Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-03-10
ORDINANCE No. 400

| telephone and telegraph business
| within the City of Pullman, State OF
| Washington, and the right to place,
! erect maintain and operate in, upon
and under the streets, alleys, avenues,
| thoroughfares and public highways in
| said City OF Pullman. poles, wires,
| cables and other appliances and con-
| ductors for the transmission of cleo
| tricity for long distance telephone
and telegraph purposes.
| The City Council of Pullman does
| ordain as follows:
| Section L. There is hereby grant
! ed by the City of Pullman, Washing
| ton, to The Pacific Telephone and
| Telegraph Company, its successors
and assigns, the right and privilege to
| do general long distance telephone
| and telegraph business within sand
| City of Pullman, Washington, and to
! place, erect, lay, maintain, and oper-
ate in and under the streets, alleys,
avenues, thoroughfares and public
! highways within said city, poles,
! wires and other appliances, and con-
ductors for the transmission OF cleo
tricity for long distance telephone
| and telegraph purposes, and that
such wires and other appliances and
! conductors may be strung upon poles
! and other fixtures above ground or
| may be laid under ground in pipes
| or conduits or otherwise protected,
| and such other apparatus may be
| used as may be necessary or proper
| to operate and maintain the same;
! provided that the City Council OF
! Pullman shall have full power and
| authority to control and direct the
| placing of conduits, poles, braces,
| guy wires and other appliances for
supporting the wires on cables with
in the corporate limits of Pullman
and all poles and other supports
! shall be placed in the alleys rather
than in the streets 50 far as practic-
able as new poles or supports are set.
Section 2. 1t shall be lawful for
said The Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, it's successors and
assigns, to make all needful excava-
| tons IN any OF the streets, alleys
avenues, thoroughfares and public
highways in said city for the purpose
or placing, erecting, laying and main
tanning poles, or other supports or
conductors for said wires or repair
ing, renewing, removing or replacing
the same. Said work shall be done
in compliance with the necessary
rules, regulations, ordinances or
orders, which may, during the con-
tinuance of this franchise be adopt
ed from time to time by the City OF
| Pullman.
Section 3. Whenever the said The
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
! company, its successors or assigns
snail disturb any of the streets, al
! IeyS, avenues, thorOughfares or pub
Tic highways OF said city for the pur-
poses aforesaid, it or they Shall re-
store the same to good order and con
dltlon as soon as practicable without
unnecessary delay; but ii shall be
unlawful for the said The Pacific Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company. ita
successors or assigns, 10 keep open
any excavation in any street. allev
avenue, or thOroughfare u said civ
or 10 maintain any obstruction here
IN Tor longer period than three DAYS
without first having obtained a per-
NIT therefor from the street com
missioner of the City OF Pullman
Washington; and that the said The
racine Telephone and TELEGRAPH
company, its successors and assigns
shall safely guard by barrlcad9 and
ll8hts placed on and around any aud
All oDstructlons and excavations o
V.
successors or assigns, may place or
cause to be placed or 10 remain in
any OF the streets, alleys, avenues. or
thoroughfares of the CITY of phil
man, and shall hold safe and harm
less the said City of. Pullman. in its
municipal capacity, from any loss or
damage or liability of any Kind SUI
Tered by said City of Pullman bv rea-
son or any negligence or unskillful-
ness on the part OF said grantee, its
successor or assigns, in extending its
system or in making subsequent re-
pairs thereon.
Section 4. All poles shall be set
and maintained where they shall do
as little obstruction and damage TO
the streets, alleys, avenues, and thor
oughfares as is consistent with effect
I've construction and maintenance of
work and that the wires and cables
snail be supported by safe and sub
| stantlal means at a distance of not
less than twenty-five feet above the
surface of the ground where the
same cross any street, avenue. or
thoroughfare, and all poles and cross
arms shall be kept painted
Section 5. Nothing in this ordi-
nance shall be construed in anv Wav
10 prevent the proper authorities of
the City of Pullman from sewering
grading, planking, rocking, paving.
repairing, altering or improving any
OF the streets, alleys, avenues. thor
oughfares, and public highways and
places within the City of Pullman in
or upon which the poles. wires or
other conductors of said company, its
successors or assigns, shall be placed
but all such work or improvements
shall be done, if practicable. so as not
to obstruct or prevent the free use of
said poles, wires, conductors, con
duits, pipes or other apparatus.
Section 8. In conclusion of the
rlght and privilege herein granted
the City Of Pullman shall have. and
the said The Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company hereby grants to
It during the life OF this franchise
the right and privilege In Mace