Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
ARD1NANcs NO. XXI.

An Ordinance authorizing and granting to G..
A Eastman, his leases or assigns the right to
lucate, construct and lay down aQuedncts, water.
mains. water-pipes and hydrants for y system of
corporate limits of the Cityof Hot Springs, South
Dakota.
he It enacted by the City Council of the CITY of
Hot Springs. South Dakota.
SECTION 4. That there be and is hereby grant
ed to said Il. A. Eastman or his lessecs or assigns
the right and authority to construct, and permis-
sion Is hereby given to said g. A. Eastman. his
%lessees OF assigns, to locate, construct and oper-
ate " system Ut water works and to lay and estab-
lish all necessary and convenient aqueducts,
along, across and under the streets and sileys Of
the said city OF Hot Springs, and to occupy, inain-
tain, use and operate said aqueducts. water mains.
poses as a system of water works In said city of
Hot Springs, for the term of twenty years from
the passage OF this ordinance, in the manner and
upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned and
prescribed.
SEC. !. Said system of water works shall be
used Tor the purpose Of furnishing water for all
eXtinguishing fires and for ordinary public ii,ses,
also for the Use of individuals and families for
private purposes, and at the rates hereinafter
SEC. ;. Sud aqueducts, water-mains, water
pipes and hydrants shall be of good material, and
the principal aqueduct, or Waterman shall be
SEC: 4. The rate which said G. A. Eastman or
said iessees or assigns shall charge said city Of
Hot Springs Tor all ordinary public uees shall'nut
drant furnished to said city up to the number Of
ttty, and $40 per annum for each hydrant after
itty and up to eeventv-five, and Ss5 per annum
for each lhydrant after seyenty-Gve SO furnishpd
to said city for public purposes, and said grantee
OF his lessees or assigns, shall have the right and
power to charge and exact the rate above mem
mone a ior ail lSdrants so furnished to said city,
and the said city OF Hot Springs hereby covenants
and agrees In consideration of the construction
and operation of said system of water works in
ssid CITY OF Hot springs, to pay to said grantee
or his lessees or assigns, the rates above men
TONED for ut least one hydrant to each block, lin
ea. measure, on all Of the business streets Of said
CITY, during the continuance of this franchise,
from and after the time said system of water
works is in running order.
SEC. 8. The said grantee or his lessees OF as
signs shall the construction of said
system of water works within three months from
the passage of this ordinance, and shall hav. the
came completed and in good running order on
al OF the business streets of said city, wherever
the city council shall by resolution request the
same to be completed, within nine months frsm
the passage of this ordinance, and shall extend
the same wherever the needs of the city may re.
quire 1t, and whenever ordered so to do by the
city council, on petition of not less than six fami-
ilcs, ana whenever an extension is so ordered,
SAID SAID city OF Hot Springs covenants and agrees IN
PUBLIC purposes. and to pay for at the rates here
inbeiore mentioned, one hydrant for each five
hundred feet Of such extension.
SEC. b. Said grantee, his lessees or assiuns.
shall furnish water at not to exceed the following
rates, for dwellings, tenement houses, hotels,
and places of business, and shall have the righi
and power to charge and exact for water so used
for private purposes, the following rates. t0-wit;
Dwellings. Each private dwelling occupied b,
one family. per annum $500. For each addi
tional family, $1,000. This rate entities the con
sumner to have n tap in every room.
Tenement houses, or dwellings, occupied h,
WOO more families, special rates,
Ambrotype and Photograph Galleries, per an
mum $4,000.
Bakeries. For each barrel of flour used daily
per annum $500, with additional charge fol
steam engines.)
Bath Tubs in private houses, hot and cold wa
ter, special rates. In hotels, special rates.
Barber Shops. For first chair, per annrr
$1,000. Each additional chair, per annum. $500
Blacksmith Shops. For each fire, per annum
5000.
Breweries, Dietilleries, Rectifers, compound
er,s special rates or meter measurement.
Fonndries, machine shops and manufactures
special rates or meter measurement.
Hotels, taverns and boarding houses, specia
rates.
Locomotives, special rates.
Mechanics shops employing not exceeding ter
hands, per annnm, S25.OO; each additional hand
per aDnum, $500.
Market honees, fish stalls, per annnm, $500
Fruit and vegetable stands, per annum, Sla.U
Offices, each tap. per annum, S1O.O0to $4,000 It
Printing offices. special rates.
Saloons and eating houses. pei. annum, 5000
to S1h 90; fountains in bar, special rates.
each stall up to twenty, per annum, $500; eacl