People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04
The Wafer cempany Notified.

Ing. WIS served upon J. ". Thralls.
lageat Of the water company. next
morning by Marshal ShaWyer:
To the Wellington Water Works. CONSISTING
GiC W a. III, as 81 les uud ss-i ..ns. and
J. VI. No. Is. iGf"a. OF said wafer COM
phy u"d sac Wellington Wstrg WorkS:
Gent'emen:-You are hereby noti.
fled that you are not now, and for a
long time have not been furnishing
water TO the city Of Wellington, Kan.
and he citizens thereof in accordance
with the contract and ordinance un.
der which YOU were given the priyi-
cseoferec;ing and maintaining water
works IN and for the city OF yelling.
ton, Kan. and for the inhabitants
thereof, andcontained and set forth in
ordinance No. 26l of the ordinances
OF TIE city Of Wellington, and as
amended by ordinance No. 465, OF the
said ordinances Of said city. You are
now and for a long time past have
been violating section l, Ct ordinance
No. 46j, as amending section 3, of
ordinance No. POI, Of the said ordin-
anceS of said city in this, tO-wit:
That you have not now, nor for a
long time, if ever you had, "two sets
CT independent pumps working singly
or combined, with proper machinery
of sufficient capacity, to at all times
furnish the pressure and service re-
quired of you, and in said ordinances
provided for. That you have not now,
nor for long time, have you had or
are you now, nor for a long time have
you been, il ever using a reservoir Of
at least two million gallons capacity
for the purpose Of storing and set
Ting water" as provided and called
for in said section Of said ordinance.
You have not now, nor have yOu ever
had, in said city, as provided in Sec
ton, five miles Of pipes and mains,
nor are said pipes and mains OF the
first quality, standard cas- iron coat
ed INSIDE aad out with enamel var
nish, and tested to three hundred
pounds TO the square inch. hydrau ic
pressure: neither are said pipes and
mains laid aud the works constructed
and built, nor have they been for a
long time. if ever, 50 as to give an
adequate supply Of water at all points
where said pipes and mains are laid
at pressure sufficient for ordinary
PURPOSES in the upper story of any
building constructed in the year 1883
and that was built and constructed
on October 6, 1888, the date Of the
passage Of the amended ordinance No.
46j, and as required by said section
l of said amended ordinance No.
46j.
Second That you have failed to
comply with section of said ordi-
nance No. 26l, as the same is amend
ed by section 2 of ordinance No. 465,
Of the ordinances of said city and
which you have agreed and contract
ed TO fulfill and abide by. You do not
now, nor have you for months past,
furnished from the elevated water
tank, a pressure of water required by
said section of said ordinance, viz:
A sufficient pressure to discharge
through fifty feet Of hose from any
four hydrants four one inch streams
to the height of sixty-fve feet, for
two hours continuous use without the
aid Of the pumping machinery, and
do not now, 'nOr have you for months
past, if ever, kept sufficient water in
said elevated water tank and been
able to furnish a pressure from said
tank to comply with more than one
half Of said last above requirement,
and you do not now, nor have you for
long time past, if ever, kept suffi-
Gent water at all times to in the re-
hottest degree come up to the require
ments Of said ordinance in said above
regard. You ara not able within
thirty minutes Of second alarm from
the fire department to furnish sufiici-
ent pressure to discharge through
two hundred feet Of hose, from six
hydrarts, in said city six one inch
streams to the height Of eighty feet,
as required by the provisions Of said
ordinance No 261 and sec. 2 OF Ordi-
nance No. 465 as amending said ordi-
nance No. POI. BY reason OF your
failure and inability to comply with
the said ordinance in said last above
requirements at a fire that occurred
in the city Of Wellington on May the
9th, 1895, wherein the freight house Of
the A. T. &. S. f. Ry. Co. was burned
and destroyed, much other property to
the amount of hundreds Of dollars
was burned and destroyed that other
wise might and would have been saw
ed. And in the fire that occurred on
the night Of June s, 1895, wherein the
bnilding of Hackney & Cowherd and
various Others, on and near the cor
ner Of Washington and Lincoln ave-