Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-11-24

Section l. There is hereby granted
to The Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Company, corporation, its
successors and assigns, the right and
privilege to construct, erect, operate
and maintain in, upon, along, across,
above, over and under the South side of
Fourth Street in the Village of Lords
burg, and all extensions thereof, and
additions thereto, in said Village, poles,
wire. cables, underground conduits,
manholes and other telephone fixtures
necessary or proper for the maintenance
and operation in and through said Vii
lage Of a telephone system for toll line
purposes, and for the purpose of connect
ing said system for toll line purposes
with other telephone system now doing
business in said Village, or which may
hereafter during the life of this fran
1 chise be doing business in said Village;
provided however, that no poles or
other fixtures shall be placed where the
same will Interfere with any gas lamp,
electric light, hydrant or water main,
and all such poles or other fixtures
placed in any street shall be placed at
the outer edge of the sidewalk and in
side the curb line, and then in such a
manner as not to Interfere with the
usual travel on said street.
Section 2. The Village shall have the
privilege at any time of stringing and
maintaining, free of charge. upon the
poles of said Company within the Viii
lage limits, wires and pole fixtures
necessary for fire alarm system, said
wires and fixtures to be strung and
maintained under the supervision of
said Company. In order to avoid dan
ger 10 the property of the Company and
the Village, as we'll as to the public,
it is agreed that in case the Village de
cides to use the poles of the Telephone
Company for It's fire alarm system, that
/ no wires or other fixtures used in con-
nection herewith, shall be placed upon
poles carrying electric liget or power
wires,
Section 8. The said Company shall,
at all times during the life of this fran
/ chise be subject to all lawful exercise
of the police power by the Village, and
/ TO such reasonable regulation as the
Village may by resolution or ordinance
hereafter provide. 1t is expressly un-
/ derstood and agreed by and between
the said Company and the Village, that
the said Company shall save the Vii.
lage harmless from all loss sustained
/ by the Village on account of any suit,
/ Judgement, execution, claim or de-
mand whatsoever resulting from negli-
on the part of said Company in the con
structiOn or maintenance of it telephone
system in the Village. The Village
shall notify the said Company's repre-
sentatiyes in said Village within (5)
days after the presentation of any
claim or demand either by suit or other
wise, made against the Village on ac
count of any such negligence as afore
SAID on the part of the said Company
Section 4. Amy person or corporation
desiring TO move a building or Othel
improvement along, or to make any un
usual use of the streets, alleys anC
public ways of the Village which shal
Interfere with the poles, wires o.
other fixtures of said Company or tn,
Village, shall first give notice to tn
said Company or the Village, as tn,
case may be, and shall pay TO the sai'
Company as the case may be, a sun
sufficient to cover the expense an,
damage incident TO the cutting, altering
and moving of the wires or other fix
lures of the said Company or the Villag
aI.d before a permit is given by tn
Village therefore, the applicant shal
present a receipt from the said Comp
any showing said payment; thereupol
the said Company, upon presentation
of said permit shall within twenty
four CA hours thereafter, provide 70
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