Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-03-05

Il \ hDE ana entered lTlO tllS Dlnlh QaY Ol + cd
III ruary, A. ID. 1852, between the "LewiStoWn
Water Company" Of the Borough of Lewis
town, county of Mifilin, and State of Pennsylya-
MIA, of the one part, and the " Burgess and Town
Council" of the Borough of LewistoWn, county
and State aforesaid of the other part WITNESS
Eth that the g Lewistown Water Company
aforesaid for the consideration hereinafter men
toned, doth covenant and agree TO and with the
said Burgess and Town Council, that they, the
said Lewistown Water Company, will furnish
unto the said Burgess and Town Council, eleven
new fire plugs, ready to put up, and as good as
those already erected in said borough. .4iso,
to sell and convey TO the said Burgess and Town
Council all the fire plugs now erected IN the
aforesaid borough .ftso. to refund to the indi
vlduals the moneys subscribed and paid for the
erection OF three fire plugs, without interest
to wit: one at or near the residence of John X.
Weekes, two in Valley street, zone near the
marble ward at Sunderland's and one near
Montgomerv'S Corncr.)
And further, they grant and agree unto the
said Burgess and Town Council, the use of water
at all the said fire plugs that are now or may
hereafter be erected in said borough, for the pur
pose oil eXtingulShng fire, and for the washing
of hose, hose house, engines or hose carriage,
and for trying engines, free of all charges or
rents forever; and TO charge no rent on FIRE
plugs for any previous use Of water. The said
Lewistown Water Company further covenants
and agrees that the said Burgess and Town
Council may hereafter put up and erect any
number of additional fire plugs that they, the
said Burgess and Town Council, may from time
to time think necessary fer the better extinguish-
ing of fires, under the supervision Of the said
Wafer Company. The Water Company aiore-
said further agrees to extend the pipes for con-
veying the water on Third street, from their
western termination to the main pipe on the
turnpike, as soon as the said Burgess and Town
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ives; end Of Third street, upon which the said
Water Company can with safety lay their pipes
below frost The said Water Company further
covenants and agrees to use all due diligence
from time TO time, and at all times hereafter to
keep a sufficient supply Of water in their basin
or basins for the purposes herin mentioned.
In consideration whereof. the said Burgess and
Town Council hereby covenant, promise and
agree to pay to the Lewistown Water Company
aforesaid, upon the execution OF this article, the
sum Of two hundred and twentysi1 dollars and
eighty cents; and on the first day of May next,
the further sum of three hundred dollars and
on the first day of August next the further sum
of ninety-seyen dollars and seventy cents; max
ing in all the sum Of six hundred and twenty
four dollars and fifty cents-and to put up, at
the expense of said Burgess and Town Council,
as many fire plugs as may in their judgment from
time 10 time become necessary for the eXtiu-
gushing of fires in said borough under the su-
peryision of said Water Company, and to use
such pipes as the Water Company, for the mu-
tnal benefit of the parties, shall approve of.
And the Burgess and Town Council further
agree to keep in repair the fire plugs that are
now erected, as well as those that may hereaf-
ter be erected, and to discontinue the suit now
pending in the Common Pleas of Mitfiin county,
brought by the Burgess and Town Council against
said Water Company. Each of the aboyenamed
parties to pay the onc-haf the expense of re-
cording this article in the Recorders Office of
Nitilin county. In testimony whereof, the par
ties hereto have subscribed the names of their
proper officers respectively, and have hereto af-
fixed their respective corporate seals, the DAY
and year first above written.
FRANCIS MCCLURE,
p. l.. w. Co.
JAMES. l.. McILFAlNE,
Chief Burgess.