The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-16
NOTICE or APPLICATION ron
AMENDMENT TO FRANcHr1t

Instance Telephone Comnanv 8
1sAaF corporation. BY its President
: y. Earle, and It's Secretary n ~
Biomeyef, as follows.
= That 4 Il the intention Of said
me Texas Long Distance Te)aphone
Iohtpany g apply to the City roun-
cii OF me City OF W~aXahachie. Tevas
" the next regular meeting of the.
saihe, Tor the passage Of an ordtu.
ahee amending d certain ordinance
passea w the City Council Of said
etty, on the fifth day OF August
1919, which said ordnance waa h,
effect the grant OF a franchise "a the
nrazos Valley Telegraph & Tele-
paohe eonanany, q corporation 90
when said The Texas Long Distance
ieiephone Company Is the success.
sorl granting to said corporation.
us successors ard assigns the rjght
70 erect, maintain and operate a
telephone exchange in the civ Of
W~azahachie, Texas.
That said amendment 10 be asked
Tor TO said ordinance passed August
8, 1913, is as follows.
BE IT ORDAINED by the city
Council OF the City of Waxahachie.
ART. J.. That the paragraph mark
ed te) OF Article 4, OF an ordinance
entitled, An ordinance granting to
the Brazos Valley Telegraph and
Telephone Company and its assigns
the right 70 erect poles and stubs,
and to string and run Nlrcs along
the strsefs, ~aAtnles, allers aud pub
lie grounds within the City of Waxa-
hachie. su3ie 4 tn tire caad.tir,ls ard
limitations herein named, which
sad ordnance was passed on the
9Th day of Angus 1913, be, aud it is
hereby cancelled and annulled, and
}in It's place there shall be substituted
and is now substituted, the following
paragraph:
tel That the maximum rate for
the rental Of their telephones In the
said exchange by residents Of the
City OF Nagahachie, shalt be $500
per month per telephone for resi-
denees, and the SUM Of $3.50 per
month per telephone for straight
lire business houses and offiess,
ART. ?: This orainace shall not
take eff ct until The Texas Long
Distance Telephone Company, sue
cessor TO the said Bcazos Valley Tel
egraph and Telephone Company. OF
it's assigns, shall purchase the tele-
phone exchange now operated in the
city Of Waxahaehie. b. the South
western Telegraph and Telephone
Company, ard shall merge the said
telephone exchange Sc purchased
With the independent telephone ex-
change in the City OF W~axahachie,
Thereby eliminating the dual or up
i4icate telephones nov in this city,
and this ordinance she'll take effect,
!and be in fafl force iiAIaea &tely W
on the completion Of the said mef-
lger.
ART. 3: PROVIDED shat after
! The mercer Of SAID telephone OK
changes in the Ct.y Of Wa&ah4eh!e,
iall subscribers &c said merged eA-
change shall have access 10 q cot
injection with the toll lines 81 oo9h
The Texas Long Distance Telephone
/ COMPANY or rs assigns, ard the
southwestern TELEGRAPH and Fele-
/ nhone Company for long distance
Communication ana shall be provided
with adequate facilities Tor sneh
communications with distant points
said service 10 be SIS good and TO pc
a. rniehed at a price not exceeding
the price charged telephone eseIs
lof Long Distance Service IN o'aer
{~eitias for similar service.
Further provided that subscribers
Ia The merged exchange shat have
tga benefit Of all free rural seIylce'
substantially the same as that 9
given bv both telephone exchanges
n Waxshaehie without additional
feharge to said subscribers
ART. 4: 1t is further pfoylesg
that said telephone company su@i
he allowed q ~rcasonabie net Pt0t''
~ ;4e investment in the WaNaRacn!s
-velenhone exchange or system A9o
for The purpose Of aseertalnlAs w
a,onnt nj the company net pEotlt
~ its local exchange il WaSahaenle'
On 80 hagfs an which 90 determine
ob@an1e nj rates to be charged, tAe
nonpany shall be required 10 hesp
~ maintain complete and sys'ell@s-
a"9 hooks ana records of it's invest
,,onfs in and the business caTr!eo on
~. its sajd local telephone eAehaabe
IT, the civ OF Waxahaehie, and saoN-
10 Ne entire receipts and alsebts5
,ments which said books ana teSGaa9
hall he Kept by competent account
aats in the manner preSeflpeo ~
80 4a,etate Commerce Commission
for tbe keeping Of the books o. t1i
anbone companies. SAID oooNs anp
peo,ds showing the revenue rom,
. WI investments in, and the oPeFg ~
q az tha business of the said wax
St I'M exchange shall be open ~
: an%t, nsnacfjon III the City Council o..
tho NV of Waxahachie on any guy
on noointed representative theresa. ~
pp' ,{n1e Provided further, that AZ
any line the city Council may cen
e aidsv the profits from the sa.a ~
alurt ~ exeessive it may call The yer
c cnhn9e romnany before 1t to pfgSght
mems and facts eoneefa,ue
IVA esrnjngs and any time the 'gI,
@ a company may consider -
sofd 3rofjts i~nadeauate, II mp ~
n ,,oer before the city Gouneli ~
pe"t statements and facts concern
w., ifs SAID earniuga. anu II, ~"