The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-09-17
APPLICATION FOR FRANCHISE


Ito the Honorable, the Board of
County Commissioners Of Humboldt
County, State of Nevada:
The Bell Telephone Company of
Nevada, a corporation organized and
existing under and by virtue Of the
laws of the State of Nevada, hereby
respectfully makes application for the
franchise, right and privilege to con-
struct, install, operate and maintain
telephone and telegraph lines, and all
in connection Herewith or appurtenant
thereto, in the streets, alleys, avenues
and other places in the unincorporat-
ed towns in Humboldt county, herein
after set forth, and along the public
roads and highways of said county,
and in support Of this application
shows:
First: The name of this applicant
lis Bell Telephone Company Of Neva
da. 1t is a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State
of Nevada and authorized, by its
Articles Of Incorporation, to do a gen
eral telephone and telegraph bushes
therein.
The time for which the franchise,
right and privilege herein applied for
is desired is twenty-five years.
Second: The places where such
franchise, right and privilege is to
be exercised are the public roads and
highways Of said county, shown on the
map or plat hereto attached, and in
the unincorporated towns of Winnie
mucca, Lovelock, Oreana, Inlay and
Red House, and through, over, under
land along the streets, avenues, alleys
and other places thereof, shown on
the plats hereto attached.
Third: There is hereto attached
and herewith fled a map or plat
marked "Exhibit A." showing and
de~lineating, SO far as practicable, the
proposed route or right of way Of such
telephone and telegraph lines through
said county.
Fourth: There is hereto attached
and herewith filed a plat marked
"Exhibit B." showing the streets,
avenues, alleys and other places Of the
town Of Winnemucca through, over,
under or along which such telephone
and telegraph lines are to be con-
structed and maintained.
Fifth: There is hereto attached
and herewith filed a plat marked
"Exhibit c." showing the streets,
avenues, alleys and other places of
the town Of Lovelock through, over,
under or along which such telephone
and telegraph lines are to be con-
etructed and maintained.
Sixth: There Is hereto attached
and herewith filed q plat marked
"Exhibit D." showing the streets,
avenues, alleys and other places of the
town Of Oreana through, over, under
or along which such telephone and
telegraph lines are to be constructed
and maintained.
Seventh: There is hereto attached
and herewith filed q plat marked
"Exhibit E." showing the streets,
avenues, alleys and other places of
the town Of Inlay, through, over un-
der or along which such telephone and
telegraph lines are to be constructed
and maintained.
Eighth: There is hereto attached
and herewith filed a plat marked
"Exhibit F." showing the streets,
avenues, alleys and other places of
the town of Red House through, over,
under or along which such telephone
and telegraph lines are to be con-
~structed and maintained.
Ninth: Applicant files herewith and
~ a part hereof petitions in writing,
signed respectively by q majority of
the resident taxpayers Of each of the
towns above named, the signers in
each case being residents and owners
of real estate situated in said coun-
ty and paying axe upon said real
estate, asking that this application be
granted.
Respectfully submitted,
bell TELEPHONE COMPANY OF
NEVADA.
BY G. E. MCFARLAND,
President.
F. w. EATON,
(Seal.) Secretary.