Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-07-28
ORDINANCE NO. 1862.

An ordinance granting to Utah Power
& Light Company, it's successors
and assigns, an electric light, heat,
and power franchise, and repeating
ordinance No. 40, passed October
0, 1902, granting franchise to
Montpelier Electric Light Com
pany, Ordinance No. II passed
January 1S, 1906, granting fran
chise to Bear Lake Valley Railway
& Electric Company and Ordinance
No. 1873 passed December 6, 1911,
granting franchise to the Tellur-
ide Power Company; be it ordained
by the mayor and council of the
City of Montpelier.
Section l. That there is here
by granted to the Utah Power
& Light Company, its success
ors and assigns (herein called
the "Grantee"), the right, privilege,
or franchise, until March LIST, 1862,
to construct, maintain and operate
in the present and future streets, al
leys, and public places, in the city of
Montpelier, Idaho, and its successors,
electric light and power lines, to-
gether with all the necessary or de-
sirable appurtenances (including UNI
foreground conduits, poles, towers,
wires, transmission lines, and tele-
graph and telephone lines for its
own useD, for the purpose of supply
ing electricity to said city, the in
habitants thereof, and persons and
corporations beyond the limits there
of, for light, heat, power, and other
purposes.
Sec. 2. Poles and towers shall be
SO erected as to interfere as little as
possible with traffic over said streets
and alleys. The location of all poles,
towers, and conduits shall be fixed
under the supervision of the council
of the city, but not SO as unreasona-
bly, to interfere with the proper OPP
Grafton of said lines.
Sec. 3. All lines constructed I'M
der this grant shall be constructed
in accordance with established prac-
tees with respect to electrical con.
struction.
Sec. 4 The city shall in no way
be liable or responsible for any ac-
cident or damage that may occur in
the construction, operation, or main
tenance by the grantee of its lines
and appurtenanees hereunder, and
the acceptance of this franchise shall
be deemed an agreement on the part
of said Grantee, it's successors and
assigns, to indemnify said city and
hold it harmless against any and all
liability, loss, cost, damage, or ex-
pense which may accrue to said city
by reason of the neglect, default, or
misconduct of the Grantee in the CON
struetion, operation, or maintenance
of its lines and appurtenances here
under
Section s. That Ordinance Mum
Der 40, passed by the City Council of
the city of Montpelier on the 9th
day Of October, 1902, and entitled .
An ordinance granting and vest.
ing certain privileges and franchises
to the Montpelier Electric Light Com,
pany for establishing, constructing
and operating an electric light, steam
heat and power plant in the city OF
Montpelier, Bear Lake county, Ida
no, with all necessary poles, lines
and wires for conveying electrical
current for light, heat and power, and
all necessary piping and plumbing
for steam heat for the period OF
thirty years and authorizing con
tract with said MONTPELIER Electric
Light Company for lights for the
streets of the said city of Montpelier
and to repeal all ordinances in con.
fliet herewith"
aid ordinance Number II, passed BY
the City Council of the city of Mont.
pelier on the 18th day of January
1906, entitled:
An ordinance granting to the
Bear Lake Valley Railway & Electric
Company. the right, power, priv.
ilege and authority to erect, con.
struct and maintain upon tn,
streets, alleys and public high.
ways, within the corporate lin.
its of the city of Montpelier,
Idaho, lines of poles, wires, and cleo
trical conductors, as a light, heal
and power system, with the right
power and privilege to operate sale
system and to enlarge and extent
the same within the said corporate
limits;''
and ordinance Number 1923, passed
by the City Council of the City o.
Montpelier on the 9th day of De
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