The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-08-18
ORDINANCE NO. 80.


An ordinance providing for the supply Of
water to the city OF McCOok in the county
of Red Willow and state of Nebraska, and
its inhabitants, and authorizing the Lincoln
Land Company to maintain its system of
waller works rs now constructed, and estab-
fishing a tariff OF reasonable water rates,
and requiring SAID company to erect and
maintain q s%tandpipe, and put in nine ac-
ditioilal fire hydrants and one watering
trough, and to extend their water mains
along Deniis0i street in and through West
McCook, and prescribing rules and regula-
tons for the consumption OF said water
derived from said water works, and provid-
ing u penalty for the violation OF any OF the
provisions OF this ordinance, and authoriZ
ing the mayor and council Of said city to
enter into Il contract with said Lincoln
= Land Company, its successors or assigns,
for the Improvement, maintenance and
operation of said water works, in said city,
and to repeal ordinance No. 45 and all 0rdi-
nances and parts OF ordinances in conflict
herewith.
Be il ordained by the mayor and council of
the city OF McCo0k:
Section l. That in consideration of the
benefits which will result to the city of Nc
Cook and its inhabitants from the erection,
maintenance and operation of water works
in said city, there is hereby granted to the
Lincoln Land Company, its successors or
assigns, the right to maintain, improve and
operate the system of water works it now has
in said city, and to add to the same, and to
construct other works and buildings neceS-
Sary TO a successful operation of said works;
and also the right to maintain and to lay
mains, pipes, conduitS and erect hydraiIts in
and along the streets, lanes, avenues and
alleys and public grounds OF the said city of
McCoOk, for supplying water for fire, dOineS-
tic and other purposes, for the term Oh twenty
years, and the common council of said city is
hereby empowered on behalf of the city to
enter into contracts with said Lincoln Land
Company for the construction, maintenance
and operation OF a system Of water works in
accordance with the provisions and require
mentS of this ordinance.
Section 2. The Lincoln Land Company
shall at all times after the erection OF the
%Standpipe hereinafter mentioned furnish all
water necessary for fire protection, domestic,
lawn and street sprinkling purposes, the best
water Obtalnable from wells and not river
water, at the rates and under the conditions
hereinafter mentioned, and i'll consideration
of the benefits that will result to the said city
of McCOOk by the erection and maintenance
of said water works, the said city agrees To
rent, and does rent, for the term OF twenty
years, thirty double discharge, anti freezing
fire hydralltS, two watering trOugllS and one
street sprinkler. TWenty-One of said hyd-
rants and one watering trough are now lOca-
ted on the mains of said water works of said
city, and nine hydrantS and one watering
trough to be located at such points as the city
council may direct, OIL the mains as now laid
and TO be laid in said city. For such hydrants
and Watering trOugilS the said city OF McCoOk
agrees, after tbs erection. of said standpipe,
to pay the annual rental Of fifty dollars each,
payable quarterly, on the first day OF January,
the first uay OF April, the first day of July,
and the first day of October of each year of
said term, with legal rate of interest on
deferred payments. The MIGRANTS when
Arnntnd SltoII hn mood nValnciunIu fnr tt.
extinction of fire, and necessary practice of
fire companies; but in all cases Of fire prac-
tlce there shall be no nozzle used larger than
one inch, nor more than two hydrants used
at one time, nor discharged from an oritice
larger than one and One-half inch, and i'll all
cases of practice the superintendent of said
company shall be notified.
Section 3. The said Lincoln Land Com
paly, its successors OF assigns, shall by Feb
ruary first, 1894, extend the mains of said
water works from Mcdowell street i'll said
city west on DenniSon street to the corporate
limits, and from DenniSOn street south on
Maryland avenue to the right of way of the
railway company, and north from DenniSOn
street Oh said avenue $50 feet, and from
DennisOn street south on Michigan avenue to
the right of way of the railway company. and
north trOm DenniSOn street on said avenue
$50 feet; and such extension shall nave suffi-
cient pressure to throw water one hundred
feet from the end of the nozzle when six
hundred feet of hose is used, with one inch
ring nozzle, with one line of hose. In con-
sideratiOn of said extension and the building
of said Standpipe, the city agrees to the rental
watering trough provided for in section two
of this ordinance. The said company shall
extend the mains of said water works to any
part of the city when required by resolutions
of the city council, and when such last eX-
tension shall be required there shall be erec-
Tod for fha rSp of caid aifv ono fro hyrjr,rt
or watering trough for each four hundred
feet of mains, to be located at points i'm said
city designated by the city council, and for
each of such hydrants the city shall pay to
the said company the sum of fifty dollars
annually, payable quarterly as aforesaid.
Section 4. The city council of said city
reserving the right to revise and amend the
water lates hereafter established after the
expiration of eight years from the passage of
this ordinance, and once every six years
thereafter during the existence of the contract
herein provided for between tine Lincoln
Land Company; and the city of McCook do
establish as the tariff of water rates per
I'M to consumers from the Lincoln Land
Company's water works at McCook, the fol-
lowing:
Banks, including basin. $1,000
Bakeries, average one barrel of flour per
Gay -. q. ......... lO,OO
Barber shop. first hair. ...... 500
Barber shop. each additional chair. go. 500
Bath room, public, first tub............ 200
Bath room. each additional tub. ........ 500
Bath room, private -. 400
Blacksmith shop. first fire ............ 500
Blacksmith shop, each additional fire.. 400
Barland drinking saloons. ..... e. .... 2D.OO
Billiard saloon. first table 500
Billiard saloon. each additional table,. 400
Billiard table in drinking saloon........ 800
Breweries and distilleries-Special rate.
Boarding and lodging house. each room. 200
Bottling works, including pop factories. 5000
BOOK Dlnderies 1890
Building purposes, brick per thousand in
wall, ten thousand or less. 20
Building purposes. brick per thousand in
wall, ten thousand or more. 10
Stone work, per perch in wall ............ 10
clustering, per square yard. .......... IL
brlck yarQ.....-..... =. j. special rate.
Candy factory =. 1900
Cigar factory, five hands or less......... 1000
Cigar factory. each additional hand ...... 200
Dwelling house. not exceeding three
rooms, occupied by one family........ 500
Dwelling house, each additional room... l.50
Dwelling house. for each additional fam
lily add one hundred per cent.
Dray horses. each 800
Dye house --.... ..-...-.-.... 49,. 1900
Eating saloons or restaurants. =. Is. 90
fountains. .......... -. Special rate.
Filling private ciStern, each time, fifty
barrels or lesS..--..... ..... -. :. 400
Gas works Special rate.
Hotel and boarding house of five to ten