HomeMy WebLinkAbout0078_0010AN ORDINANCH GRANTING TO THIS SOURHnSTCRRN TNI STN A
ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT TO ERF
SYSTEV OF ELECTRIC LIGHT POLES AND WIRES, IN ALONG AND ACROSS
THE S I' Z TS OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, THXAS.
BB IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown, Texas.
That the Southwestern University, located within said City,
are hereby granted the right to erect poles and wires in, along
and across the streets and alleys of this city for the purpose
of erecting, maintaining and operating a system of electric lights
in this said cityp both arc and incandescent, if they so see fit,
and for the supplying of power for their own private use, and
for the generation and supply of electricity for all purposes
for which the same is now, or may hereinafter be used, for a period
of twenty-five years from the passage of this ordinance* and fur-
ther, if the said University may see fit, they may place, or cause
to be placed, in, on, along or across the streets of said city
so used, at their own expense, city street lights, for the purpose
of lighting the said streets, provided the same are kept and used
in the manner and condition hereinafter provided.
Section !. The said system so provided for, shall be used
for the one purpose alone of lighting the buildings belonging to
the said University'# and shall not be allowed to come in conflict
or competition with other systems or plants, holding a franchise
and doing business in said city, and o fering themselves for
hire to the public, but instead this franchise so granted, shall
apply only to the furnishing of light and power to the University
buildings alone.
Section 3. That the said Southwestern University shall so
long as it use said streets for said purposes, maintain and op-
erate such portion of said'electrie light plant, poles, wires
and lights as may be located upon the property of said city or its
said streets or alleys, under this franchise, in a safe and proper
manner, under such rules and regulations, as may be from time
to time promulgated by the City Council, and agreed upon by the
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