The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-16

repairing said sys tenn of water orks shall have the
sole and exclusive privilege, aud full power right
and authority Sink wells and lay wafer pipes and
mains along any all of the streets and avenues of
said city, as'the same now opened or may here
after be extended; and To that end shall full
right to dig bitches trenches in the of said
city such depth and of such width as NAV be me-
cc>ary; Porided, That the city shall be respon
sibie for any damage occasioned thereby and that
the streets Shall not be unreasonably INSTRUCTED by
such work.
SEC. f. That the sid company shall have the
right TO erect buildings ard tanks, sink wells, lay
pipes and erect any other structure make any
other improvements which may be necessary for its
purposes on any and all lands owned controlled
by said city, except it, public squares, free from all
cost charge or taxes whatsoever.
SEC. s. That the said company shall complete
and have in operation in said city within eighteen
months from the passage OF this ordinance com
pletc and efficient system OF water works, with q
reservoir Of not less than forty thousand gallons
pacity and of sufficient height to produce pres
sure on the mains such that from any hydrant To-
Gated on Monroe Street, between Pensacola and
McCarty streets, a stream of water will be pro-
jeced fifty feet vertically through hundred feet
of fire hose with one inch nozzle attached; and
with pipes and mains laid upon the streets and for
the distances on said streets designated on map
plan Of system OF water-works, prepared for the
City Council by II 5. Duval, Engineer, and now in
possession Of the Council, with adequate
Der OF plugs or hydrants. OF approved pattern for
protection against fire along the streets where such
mains and pipes are laid, said bydrants not to
ceed sixty, in all Pf0vided, That if the work shall
be delayed by epidemic other providential
cause, or by the Intervention OF the authorities OF
the city State, Or by suits in the courts then the
time SO limited shall be extended for period equal
to the time Of such stOppage or delay and sixty
days additional.
SEC. 6. That said company shall have the right
to extend its mains and pipes, enlarge its plant, IN
crease the number of its wells and generally to en-
large its system from time to time to meet increas
ing demands
SEC. Z. That the City of Tallahassee, In consider
alton of the said company guaranteeing to it for the
period of twenty years, and as long thereafter as
said company, its successors and assigns, shall con-
tnue to operate said water-wOrks, the free aud un
restricted Of its water supply in Of fire and
for protection against confagratOn and agreeing TO
establish at convenient places along the line OF its
mains fire plugs, of approved patterns, for that pur
pose, not to exceed sixty in all, and in further con
sideratOn of the said company agreeing to furnish
the public municipal buildings of said city with
water, hereby Obgates itself to pay to said COM
pany its successors aud assigns the sum of twenty
four hundred dollars annually for twenty years, in
seni-annual payments of twelve hundred dollars
each, on the first day of January and July of each
year. the first of said payments to be made on such
of said days first after the completion Of
the works as provided in section 5 /; and in case
said city shall not have sufficient funds at any of
such times to make said payments, or for any cause
does not pay said money at the times fixed afore
said, then and in that warrants shall be issued
on the City Treasurer in favor OF said company for
the amount due.
SEC ). That the Council snail and they are hereby
required. to make provision each yetr FIR the pay
Of the sum twenty four hundred dollars as
provided in the foregoing Section, by levyng a tax
sufficient for that purpose upon the taxable prop
crty of the city.
SEC. .. That said Company, its successors and as
signs, shall have the right u make reasonable rules
and regulations for the government OF private con-
sumers in the use OF its water; and to charge such
rates for its use it may from time TO time estab
lleh, provided the rates charged per annum shall
not exceed those named in the following schedule,
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