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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH WESTERN UNION
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Be it Ordained by the City Council of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
That the right be and the same is hereby granted to the Western Union Telegraph Company, its successors and assigns, to erect and maintain on Union Street from the right of way of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company, south to the Westbrooke Building, thence west on the alley lying immediately north of said Westbrooke Building, poles, fixtures and wires necessary and convenient for the purpose of supplying to the citizens of said City and the public generally, communication by telegraph or other electrical device, all such right and use to be and continue upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set out.
Said poles, fixtures and wires shall be placed and maintained in such manner that travel on said street and alley shall not be interfered with, and the said Western union Telegraph Company shall not be interfered with, and the said Western Union Telegraph Company shall hold said City free and harmless from all damages arising or growing out of any abuse or negligence by reason of such occupancy. Said poles shall be so placed that gas pipes, drains, gutters and sewers shall not in any manner be interfered with, and in the event a change of grade is made on said Union street or in said alley, the poles of the Telegraph Company shall be set to conform therewith. And this grant is made and is to be enjoyed, subject to all reasonable regulations and Ordinance of a Police nature that said City Council shall see proper to adopt, not destructive of the right herein granted.
The right of use herein given shall not be exclusive and the City council reserves the right to grant like privileges to others for similar uses; the same, however, not to interfere with the proper exercise of the privileges herein granted.
In the granting of the right herein, the Council reserves the right to the use of the poles of the said Telegraph Company for fire alarm or Police telegraph purposes, said Telegraph Company to make no change therefore whatever to said City of Jonesboro.
This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its adoption.
Passed and adopted, May 15, 1905.