The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-02-28
CITY BUSINESS.
An Important m Getting of the City Coun
ell, at which Various Matters of
Public Interest were
Transacted

| ldeG 1HuISudy ONCuluS, dIlO OuoibCSs
was transacted as follows:
Bill of II. w. Williams for S7.0C
costs in police court cases, was al.
! lowed.
Bill of o. d. Myers for two days
work at crusher with engine, $4.OO.
was allowed.
The street commissioner was in
structed to construct an elevator fol
handling the stone at the crusher.
The committee on Streets and AL
leys, to whom was referred the con.
tract proposed to be entered into be-
tween the City of lola and the Allen
County Gas Company, made major
ity report as follows:
CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING CITY.
This contract made and entered
into between The Allen County Gas
Company IA corpOration) party of the
first part and the City of lola in the
county of Allen and Slate of Kansas,
party of the second part, witnesseth:
That the said Allen County Gas
Company, party of the first part,
agrees to furnish to the city of lola,
party of the second part, and the said
city of lola agrees to accept and pur-
chase from said party of the first part
for the term of years from the date
of this contract, natural gas to be u.s.
ed in ten Q0) and as many more
street or other lamps as the said city
Af TAlo rfu Of hn ri
use erect or maintain for lighting the
streets of said city and for other pur-
poses.
Such gas is to be furnished by said
party of the first part, the Allen Co.,
Gas Company, in sufficient quantities
to keep all of said lamps burning to
full capacity from dark until daylight
of each day. Said lamps are to be
lighted in the evening and turned out
at daylight of each and every morn
ing under the direction and at the ex-
pense of the said city of lola.
Said city of lola, party of the sec
ond part, agrees to pay to said party
of the first part, the Allen County
Gas Company, for the natural gas so
furnished and purchased as aforesaid
at the rate of twenty-five cents per
month, for each and every one of said
lamps.
The said city is to use the medium
sized Fish jet as burners at the above
price.
Said city of lola shall have the op-
ton of using any other form of burner
not consuming more gas than the one
above mentioned at the foregoing
price and terms.
And it is further agreed that the
city of lola, party of the second part,
is to pay double the above agreed
prices for each and every lamp not
turned out during the day as above
agreed.
1t is further agreed by and between
the parties hereto as follows:
First: That all pipes, connections
and appliances for utilizing the gas
from the mains, shall be owned by
the said city.
Second: That said company shall
at all reasonable times have access to
the premises in which gas is used to
determine whether it is being used in
a proper manner and to temporarily
shut off the supply for any of the fol-
lowing reasons: 1st., for repair: 2nd.,
for nOn-payment of bills; 3rd., for
waste of gas or bursted mains.
Third: In case the supply of gas
should fail, either from failure of
wells, bursting of pipes or other cause
the said city shall not be liable to pay
for gas during the continuance of said
failure; nor shall said city be liable to
pay for gas when it is not furnished
in accordance with the terms of this
contract.
Fourth: Said Company shall not
be liable for any damage to persons or
property arising, occurring or result
ing from the use of the gas used by
said city of lola.
Fifth: The lamps and burners for
using the gas shall be and remain the
property of the city.
Sixth: In case the gas supply
should be cut Off by the accumulation
of frost in the service pipes leading
from the mains to any of said lamps
or Zig hts, it is especially agreed by the
said party of the second part that
same will be no violation of this con-
tract and that the said Allen County
Gas Company shall in no wise be
held responsible for the same.
Seventh: 1t is further agreed that
in case of failure of the gas wells ofsaid
Company of the first part, the said
Company shall be fully released from
the obligations imposed by the forego-
ing provisions OF this contract. If for
any reason party of the first part fails
to furnish gas for sixty days at any
one time, earring accidents to the gas
this contract shall be null
and void.
In witness whereof said the Allen /
County Gas Company, party of the
first part, has caused this instrument |
to be signed by its president and Sec
rotary, and has caused its corporate |
seal to be thereto affixed; and said |
party of the second part has caused |
this instrument to be signed by its
mayor and attested by its clerk and |
has caused the seal of said city to be
hereto affixed. Etc, etc.
After considerable discussion the
term during which the contract
should last was fixed at five years.
1t was also agreed that after the word
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