Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-12-10
BE 1T ORDAINED By the Board of

BE 1T ORDAINED BY the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen Of the .lpWu q
/ ICrossville, III the conuty or Cumber.
I land, State of Tennessee, that the
Crossville Light Company, a partner
ship composed of B. A. Smith, J. s.
Reed and NJ F. Reed, lis successors
and assings, are hereby empowered
and duly authorized to erect and main
tain upon the public streets, alleys,
and other public grounds OF the said
town of CrOSsville, poles or posts of
wood or other suitable material to sup
port the necessary wires for the trans
mission of electricity for lighting or
other purposes, together with all other
appliances nece ssary or convenient for
the operation of system of electric
Lighting in said town, to such persons
or corporations as comply with the
reasonable rules and regulations of said
Company provided that the posts shall
be so placed as not to interfere with
the use of said streets, alleys, and
other public grounds for other local
purposes, and the wires upon said
posts shall be kept at such an elevation
as to avoid danger to persons and ad-
jacent property; provided, further,
that said privilege herein granted to
SAID company, its successors and as
signs, shall not be exclusive ana shall
not preclude said town from granting
light ami other privileges to others
tor the operation of competitive plant
or plants, and said grant snail ter
inmate at the expiration of ten years
from an after January /. 1920; and
provided further. that said privilege
herein granted shall be forfeited and
Of no validity whatever and shall be-
come as II never granted and be null
and void on the first cay of July, 1920,
unless the grantees shall in good faith
have sooner commenced the work of
installing a system of electric lighting
IN said town aud be &C ually using
and enjoying same TO such an extent
as to manifest good faith and evince
an intention to perfect and enlarge
the same commensurate with the needs
of the people of the town within rea-
sonable time, UNDER all reasonable de-
mands and conditions aud provided
further, that said privilege shall never
be consolidated, leased, assigned, or
otherwise allienated without the eX-
press consent of said town, except said
company may incorporate and become
a corporate body without such consent,
such change being hereby consented to
and provided further, that the privi-
lege granted by this ordinance shall
cease and determine unless within five
years from and after January /, 1920,
said company, its successors or as
signs, shall have istalled their light
plalt of sufficient capacity to furnish
and supply all citizens of said town, or
as many as desire same, with such
light, heat and power as their reason
able necessities may require, Including
power for manufacturing apd provided I
further, that the privileges hereby
granted shall in no wise abridge the
right of said town to manage and con-
troll the streets and alleys and public |
irrespective of this ordinance
or any thing done or permitted under
same; provided further, that at the |
expiration of the SAID ten years ae
herein specified that if the town desires |
the continuation of the services of this
character of plant, the said company