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Home My WebLink AboutA 07121916*THIS AGREEL4ENT, Hade and entered into this day of 19169 by and between the PUGET SOUND TRACTION, LIGH PO;: COMPANY, a Massachusetts corporation, hereinafter culled "Poorer Company", party of the first part, and the CITY OF RE11TO11, a Municipal corporation, hereinafter called "City", party of the second part, 17ITNBSBETH: FIRST: The Power Company agrees to furnish for the use of the City, and the City agrees to use and consume from the Power Company, such number of incandescent lamps, (save and except lamps used by the City under Section Fourth hereof), with current to light the same, as the City may during the life of this contract require for lighting the streets, avenues, public parks, and public places, and such public buildings as the City may direct, and for all other municipal lighting, said lights to be located by the Com- pany at such points in the streets, avenues, public pants, public places, and in such municipal buildings as the City by its Uayor or other properly constituted authority may in writing designate. SECOND: The Char agrees to use all said lamps and current and pay for the same for the term of five years, beginning Hay fifteenth, 1916, and ending Maar Fifteenth, 1921. THIRD: The City agrees to pay for all such lamps and current used in lighting its streets, avenues, public parks and public highways (save and except the lamps used by the City under Section Fourth hereof) at the following rates: RATES CANDLEPOWER WATTS .PRICE PER MONTH 60 65.3 .90 / a 80 81.8 1.15 100 100.3 1.40 200 198 2.80 350 346.5 4.50 Each monthly payment due the Power Company under this agreement shall be paid by the City on or before the tenth day of the following month,, FOURTH: Power Company agrees to furnish to the City free of charge, sufficient electric energy at nominal 110 volts to operate twelve 16 candlepower incandescent lamps to be used in the Municipal buildings of said City. FIFTH,: Power Company agrees that it will install all street lamps as the same may be ordered by the City from time to time during the life of this contract, provided, however, that all costs of installation shall be paid by the City, including the cost of erecting new lines, provided, however, that the City may at its option erect its own lines and install its own lamps in place of paying said Power Company for doing so. SIXTH: The City shall pay for the first installation of each lamp as hereinbefore set out, but Power Companyagrees to furnish renewals of unbroken burned out lamps at its own expense and to bear all costs of maintenance, repair and operation after such first installation, except the replacing of broken lamps. After the position of a lamp shall have been designated by the City and the same installed, any remotal to a different � 2" location shall be at the sole cost of said City. SEVENTH: Poorer Company agrees to operate all of said lamps and arcs from the cessation of daylight in the evening until the c ding of daylight in the morning upon each and every day of the term of this contract. EIGHTH: Power Company during the life of this contract may have the privelegs of stringing and maintaining its service P wires on any poles owned by the City by payment to said City of an annual rental of One Dollar ($1,00) for each eight (€3) pin cross arms or any part thereof used by said Power Company and Fifty Cents ($.50) for each four (4) pin oross arms or any part thereof used by said Power Company; provided, however, that no charge sball be made for the service wires of said Company installed previous to January 291 1911, and in place on the poles of said City; provided further that such use of the poles belonging to said City shall not interfere with the proper use and enjoyment thereof by said City or its assigns. All cross arms installed by said Power Company on City poles to be installed at the sole cost and expense of said Power Company and upon failure of said Power Company to pay the annual rental herein provided for, such cross arms so installed shall be and become the property of said City. Upon payment of a like rental the City shall have, dur- ing the life of this contract, the right to string and maintain its wires upon the, poles of Power Company, provided that such use of said poles shall not interfere with the proper use and enjoyment -3- thereof bar .Power Company or its assigns._ The Power Company agrees to make all changes in construct- ion which may be necessary or required to conform to the laws of the State of Washington,or any rule or regulation of the Public Service Commission,when such changes are made necessary by reason of the cross arms or wires belonging to said Power Company being upon said poles owned by the_C of Renton. --T= NINTR In ease of the failure of said City to pay for all service rendered under this contract as herein specified, Power Company, may, at its option, discontinue service hereunder. TENTH: The Company agrees to use due diligence in maintain- ing all lamps end appurtenances in good condition and proper working order. The City agrees to notify the Company through the Company`s representative at Renton of the failure to burn of any street lamp installed under this agreement. In case the Company is not so notified, no deduction from the monthly payment next due the Company shall be made for such lamp failure. In ease the Company is so notified, and fails to renew such lamp within twelve (12) hours after the notification is received, a pro rata reduction from the time such lamp was out shall be made from the next monthly payment due the Company; and in no ease shall such deduction amount to less than ten (10) cents per laap per night for each lamp reported out. Eye TH: The City agrees to use electric current, to be furnished by the Company under this agreement, for all illumination of the City's streets, avenues, public parks, public buildings, and -4- for all other municipal uses for which illumination is required, during the entire term of this agreement. TWE1FTH: In case the Company's rates for similar street lighting under similar conditions are reduced, the City shall be given the benefit of such reduction beginning with the next follow" monthly period from the date of such reduction and thereafter until the termination of, this agreement. The City agrees to pay for all lamps and current used in lighting the public buildings of the City at the regular published commercial lighting rates of the Company, save and exeept lamps used by the City under Section Fourth hereof. In case the regular published commercial lighting .rates of the Company are reduced, the City shall be given the benefit of such reduction, beginning with the next following monthly period from the date of such reduction and thereafter until the termination of this agreement. TE +' TH: The Company further agrees that should a now and improved form of Mazda lamps for street lighting come into general use during the life of this contract that it will permit the City to install such new and improved form of Mazda lamp or other lamp of equal efficiency as generally used in the City of Seattle or elsewhere, and the Company will thereafter maintain them as provided for in Paragraph Five of this agreement; provided, however, that such new lamp shall be approximately the same wattage and cost as the one for which it is substituted. -5- FOURTEENTH: Reasonable diligence to be exercised by Power Company to provide an uninterrupted supply of electric energy and no interruption in the service or temporary failure to furnish said energy shall cancel this agreement. In case of interruption caused or made necessary by accidents, public servants, strikes, conditions beyond Power Company's control, lack of capacity in its generatir';ti apparatus, Power Company will not be liable for damages and City agrees to give Power Company immediate notice upon learning. of arW defects in thy:, service or apparatus. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused these presen s to be executed by their duly authorized officers this dayof 1916. PUGE T SOUND TRACT ION, LIG T, -"O WER COMPANY, By Manager* C I ILY OF RENTON oe By Attest:- City Clerk of City of Ren an. -6-