Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-21
THE wATER WORKS.
The Complaint Filed by the Rich.
mOnd Water Works n the
Clerks ONCE Yesterday.

The Richmond City Water Works
complains of the city of Richmond and
the s. l.. Wiley Construction Company
and says that said plaintiff is corpora
ton duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Indiana, being
organized for the purpose of construct
ing, operating and maintaining system
of water works to be used in supplying
the defendant, the city of Richmond,
Indiana, and the citizens thereof, with
water; that in pursuance OF said object
plaintiff made propositions to said city
through its common council, stating the
terms upon which plaintiff would con-
struct such water works, and on the 9th
day of February, 1884, the said city, by
ordinance duly ordained by its common
council, did agree that said plaintiff
might construct said water works upon
the terms therein named, to-wit !:
Agreeing among other things to con-
struct buildings, machinery, reservoir,
filtration galleries, pipes, mains, hy-
drants and other appurtenances of
the kind, quality and capacity
set forth in said ordinance,
by means whereof it would sup
ply said city and residents thereof
with water of fixed standard of purity
for domestic and mechanical purposes,
and maintain water in said pipes, mains
and hydrants at not less than a stipu-
lated pressure, with provisions for extra
pressure in case of fire, and supply said
residents with water at prices specified
in said ordinance and furnish water
free of cost to said city and certain
others for certain purposes, and to lay
its water pipes and mains upon certain
nd
extend them from time to time upon
terms and conditions named in said or
dinance. And in consideration of these
obligations said city did by said ordi-
nance agree with the plaintiff, among
other things, that plaintiff should have
the right to lay its water pipes and
mains under the surface of the streets,
highways and public grounds of said
city, subject to specified conditions, as
to the manner of making excavations
and restoring the surface to its former
and that said city would for
the term of seven years from the com
pletion of said water works rent one
hundred and eighty hydrants to be
placed upon the lines of plaintiff pipes
at an annual rental of $50 tor each hy-
drant, said ordinance providing that
said city should designate the points of
said lines where said hydrants should
be located And by the terms of said
ordinance plaintiff was given thirty days
from its passage within which to signify
its acceptance of the terms of said ordi-
nance by filing written acceptance
thereof with the clerk of said city, to-
gether with bond in the penal sum of
one hundred thousand dollars condi
toned for the faithful performance by
plaintiff of the obligations of said ordi
nance and ninety days from the filing
of said acceptynce and bond within
which to begin the construction of said
work. And for greater certainty a copy
of said ordinance is filed herewith. And
plaintiff says that within the thirty days
allowed for that purpose in said ordi
nance plaintiff did file with the clerk Of
the said city its written acceptance of
the terms, conditions and obligations of
said ordinance
The plaintiff is represented by Harri-
son, Miller 4 Elam, Baker, Horde 4
Hendricks, Thomas j. Study and Henry
C Foy