The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-19
NOTICE or APPLICATION FOR
AMENDMENT TT FRANCHISE

PUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY
fGIyEN. fas required b. the City
Icharfer OF the ctty Of Waxahaehies
Texas. on behalf of The Texas Long
Distance Telephone Company. a
Texas corporation. BY its President,
II. a. Earle, ard It's Secretary, L. G.
Blomeyer. as follows.
/. That it Is the intention Of said
The Texas Long Distance Telephone
Company 10 apply 70 the CITY Cohns
fell q tha City CT Waaallachie. Texas,
at tie next regular meeting Of the
same, Tor the passage Of an ordia-
anca amending d certain ordinance
passed by the City Counsel Of said
city. On fiia fifth day Of August,
1913. which said ordinance WAS In
effect the aHaA5 % 4 franchise to the
Brazos Valley T'elegraph { Teie-
ighone Company, q corporation ito
which said The Texas Long Distance
Telephone Company Is the success
isor3t granting 10 said corporation,
its successors aud assigns the right
To erect, maintain and operate a
Telephone exchange In the City of
Waxahaehie. Texas.
That said amendment 70 ee asked
for TO said ordinance passed August
8. 1918. Is as follows.
BE 1T ORDAINED bv the City
Council OF the City of Waxahachie:
ART. i: That the paragraph mark
ed te1 OF Article 4, OF an ordinance
entitled, An ordinance granting TO
the Brazos Valley Telegraph and
Telephone Company and it's assigns
the right 10 erect poles and stubs,
and TO string and Tup Wlscs aIang
the SIT 3ef5. atenl~s. a.ieYs, aud pab-
lie grounds within the City of Waxa-
hachie. suoie. 4 70 tiie e4ni.gians ard
limitations herein named. which
said 0fd}ntna} a pgastd On the
9Th day Of August. 1913. be. and it is
thereby cancelled and annulled. and
in It's place there shall be substituted
and is now substituted. the following
paragraph:
fel That the maximum rate for
the rental 0f their telephones in the
said exchange by residents OF the
city Of Waxahachle. shall. BE $500
per month per telephone for resi-
denCes, and the sum Of $3.50 ne,
month per telephone FOR afYaigh,
line business houses aud Offices.
ART. . This ordinaco shall not
take effect Unlil The Texas Long
Distance Telephone Company. sue
~eessor to the said BrazoB Valley Tel.
eSraph and Telephone Company. OF
It's assigns, shall purchase the tele.
lphone exchange now operated in the
lGfty Of NaEabachie, hy the South.
ia aMtEHE HNaFaerea~.k ..r.4 sff-4-.Y.
Company, and shall merge the said
telephone exchange SO purchased
with the Independent telephone ex
ithanse in the city OF Waxahachie
Thereby eliminating the dual or dun
Hcate telephones apw In this CITY
and this ordinance shall take effect
and be In fun force Immediately up
on the completion OF the said mer
ger.
ART. 81 PROVIDED that afte
the merger OF said telephone OK
changes in the City of Waxahaebie
all subscribers TO sad npreed OK
Change shall have access 10 a con
neetioR With the ton lines oil bot,
, The Texas Long Distance Telephon
Company or its assigns, ard III
r Southwestern Telegraph and Telc
phone Company fnr long distanr
communication gnd shall he provide
%lth adequate facilities for sac.
cou mHnicaftOHs with distant point,
, NaId service 20 be- PES gooa and ts d
Furnished ~ a llrIce not eAeecd4b
tie trjec charged telephone uesr
q EFF Ions Distance Sefgiee in nthe
elties lar stmii4r service.
further provided i5sat subscriber
@ the merged exchange shall nav
the benefit OF Gil free rural seryfe.
substantially the same as that no,
giYen By Doth telephone exchange
lR Wa1tascAis without adaitiaga
tehssSe 40 aald apbstffttfs.
ART 4 ~ furtaer eroylde
I that said telephone COMPANY abs.
a boz aiioWea y reasonable not praf
ION Ito tuFestlaelt la the Way4LaehI
Telephone exchange or System An
Tor the purpose 81 a%fccYlainfpe n,
, amount Of the company net pfof
on sts local e8cnanse = WazaA5ehl
~ i k4Sis ca h!eh 20 defeFF4tt