The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-02
ORDINANCE NO "a.

An ordinance granting to Travis Daniel, HIS as
sociates, successors and assigns the right OF way
and privilege Of constructing maintaining and OPP
Grating water works in and near the city of Cairo,
in the state Of Illinois for the public and private
supply ofwater.
BE il ordained by the City Council of The city OF
Cairo, in the state Of Illinois.
Section l. That upon the conditions aud sub
iect to the terms. qua ihcations and restrictions
hereinafter mentiultd lnc privilege Of Demonstrating
maintaining and operating water works as held nv
ssid city, for public and private supply of water
within and near the same, Ia hereby granted to
Travis Daniel, of the city of Clarksvllle, In the
state of Tennessee and to his associates successors
and ass gns for per cd of thirty years from the
passage of this ordinance, together with the right
of way In any or all Of the streets alleya, aveD
ues, lanes, roads or other public highways within
or near said city, TO lay pipes or repair The same
to construct conduite, to erect hydrans aud fouD
taius and such other devices and structures may
be requisite and necessary tor the conveyance and
distribution OF water within and near said city.
Provided thatthere shall be no unnecessary or per
manent obstruction of the said streets
or the highways. aud after thar
use for the purposes described they sha! be
restored to AZ gooda practical condition without
delay as before their use.
Section g. The said water works shall he on the
gravitaton plan, using stand pipe for the static
pressure Of water In the pipe system OF said works
The stand pipe shall have good stone foundation,
resting on substantial piliDg driven in the ground
and shall be two hundred feet In height above
| foundation and twenty feet in diameter, and shall
be made of rivited wrought iron plates, double riv
eted at the ends for the lower fifty feet from the
| base and all Of such thickness a. shall insure a
| good, substantial and safe stand pipe, aud such
stand pipe shall at all times, natural causes and
| unavoidable accidents emily excepted be kept fun
or nearly 40 az Ia practical and reasonably pos.
sible and so at all times 10 give for instant use
| hydrostatic pressure In the pipes OF an average
OF sixty-four pounds per square inch, with a min.
| imum Of not less than forty three pounds per
| square inch.
| Section 3. The pipe system shall be Of the
| best cast iron standard water pipes, coated with
| Ur. Smiths patent coal tar varnish and tested to
| three hundred pounds per square inch, and the
main pipes In said pipe system shall be in all not
| less than seven miles linea measurement, divided
IA respects nea| feet and diameter as follows, viz.
Four thousand three hundred and thirty-threc feet
| of pipe twenty inches in diameter Two thousand
three hundred and thirty.threc feet of pipe sixteen
inches in diameter, one hall of the remaining pipe
twelve inches In diameter and the residue OF said
seven miles of pipe ten inches In diameter and In
the construction of said pipe system there shall
be such reasonable number OF stop valves that, In
case of accidental breakage and repairs, the dis
trict in which water supply shall 90 thereby
| temporarily stopped, shall be reasonably small,
and all hydrants shall he connected with the mains
BY pipes not less than Elk inches diameter.
scction4 4. The supply of water for said system
| of water works II taken from the Ohio river, shall
| he taken north OF Thrtysixth street and II taken
from tho Mississippi river, north OF Twentyeighth
street II extended and " taken from awell. sucn
well shall be only such depth that the character OF
| tho water shall not DO materially dlherent from
that in ono or the other Of said rivers
Section s. The pumps shall be two Ia number,
OF either Worthington or Geo T. Biake Go:
make, or of other makers of an equal STANDARD Of
| excellence Each pump shall have a capacity to
deliver 2,OO0,O00 gallons Of water per twenty'fonr
hours under u pressure OF water of eightysix
pounds por square inch at moderate speed not OK
cccdlng one hundred feet travel Of piston per min
ute, and each pump shall have It's own separate
equipment Of boilers and other appurtenances
complete so that one full pumping equipment
shall be In reserve In case Of needed repairs or nc
cident to tho onein use. IH
secton8 II Is not now sxpedicnt that tho city
OF Cairo shall build water works, but IN view 81
the urgent necessity OF tho said city for better
protection against the rsvages Of Are and sso by
reason OF the urgent noed Of copious supply Q
rood water In tho city OF Cairo for domestic an,
sanitary uses, The city Of Cairo HiorosAid doe
hereby bind herself TO ront from the said Daniel
associates, successors and assignees eighty donhl
nozzle Arc hydrants TO be located along tho line
OF said piper AZ such places 40 may be named b
written authority Of this council, and which loc'