The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-06-12

city shall be at depth of not less than eighteen
inches below the surface of any street. avenue.
alley or public ground in or through which said
mains and service pipes may be laid, and shall
occupy such part or portion of said street. ave-
nue., alley or public ground as may be deslg-
mated by the city council Of said city of lola
SEC. TO- All mains used for the purpose OF
conveying or supplying natural gas shall be
subjected to the following tests, which shall be
made by and at the expense OF the corporation,
firm, company, individual or individuals des1r-
ing to lay said pipes. All high pressure mains
shall be subjected TO q test Of eighty 1907
pounds Of air or gas pressure per square inch
All low pressure mains shall be subjected to
test of ten QO pounds air or gas 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
q test OF 10 pounds air or gas pressure per
square inch All tests shall be made under the
direction Of, and to the satisfaction OF the city
council of said city of lola, and when said gas
mains shall have stood the required tests, they
may be used for the above named purpose. and
not before.
SEC. IL. Corporations, firms, companies, IN
dividual or individuals supplying natural gas
to said city and its inhabitants, shall not con-
meet service pipes for domestic consumption
with high pressure mains except IN specific
cases. remote from low pressure mains, and in
said cases, gas shall be only supplied to con-
sumers after the same has been reduced by an
automatic regulator and cut on 70 the maximum
pressure allowed on low pressure mains.
SEC. Il No corporation, firm, company, in
dividuRl or individuals operating natural gas
gas into the house connections OF any consumer
until said corporation, firm, company, indiVtd-
usl or individuals intending 10 supply the
aforesaid consumer with natural gas shall have
furnished said proposed consumer . certificate,
as required by ordinance without expense TO
him, showing that said house connections were
subjected TO ten pounds pressure per square
inch for not less than ten minutes.
SEC. 13 Any corporation, person, firm, 1ndt-
vidual or individuals supplying natural gas to
consumers. shall furnish q cutoff on the line
of every service pine. and when said service
pipe is connected. with any store, shop. once.
mandatory or public building. said cutoff
and said cutoff shall be SO arranged or con-
structed as to afford vent for gas escaping
thereat OF on the line of said service pipes.
sac. "A. ANY corporation, firm company, in
| dividual or individuals person or persons, will
fully violating any OF the provisions OF this or
dinancs. directing anything TO be done, or en-
| joining the doing Of any thing, shall on conVlc-
| ton be deemed guilty OF miEdemeanor ana De
fined any sum not less than one or more than one
hundred dollars (sl0O and costa for each ottense,
and in default Of the payment thereof be COM
mittsd to the city prison until hne and COSTS
are paid.
SIC Is. Nothing in this ordinances shall be
construed to prevent the city of lola from pun
| chasing, establishing. owning and operating us
sac, i6. Any cooperation, company, firm,
person or persons, having an ONCE in the city
of lola, in laying its pipes, may, wherever said
| pipes cross the pipes of other corporations. lay
| the sams over or under said pipes as the neces-
sity of the case may require.
SEC. II. Ordinance No. 32S and all other Ordi-
nances and parts of ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
be in force from and afLer its publication in the
| lola REGISTER.
Approved June 9, 1896.
| r. B. STEVENSON.
SEAL WA. CowAS, City Clerk.