Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-29
ORDINANCE NO. 1920.


ORDINANCE NO. 1920
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO WILL
BUR b. FOSHAY, his heirs and as
signs. permission. authority and the
right. privilege and franchise to con-
struct, maintain and operate electric
lines for transmitting electrical energy
for light heat and power, and other
uses. as a public service, together with
and including poles, wires, conduits
and other appurtenances, upon, over,
under, through, along and across the
roads. streets, alleys and other pubic
ways of the City of Olympia: fixing
restrictions thereon; prescribing the
duties and powers of the grantee;
fixing the term and the terms and
conditions of the grant: providing for
cd of declaring and exercising the
same.
The City Council Of the City Of Olympia
do ordain as follows:
Section 1. Permission and authority
and the right. privilege and franchise
are hereby granted to Wilbur B. Foshay,
hereinafter sometimes call the
grantee" his heirs and assigns, to con-
struct. maintain and operate electric
lines for transmitting electrical energy
for light. heat. power and other uses.
including poles. wires and other appur-
tenances. upon, over. along and across,
and with pipes conductors and conduits.
under, through, along and across all
tlc SlTcctS, dlltyS anu OtneT pup
lie ways. as the same are now estab-
lished and laid out, and as the same may
hereafter be established and laid out,
within the present and future bounda
Sec; ?. The rights, privileges and
franchises hereby granted shall con-
tinue for a period of fifty (50) years
from the date Of the acceptance hereof
Sec. 3. This grant Is made subject to
the restrictions and with the powers set
forth in sections to hereof inclusive,
so far as the same may lawfully be i'm
posed and granted. and the grantee
duties and discharge the obligations
therein set forth; and as consideration
for the grant hereby made the grantee
shall. in the manner hereinafter in sup
division (a) Of section 10 provided, UNI
dertake to perform said duties and dis
charge said obligations.
Sec. 4. With the exceptions provided
for In section 5, all poles and overhead
wires erected and n aintained under this
grant SHALL wherever practicable. be
erected in the alleys, and the principal
purpose of crossing from the alley in
one block to the alley in the next block.
Poles shall be located on the edge of
the alleys Just inside OF the street line
with the use of the alleys and streets.
All poles shall, as nearly as practicable,
be of uniform size and height. and upon
all paved alleys and streets they shall
and alleys wherein steam heating mains
owned by the grantee now exist or
hereafter may be laid. poles except such
as may be necessary for the support OF
street lamps. shall he maintained only
until such time as the City Council shall.
by notice to the grantee, given pur-
suant to ordinance duly ordained re-
quire their removal; after which time
all wires in such portions of streets or
alleys shall be laid in underground con-
duits.
olution or ordinance. shall assent there
to, no poles or wires shall be erected or
maintained under this grant on any
street orr alley outside of a district
bounded:
On the north by the present north
erly boundary line OF the City of
Olympia. on the east by Jefferson
street and Jefferson street extended
to the northerly boundary of the city.
on the south by Seventh street and
on the west by the Deschutes water
day. so-called. and the easterly line
of the so-called Outer Harbor, and by
said easteriy line extended to said
northerly boundary line of the city.
Except on the following portions of
the following described streets:
Beginning at the intersection OF
Jefferson street and Sixth street, and
running thence easterly on Sixth
street to the present easterly boun-
Beginning at the intersection of
Sixth street and Fir street, and run
ming thence southerly on Fir street to
its intersection with Eighth street:
Fourth street and the easterlv line of
and running thence westerly on
Fourth street to the westerly >boun-
Beginning at the intersection of
Jefferson street and Seventh street,
running thence southerly on Jefferson
street to its intersection with Eigh-
teenth street. thence westerly on
Eighteenth street to its intersection
with Franklin street, thence south
erly on Franklin street to the south
Beginning at the Intersection of
Jefferson street and Swan street. and
running thence easterly on swan
Beginning at the intersection of
Jefferson street and Thirteenth street
and running thence westerly on Thir-
tenth street to Water street.
At least thirty days before beginning
the work Of construction Of any line OF
poles and wires on any OF the foregoing
excepted streets the grantee shall file
with the City Clerk written notice Of
that time the City Council may, by reso-
luton substitute some other street or
streets. alley or alleys, for. those desig-
mated in such notice. provided such sub
stituted street or alley Is substantially
as convenient and the work of construc-
tion and maintenance not materially
more expensive
Sec. 6. Before proceeding to give any
service under this grant the grantee
shall establish and Ale, in the manner
provided by law. rates for light and
power service which shall in no respect
exceed those set forth in the following
schedule of
RATES.:
Lighting Rates.
Minimum charges: 800 per month.
except where installation exceeds 2 XIV.
OF connected load. when an additional
minimum Of rs cents per X. W. connect
ed load will be charged.
First 10 X. W. II. consumption per
month. 10 cents per X. VIII.
Next TAO X. VIII. consumption per
month, s cents per X. w. HI.
Next $50 X. VIII. consumption per
month. 4 cents per X. w. H.
Next $50 X. VIII. consumption per
month 3 cents per X. W. II.
Ali in excess Of $3.50 X. w. H. per
month. 9 cents per X. w. III.
Power Rates
Minimum charge: 800 per month
per X. w. demand load.
Installation up to 25 h. p:
First 500 X. w. II. consumption per
month. 3 cents per~K w. II.
Next 500 X. w. Fl. consumption per
month, 4 cents per X. w. II.
Next 500 X. w. II. consumption per
month 3 cents per X. W. II.