The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-22

teen tl6) telephone stations with loeal
exchange service therefrom. to be To-
Gated In the public offices Of the city
OF Memphis, In addition to those now
furnished by the Cumberland Telephone
a Telegraph company, SO long as said
company or Its Successors or assigns
shall operate telephone property In the
city OF Memphis. Provided, %furthel,
that said Cumberland Telephone a
Telegraph company, following the final
passage of this ordinance, shall acquire
the said properties Of the Memphis
Telephone company within 60 days aft
er such proposed acquisition shall be
approved by the attorney-general Of
the United States, which approval both
the Memphis Telephone company and
the Cumberland Telephone Il Telegraph
company shall agree, promptly after
final passage Of this ordinance, to So
cure. II possible, and provided, further,
that within eight months after the ae-
QUESTION Of said properties, AS herein
authorized and contemplated, and soon
err, If practicable, said Cumberland Tel
ephone & Telegraph company shall be
prepared to give and shall offer to the
patrons Of the Memphis Telephose com
pany service from the exchange Of the
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
company Of the classes and al the
rates Of the latter company, Provid-
ed. further, that nothing herein shall
relieve the Cumberland Telephone N
Telegraph company of any OF its obli-
cations to the city Of Memphis under
existing contracts or laws, Provided,
further, that the Cumberland Telephone
e. Telegraph company shall promptly
the Memphis Telephone company re-
move from Union avenue the poles Of
said Memphis Telephone company, and
shall also promptly remove such other
poles Of said Memphis Telephone com
pany as the Memphis Telephone con,
pany has heretofore been ordered to r.,
move. Provided, further, that said
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
company shall not maiTtain duplicate
lines Of poles on any street Of the city
Of Memphis, and shall promptly remove
from the streets any poles and wires
which said company shall hereafter
cease to use for tolenhone purposes,
Cvmberland T~elephdh" & Telegraph
company al wires ~ tn" city Of Meo'-
nnis 'orated upon poles of the Me nphls
Telephone company which ehall be
abandoned and removed by said tuln-
borland Telephone & Telegraph com
many, said transfer to be made under
the supervision OF The city electrician,
Sec. 2. That. within 10 days after
the acquisition Of the properties Of the
said Memnhis Telephone company by
the Cumberland Telenhone & Telegraph
the Memnhis Telephone coni-
many shall file in the office Of the city
clerk its written surrender Of the sal
contract franchise mentioned In the
title Of this ordinance. and all the
rights, privileges and franchises there,
nv grated, executed by It's proper Of
ficials and duly authorized BY 1t, boqfl
OF directors, and eb'll silently It's ae-
c~entsnca of he pra@iSia7s Of this ordi-
na nee, and upon SIC filing Of said a..
c~eptarce this orGln7nce shall become
a contract hctwerr 'No city Of Memoirs
ard the said Mcmeh's %Telcphona ON
pauy whereby al the rights, prtvil ge8
and franchises granted under said con-
trnct. and all the rights Of either party
~ther"under. shall thereupon cease and
determine.
$ c. 3 That. the authority to sell
and to buy the said properties OF the
Memphis Telenhone company Is grant
ed upon the express condition that, II
said sale and purchase ere consum-
mated. the Cumberland Telephone &
Telegraph company shall cause TO BE-
filed with the board Of commissioners
an inventory Of the propeI ties OF the
Mnmphis Telephone company 50 ac-
uuired. and the total price paid. and
II shall be under1tood and agreed that
for no purpose shall the properties so
acquired be valued at any time at
more thar the actual cost thereof to
the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
company.
Sec. 4. Be 1t further ordained, That
this ordinance take effect upon and
after its passage. the matter being one
OF necessity and urgency and the pub
lie welfare requiring II