Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-06-26

anu proV1dlng penalty for INJURY
or interference with any of the
property or said corporation.
Be it ordained by che 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 its inhabitants with an
adequate and continuous electric SER
vice, there is hereby granted unto the
Iowa Service Company, it's successors
and assigns, for 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 in
the business of generating, transmit
ting and selling at either wholesale or
retail, electrical current for lighting,
heating, power or other purposes, to
said Town of Modale and its in
habitants and persons elsewhere, there
being hereby granted unto said Iowa
Service Company, its successors or
assigns, the franchise and privilege of
selling and furnishing to said Town of
Modale and its inhabitants, cleo
trio current for lighting, heating,
power and other purposes, for afore-
said period of twenty years.
Section 2. All poles set by gran
tee shall be substantial, and securely
planted in the ground and all wires
strung by the grantee shall be secure
ly stretched from pole to pole and at
such height as shall interfere as lit
tie as possible with other wires or
business interests and all to be placed
so as not to interfere with the common
ordinary public travel upon said
streets and alleys and said system
shall be constructed and maintained
so as not to increase the fire hazard
and in accordance with the rules as
laid down by the National Board of
Fire Underwriters.
Section 8. The Mayor and Town
Council of the Town of Modale
may at their option from time to time
as they deem expedient, contract for
current for power purposes needed by
said Town, either under the regular
rate power schedule or such other rate
as may be agreed upon under separ-
ate contract with said Iowa Service
Company, their successors or assigns
The Mayor and Town Council of the
Town of Modale may also as they
deem expedient contract for lights te
be furnished upon the streets anc
alleys of said Town by the said lowe
Service Company, their successors OF
assigns, for the kind and number ane
at price as may be agreed upon un
der separate contract, said lights tt
belong to and be furnished by the
grantee, their successors or assigns
and to be erected at such place o.
places as the Mayor and Town Coun
|cil may direct and for the number O.
hours of service each night as may b,
agreed upon by Iowa Service Compan,
and the Mayor and Town Council O
lsaid Town under separate contract.
Section a. This ordinance is condi
tional upon the building of trans
mission service line up to the Tow
limits of the Town of Modale and up
on the building of a service syste1
within the Town limits of the Tow
of Modale by the Iowa Service Com
pany, their successors or assign.
within six months from the passag
and acceptance of this ordinance, o
in case after the said Iowa Servic
Company, their successors or assign.
shall begin furnishing light and pow
err in said Town, they shall cease
operate said service line or syster
for period of thirty days at on
time and not to exceed sixty days j
lany successive twelve months, the
: and in either case the riphts and nriy