The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-25
AN ORDINANCE.

Fuel Company, Its Successors and
Assigns Certain Rights, Franchise
and Privileges:
BE IT 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 Author,
ty, to construct, own, operate, anG
maintain, in the City Of Palatka
Florida, a plant or plants for the
manufacture, sale and distribution of
Electricity, Gas and other illuminants
or products for light, power and fuel
and the said Grantees, are hereby ad-
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-
planes, for the transmission OF cleo
tricity and power, along, through, over
and across the said streets, lanes, al
leys, 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 =. All poles used by the
Grantees shall be neat and symetricaI
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 OF
streets that may lie disturbed by
Grantees, at its own expense, and
upon the failure of the Grantees so tC
dc after ten days notice in writing
shall have been given by the Mayor
or City Clerk of the City, to sait
Grantees, the City may repair such
portions of the sidewalk, pavement OF
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,
1ial electric lighting shall not be
more more than ten cents per kill0.
wat. meter measurement, for the inst
ten years, and not more than nine
cents per killowat thereafter; me.
tiers to be furnished and kept in re.
nair by the Grantees herein at then
expense, and the minimum charge
MI he not more than one dollar anC
fifty cents per month.
Section 4. The rates to be charged
III the City of Palatka for electric mo.
tor service shall not be more than the
following rates: Meter measure
ment, Two hundred iillowats, or less
eight cents per killowats, all in eX
cess of two hundred killowats up tc
five hundred killowats, seven cents pei
lillowat; 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, VI
to eighteen hundred killowats, fv,
'ents per killowat; all in excess o.
eighteen hundred killowats, four cent!
| per killowat; provided that the sale
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 powe
of motor as shall be determined b,
the said Grantees. Meters to be fur
nished and kept in repair by tn
Grantees herein at their expense.
Section 5. The rates to be charged
in the City of Palatka for electri
street lighting purposes shall not ex
coed the following rates, for an al
night schedule:
2O00 Candle Power Lights, $3.50
per annum.
1900 Candle Power Lights, $500
per annum.
100 Candle Power Lights, $3.50
per annum.
so Candle Power Lights, $1,000 pc
annum.
60 Candle Power Lights, $21.OO pc
annum.
40 Candle Power Lights, $4,000 pc
annum.
Section 6. The rates to be charg
ed in the City of Palatka for gas shal
not exceed one dollar and sixty cent
per thousand cubic feet, meter meas
urement, meters to be furnished an
kept in repair by the Grantees here
in at their expense, and the minimum
charge shall not be more than on
dollar per month.
Section 7. The Grantee shall not b
required to furnished electricity O
gas for light or power to any consu
mer who shall refuse to comply wit
any reasonable rules and regulation
adopted by the said company, for tn
conduct of its business.
Section 8. The Grantees shall at a
times be subject to the City ord
nances now in existence and whic
may be hereafter passed relative t
the use of the streets in the Cit
of Palatka and said Grantees an
their agents and employees shall
under the same police regulation an
liable to the same fine and impris
onment as other persons violating tn
ordinances of the City of Palatk;
provided such ordinances shall in n
way abridge or impair the franchis,
rights and privileges hereby granted.
Section 8. Said Grantees shall ii
demnify against and assume all liza
bility for any and all damages tha
may be suffered by said City to il
property, or to which said Citv ma
become liable in any manner for dan
age to the person or property {
others on account of or through tn
carelessness or negligence of sal
IGrantees, their officers, employee
agents or servants or on account :
the failure of said Grantees to con
ply with any ordinance of said Cit
relative to the use of its streets.
Section 10. The said Grantee!
. shall, within nine months from dat