Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-01-30


building or thing to be moved, its To-
cation at the time such application
is made, the street or streets, alley or
alleys, avenue OF avenues, highway or
highways, bridge or. bridges. public
sired to to move the house, building
or thing and the place Of its final To-
cation, the date upon which it is to be
moved and said application must be
made at least five 50 days before the
time proposed for the moving of said
building.
After consent has been given by
the Mayor or City Council to the
owner of said house, building or
thing to be moved, he shall give or
cause to be given five 80 days no.
tice to the Interstate Power, Com
pany, its successors and assigns,
through their agents and representa-
tives, advising them of the route ap-
proved by the Mayor or City Council
which will be affected by the moving
of said house, building or thing and
the said grantee herein shall at the ex-
pense of the owner of said house,
building or thing to be moved, tenn
remove all poles and wires SO
far as is necessary to allow the pas
sage of said house, building or other
traffic for reasonable period of time
not exceeding FIVE (s) hours in any
one day, but said grantee shall not be
required to move said wires, poles or
other devices prior to eight (8)
o'clock in the forenoon nor later than
three go o'clock in the afternoon.
Sec. 6. Said grantee shall hold the
City harmless from any and all causes
of action, litigation and damages
caused or accruing through or by
reason of the construction, recon-
maintenance and operation
of said transmission system, distribu-
ton system and other constructions
hereby authorized and shall make de-
Tense for and on behalf of said city
in all of said actions to which the city
may be made party; and failing so
to do the city may make defense for
and on its own behalf and the grantee
herein shall pay to the city all the ex-
penses of said defense including rea-
sonable attorneys fees and said
grantee herein shall pay to the city
all damages which may be recovered
against it by reason of the eonstruc.
ton, reconstruction, maintenance
and operation of said distribution sys-
TEN, transmission system and other
constructions hereby authorized.
Sec. ?. The grantee herein. is to
furnish all customers and install free
Of charge meter for each customer
and is not to charge rental therefor.
Sec. 8. The City Council may, by
resolution, upon the demand of one or
more persons having installed ten
(1o) 10 candle power lamps, or the
equivalent thereof, for each two hun
bred (2oo) feet of the proposed ex-
tension, require, the gratee herein to
extend its overhead transmission and
lines so as to furnish cleo
trio light to said applicants; said tap-
plicants, however, shall sign reason
able contracts for the use of electric
current for lighting for period Of
not less than one (I) year. By the
term "I6 candle power lamp" is
meant a lamp having an hourly con-
sumption of not less than fifty (5o)
watts.
All provisions of the city which re-
quire the inspection by q City o.
fetal before use of an installation Of
electric wires shall be fully complied
with before grantee herein shall con.
meet its transmission system or fur
nish current for use over said wires.
This provision shall only be apple
able 50 long as the city by ordinance,
requires said inspection to be made
and the City furnishes reasonable
facilities for said inspection.
Sec. 9. Grantee shall when request
ed by the city, permit its poles SO far
as may be done without interfering
with the free use and enjoyment Of
its own wires and fixtures, to be used
for the purpose of maintaining, there
on any wires which may be necessary
for the use Of the police or FIRE de-
partment of said city, free Of expense
to the city; but said city shall hold the
grantee harmless for any and all
causes of action. litigation or dam
ages caused or accruing directly or
indirectly by or through the placing
of the city's wires on the poles of the
grantee herein. IT, "a
Sec. 10. The rights, power and
privileges granted by this franchise
are hereby granted to. conferred upon
and vested in the grantee for per-
iod of twenty-five (25) years from
and after the acceptance of this
franchise; unless sooner terminated
as hereinafter provided, but this
franchise shall not be construed as an
exclusive franchise or as prohibiting
the city from granting rights in the
streets, alleys, avenues, highways.
bridges and public places to other
electric light companies; and, the
rights herein granted are conferred
subject 70 the rights of the city to
make such reasonable rules, regula-
tions and ordinances as to the man
ner, method of construction and loca-
ton of said transmission systems.
Sec. II. 1t is further provided that
the officers and members of the FIRE
department of said city. may, in case
of FIRE. order to be cut and removed
any of the poles and wires of grantee
wherever necessary for the protection
of proDertv and persons and no claim