Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-03
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ORDINANCE NO lis {
AN ORDINANCE to authorize the
establishment Of WATER WORKS in
the city of Ottumwa, Iowa, to pro-
vide for q supply of water for do
nestle use and fire protection, and
to protect and regulate the same.
SECTION 1. Be 1t ordained by the
CITY Council Of the CITY Of Ottuansca,
That there is hereby granted to
s. Il. WILEY co., /,
heir successors or assigns, the ex-
elusive privilege for twenty five
years, of supplying tho city of Ottum-
wa and the citizens thereof with water,
to be taken from the Des Moines river
at such point and in such manner as
will secure the purest water and best
suit the objects and purposes of the
said Company to which this franchise
is granted.
SECTION 9. That the said S. L.
Wiley & Co., their successors or as
signs, shall have, during said term,
the right to use any street, lane, alley,
sidewalk, public square or place IN
said city for the purpose of laying |
down pipe or other fixtures for the |
conveyance and distribution of water,
as in this Ordinance contemplated
under the control of the City Council
as to location.
SECTION 3. That during the laying
down, placing or repairing at any
time Of said pipes and other fixtures
through said streets, lanes, alleys,
sidewalks, public squares or places,
no unnecessary obstruction shall be
permitted by said city or by said
Company. And in laying said street
mains and connecting pipes, they
shall be laid at depth to be secure
from frost aud to conform to the
grade now established by said city or
that shall be established by said city
before the said pipes are laid, SO that
on the completion Of said work no
obstruction of pipes or other material
shall prevent the free use of any
street, lane, alley, sidewalk, public
square or place. Said company shall
have the right, for the purpose of re-
pairing said pipes, at any time when
ever necessary, to disturb any street,
lane, alley, sidewalk, public square or
place, but said Company shall, with
diligence, repair the same, with the
material so disturbed, making the
same in as good condition as before
the pipe was laid or repaired,
| SECTION 4. That in the event said
Company refuses or neglccts to repair
said streets. lanes, alleys, sidewalks,
public squares or places within q
reasonable time after the work neces-
stating the disturbance is completed,
! and having been duly notified of such
! neglect, by the Mayor or the presid.
ing officer of the Council, or such
other officer as the Council may di.
rect to notify them, the said city may
. direct the necessary repairs of said
streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, public
squares or places to be made Mt The
cost of said Company. And the said
Company shall be responsible for al
!, damages sustained by any person OF
persons, or recovered against the sale
city by reason of the negligence o
any of the servants or employees o.
said Company while constructing Of
repairing said works or any par
thereof, as above stated.
u SECTION 5. That said Compan!
!. shall within ten days after the passage
; of this ordinance, file with the Cit,
: Clerk q written acceptance of tn
franchise granted by this ordinance
and upon the filing Of said acceptance
: this ordinance shall be deemed AM
: construed as a contract between sal,
: city and said Company, aud the.
" shall thereafter, without delay, pro
coed to lay mains and construc
O works, as herein contemplated. Sal,
= works shall be OF such dimension an,
strength throughout as shall be nee
essary to deliver the requisite amour
n of water for domestic and other sup
& ply and fire purposes, and at no tim
/ after the LIST day of January, 1875
shall the capacity of said works b
J, less than 3,OO0, 600 gallons per day o
q twenty-four hours; the mains iron
i the works to Second street shall no
be less than 16 inches, the latera
mains shall be of the proper relativ
e size. The said works shall be 80 ia
/. completed as to supply water for fir
protection along Front or Main street
: from jefferson street to Wapell
street, and along Second street from
g Green street to Wapello street, befor
: January LIST, 1873, and shall be full,
lcompleted, as herein provided, befor
January LIST, 1879. All extension o
mains shall be along such streets o
# alleys as this Council shall hereafte
d designate; but should said Counc
refuse or neglect 10 designate the sal
streets or alleys upon request of sal
Company, then the said Compan
10 may designate them.
- The said Company chaH-fsarnis
and put in, ready for use, and at sue
e points as the City Council shall des
It ignate, Is double-discharge fire by
n drants of the most approved make
and in the location of said hydrant
the said city shall not be required t
L locate any two hydrants nearer to
J. gether than an average of 400 fee
g but shall have the privilege of local
j, ing them nearer together than sal
distance at the option of said Council
>. nor shall the said Company be RI
Q quired to lay more than an average
r 200 feet of main without the locatio
!. of one fire hydrant thereon. but til
" main from the works to Front &
y Main streets shall not be included
J. any estimate of said average distance
il except SO much thereof as may be il
!. cluded between fire hydrants. With
five years from the date of the con
pletion of said works the City Counc
IS of the said city shall designate IL
is streets and alleys upon which mali
IF shall be extended and hydrants lOca
~ ed, as herein stated, SO that the nun
Z Der of hydrants used by the city #
u fire purposes at the expiration of sal
~ five years shall be not less than OF
re hundred and should said City Coul
ie Gil fail to so designate the streets an
g. alleys for the laying of mains, and Il
points for location of hydrants befol
the expiration of said five years, the
Immediately after the expiration
ID said five years, said Company ma
a. at its option, extend the mains an
! locate and put in fire hydrants, place
- not nearer than as hereinbef0re pr,
ne vided, until the number Of sue
hydrants, for which the city shall pa
rental, reaches one hundred.
The increase of fire hydrants fro
,al75 to 100 may be made by the sal
I. Council at one and the same time ,
= at different times during the said fl,
t:years, at its option, SO that at the exp
60 ration of said five years, the increa
N shall make the whole number of II
hydrants.
After the number Of fire hydran
rs aforesaid shall have reached II
the City Council may from time
time require by Ordinance or Resell
re- ton that the said Company shall wit
,g in q reasonable time thereafter, not
ee exceed six months, extend said mai
!, and pipes to other parts of the eli
" provided that an average of one fl
ID hydrant shall be located for every A
he feet of main required to be laid, al
provided further that no such exte
sion shall be required by said city u
less there shall DO an average numb
le Of not less than two tenement consur
In ers or an equivalent thereto for ca,
:. 100 feet of main pipe SO ordered to
p laid.
It All fire hydrants put in under u
ss provisions of this section after Il
- expiration of the first year shall
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