The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-16

| T.
OF MINNESOTA, THEIR SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS THE RIGHT TO ERECT
AND MAINTAIN THE NECESSARY
| POLES. WIRES, FIXTURES AND UNDER.
| GROUND CIRCUITS AND CONDUITs
AND OTHER NECESSARY APPLIANCES
IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, IN, ON,
OYER II,r AND UNDER THE STREETS,
OF VIRGINIA, IN THE county OF ST.
LOUIS, AND STATE OF MINNESOTA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VIRGINIA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. There is hereby granted to
American District Telegraph Company of
Minnesota, hereinafter called the grantee.
tnelr successors and assigns, the authority,
necessary poles, wires, fixtures and under
ground circuits, to operate night watch, fire
| alarm, burglar alarm and automatic sprinkler
alarm service by means of call boxes and other
autonatlc devices as may be approved by the
City Council and be in accordance with all
ordinances OF the City now or that may here
AFTER be IN force provided that special per
ms ION OF the city council shall first be
fixtures or underground circuits or conduits
are desired to be erected or constructed. and
provided further, that the City Council may
at any time. require any or all overhead
WIRING and poles to be removed and under
ground wires and circuits alone used. and
provided further. that all poles, overhead
wires wires, and aoove-ground construction shall be
all to be continued and maintained in good
order for the full term of this permit and
in accordance with all ordinances, rules and
regulations of said City now or that may
Section 2 The aforesaid grant is for a
period OF twenty-five (25) years from the
date when this ordinance shall have been
passed and accepted as herein provided
Section 8. All such conduits, wires. poles
and other apparatus shall be set so as not
to interfere with the construction or placing
OF any water pipes, drains, cutters, sewer,
or may be placed by authority of said City,
and IN case OF bringing to grade any street
or alley where the same may have been
erected and placed then the said grantees.
own cost, change such conduits poles, wires
and other apparatus and reset the same
under the direction of the proper officer of
the City; in case of fire. tornado other
otherwise removed by order of the Mayor,
Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire Depart
ment, or other proper officer of the City,
of the city and all rights and privileges
hereby granted SHALL at all times, be subject
to such ordinances or regulations as the
City G Counc di Of said City may adopt. and
grantees, their successors and assigns, poles
and underground conduits for any telephone,
fire alarm: or other municipal purpose, and
all such service of said grantee their sue
cessors and assigns shall be free of cost to
The City.
Section 4. The grantees, their successors
and assigns, agree and bind themselves to
trail office for transmitting fire, police, and
burglar alarm signals in the usual man
ner, to the .City's Fire and Police Depart
ment, and that said Transmitter in said
fhoir
trail office, as we'll as the service rendered,
shall be satisfactory to the City Council of
the City of Virginia.
Section S. The grantees, their successors
and assigns, are hereby authorized to install
a telephone in the Central Fire Station
and also in the office of Police Headquarters
said telephone to be connected with the CEN
trail office of the said grantees, their sue
| cessors and assigns for the exclusive pur-
pose of communicating fire alarms and police
calls, and for other purpose whatsoever
Section 6: That expense incurred in the
above mentioned connections of said grantees,
their successors and assigns with said Fire
Department of said City, and connection with
the headquarters of the Police Department
of said City, shall be borne and discharged
by said grantees, their successors and as
signs.
Section 7. The grantees, their successors
and assigns, shall permit fire and burglar
Of their boxes. by any member of the Police
| or Fire Departments, of any citizen. of
any fire. breach of the peace or burglar
occurring within the City of Virginia, in
which such alarm box is situated, and the
| Waterman of the grantees, their successors
and assigns. shall likewise send in without
| CHARGE any alarms of any burglary, breach
| Of the peace or fire within the district, when
so requested by sany responsible citizen.
Section 8. All wires shall be placed under
the supervision of the City Engineer and
to the satisfaction of the City Council and
the City Council shall have the right to re-
quire the removal of wires to require them
to be placed in another position whenever
the City Council considers it advisable
Section 9. The grantees, their successors
and assigns. of this franchise, shall protect
and hold harmless the City of Virginia,
against all claims for damages or demands
of any person property by reason of the
construction or maintenance of said grantees,
their successors and assigns system, in
any way growing out Of the granting of this
franchise, either directly or indirectly, or
arising by reason of any negligence or nom
| feasance of the contractors agents or en-
ployees of the grantees, their successors and
assigns, and the said grantees, their sue
cessors and assigns shall indemnify and hold
the City harmless from and on account of
all damages, costs, expenses, actions, and
causes of action that may accrue to be
brought by any person, persons, company
or companies at any time by reason of the
exercise of rights and privileges herein
granted or the abuse thereof.
Section 10. None of the rights or privi-
leges herein granted shall be transferred,