The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-24

the ground for the conveying and distrlbu-
ton Of water Aforesaid, provided such pave
ments and sidewalks shall be repaired and
excavations rcflled 50 as to leave the streets
in Is good condition, as near as may be, a.
they were before, and with all convenient
speed.
Sec. 3. The said water works to be con-
structed on what IL known rs the Perkins
system, with pumps OF not less than one and
one-half million gallons capacity. fire pres
sure, in twenty-four hours. The main and
distribution pipes, the total length Of which
shall be not less then i've and one-half milef,
shall be from four to eight inches in their in
ner diameter, Of cast iron water pipe, stand
ard pressure Of 800 pounds to the square
inch. The route, or location. Of the said pipe
distribution IL herewith submitted, marked
Plan A, and adopted.
Sec. 4. The said works shall be so con-
structed Is to interfere as little rs possible
with tn the rights and property Of others 10
said city, and II any person shall wilfully or
maliciously injure or destroy any portion Of
the works, or shall wilfully interfere with,
open or waste any water from the hre by
drants Of the said water works, except for
the purpose of distinguishing fires, or such
other purposes as said hydrants may, under
this ordinance, be legitimately used. Such
person shall be guilty OF misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in .
sum not less then three nor more than fifty
dollars.
Sec. 5. srhe following shall be the test Of
the capacity Of the works, to discharge by
steam power alone, three one inch streams
one hundred feet in height, through fifty feet
Of hose, or maintain its equivalent Of pressure
at the hydrant MOBILES, and with the addi-
ton Of the water power six fire streams, as
aforesaid.
Sec. Q. The city may require said d. b.
Sears, heirs and assigns, to extend the water
mains along any graded street which can be
reached through 4 continuous line OF other
graded streets and pipe distribution where
ever there shall be sufficient guarantee to
the said d. B. Sears that there shall be one
consumer of water to every seventy-fve feet
of water pipes, and hre hydrant to every
six hundred feet Of pipes so extended.
Sec. I. The city of Wichita hereby agrees
to and does rent from d. II. Sears, heir and
assigns, during the term Of twenty-five years,
nfty-hve hydrants, to be located along the
aforesaid five and onc-half miles Of water
pipes, said hydrants to be located as the May
or and Council may direct. Said hydrants
to be double tipped tops for p inch, fire hose
coupling. Said hydrants to be erected and
connected with said pipes as they are laid in
the ground, and the said city Of Wichita
hereby agrees to pay an annual rental for said
fifty hydrants the sum of four thousand dol
lars, payable semi-annually, on the 18th days
OF January and July in each year, for the full
term oftwenty-fve years from the compile
ton Of said work, and the said ID. b. Sears
hereby agrees to erect, whenever directed by
said city. any additional hydrants said city
may require on said 81 miles Of pipe, at an
annual rental of fifty dollars per hydrant, and
and in any future extensions. rs specified in
Section Six, hereof additional hydrants for
which the city shall pay the sum Of fifty dol
lars each Tor the use thereof, same manner as
first fifty aforesaid. The rental Of each Of
said fire hydrants to be paid for at the rate
aforesaid shall begin at the date at which it
is fully ready for use, and the water and
pressure ready to be delivered through the
same, and the city clerk Of said city notified
of the fact by said manager or owner Of the
water works.
Sec. s. Should the said d. b. Sears, heirs
or assigns. in the construction of the water
works, deem it expedient to cucumber the
works, the interest Of which amount, ut the
rate Of s per cent. per annum, shall not ex-
coed 80 per cent. OF the rental Of the fifty by
drants- Then said Sears, heirs or assigns
hereby agrees that the aforesaid 50 per cent.
to become due from said city for the afore-
said hydIant rental from year to year, rs
aforesaid, shall be set aside rs net earnings
and placed in the hands OF the city treasurer
rs trustee, exclusively for the payment Of the
interest of the said indebtedness as the same
may from time to time become due and paya-
BILE, and the remainder Of the rental Of the
80 dydrants, together with the rental of ouch
other hydrants as the city shall order from
time to time, after the payment Of the inter-
est Of said Indebtedness shall be paid semi
annually to said Sears, heirs or assigns. Any
deferred or delayed payments shall besr per
cent. annual interest from the time the sane
may become due and pryable until paid.
See. Q. The city Of Wichita hereby re-
serves to itself the right at its option TO pur-
chase the works at any time after 10 years
from completion Of same, including all ex-
tensions and every thing pertaining or be-
longing to said works by paying therefor
the fair and equitable value thereof. The
equitable value thereof to be xscertained, if
the parties cannot agree, by the district court
Of Sedgwick county, upon petition Of either
party, in q manner as the court may deter
mine. The city holding said Sears harmless
providing that the city shall not be deemed
nor held to be liable for n greater sum than
the actual equitable value of said works.
Sec. 10. The city shall have the water Tree
Of charge provided they will erect the tx
turcs for the use Of the same to flush the
cutters Of the streets and alleys when they
deem it necessary, for fire department uses,
City Hall, public schools, courches, and four
public drinking fountains and one ornamcn-
tai fountain for public park, excepting and
reserving TO said Sears, heirs or assigns. the
right to shut Of all such water in time Of fire.
Sec. II. The water rate to consumers shall
not exceed the following rates:
Residence Of four rooms and under q 6 70
All over four rooms and under ten 81
per annum for each additional room;
all over ten rooms, IS cents addition
ii for each room per annum.
Hotels and boarding houses tor each
room ..-...........-.... 90
Odsces. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3 %
Sleeping rooms ...-........ 500
Stores, = feet front or less . 10 %
Bakeries. average daily Use for each
barrel Of -four, $500 per annum, but
in no case less than. ............'.... 10 90
Drug stores. -.......... .-.... 10 %