Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-19
THE WATER CONTRACT
netweeh the City and August. yy.,.-
Company.

Inc Following is a verbatim COPY of the
agreement relative to water SUNNY for III.
chy'oetween the city and the Augusta Water
Co.:
Inis agreement, made and entered into thi, 18th
aay Of May A. D., 1885, BY and between the Aueu.
20 WAFER Company,an incorporated body located and
Soing business in Augusta. ia the county of Kenne
,. ~ tne state OF Maine Of the part and the
CITY OF Augusta of the second part 'A'
Mltnesseth: That whereas the said Aupusta W..
company proposes to build maintain aud oDerafe
system OF wafer-works in said CITY of Aupnsta for
n re Purpose OF Supplying said city with water for
NOW, therefore, it ia agreed by and between the
parties hereto that said parties shall enter into and
YEAR. fro1 ny sne following agreement for twenty
item First The water shall be taken from tho
nehheoec river at point above the dam, through a
fo. to be thoroughly screened and filtered be-
Item Second-Said company agrees to put in and
nain'a'n force pump or pumps at or near the Ken.
meoec Gam, oil capacity OF not less than two mil
hon gallons In twenty four ho.rs TO he located in
Drick building with slate metal roof Said com.
Pany further agrees to build and maintain a reser
,or OF capacity of not less than six million gal
IONS to be located at point where the ton OF said
reservoir shall be not less than two hundred and six
nine seet above mt an low tide in the Kennebec
item rhird.-Said company agrees to put in. Law
ahu maintain system Of cas- iron pipes .ested to
Of 900 pounds to the square inch on the fol-
lowing streets: Beginning at the co.. ner of North.
ern Avenue and Franklin. down Norti ern Avenue
10 water, down Franklin to Washington. down
" nngton to Northern Avenue through Jefferson,
through VIII to Mount Vernon Avenue, do xn Mount
veInon Avenue 10 Bond. down Bond to W alter down
water from Northern venue to Hartford Souare
u uu %,oye from Hartford square to Capt. thence
through Chapel from Grove to Winthr D, from MI
vernon Avenue through State to Capitol, down Cap.
itol to Grove, from Water through Bridge To Chest
nut, through Chpstldt We.f1rn
western Avenue to State, through Green from Hart
iold square to Cushman, through Melville from
winthrop to Che stnat, from Water through Court
TO Chestnut, from st te through Weston to SewaII
from IRON winthrop through Pleasant to Bridge, from
winthrop through Summer to Bridge, from Win.
throp through Elm to Bridge from Winthrop throu Oh
winter to Bridge, from Winthrop through Spring TO
BRIDGE from winthrop through Dckman to Oak up
YAK 10 leasant,from state throug Oh Cuc CHI to Flag
Gown Flagg TO Oak, from Bridge through Crosby
thence through lane to State from Bridge I'D North
to Aims House, from Hartford Square through Gage
10 swan, through Swan to Grove, through Crescent
On east side OF the Kennebec river from the Kenne.
Dec bridge up Cony street to Gannett. from Cony
thr' ugh Gannett to School, from Gappett thrOu Oh
patterson to Turner, through Turner to School,
down School to Bangor, from G my through Bangor
10 Lock, down Lock to the Edwards Company's saw
Cony through Arsenal to office of Sturgis Lambard
Co., from Cony down stone and Hospital to East.
ern Avenue, through Ea tern Avenue to Arsenal,
from stone Though Middle to Eastern Avenue,
from Hospia al through Ced.r to Arsenal, from Hos.
pita through East Chestnut to Arsenal
The miin from the pumps to the reservoir shall be
not less than twelve inches in diameter; the main
from punps and reservoir, through entire length of
Water street to Hartford Square, shall be not lie SO
than we've inches; the main from Hartford Square
through Grove to Capitol. and thence to sewall,
shall be not less than ten inch the main from Ken.
nebec bridge to the corner of Cony and Bangor
Streets shall be not less than ten inch; the main
from the of Bri &c and State to Grove shall
be not less than eight inch No pipe on which by.
drant is located, shall be less than six inch If
rtsx N,n.-
upon any of the streets named in this item the same
shall be determined by disint rested hydraulic en-
gueer before such maius are lad. such engineer to
be mutually selected. the expense thereof to be borne
go iaily
Item Fourth Said company agrees to furnish, set
and maintain eighty improved nonfreezing hy-
drants, at points be dess ed by the city said
lines of pipe before the la ing Of the same. And
said company further agrees that 1t will keep and
maintain said hydrants in good order and repair at
all times, for the OF said city during such period
OF twenty years, and for such further time the
same may be rented by said city; repairs caused by
negligence and careessness in their by said city g
employees excepted, these to be made b. the company
at the said expense Aud that during such period
it will furnish through said hydrants as supp led by
said reservoir, pumps AID pipes. constant and suf
fcient supply o, water for protect against fire,
avoidabe at cldens ctpied. Said MIGRANTS shall
each b., provided with two or three nozzles as may
be desigl ard nv sud cit II required by said city
five OF said d'a,, ,hari h be provided with four
nozzles. The n, dran,- furnished shall be sat
isfactorv 70 the CT ,"uuca.
Item Fiftn.-Said mp ny agrees whenever nOti-
fled by the head OF the Fire Department to furnish
direct res from he pumps to increase the gray
Ity pressure OF MIGRANTS to make them efficient tor
duty.
Item Ixth-Said company further agrees that
said city shall on all necessary occasions have the
right said hydrants for the purpose of testing
the same. the fire apparatus without unnecessary
waste of water. or power EXCEPT when he ground is
frozen and without extra charge therefor. Said city
shall have the right to have the location of any ny
Grant changed upon the line of pipe above described
by Notifying said company in writing. said city to
paw thu actual cost OF making such change.
Item Seventh.-Said company agrees to furnish
water, at its mains, without ex RI charge therefor,
for the following purposes: For public display
fountain in monument Park, Of not more than one
fourth inch opening to be for not than 81 (
months in the year; for six watering trOughs; for
six public drinking fountains; for flushing sewers,
to be taken by pipes hose into man holes; Tor I'LL
ing reservoirs for buildings or rooms used by the
" for city purpose; for drinsing purposes in the
school houses along the line OF pipe in the Village
and w Iliams school Dslrcts; for all school pur-
poses in the Cony High School; for all school pur-
poses, including water closets In all school houses
along the line OF pipe that hereaiterwards become
with water carts; for three puollc urlnais. Said
water is TO be used without unnecessary waste The
watering trou chs shall be furnished with float valves,
and the drinking fountains with spring faucets;
Water for flushing sewers, filling reservoirs and
sprinkng streets may be taken from hydrants. un-
der the supervision of agents OF the company With
out charge for such supervision
Item Eighth said city agrees to pay the follow
ing rental for the eighty hydrans aforesaid as iol
lows the sum OF 500 per year for the hrst nve
years: the sum of S33 49, 90 pear year for the next
fifteen years. The first payment shall be made July
lat. 1887, and thereafterwards payments shall be
made monthly on the first day of zach month during
said twenty years at said cOmpanys office in Angus
Ia The first payment for the six months preceding
July LIST, 1887 and for each month thereafter until
the 80 hydrants ret shall be- in proportion to the
number of hydrants and for the time the same may
be ready for use the rate of S3 70 loo per hydrant
per during said five years. and $2 W 100 during
said fifteen years, and the gross yearly rent sha be
reduced accordingly $500. ,
Item Ninth.-All additional hydrants located by
said city during said twenty years shall be furnished
set and Kent In repair under the same regulations
as agreed relative TO said eighty hydrants the an
mn al rental for each OF said additional MIGRANTS to
be 0 a year for the remainder OF the period OF
twenty years aforesaid -.
lem Tenth-For ali hydrants which may be mere.
after RI oured streets where no pipes are LAID I'M
der this agreement said company agrees to extend
ts mains 1--we hundred and fifty feet in any direction
where there is ledge, and to furnish SET Keep in
repair thereon one, two or three nozzle nonireezng
bydrant the annual rent therefor 10 De $50 each
ner wear for the remainder OF said twenty years.
Item Eleyenth.-At the termination OF sad periou
of twenty wears the annual rebta Tor all Migrants
Then or thereafter wards located shall! be $l.ooo
wear for term not exceeding twenty years, at the
ontion of the CITY, All hydrants thereafterwards 10
he furnished and set at the expense OF the CITY, Sad
A coo shall also include therein without extra
charge the service covered by and included IN Items
sixth and seventh. ..e.s;
contract or during any contract made nnder item
eleventh the city shall have the right ana privilege
of purchasing of said company all the ouidngs res
rryojrs fixtures, apparatus, ana properly OF salo
comnany with all its corporate rights ana privileges
at such prjce as may be agreed on ana In case OF
disagreement between the parties the price Shall oe