655 Telephone FranchiseAN npl?:r_NArK F
ordinance,,rantino to the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Com
Topeka Kansas,its successors and assigns,the right to oiler
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ate and maintain 'Celephone Lines in the city of� ��
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He it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the city of
Si.CTI()N 1. That the right of way be,and the same is hereby
granted the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Coripany,-of Topeka Kansas,
its successors and_assigns,to erect and maintain lines of poles
Iona, in, through under and across any
public avenue,street,alley47dge and viaduct in the city,for the
purpose of operating a Te hone exchange and Telephone lines.
provided said lines of4ic
s and wire's shall be so placpd,as to
least interfere with
use of said streets,avnnues and alleys.
SECTION 2. e the poles of said Company shall be set
in analley, they s placed as near the sides of the alley as
practicable on the outer adze of the sidewalk just inside the curb
stone, and on the line dividing; the lots one from the other; and in
no ease to be so placed as to obstruct the drainage of ;hp streets
or to interfere with any surer.
SECTION S• No poles or wires of any +electric li;;ht,Telegraph
or Electric Motor Comp an�,shall be erected on the same side of any
street or alley,where the said Telephone Company has,already placed
A,Jine of poles or other fixtures for carrying; its wires. provided
this shall not apply to the City Fire Alam Telegraph line.
Hereafter, the wires of all Electric I,ight,Telegraph and Elec-
tric Motor Comnani?s,to be erected or strum; at an angle across
the wires of said Telephone Company,and shall not in this ease,or
any other,be allowed to approach thA wires of said Telephone ComDa
Company
ny nearer than'three feet. Nor shall.the said Telephone�,be allowed
to,iplace its wires nearer than three feet to the wires of said :�
other Companies.
In case of the violation of the requirements of this section
it shall be the duty of the Marshall to notify the offending
Company to remove its wires,poles or fixtures so erected in violat
inn hereof,within three days;and on failure to comply with such
notice, it shall be the duty of the aipMarshall to remove the
same forthwith,at the expense of the offending company.
SKCrIAN 2. The rights and privileges Iereby granted to said
Company shaia, bOfor the period of :+j C) years.
S9CTION 5.1 It is agreed on the paxt of said Telephone Company
to furnish the city, of� ) free telephones
and all the ihstrurnents needed for fire,
police and executive service of -said city,at the regular
business rates,in lieu of any special license,occupation tax or
special assessment of any sort,that may be levied upon them;said
telephones to be located by the Council.
ERCT LON 6. The T alephone Company shall remove its wires, afte r
forty-eight (48) hours notice,on request of thell' Marsahll,to
permit moving of houses along; the streets;all at the expense of
the mover.
SFCTIhN 7. Any person who shall,at any time,enrelessly or
willfully injure,dama;e,destroy or deface the structures or prop-
erty of *aid ura6te-es and their associates,erected for the purposes
set forth in this ordinance,or who shall, in any manner, will fully
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interrupt or interfere with such telephonic communication and tele
phone plant,or who shall violate any of the provisions of this or-
dinance,sholl be dAemed guilty of a misdemeanor,and shall be pun
ished by a fine of not less than ten dollars (tlO) nor more than
one hundred dollars (tlOO).
SEQ.8. This ordinance shall.take effect and be in forve
from and after its publication in the Salina County Journal,and
the acceptance by the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company.
Attest
Clerk. Approved May 28, 13 38.
Mayor.
Ike, the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company, of Topeka Kansas,
accept the above ordinance,no. 655.
14issuori P; Kansas Telephone
Company, by
Presi ent.
Topeka, Kansas, June 6th, 1888.
Office of President.
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HKO!wUrt &��Il��is C�FIP�JI��QIIP C'�II.
J. R.MULVAN E, Pre st.
C.D. CRANDALL, Sedy,&Treas.
W. W. SMITH, General Supt.
C.W.MS: DANIEL,Supt,
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C���d�c��/ �_% � .�J/v/ G���'�/ �/�// June 7 1 t38F3 r'O"tJ
C*W,8anks,,9sq9,
:May *ar Af e., Ott v
4" dal ins, Kas..
,Dear Sir: --
I return you herewith ordina nce no, 655,which wq accept, as
per proposition. made by our ager.Aiand my talk with vou.
still be-lieve that you city has. made a'ax�a;laerr6r in
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not accepting, our proposition as it was rnl;��U.a�syour propos it
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ion will not cost o much.we cheerfully accept it.
-1 send you- as extra,!-copy,,pleat;e hAVe your clerk to ieertify
that we rftsy put it among our ninutes#
do riot Viink that yqur v
atithorities Will ever regret
giving the telephone Company that t)rotdc
VOon needed to make it
_efficient* - I shall esteem it a favor to Serve' you i+ny way I
can, At any time.
Very respectfully,
President.