The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-10-04
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opnINANCE NO. 241

corPora : f,snchise to construct, MAN,
slE and operate in the present anu
e...,,r a streets. alleys and puDliS
,,Iacas Of the City of Kennewick anu
pc pae successors. electric light ana pow
l lines and appurtenances theIe:o'
the nnrpose of supplying electricc
~: 10 and electric service to the Clty OF
Ivy y ys, a the inhabitants Thereon
l.j ntbers. repeating Ordinance NO.
al; anu 9' the Town of Kennewick, ap-
% % december %, 1905, and re-
bealing Ordinance No. 90 Oh she
If Kennewick, approved ma'"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE GIN
= OF KENNEWICK DO oRDAiN
~ AS FOLLOWS: +aa
Section 1. There is hereby grained
70 Pacific Light G. Power Company,
ayd tn its successors and assigns
hereinafter called the Grantee) the
r;gbt privilege and franchise for the
reriod of fifty years, to construct,
MAINTAIN and operate in the present
I'D future streets, alleys and pupiic
places in the City of Kennewick, and
Re successors, electric light and pow
az lines. with all the necessary or
desirable appurtenances, (inciudlng
underground conduits, poles, wires,
and telephone and telegraph wires
for its own use), for the purpose OF
sunnlvinp electricity and electric SER
vice to said City of Kennewick, the
Inhabitants thereof and persons and
corporations within and beyond the
limits thereof for light, power, heat
and other purposes.
Section 9. Poles shall be erected In
alleys where practicable, and poles
shall be so erected as to. interfere as
little as possible with traffic over
streets and alleys. The height and
location of all poles and fixtures shall
be under the reasonable regulation
and supervision of the Street and
Alley Committee of the City Council
or the successor to the duties of that
committee, but not so as to inter-
fere with the proper operation of said
lines and appurtenances.
Section 8. The service furnished
hereunder to said City of Kennewick
and its inhabitants shall be twenty
four hour service and shall be sub
ject to such reasonable rules and reg
ulations as the Grantee may make
from time to time. The Grantee may
require reasonable security for the
payment of its bills.
Section A. When necessary In order
to permit any duly authorized per-
son to move any building across any
street or alley of the City of Ken
newick, the Grantee shall raise or
tanned hereunder upon the request of
the City Clerk, and upon the cost
to the Grantee of so doing being paid
by the owner or mover of such build
ing.
Section 5. The City of Kennewick
may, without charge therefore, at
tach its fire alarm and police signal
wires to the poles of the Grantee in
said City, but at its own risk and only
in accordance with good electrical
practice. Said wires shall be subject
to interference by the Grantee only
when necessary in the maintenance
operation and repair of its lines.
Section 6. The service to be furn-
ished hereunder by the Grantee, its
successors and assigns, and all rates
and charges therefore, shall be sub.
ject at all times to any ru es, reg.
ulations and orders that may be law
fully prescribed by the Department
of Public Works of Washington, OF
by any other authority or body hav.
ing lawful jurisdiction over such
matters.
Section z. The Grantee, and its sue.
cessors and assigns, shall hold the
City Of Kennewick harmless from
all expense or liability arising from
any negligent act or omission of the
Grantee in the conduct of it's oper-
atoms hereunder, and shall comply
with all reasonable bylaws and reg.
dlations of the City of Kennewicl
relating to the maintenance and i'm.
provement of the streets and public
places therein.
| Section 8. This ordinance shall he
null and void unless written accent.
ance hereof be filed by the GRANTEE
herein with the City Clerk within
thirty days from the passage. an.
prevail and publication hereof. and
unless the said Grantee shall also
within the said thirty DAYS file with
the City Clerk its acceptance. in writ.
ing, OF Ordinance No. 242, passed con.
temporaneously herewith, granting to
the said Grantee franchise for the
operation of a water works system
Section 9. This Ordinance. when &c.
cepted as above provided, shall repeal
Ordinance No. 80 of the Town of Ken.
newick, passed by the Council and
approved by the Mayor of said Town
(now City, of Kennewick on Decem.
Der 27th, 1905, said Ordinance beinn
entitled: '''
can Ordinance granting a
franchise to Clifton A. Cochran
his successors and assigns. to
construct and operate a system
OF water works and electric liphts
and power in the Town of Ken
newlck, and for that purpose, to
occupy and use SO much of the
streets and alleys and lands
thereof as may be necessary for
the same. and to supply water
and electric. lights and power IN
the Town of Kennewick and ;ts
inhabitants, and to collect rates
therefor"
and shall also repeal Ordinance No
% OF said Town, passed by the Conn.
eli and approved by the Mavor NJ
March End, 1909, entitled: -