The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-27
Ordinance No. IS.

An ordinance granting to the
Leon Electric Company, its success
sors and assigns the right to con-
struct, erect, maintain and operate
in the City of Leon, Decatur Coun-
ty, Iowa, plants and works for the
production, transmission and sale >ot
light power and heat (both electric
and steam,) and to use the streets,
alleys and public grounds of the said
City of Leon now or hereafter laid
out or constructed, for the distribu-
ton of light, power and heat (both
electric and steam,) by overhead or
underground conductors, for the
supplying of the citizens of Leon,
the said municipality and all cor
porate or private customers with
said commodities; and to erect and
maintain on said streets, alleys and
public grounds, transmission lines
through the city of Leon to supply
individuals and communities outside
of said town with light, power and
heat.
Whereas the Franchise grant
ed in 1904 to Curtis and Chase, then
owners of the Electric light plant,
has become in effect obsolete, mop
serative and not sufficient fer present
needs, therefore the following fran,
schise is proposed in its stead:
Be it Enacted by the City Council OF
the City of Leon, Iowa.
SECTION I.
That the right and franchise is
hereby granted to the Leon Elec-
trio Company, it's successors and as
signs, to construct, erect, maintain
and operate in the City Of Leon, De-
catur County, Iowa, plants and
works for the production, transmits
sion and sale of light, power and
heat Cloth electric and steam,) and
to use the streets, alleys and public
grounds of the said City Of Leon
now or hereafter laid out or con-
structed, for the distribution of
light, power and heat Cloth electric
and steam,) by overhead or under
ground conductors, for the supply
ing of the citizens of Leon, the said
municipality and all corporate or
private customers with said commo-
dities; and to erect and maintain on
said streets, alleys and public
grounds transmission lines through
the city of Leon to supply individ-
uals and communities outside of said
city with light, power and heat for
period of twenty-five years from
the date of the passage and accept
ance of this ordinance.
SECTION II.
The grantee herein in considera-
ton of this franchise, shall furnish
to the city of Leon, and the city OF
Leon agrees to take, use, and pay
for one hundred seventeen 1lO
electric street lamps during the term
of this franchise. The following
rates to control except as provided
in Section 8 of this ordinance:
Seven hundred fifty (75O) Watt
lamps at ten (S1O.00) dollars per
month per lamp; Five hundred
5000 Watt lamps at Six Dollars
and sixty-six and two-thirds &C.,
662a) cents per month per lamp;
Four Hundred (400) watt lamps at
Five Dollars and Thirty-three and
one-third cents ($5.S91s) per month
per lamp; Two Hundred (200)
Watt lamps at Two Dollars and six
ty-six and two thirds cents ($2.-
662s) per month per lamp; One
Hundred (100) Watt lamps at One
Dollar, thirty-three and one-third
cents ($1.331h) per month per
lamp; Sixty Watt lamps at Eighty
five $3.50 cents per month per lamp;
Forty (40) Watt lamps at Sixty
($.6O) cents per month per lamp.
The said One Hundred and seven
teen Clio street lamps are now
in operation, and in event that the
City Council desires to change the
location of any of said lamps, except
as to the change and relocation of
such lamps as are provided for in
Contract with said Leon Electric
Co. under seperate contract of date
January 10th, 1916, the gran
tee shall make such changes
and the City shall pay for such
changes at the actual cost Of the la
Dor performed and the material fur
nished, but in no event shall the
number of 'treet lamps and the con-
nected load be reduced.
It is further provided that if the
said company fails to replace any of
it's lamps that become broken, burn
ed out or defective, or to make any
necessary repairs in its lines, that
after reasonable notice and failure
to comply, the said City shall have
the right to order said lamps re-