The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-08
ORDINANCE NO. 145.

ORDINANCE NO. 145.
AN ORDNANCE AUTHORIZING THE
MNAY1R @ OF o,i oAKEASP Ian I, KANSASii 20
Be 1t Ordained by the Mayor and and
Councilmen of the City of Oakland. Kan
Section L That the Mayor be and
he is hereby authorized and directed. to
make and sign. for and on behalf OF the
City of Oakland, contract with The To-
peka Railway Company, a corporation, for
the lighting of the streets. avenues, alleys
and Pube places Of the City of 6 oaklnh
and figures follows. to wit:
A CONTRACT FOR STREET LIGHTING,
BETWEEN IT THE CITY % OF ,,l4 0AKLANp' : NJ
| WAY COMPANY A CORPORATION:
This agreement made and entered into
between the City of Oakland. Shawnee
| County, Kansas, hereinafter referred to
as The City, and The Topeka Railway
principal office is located at Topeka Kan;
sas, hereinafter referred to as the Rail
WITNEssETH, That: 1. The Railway
Company hereby agrees to furnish public
electric lights to the City for Lighting S,bT;
! places pursuant to the specifications here
matter stated and for the consideration
years. commencing on the First day of
March: 1917, and terminating on the 9th
day of February, 1927.
! The lights furnished under this agree
ment shall be what is known as Mazda,
| Type c, Street series incandescent lights of
be suspended as near as practicable over
the center Of street Intersections at the
locations to be designated by the Mayor
2 The Railway Company shall furnish
all necessary poles, wires. spans, street
hoods, reflectors, and other appliances nee.
essary to create a first-class incandescent
street lighting system. and shall erect and
( install the same and shall furnish the nee
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from dusk until daylight. all night and
every night, it being contemplated that the
burn approximateiy four Thousand (4,ooO)
hours each year. during the term of this
3. The Railway Company shall. in the
original Installation of the lighting system
herein provided for. locate the lights al
City shall thereafter have the right, by
resolution duly passed by its Mayor and
Council, to change the location of any OF
the lights herein provided for, and upon
receipt of notice from the City Clerk with
certified copy of resolution ordering
thereto. the Railway Company shall. with
rec asonable promptness, make the changes
City shall. within thirty tSo} days after
said changes have been completed, REIN
burse the Railway Company for the actual
cost of making the changes so ordered.
which may become broken. ali lamps which
by The Topeka Railway Company with
reasonable promptness, and the Railway
Company shall repair any damage to its
by reason of storms, fires and other causes
and restore service If the same shall bs
able delay. and all at the sole cost ant
expense of the Railway Company. it being
the intent of this contract to provide tha
the Hallway Company shall at its sole cos
and expense. maintain the lighting system
herein provided for In good and sufffc!en
condition during the term of this agree
ment.
5. The Railway Company at all timei
when the lights herein provided foI ar
turned on, furnish alternating current fo
operating same, of adequate potential ant
volume to burn the lights up to thei
G. 1t is mutually agreed. by and be
tween the parties hereto that the origina
(6o) lights and that the City may. b!
ordinance duly passed. add to and increas
become necessary for the needs of tn
City.
90 lights. and that If any one light shal
require more than six hundred and seven
wire line to reach the designated location
for the same. the City shall reimburse tn
S Do RRr ne 5ne d beTe
! said six hundred and seventy-ffve (6I5
/ feet.
formance by the Railway Company of tn
covenants and agreements hereinbefor
contained, the lily agrees 10 pay anu tn
Railway Compi ~ agrees to accept. tn
first fifty t50) Iamps installed hereunder
and the sum of S27 80 per lamp per yea
for the next ten (1O) lamps installed here
: under, and the sum of $500 per lam
per year for all lights in excess of sixt
(60) lights installed hereunder Said pay
ments are to be made in twelve (12) equa
monthly installments. to be paid on or be
: fore the tenth 10th) day of each mont
during the continuance of this contract
commencing with the month next succeed
f ing that in which the lights are turne
on.
| 8. The rights and privileges conferre
by this ordinance are granted upon tn
} specific condition that the actual work O
constructing the electric lines. plant an
equipment for furnishing electric curren
to the City of Oakland shall be commence
t within thirty five (35) days from the dat
of the passage of this ordinance. and tina
said work shall be prosecuted without in
terruption unless delayed or prevented b
climatic conditions. or other causes beyon
the control of the said The Topeka Railwa
: Company.
To mutual compliance with each and a.
of the agreements. stipulations and condi
tons of the above and foregoing agree
ment, we, the parties hereto, bind our
selves firmly by these presents
= Executed in duplicate this 1st day c
( December. 1916.
BY F. A. Brigham. Mayor
. Attest: II. A. LEPPER City Clerk.
THE TOPEKA RAILWAY COMPANY.
[ BY w. E CHUBBUCK,
Its Vice President Executive
Attest: 7. F. DORAN.
Its Assistant Secretary
' Section ?. This ordinance shall take ei