The age-herald., 1898-02-18
THE ORDINANCE
 REGULATING NEW COMPANY

l THE ORDINANCE
 l REGULATING NEW COMPANY 1 An Ordinance to Be Entitled am Ordi- nance to Provide More Efficient System of Gas Works for the City of Birmingham, Alabama
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of Birmingham, That Sol. Haas and Alexander T. London, their asso- ciates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to erect and maintain one or more suitable gas works in or near said city of Birming- ham, and to lay down, maintain and use pipes and other fixtures in and through any of the streets, avenues, alleys ana public grounds of said city. for the use of said city and its inhabitants, as herein provided.
 Sec 9 Be it further ordained, That ths rights and privileges herein and hereby conferred are the subject Of contract between the said mayor and aldermen Of Birmingham, and the said Sol. Haas ana Alexander T. London, and their assoclhtes, successors and assigns, as herein set forth. Sec B. Be it further ordained, That the sras s,o to be, furnished shall be of good o,iality for illuminating purposes when supplied for that purpose, and of like good quality for fuel purposes when supple" for that purpose, and the works hereaii authorized to be built and maintained snatl have a sufficient capacity to suppiy at ,ease one million cubic feet of gas for inumanaa- ine and fuel purposes combined, for each twersty-four hours
 Sec 4 Be 1t further ordained, InaH tho buildings erected for the manufacture or generation of said gas shall be substan- tiaJ and i'm every way suitable Tor the n,,rposes for which they are built, and all mains and pipes and fixtures laio ooWt and maintained shall be of good quaiity, and haid down and maintained in a Worh- man-Mke manner us. th. Sec Re it further ordained, That the hines and mains herein provided for shali he laid with a covering of not less than twenty inches below the established grades of the streets, avenues, alleys or puuho ways of the city, whether such is the pres- ent surface grade of the streets, avenues' alleys or public ways or not.
 lTha form .established grade" beneath which such mains, or pipes shall be laid as herein provided, means the established sur yey as made by the engineer of said ety. according to his surveys thereon, made un der the direction of the said mayor ana aldermen of said city, and adopted as the grades of said city by the mayor ana ai- dermen of Birmngham).
 Sec. 6. If after the said mains or pipes shall have been laid at the instance or the said Haas and London, their assoclates' successors or assigns, as herein provideo' the established grade of any sucn street,
 
 changed by the authority and direction or the said city, then and in that event the expense of changing the grades Of any pipes or mains that may be laid in any such streets, avenues, alleys or public ways shall be paid by the city.
 Sec T. Be 1t further ordained, Ihat tne said mayor and aldermen will enact ana enforce such just, lawful and proper ordi- nances as may be necessary to protect the said Haas and London, their associates, successors and assigns in the use and en- iovment of the said gas works
 Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That mains and hines so to be laid and maintained by said Haas and London and their associates, successors and assigns shall be sufficient in size to secure an efficient distribution of gas to all parts of said city where the same may be necessary. And said Haas and London, their associates, successors and assigns agree that the said mains and pipes shall from time to time be extended as the needs of the city and its inhabitants shall require in any direction, but upon the conA iiition that no extension shall be required unless there shall be at least one consumer for each 100 feet of extension, such exten- sions to be made whenever required by the mayor and aldermen, subject to the above condition
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