Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-22

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olaGe barren waste.
THrGAs QuEsrioS -For the information Of
/ our readers xe publish below the ordinance pas-
ed by the city council on The 81 OF March. 1851
giving TO the present gas company The exclusive
/ privilege Of using the streets for LAYING doun
their pipes, for fifteen years THIS il d only
night the COMPANY have 10 the Use OF the streets.
aud Il vli De seen that the charter expires on
the 81 Of March. 1856 The council to be elect
ed this spring ~ill have the important power Of
| renesing his charter. aud extending the priv
/ leges af this company, and as the irsDchi
| granted by IL is considered valuable. many be
/ lieve the compsny Gill use extra tfOrIs 70 get IL
extended IL will be seen that this is regular
/ Jug handle charter. IL gives all the rights 20 the
/ company, ard The council retain no power 10
control the price Of gas, either Tor public lamps
| or private consumers: csnnot direc, where pipes
are 10 be laid There is 30 poser 20 compel the
OF enson Of the pipes. but u ID ell within The
/ hands OF the company. Every gas consumer
/ knows how the company have used their power.
Fifteen years have MADE great difference in
1 our CITY There are at least twenty streets that
are as pppuous now az the best streets were
! then, aud which have no pipes laid throa n them.
either for public lamps private Consumers
The owners OF property on these streets are Ia Ied
jus, "a much for streets that lighted "a those
that have light-they have all the burthens OF
| lighting the city without sns Of the benefits. and
there l. no remedy for this. either in the council
or the citizen. it being entirely optional with the
company IL e time now that every tax payer.
and every private gas consumer tina, is charged
81 50 per one thousand feet for hs gas 10 look
| 10 IL, that councilman is selected for biz ward
this year pied0ed to oppose a continuation OF this
| monopoly. The following is the charter-study
! il carefully, and you will see how few rights
either the council or the tax payer have reserved
under IL:
CHARTER OF THR ISDIASAPoLrs GAS LIGHT AND
COKE CO AN ORDINANCE FOR LIGHTING THE
CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS WITH GAS. PASSED MARCH
}, 1851
Section 1. Be ii ordained BY the City COunet'
/ Of Indianapolis. Th,t Charles Cox, .than Pal
f, mer Wire Harrison, William Hannam,n and
their associates. SUCCESSORS, heirs aud assigns.
/ acting under the name and style of The Indanap-
oils Gas Light aud Coke Company. be, and ths,
are hereby. invested with the exclusive privilege,
! for the term Of fifteen years from the passage OF
/ this ordinance. of using the streets, lanes,
alleys and public grounds OF said CITY. as il is
now laid out. or may be hereafter laid out
or enlarged. for the purpose of laying down 10
said streets, &c. pipes for the conveyance OF
gas in and through the said city. for the use OF
said "ity AMI its inhabitants: Provided, Tn At
the said gas pipes shall not interfere with the
drainage of said city, by the necessary cousiruc
| ton OF sewers. other undergo uBd fixtures for
| tie conveyance Of water.
Sec. 2 That whenever the company as sfore-
said proposes TO open any street. isne. alley &c
! Tor the purro-e of laying down gas pipes, they
| shall give 10 the city marshal three days notice
! thereof, and shall not. during the progress OF
their work, unnecessarily Obstruct the Passage OF
such street, lane or alley. &c and further. they
shall within a reasonable time, repair such por
ton Of any street. lane or alley, &c, as they may
| have brUken up. IN SUI h 10 amer a. shall he &C
ceptable 10 the street commissioners.
Sec }. That in consideration Of the privileges
granted TO the company aforesaid. theT shall
furnish TO the said city. upon the several streets
ltnes. alleys. &c, IN aud through which the lead
ing mains may be laid. for the purpose of supply
ing the citi,eus with gas. such quantity "A may
be required by The city Council Tor public lamps,
at price not exceeding what is now or may be
hereafter paid by the city OF Cincinnati tor gas
| light fOr similar purposes md provided. That
| for the quantity OF light nov produced through
out the year ut each of the public lamps in C,n
cinnati The specific shall not exceed twenty
dollar--the lamp posts metres and lamps being
/ iurnlshe At the expense OF the city
Sec That il the said city Council shall de-
sire az any time 10 erect lamps at the engine
/ houses. or other public buildings, or to light any
alley then the company azores I'D shall.
tor a fair com ensaIion, paid by said Council lay
| down in a reasonable time the necessary pipes
and 6xtures. ss ordered by said Council, and The
! lamps thus erected shall be supplied by the com
papy aforesaid with gas, on the prescribed
Ia the third section OF this ordinance; aud the
said lamps shall be subject TO the same reguls-
lions other public gas lamps: and The pipe
thus laId down at the expense OF the city shall
not directly or indirectly be used for furnishing
gas TO individual citizens. shall other gas
pipes be / id down within the portions of streets
I lanes. alleys. &c. occupied by the pipes of the
city. uniil the whole amount expended for laying
down the same shall have been refunded by the
company sfures.id.
Sec 5 That the privileges hereby granted are
upon this condition; that the company afore
- do. on or before the first day of February
1858, complete their apparatus for generating
! ga, and Law down IN connection theresIth, seven
thousand feet of leading or main pipes for it,
conveyance. and annually thereafter to extend
the pipes as the demand for gas may justify them
in SO doing. temporary failure on the part OF
the company aforesaid, TO perform any OF the
conditions exacted of them 10 this ordinance
when such failures are occ,sioned by accident
or untoward events, shall not work forfeiture
oil their privileges, provided such failure, occa
stoned as Aforesaid be remedied or repaired with
in a reasonable time.
Sec 6 That if any discovery or Improvement
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other material. either cold or liquid, BY which
the cost of obtsining the same shall be material
" diminished. and the same shall be adopted in
/ the other principal cities of the country, then in
sucn case. the company aforesaid shall introduce
AMI use such discovery improvements ia said
city Of indianapolis. aud muake such reduction
in the price OF gas sold. shall be proportion able
to the saving effected by such discovery or i'm
proAement
Sec Z That nothing in this ordinance shall DC
. construed 10 prohibit the NJ tsOnic II Al Company
from using gas for lighting said Hail prepared by
,heir own apparatus.
Sec IL expressly understood tina, il the
pany as Aforesaid. shall violate or fail 20 COM
ply With any of the provisions of the foregoing
ordinance. then and in such case they shall for
feis all the privileges granted 10 them thereby;
1 and the city Council reserve the right TO repeal
the ssme
orisined ana established this 81 day OF March
| d 1851
~ Remember thar At CLARK Johnson { Co,
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