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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0053 - Telephone and Telegraph Franchise with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (Repealed by Ord 54) City of Tukwfla Washin Cover page to Ordinance 53 The full text of the ordinance follows this cover page. AN ORDINANCE granting to The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Ito successors and assigns,, the right to place, erect and maintain pules,, wires and ,ether appliances and conductors and to lay underground wires for the transmission of electricity for telephone and telegraph purposes in and capon and under the str eets, alleys, avenues and tho oughfares, and public highways In the "Town of Tlztwila, Mate of Washin�,ton, and to exercise the privilege of operating telephone and telegraph instruments in and of doing a. telephone and telegraph business within the said 'Town of Tukwila, Washington. Ordinance 53 was amended or repealed by the following ordinances. AMENDED BY: REPEALED BY: 54 Ordinance No. AN ORDINANCE granting to The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, its successors abd assigns, the right to place, erect and maintain poles, wires and other appliances and conductors and to lay underground wires for the transmission of electricity for telephone and telegraph purposes in and upon and under the streets, alleys, avenues and thoroughfares, and public highways in' the Town of Tukwila, State of Washington, and to exercise the privilege of operating telephone and telegraph instruments in and of doing a telephone and telegraph business within the said Town of Tukwila, Washington. BE IT 'CRDA INED' BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OP TUKWILA.: Section 1. There is hereby grantea by the Town of Tukwila to The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company; its successore and assigns, the right and privilege to do a general telephone and telegraph bue within said Town of Tukwila and to place, erect, lay., maintain and operate in and under the streets and alleys, avenues, thoroughfares and public highways within the said town, poles, wires and other appliances, and conductors for the trans mission of electrioty for telephone and telegraph purposes. Such wires and other appliances and conductors may be strung 'upon poles or other fixtures above ground, or at the option of the. grantee, its ,successors and assigns, may be laic underground 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. Section 2. It shall be lawful for said The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, its successors and assigns to make all need ful excavations in any of such streets, alleys, avenues, thorough- fares and .public highways in said town for the purpose of placing, .erecting, laying and maintaining poles, or other supports or con- ductors for said wires or repairing, renewing or replacing the same. Said work shall be done in compliance with the necessary rules, regulations, ordinances or orders, which may during the continuance of this franchise be adopted from time to time by the Town of Tukwila. Section 30 'Whenever The Pacific Telephone and'Telegraph Company, its successors and assigns, shall disturb any of the street Vor; "t,he purpose aforesaid; it or they shall restore the same to good order and condition as soon as practicable without unnecessary delay., and failing to do so the Town of Tukwila shall have the right to fix a reasonable time within which such repairs and restoration of streets shall.be completed, and upon failure of such repairs being made by said Company, its successors and assigns, the Town of Tukwila shall cause such repairs to 'be made at the expense of paid The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, its successors .and assigns. =Section 4. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed in any way to-prevent the proper authorities of the Town of Tukwila from severing, grading, planking, racking, paving, repairing, alter ing or improving any of the streets, alloys', avenues, thoroughfares and public highways within the Town of Tukwila in or upon. which the poles, wires or other conductors of said company ,shall be placed; but all such work or improvements shall be done if possible so as not to obstruct or prevent the free use of said poles wire, conductors, conduits, pipes or other apparatus. Section 5. In consideration of the rights and privileges hereby granted the Town of Tukwila shell :gave., and the said The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company hereby grants it the right and` privilege to suspend and maintain on poles placed by said grantee,, its puccassore and assigns, in the .streets and other places aforesaid or if said wires, are placed underground, to place and. maintain in the conduits of said grantee any and all wires which said Town of Tukwila may require, for fire alarm anal. police telegraph purposes and electric light vviring free of charge to said 'Town. Section 6. The rights, privileges and franchises herein granted shall continue and be in force for the period of, twenty f ive (25) years from and after the data of the passage of this ordinance. Section 7- This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage,. Passed the Town Council. and signed by me in authentication I of its passage this d ay of December., A. D. 1 9 1 5- Mayor of the Town of Tukwila. Approved by me this day of De tuber A-D- v del Mayor of the Town of Tukwila. Filed by me this 0-1 day of December, .1915- ATTEST: Clerk of the Town of Tukwila.