Morris tribune., 1914-09-25

adequate and proper service, and to
provide sufficient accommodations for
the public.
Section v.
The grantee. hereof shall not issue
any capital stock on account of the
franchise, or the value thereof, and
that the grantee shall have no right
to receive, upon condemnation pro-
ceedings brought by the city to ac-
quire the public utility using such
franchise, any return on account of
the franchise, or its value.
Section VI.
No sale or lease of this franchise
shall be effective until the assignee
or leasee shall have filed in the office
of the City Manager an instrument,
duly executed, reciting the fact of
said sale or lease, accepting the terms
of said franchise, and agreeing to per-
form all the conditions required by
the grantee Hereunder The assignee
or leasee shall also file bond in such
amount and with such conditions as
the Commission may require, which
bond shall run to the city as obligee.
with sureties satisfactory to the Com
mission, and shall obligate the
grantee. or leasee, to discharge all
obligations and liabilities imposed by
said franchise.
Section VII.
The City Commission shall have
the right to determine, from time to
time, reasonable boundaries within
which the wires of said grantee shall
be placed underground or in some 9TH
er safe and convenient position, and
upon such determination by the City
Commission and its order to place
wires underground within any specified
territory, or to place them in any
other safe or convenient position, the
said grantee shall forthwith place un-
dergronud or in such other safe or con-
venient position, all of its wires with
in such specified territory, subject on
ly to its right to maintain in each
block in said district one ~ pole for
the purpose of distributing wires to
and from its subscribers stations.
Section VIII.
Until the Commission shall by or
dinance otherwise order, the maximum
rates to be charged by the grantee
hereof for local telephone service
within the City of Morris shall be as
follows:
Private Line Business Service.
ST. % per month.
Private Line Residence Service,
$1.5 per month.
Party Line Residence Service.
$1.25 per month.
All of said rates to be payable
monthly in advance. and with rebate
upon each thereof of twenty five (25c)
cents per month if paid on or before
the 10th day of the month in which
the service is to be rendered, making
the net rates where bills are paic
on or before the 10th day of the
month in advance, twenty-five Csc
cents less than those above stated.
Section TX.
The privileges and rights hereir
granted are upon the consideration
that the said grantee shall. withou
cost to the city, provide suitable places
upon its poles and within its ccnduitl
for wires for FIRE alarm and police
purposes and that it will, at its owr
cost and expense. string upon sucl
poles and draw in and maintain il
such conduits, all necessary fire alarm
| and police wires required by the saiC
| City; provided, that the said grantee
shall not be required to permit upoI
its poles or place in its conduits
wires carrying a stronger curren
than can be safely carried without i'm
pairing the efficiency of its service tt
be carried on over its own wires. ant
that all such wire shall be supplied b.
the city.
Il Section X.
Said grantee and its assigns shall
indemnify and save harmless the sal
City of Morris from and assume al
liabilities for. all damages whic
may arise and accrue against the sal
city from the injury to any person o
persons or any property from the do
ing of any work herein authorized t
be done, or from the operation of sal
plant, or from the neglect of the sal
grantee or any of its authorized agent
or employees.
Section XI
The said grantee shall pay the cost
of the publication of this ordinance.
Section XII.