The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-30


Be IL ordained by the City Council
of the City Of Berea, Madison
County, Kentucky, as follows:
There is hereby created a fran
chise or privilege over each and
all Of the streets. alleys, avenues
and other public places in said City
Of Berea, Madison County, Kentucky,
e. erect poles and to lay underground
conduits and string wires thereon
or therein, and TO conduct, dis
tribute and carry on said wires,
electric current for light, heat and
power and for all other purposes
for which electricity may be used,
and to erect on said streets, alleys
and avenues and other public places
such appliances as may be necessary
for such purpose and to make such
contracts for the use Of such cleo
tricity as may be agreed upon, on
the following terms and conditions,
TO wit:
FIRST: The purchaser Of this
franchise, his successors and as
signs hereinafter referred to as the
Purchaser shall be granted a
franchise to erect poles and to lay
underground conduits, and to string
wires thereon and therein, and to
conduct, distribute and carry on said
wires electric current for light, heat,
power, and other purposes, and
said purchaser shall have the right
! to erect appliances as may be ne
cessary for such purpose on said
streets, alleys, avenues and other
public places, and to make such con-
tracts for the use OF such electric
ity as may be agreed upon.
SECOND: All overhead poles and
wires erected under this grant shall
be erected so as not to interfere
unnecessarily with the travel OF
such streets, alleys, avenues and
other public places, and shall be
erected under the supervision of the
Committee on Streets and Alleys
of the said City Of Berea, or under
such other supervision as the Board
or Council or other legally consti-
tuted authority of said City may
from time to time provide. All poles
erected under this ordinance shall
be not less than twenty feet in
height and shall be so located as not
to injure unnecessarily any drains,
sewers or catch basins, water pipes
or other like public improvements,
but should any pavement or any
drain. sewer or catch basin, water
pipe or like public Improvement be
injured by such location, the Pur-
chaser Of this franchise shall forth
with repair the damage caused by
such injury to the satisfaction OF
the Committee on Streets and Alleys
of said City, and in default thereof
after receiving twenty days notice
from the Mayor or City Clerk, said
City may repair such damage and
charge the cost thereof TO and col
lect the same from the Purchaser OF
this franchise.
All abandoned poles shall be re-
moved as soon as service is dis
continued. All poles shall be set so
as to disfgure the streets as little
as possible, and all overhead wires,
conduits and cables shall, as far
as possible, be kept at least eighteen
feet above the level of the ground.
The Purchaser of this franchise
shall be subject to all reasonable
regulations which may now or here
after be required or provided for by
said City in relation to the use Of
the public streets, alleys, avenues
and other public places OF said City.
THIRD: The Purchaser of this
franchise shall furnish electricity
for light, heat, and power TO any
person owning or renting property
or residing along or near the above
mentioned streets, alleys, avenues
and other public places, and make
such contracts for the use thereof
as may be agreed upon between such
Purchaser and such person or per-
sons. Provided, however, that all
charges for light and power shah
be uniform under like conditions
and circumstances.
FOURTH Said Purchaser shall in
demnify, become responsible for and
forever save harmless, said City from
any and all damages, judgments, de-
crees, costs, and expenses, includ-