The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-10

companies or INDIVIDUALS 10 lay ahu Ha-n-
tain pipes in the streets, avenues. aleys,
lawns and public grounds IN the city OF Ioia
Kans for the purpose of supplying ssld CITY NY
and its inhabitants with natural gas IoI
heating and illuminating purposes, ana
regulating the manner of laying sueh pipes,
the kind and quality of same, and hxlng the
maximum rates TO be charged the eohs ,1il
ers of gas therefor; and providing penaltles
for the violation of the provisions OF such
ordinance
DE 1T ORDAINED by the Mayor and Coun-
IL cilmen of the City of lola, Kansas:
SECTION !. That any corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Kansas: or any
firm, company or individual or individuals
having its, his or their Offices in the city OF lola
Allen county. Kansas may lay, maintain. and
extend mains. trenches. pipes ana conuuiis
through the streets, avenues, alleys ana puOnc
grounds Of said city and may take the same up
for the purpose of altering, changing or repair
ing from time to time, as the necessities OF the
case may require, for the purpose OF supplying
said city and its inhabitants with natural gas
under and subject to the restrictions and upon
the conditions hereinafter set out.
SEC 2 All mains and pipes laid in said city
shall be laid in the streets whenever the same
is practicable and no route shall ever be selected
or pipes or mains laid in said city by any cor
pOTation. firm, company individual or indlVid-
uals until n general plan showing the street
alley. avenue or public ground TO be opened
| and the proposed location of the mains or pipes
in such streets. alleys avenues or public grounds
and the highest pressure intended 10 be carried
on said line with the precautions for safety,
| shall have been furnished to the city council OF
the city of lola, Kansas, and receive their ap-
prevail
SEC 3. Whenever the city of lola shall deter
mine To construct any sewer in. along or across
any street. alley, avenue or public ground
where any mains or pipes of any such corpora
ton, firm company, individual or individuals
| shall be laid said corporation, firm company,
individual or individuals as the case may be.
shall at Its. his or their own expense, lower,
elevate change or remove the mains or pipes
so that said sewer may be laid at the pOin. and
place determined on by said city Notice given
| by the city marshal in writing shall be suth-
Client
SEC. 4. All pavemcnts, sidewalks, crosswalks
curbstones cutters, streets, alleys, or public
grounds IN any way displaced. disturbed or IN
| jured by any corporation, finn, company, indi-
vidual or individuals in laying altering, repair
ing maintaining its, his or their MAINS pipes.
street boxes, valves or other appliances, shall
Immediately be restored. replaced, repaired and
put in as good condition as the same were before
| being disturbed or displaced as aforesaid.
SEC b All work in laying or repairing mains
| or pipes shall be prosecuted in such manner as
not 20 interfere with the public use or travel
upon the streets, avenues. and alleys of said
city where it can be avoided; and when such
/ use is Numerically Obstructed by such corpor-
ation firm, company individual or individuals
it, he. or they as the case may be shall with al
/ reasonable dispatch, repair, and replace such
/ street avenue. alley and public ground, so that
| the public use will not be obstructed beyond a
reasonable time. The work shall be pushed as
| rapidly as possible to completion and all of the
| streets. avenues, alleys and public grounds
| shall be promptly restored to as good condition
as they were in when the work was commenced
and shall be kept in such condition by said cor
pOration, firm, company individual or individ-
| uals as the ease may be for the period of one
year, and that due diligence and precautiOn
shall be used while prosecuting the work, and
| during the year to avoid accidents.
SEC g. All pipes mains and apparatus of any
| Kind and dissertation used nv nDV COrDOratiOQ.
| firm company individual or individuals, for the
| Uses and purposes in this ordinance specified,
! lty All pipes shall be standard weight, and
shall be so laid as not to interfere with the use
| of the streets alleys, avenues. or public grounds
after the same are in place. The mains aud
service pipes shall also be so laid in the public
| streets. alleys avenues and public grounds OF
said city as TO prevent the escape of gas, and In
such manner as that the use Of the gas, will be
| safe. Said service pipes shall be laid to the
property line without expense to the persons
desiring 10 use the gas.
SEC :. Ifthe city MARSHAL shall discover al
| any time thsT any corporation firm. company
! ipdi ,idual or individuals or other person OF
persons are prosecuting its, hsoT,their work.in
/ careless, diiatory, incompetent or unskillful
mauucr he shall notify the corporation, firm
| company, individual or individuals or Other
person or persons of the same in writing and
any person or persons after such notice shall
have been given, performing such careless in.
competent, dilatory and unskillful work shall
| conviction thereof shall be punished as here.
matter provided in this ordinance.
| SECS All mains pipes or cOnduits used fol
the p"rpose of supplying natural gas shall be
| known and classified as follows First all
mains intended as feeders for the supply of gas
Tor general system of mains or pipes shall be
known and classified as high pressure mains
Second, all pipes intended to carry gas for the
| supply of domestic, consumption, shall bt
known aud classified as low pressure mains.
Third, all supply pipes leading from the
mains to the property line of consumers shall
be known and classified as service pipes.
Fourth, all pipes leading from the property
line TO- IN OF through houses or ether places Of
consumption shall be. known md classified as
house connections The term property line is
hereby defined to mean the line of the street
avenue or alley upon which the property own
cd or occupied by the consumer is located AL
pipes conveying or supplying natural gas under
any of the ABOVE classihcatiOns shall be sub
jected TO the regulations. requirements and re
strictiols of their respective classes.
SEC 9 That the top of any and,,all natural gas
mains aad service pipes laid for the purpose o.
conveying or supplying natural gas in said city
shall be at a depth of not less than feet below
the surface Of any street avenue, alley or public
ground in or through which said mains and
service pines may be laid, and shall occupy such
part or portion of said street, avenue alley Of
public ground as may be designated by the city
council of said city of lola,
SEC 10. All pipes used for the purpose o.
conveying or supplying natural gas shall be
|
made by and at the expense of the corporation
firm company individual or individuals desir
ing to lay said pipes. All high pressure main;
shall be subjected to test OF one hundred lOO
pounds air pressure per square inch All low
pressure mains shall be subjected 10 test Of
fifteen u5) pounds air pressure per square inch
Service pipes shall be tested at the same time
where practicable that low pressure mains are
tested and shall also be subjected to a test of Il
pounds pressure per square inch. All tests
shall be made under the direction Of ard to tht
I of a pi Y = III
lola and WHOM said gas mains and service pipes
shall have stood the required tests. said city
council shall cause to be furnished. certificate
of the same TO the said corporation hrn, com
pany, individual or individuals which certih-
cate shall also show by whom said test was
made
SEC IL Corporations, firms companies, indi
vidual or individuals supplying natural gas &c
said city and its inhabitants, shall not connect
service pipes for domestic consumption wish
high pressure mains except II spNclhc eases
remote from low pressure mains and IN SAID
! cases, gas shall be only supplied to consumers
alter the same has been reduced by an autOmat
ic regulator and cut off to the maximum pres
sure allowed on low pressure mains.
SEC l.. No corporation firm company indi-
vidual or individuals operating a natural gas
plant in the city of lola shall be allowed to tur-
gas into the house connections OF any cGI=dmeI
until said corporation, firm. company indiyld-
ual or individuals intending TO supply the
aforesaid consumer with natural gas s9al have
tested said house connections, ana shall give 10
said proposed consumer certificate, without
expense, showing that said house connections
were subjected to the same pressure tests here
inbeiore required for low pressure MAINS, and
said house connections shall be subjected 10 q
Afteen pounds air pressure per square inch for
thirty minutes; Provided however. that said
city, her officers agents or servants shall in no
event be liable for any injury or damage done
TO persons or property by reason of assuming
control and direction of the work of laying test
ing operating or maintaining any gas plant Sg
aforesaid. and that am corporation, tIl sorn-
pany individual or individuals ~ snail accept
the provisions of this ordinance aud furnish
natural gas 20 said city of lola aud its inhabi-
taDtS or any part OF same shall by such accept
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