Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-07

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CEED TWENTY CENTS ON THE
ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR VALU-
ALTON ANNUALLY, TO PAY
THEREFOR.
BE II Ordained BY The Council Of The
City of Mexico, as follows; ....
Section 1. That the Mayor be au-
thorized to enter into a contract with
the Mexico Power Company, to light
the streets, alleys, and public places,
of the City of Mexico, as follows:
This agreement made between
Mexico Power Company, hereinafter
called the Power Company, and the
| City Of Mexico Missouri, city of the
| third-class, hereinafter called the
City, Witnesseth
said Power Company, in considera-
! ton OF the covenants and agreements
! hereinafter mentioned to be perform
ed by the Citydoes hereby obligate it.
self, its successors and assigns,to erect
! by April Is, 1916, within the corpo-
rate limits of the City of Mexico, nine
six hundred candle power incandes-
cent electric lamps, of the kind and
| type known as nitro-tungsten, or
some other improved light of equal
candle power and two hundred and
! fifty sixty candle power electric lamps
of the kind and type known as nitro
tungsten, or some other improved
! light of equal candle power, and to
maintain said lamps for a period of
ten years from said April Is, 1916.
Said lights to be placed at the places
designated upon map of the City of
Mexico, now on file with the City
| Clerk, which map shows the location
of each of said lamps
All of such sixty candle power
lamps shall be placed upon iron
| brackets on wooden line poles along
! the curb of the streets; such six hun
dred candle power lamps shall be
| placed upon iron poles in the middle
of the streets at street intersections
as shown upon the map and plat now
on file with the City Clerk; the wires
for furnishing electricity for such
six hundred candle power lamps shall
be placed underground within the
following limits: Beginning at the
intersection of the east line of South
Jefferson Street with the north line Of
the right of way of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad Company or Louisi-
ana and Missouri River Railroad
Company run thence north along the
east line of Jefferson Street to the
north line of Monroe street, run
thence west along the north line of
Monroe Street to the
west line of Washington Street, run
thence south along the west line Of
Washington street to the south line of
Liberty Street, thence, east along the
south line of Liberty street to the west
line of Jefferson street, thence south
along the west line of Jefferson Street
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railroad right of way, thence cast
along the north line of said railroad
right OF way to the point of begin
ming.
Said Power Company shall furnish
the electric current and all wires,
poles, lamps, and other material and
appliances necessary for furnishing
and maintaining said lamps, at its
own expense, and at the termination
of the period of this contract, said
lamps, wires, poles, material and APP
planes, shall be the property of the
Power Company, and it shall have the
right to remove the same. The Pow
er Company agrees to use a reasona-
BILE diligence in providing a regular
and uninterrupted supply of electric
ity, and for failure to do so, shall be
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actual time of such failure.
Said Power Company shall light
said lamps each day at one-half hour
after sunset, and shall keep them
: burning until one-half hour before
, sunrise, except that upon moonlight
nights said lights may be turned of
one-half hour after n1oonrise and
/ shall be re-lighted one
14nI hAn
set, but this shall not apply to such
times when the moon is in its first
Iquartar or it's last quarter.
In consideration of the covenants
and agreements aforesaid to be
kept and performed by
the Power Company, the City agrees
to pay the Power Company the sum
of -Four Thousand and Eighty-fiye
($4085.00) Dollars per year, payable
in equal monthly installments
1t is further mutually agreed by
! and between the Power Company and
the City, that at any future time the
Cityshall have the right to require
the Power Company upon giving
thirty days notice, to erect within the
3 corporate limits of the City of Mexico
additional incandescent lamps of the
4 kind, type and candle power, provided
in this ordinance, at such places as
said City maydirect, and shall pay
therefor in addition to the amount
herein provided for, the sum of Four
teen ($1400) Dollars per annum, fol
each sixty candle power electric lamp
and the sum of $65.00 per annum fol
each six hundred candle power in
candescent electric lamp.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the par
4 ties have caused this contract to be ex
B ecuted, the City by its Mayor, and at
y tested by its City Clerk, with the COZ
porate seal of the City of Mexico here
to affixed; and the Power Company
has hereunto caused it's corporate
name to be set by its President, ant
\ its corporate seal hereto affixed by iti
secretary. All done this -
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CITY OF MEXICO,
BY - -
Mayor.
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