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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 11 07/03/1917 .. AN ORDINANCE . GRANTING CHIOAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY OERTAIN BIGHTS IN THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COU~TY, ILLINOIS. BE IT ORDAINED, by the President and Board of Truste.. of The Village of Mount Prospeot, Cook Oounty, Illinois. ( SECTIOI 1. That Chioa~o Telephone Oompany,-l ts suooessors, les8e.. and assigns, are-hereby granted ~ha right to oon- struct,ereot, renew, maintain and operate in, upon, along, aoross, under and over the streets, alleys and publio-ways of the Village of Mount Prospeot, lines of pOles, wires, oables, conduits, vaults and laterals and to use the same for the transmission of sounds and &gnals by means of electricity for a period of Twenty-five (26) years"from and after the date of the passage of this ordinance. SECTION 2, The looation of the lines of poles now exist- ing is hereby approved and any change therein or extension thereOf, as well as the construction of conduits, vaults and laterals shall be under the direotion of the Ohairman of the Oommittee on Streets and Alleys of said Village, who shall issue written permits therefor. Said lines of poles and conduits, with vaults and laterals, shall be ~ placed and maintatned'as not to interfere with ordinary travel on said streets, alleys and public-ways, or with any municipal water or sewer pipes now existing or which may hereafter be laid by said Village, and in case of bring- ing to grade or change of grade 'of any street, said Company shall change its struotures so as to conform thereto, and said Chioago Telephone Qompany, its sucoessors, lessees ahd assigns, shall hold said Village harmless from all damages resulting from the oonstruction or maintenance of the structures hereby authorized, provided that said ~i11age shall give said Oompany prompt and adequate notice of the beginning of any suit, or the filing of any claim with said Village ,for such damage ana shall moreover furnish said Oompany with all information in its possession concerning the same. The right-of-way hereby granted shall not be exclusive, but said Village reserves the right to grant a lik,s right-of- way to others, the same, however, not to inter- fer.e with the privileges hereby given, and the privileges hereby granted are to be taken and exercised, subject to any ordinance or regulation of a police nature, which the Board of Trustees may have power and see fit at any time hereafter to adopt, not destructive of the rights hereby granted.' SEOTIOlf'. Said Ohicago Telephone Company will permit the Village of Mount Prospeot, or its legal sucoessors, the use of sufficient apace for carrying its pOlice and fire alarm wire. at the top of all poles erected hereunder pro- vided that said wires sha.ll be so placed and maintained. . by sa.id Village that the use of same will not impair the operation of said Oompany's wires. All suoh police and .~ J l.;..;.=.Ji.. .., ;L ........~ _ . .!-.;........ ,.., ". 029 fire' alarm wires' shall be under the direction and supervi- sion of said Oompany's authorized representative and upon the to~lolfing oonditions: No sllchpolioe and fire alarm wire sh_l~ be attaohed to any of said poles of said Qom- pany'itany suoh wire shall carry a voltage of more than 100 volts, nOr if in any part of the oirouit of suoh wire it is supported upon a pole on whioh there is any wire carrying a voltage of 5000 volts or more. In case any such police and fire alarm wire in any part of its oircuit is supported upon a pole on which there is any wire carrying a voltage of less than 5000 volts and more than 100 volts then suoh police and fire alarm wire shall be attached to such pole at a point not less than five feet below such wire oarrying such voltage of not less than 5000 volts and more than 100 volts. SECTIOR 4. Said Ohioago 'felephone Oompany; its suooessors, lessees and assigns, after the establishment of an exchange hereunder and so long as said Oompany furnishes exohange servioe in said Village, shall furnish the said Village free of oharge with looal exchange service for Village business only one telephone in the residence of the Village President, one in the residence of the Village Olerk, one in the Village Hall and one in eaoh 'ire Engine House maintained by said Village. ~he Company's usual oontract for eaoh telephone so furnished shall be previously signed for said Village by the President thereof having endorsed thereon the terms of oonoession herein provided for. 'c_ SECTIOR 5", Said Oompany's rates for telephone exchange servioe within the oorporate limits of the Village of Mount Prospect shall not exoeed its regular sohedule of rates for like service in other plaoes under like conditions in said Oom~an~'s territory in the State of Illinois. SECTION 6. In the event that the Illinois State Public Utilities Oommission or any body, board, commission or court of oompetent jurisdiotion shall adjudge any provision or provisions hereof invalid, illegal or void, such invalid- ity orillegali~y shall in no way effeot the validity or legality of the remaining provisions of this ordinanoe and this ordinance in all other respects shall continue in full foroe or effect as if such provision or provisions had not been adJudged invalid, i~legal or void. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and the filing in the office of 'the\'i'llage Olerk of a wri t ten and unconditional acoeptame of its prOVisions by said Chicago Telephone Oompany. Passed this ~rd day of JUly, 1917. Approved this'rd day of JUly, 1917. ~. JV~ ,~ /~~~~ll~d ~la.ge Ole;i ___,---..,.;;J