall not be more than the
following rates: Meter measure
ment, Two hundred killowats, or less,
eight cents per killowats, all in ex-
cess of two hundred killowats up to
five hundred killowats, seven cents per
killowat; all in excess of five hundred
k:llowats, up to one thousand killo-
watts, six cents per killowat; all in eX-
cess of one thousand killowats, up
to eighteen hundred killowats, five
cents per killowat; all in excess of
eighteen hundred killowats, four cents
per killowat; provided that the said
grantees shall not be compelled to fur
nish electric power to any motor con-
sumor for less than twenty-five dol
lars per year per rated horse power
of motor as shall be determined by
the said Grantees. Meters to be fur
nished and kept in repair by the
Grantees herein at their expense.
Section 5. The rates to be charged
in the City of Palatka for electric
street lighting purposes shall not eX
coed the following rates, for an all
night schedule:
2OOO Candle Power Lights, $500
per annum.
1900 Candle Power Lights, $4,000
per annum.
100 Candle Power Lights, $500
per annum, $1,000
so Candle Power Lights, $1,000 per
annum.
60 Candle Power Lights, $21.OO per
annum. 5000
40 Candle Power Lights, $4,000 per
Iannum.
Section 6. The rates to be charg
ed in the City of Palatka for gas shall
not exceed one dollar and sixty cents
per thousand cubic feet, meter meas
urement, meters to be furnished and
kept in repair by the Grantees here
in at their expense, and the minimum
charge shall not be more than one
dollar per month.
Section 7. The Grantee shall not be
required to furnished electricity or
gas for light or power to any consul
mer who shall refuse to comply with
anv reasonable rules and regulations
adopted by the said company, for the
conduct of its business.
Section s. The Grantees shall at all
times be subject to the City ordi-
nances now in existence and which
may be hereafter passed relative to
the use of the streets in the City
of Palatka and said Grantees and
their agents and employees shall be
under the same police regulation and
liable to the same fine and impris-
onment as other persons violating the
ordinances of the City of Palatka,
provided such ordinances shall in no
way abridge or impair the franchise,
rights and privileges hereby granted.
| Section g. Said Grantees shall in
demnify against and assume all liza
bility for any and all damages that
may be suffered by said City to its
property or to which said Citv may
become liable in any manner for dam
age to the person or property of
others on account of or through the
carelessness or negligence of said
Grantees, their officers, employees,
agents or servants or on account Of
the failure of said Grantees to COM
ply with any ordinance of said City
relative to the use of its streets.
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