Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-09
City Ordinances.

I
tain Water Works for a public and private
supply of water in the city of GAINESVILLE,
Tennessee.
BE ii ordained bg The Board Of Mayor aud
Aldermen ofthe city Of CiarksUiHe
SECTION /. That the right of way, and the
right and privilege to construct operate and I
maintain Water Works IN and near the
City Of GAINESVILLE for the purpose OF sup
plying the City and citizens with water for 4
domestic, manufacturing and sanitary puf-
poses, as well as for the better protection OF .
the city against disaster from fires, Is hereby /
granted to TrayerS Daniel, OF the city OF .
Louisville, and to his associates, successors 1
and assigns for the term of (3O) thirty years |
from the date of record of this Ordinance.
80 The said Daniel, associates, successors t
and assigns, for convenience, are in the FUR /
ther provisions of this Ordinance designated
as ssthe Water Company.
2 g. And the said Water Company are also
granted the right of way as held by the city
for the term OF 800 thirty years 70 lay pipes
in any and all streets, alleys, lanes, roads, or
other public highways, within or without
the boundaries of the City, and TO repair or
extend the said pipes and TO place, c9listruer
such other needful devices or structures as
may be necessary for the successful operation
OF the said Water Works, and the disTtou-
ton of water in the said City. Provided
that there shall be no continued or unre;t-
sonable obstruction ofthe streets or any pub
lie highway, and after the use OF SAID stfeets
and highways for the purposes herein writ
ten, they shall be restored TO as good conui-
ton as near as practicable as before their
use.
A. The proposed Water Works shall be
composed in part of
2,640 feet of 10 inch pipe.
$3.50 feet of inch pipe
1850 feet of inch pipe.
2,640 feet of inch pipe.
2I.I2O feet--4 miles.
| Z 5. All of the said pipes shall be cast iron
water pipes of the best quality, made OF GOOD
| iron, and shall be sound castings, mace IN
TASKS and cast on endin twelve loot Lengths,
dan coated with patent Coal Tar arnlSh, ana
/ be capable of resisting 300 pounds Hydro
4 static pressure 10 the square inch.
Z g. There shall be duplicate pumping
| machinery of the most modern and appro-
| PIRATE style and efficiency, with capacity
| of pumping one and q half mlI1ion gsilIOnS
1 of water in "A hours.
2 Z. There shall be (40) forty-nye MIGRANTS
erected and maintained in etnelency oy
| the Water Company, which shall nave
| (4) four inch pipe connections 10 the main
/ pipes in the streets, and the openings Ior tne
| attachments of hose on the MIGRANTS snail
| be two and half inches in diameter, and
| the thread of the screw on the nozzles OF
| the openings shall be made to fit the hose
| couplings now in use by the FIRE DEPART
ment of GAINESVILLE.
| s The capacity of the hydrants shall be
| to throw a. four streams of water TO helghC
| equal to that of any house on the line OF
| nines on which such hydrant or hydrants
| NAV be situated. Each stream to be from
! a seperate hydrant, and through line OF
hose not exceeding 500 feet in length ana
two and a half inches in diameter, and the
| nozzle tips on the hose not to exceed one
| and a quarter inches.
g. In consideration of the Dement'S that
| will accrue to the City of GAINESVILLE and its
people by the erection and operation OF
Water Works, and for a better protection OF
the CITY against fire the City of ClarkSville
does hereby agree and bind herself TO rent
from the Water Company (4O) forty hydrants
for the eXtinguishment OF fire as hereinbe-
| fore described for the full term of this fran
! chise, that is, for 800 thirty years from the
date of the record OF this Ordinance, and the
rental to be paid by the City for the use OF
the said MIGRANTS shall be seventy-f1ve dol.
lars each per year, and the payments shall
| be made quarterly early, pro rata IN advance
: viz, on January LIST, April Isl, July Isl ang
October LIST of each year, during the period
of the said 800 thirty years; and the SAID
rental shall commence when the said ny
drants or any OF them 1 are erected ana theil
10. II the City should at any time re
ouire a greater number of hydrantS for fire
protection than the (40l forty named and
provided herein, such additional hydrant
l shall be erected and maintained by the
= Water Company as hereinbefore described
= and for which the City shall pay rental o
2 (5O( fifty dollars each per year, which sun
/ shall be payable Quarter-yearly pro rata IL
advance for the remaining time of the ex
istence of this franchise. Provided that tn
, City shall not require the Water COmpan.
: to erect or supply any hydrants where tn
main pipes have not been extended.
z IL. 1t is hereby stipulated ana agree
that the said hydrants are not rented to tn
City for other uses than the extinguish
| ment of fires and necessary drill and prac
tfce of fire companies, under the direction
S of the Chief of the Fire Department.
z II. If from any cause there shall be
q failure to supply q sufficient quantity c
:, water to the Fire Department as herein re
q uuired, by reason of neglect, wilfulness Q
: or mismanagement on the part OF the waite
: Company, the City shall not Tor Inc time {
d such failure be charged with or required [
pay any rents or charges for water.
: -. All lines of main pipes shall be Ic
Gated in such streets or other places as ma
be selected by the Water Company in cor
l. sultation with some person appointed b
the City. But all locations for MIGRANTS, 3
pipes shall be designated by resolution {
8 the City Council, and which shall be give
4 to the Water Company in writing as soon q
4 the pipes shall be distributed along an
} IA. The City shall at any time after tn
= expiration OF ten (l0l years after the date {
| this franchise have the right to purchase tn
IL Water Works with all its rights, propertle
a | and franchises at fair valuation, an
e which is to be ascertained by (3) three oil
/ interested persons of good intelligence, nc
residents of the City of ClarksvlIle or Nom
gomery county; one OF the SAID persons
Company, and these two to choose thtr'
When these three persons shall declare tn
valuation of the Water Works the City sha
nav the sum named with ten per cent, az
ded to the amount for which the WORE
may have been valued, and the City shall
this purchase assume all the obligations
the Water Company, the lawful quitan(
Ie for which shall be received by the Watt
Company as part of the cash payment
But the CITY shall have the right to decllr
T. to purchase the said Water Works after til
= valuation may have been made; but sue
refusal shall be deemed waiver of IL
Is right City to purchase the works.
: l5 The Water Works Company sha
n have the right to make, declare and enfort
such needful rules and regulations /
the operation of said Works, and the sc
!, vice Of water as they may deem necessal
:, in relation to its use and waste.
II Is. That in order TO carry out the pr
a visions of this Ordinance special tax sha
l. be levied according to laws made ana pr
10 vided, or which may be hereafter mace an
v provided and the said tax when colIecte
n be held inviolate, as a water tax for the sha
~ special purpose of defraying the expen.
T, contracted by the provisions OF TINS ora
y ! II. That as a further incentive for IL
~ construction of Wafer Works ana the II
g PRODUCTION of water in this City, the Wat
20 | Works erected and constructed under II
provisions of this Ordinance shall De e.
empt from all municipal taxation for u
term of ten lO) years from the date hereo
: Is. And it is further provided ana
If dained, that the Water Company for an
during the term of this Ordinance may
re their discretion charge and collect in az
l., vance, as their annual rates Tor the use
le water tariff of prices equal TO, but N
II, exceeding, the annexed list.
49, After the passage OF this Ordinan
RI to become of effect and force, the same sha
be accepted in writing by the said DAM
OF for himself and associates, successors
- assigns, and the work of, and pertaining
Y, the construction of the said Water WOrl
No shall be commenced within N5Ol thlfty Ga.
- OF the date of record of this Ordinance al
diligently prosecuted TO completion.
ANNUAL SCHEDULE OF WATER RATES Ft
GAINESVILLE TENN.
Ale cellars $40 90 to 20
iO Barber shops, one CHAIR.
6 Each additional chair...,...........
Bathing tubs, public, each. 10
rs Private tubs, each ....................-. b
I3anlrS including one basin 10
$, RaEaries - 10 90 to 80
=; Bnfcher ....,,........ 10 % to 20
10 Rriclx wards ........................ special
10 RreweTies or distilleries ........... special
Rock binders. special
Building purposes, per l,OOO