Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-10-14
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
To The Qualified Electors of the In
corporated Town of Audubon,

Town Hall, the usual voting place
in said town, on the Sth day of Nov
ember 1915, at which election the
pools will be open at s o'clock A. NJ.
of said date, to Z O'Clock F. M. of
said date, at which election the fol-
lowing public measure will be sub
mitted to vote of the qualified cleo
tors of said Town of Audubon, to-
wit:
PROPOSITION
Shall r. G. Weiland of Audubon,
Iowa, his heirs, successors and as
signs, be granted a franchise for the
use of the streets, alleys, highways,
bridges and public places within the
corporate limits of the incorporated
Town of Audubon, Iowa. for the pur-
pose of constructing, operating, re-
pairing, reconstructing and main
tanning an electric light and power
plant, for the gerenation and dis
tribution and sale of electric cur
rent for light, power, heating and
all other purposes for which cleo
tricity may be legimately used, as
provided for by the following ordin-
ance proposed for adoption. pre-
scribing the method of construction
and the rights of occupation so
granted thereby; said proposed or
dinance being as follows, to-wit:
ORDINANCE NO.
An Ordinance granting r. G. Well
and, his heirs, successors and as
signs, the right to construct, oper-
ate, repair and maintain an electric
light and power plant in the Incor-
porated Town of Audubon, Iowa; al
he ~ 60 th4 e,t- al
highways, bridges and public places
within the corporate limits of the In
corporated Town of Audubon, Iowa
for such purpose, and prescribing the
conditions and terms and limitations
under which said franchise and the
right to use the streets, alleys and
public places, as granted: and the
method of construction and the
rights of occupation so granted;
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE TOWN
COUNCIL OF THE INCORPOR-
ATE TOWN OF AUDUBON,
Permission and authority are here
by granted to II. G. Weiland, his
heirs, successors and assigns, with
in the corporate limits of the Town
of Audubon, Iowa, as the same are
or may be hereafter located. to con-
struct, reconstruct, maintain and op-
crate power plant for the genera
tion and distribution and sale of
electric current for light, power and
heating, and all other purposes for
which electricity may be legitimate
ly used, and to enter upon the pub
lie streets, alleys, highways, bridges
and public places of said town, now
or hereafter opened, extended or err
ected. and therein, thereon, there
under, and thereover to erect, con-
struct, use maintain and recon-
struct and operate systems for the
transmission, distribution and use of
electricity, to consist of poles, elect
rio wires, conduits and other con-
struction necessary or incident to
said system and it's use: subject,
however, to the provisions of this
ordinance and the laws of the State
of Iowa now in effect, or that may
be hereinafter enacted relating
thereto.
Section z.
In this Ordinance, the word
Town" refers to and means the In
corporated Town of Audubon, Iowa.
And the word Grantee" refers to
r. G. Weiland, his heirs, successors
and assigns.
Section 3.
Said electric distribution and heat
ing system now or hereafter erected
including the poles, wires, conduits,
pipings and other construction shall
so far as practicable, be constructed
and erected in and upon alleys of
the said town, unless the town by
resolution, shall designate some 9th
err suitable location therefor, and all
high tension wires shall be at least
twenty feet above the surface of the
street or alley beneath and all low
tension wires at least Is feet above
the surface of the street or alley be-
meath. All poles, wires, conduits.
pipings and other appliances shall be
placed subject to the approval of
the Town Council or it's proper com
mittees. The said electric distribu-
ton system shall be put up andl
maintained with such ground clear
ance, insulation, stability and mech.
anical strength as not to endange1
persons or public or private property
vi WIN
the town may deem proper to make
nor hinder or obstruct the free use
of the aforesaid public places and
property, or private property
Section 4.
The Town Council may by resolu.
ton, upon written demand of one OF
more persons, require the grantee
herein to extend it's overhead distri-
button system so as to furnish cleo
trio light to said applicants under
such reasonable regulations as the
Council may perscribe.
Section 3.
Whenever the Grantee in erecting
or maintaining the sale
poles, conduits or other appliances
shall take up any pavement on the
streets or alleys of the said town
or shall make any excavation therein
or in any of the public places of the
said town, such excavation shall at
once be refilled and pavement re
placed under the direction of the
town official or committee of the
town council in charge of the street
and all surfaces made
as good as before by the said Grant
ees, or in case of its failure so to do |
as promptly as practicable, the town
may do so at the expense of the
Grantee, and the said Grantee shall |
be liable for the reasonable cost |
thereof in civil action; and provid-
ed further, that when the grade of |
any street, alley or avenue of said |
town is changed, said Grantee shall |
change and remove said poles, posts |
Or conduits go as to conform with the |