Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-06-05


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Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Town Council of the Town of Modale:
min:
Section 1. That in consideration of
the Iowa Service Company, Corpora
ton, its successors and assigns, con-
structing and operating into said
Town of Modale, Harrison County,
Iowa, an electrical transmission line
carrying twenty-four hours service of
electrical current for lighting, heat
ing, power and other purposes, and in
consideration of said Iowa Service
Company supplying the Town of Mo-
dale and it's inhabitants with an
adequate and continuous electric SER
vice, there is hereby granted unto the
Iowa Service Company, it's successors
and assigns, for a period of twenty
years from date of enactment of this
ordinance, the right of-way, permits
sion, privilege, franchise and license
to establish, erect, maintain and oper-
ate all such electric lines, poles, guys,
conductors, cables, transformer sta
tions, and other structures and other
electrical apparatus and equipment of
all kinds, over and across the streets
along and through the alleys of said
Town, as said Iowa Service Company
its successors or assigns may find
proper, necessary or advantageous ir
the business of generating, transmit
ting and selling at either wholesale OF
retail, electrical current for lighting
heating, power or other purposes, tc
said Town of Modale and it's in.
habitants and persons elsewhere, there
being hereby granted unto said lowe
Service Company, its successors OF
assigns, the franchise and privilege Of
selling and furnishing to said Town d
Modale and it's inhabitants, cleo
trio current for lighting, heating
power and other purposes, for afore.
said period of twenty years.
j Section 2. All poles set by gran
tee shall be substantial, and secured,
planted in the ground and all wire.
h strung by the grantee shall be secure
ly stretched from pole to pole and a
such height as shall interfere as lit
: tie as possible with other wires O
z business interests and all to be place,
so as not to interfere with the commo,
ordinary public travel upon salt
q streets and alleys and said system
q shall be constructed and maintained
so as not to increase the fire hazart
and in accordance with the rules a,
laid down by the National Board O
Fire Underwriters.
FL Section 3. The Mayor and Tow,
Council of the Town of Modal,
lmay at their option from time to tim,
as they deem expedient, contract TO
D current for power purposes needed b.
said Town, either under the regula
rate power schedule or such other rat
h as may be agreed upon under separ
;, ate contract with said Iowa Service
Company, their successors or assign.
9 The Mayor and Town Council of tn
u Town of Modale may also as the,
3 deem expedient contract for lights t,
be furnished upon the streets ant
alleys of said Town by the said low
Service Company, their successors o.
assigns, for the kind and number an,
at price as may be agreed upon un
der separate contract, said lights t,
: belong to and be furnished by tn,
2 grantee, their successors or assigns
D and to be erected at such place o
Q places as the Mayor and Town Coun
Gil may direct and for the number o
I hours of service each night as may b
0 agreed upon by Iowa Service Compan
and the Mayor and Town Council o
Isaid Town under separate contract.
Section a. This ordinance is cond
tional upon the building Of a trans
: mission service line up to the Tow
= limits of the Town of Modale and up
, on the building of a service syster
z within the Town limits Of th0 Tow
! of Modale by the Iowa Service Com
] pany, their successors or assign.
within six months from the passag
:, and acceptance of this ordinance, Z
in case after the said Iowa Servie
Company. their successors or assign
shall begin furnishing light and pow
er in said Town, they shall cease
operate said service line or systel
for period of thirty days at on
time and not to exceed sixty days
, any successive twelve months, the
and in either case the rights and priv