Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-09-30
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING

THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF
MEXICO, AND PROVIDING FOR A
TAX LEVY OF NOT TO EN-
CEED TWENTY CENTS ON THE
ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR VALU-
ALTON ANNUALLY, TO PAY
THEREFOR.
BE IL Ordained by The Council of The
City of Mexico, as follows: E. -.
Section l. 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 City,does hereby obligate it.
self,it 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
|
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 a 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
TO the north line of the aforeaid
railroad right of way, thence east
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, sale
lamps, wires, poles, material and ap
= 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
o BILE diligence in providing a regular
and uninterrupted supply of electric
e ity, and for failure to do so, shall b.
/ liable for pro rata deduction for tn,
actual time of such failure.
Said Power Company shall ligh
said lamps each day at one-half hou
after sunset, and shall keep then
4 burning until one-half hour befor
0 sunrise, except that upon moonligh
nights said lights may be turned OF
L one-half hour after moonrise an
/. shall be re-lighted one
half hour before moon
- set, but this shall not apply to suel
times when the moon is in it's frs
quarter or it's last quarter.
In consideration of the covenant
and agreements aforesaid to b
kept and performed b
. the Power Company, the City agree
to pay the Power Company the sur
of Four Thousand and Eighty-fiv
u ($4OS5.0O) Dollars per year, payabl
y in equal monthly installments
1t is further mutually agreed b
J. and between the Power Company an
h the City, that at any future time tn
- ECityshall have the right to requir
- the Power Company, upon givin
il thirty days notice, to erect within tn
~ corporate limits of the City of Mexico
~ additional incandescent lamps of tn
a kind, type and candle power, provide
in this ordinance, at such places a
70 said City maydirect, and shall pa
g therefor in addition to the amour
II herein provided for, the sum Of -Four
teen ($14.00) Dollars per annum, 70
D.. each sixty candle power electric lamp
= and the sum of $4,000 per annum TO
each six hundred candle power in
et candescent electric lamp.
a IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the pan
ties have caused this contract to be eS
2, ecuted, the City by its Mayor, and al
IL tested by its City Clerk, with the COZ
porate seal of the City of Mexico here
g. to affixed and the Power Compan
a has hereunto caused it's corporal
name to be set by it's President, an
4 its corporate seal hereto affixed by it
" secretary. All done this - -
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20 CITY OF MEXICO,