Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-21

gas 10 tne extent OF len Million feet
every thirty days; that II said company
shall at any time enter into any com.
bination directly or Indirectly, with any
gas company or companies, concerning
rate or price for gas, or shall directly
or indirectly sell. or transfer its rights
and privileges. all Its rights and privi.
leges under Its franchise, without any
Judgment or decree Of any court, shall
fully cease and terminate absolutely.
and the company was required before
the ordinance became operative to give
bond of 100000 as surety to the city
or any consumer Of It's gas for any dam
age they might sustain by reason of any
failure of the company to perform any
or single of the obligations imposed by
Its charter. said bond not to be set up
as the limit Of liability.
UNIVERSAL GAS COMPANY.-An
ordinance for flfty-year franchise.
passed by the Council July 90, 1894,
which provided expressly that the COM
pany should not charge general con-
sumers to exceed 81 per 1000 cubic
feet. and that upon this charge the
Universal should pay the city 10 per
cent. of It's gross receipts, and IL, or
when. the company should reduce the
price to 30 cents or less, the company
should be released from paying the
city any percentage. This company
was required to expend 100000 upon
Its works and mains within twelve
months, and within three years to have
plant capable of supplying to con-
sumers ten million feet of gas every
thirty days; the company was required
to deposit 100000 in cash with the
City Comptroller and give bonds of
100000 additional for faithful compli.
nnce with all provisions Of the ordin.
ance; agree that the rate named
should never be exceeded; that the
company would not enter into any
combination with any other gas com.
pany; and that Its liability for any
damage resulting to the city or consum-
ers for any damage resulting to the
city or consumers for any infraction
Of the provisions Of Its franchise would
not be limited by Its bond; all upon
the express condition that the com.
pany should not sell, lease. transfer its
privileges or enter into any combina.
tion as to price with any other trust
or corporation, and the company spe.
ciflcally agrees that for any violation
Of It's obligations to the city or consum.
ers. its plant. mnhincry. tools and ap.
pliances shall revert and belong to the
city. without Intervention or process Of
! law; and It Is expressly provided that
the city shall have the right to pur.
chase the r'Aat entire at IN appraised
value Mt the ~ Of fifty years.
OGDEN GAS COMPANY.-An or
dinance passed Feb. %, 1906. granting
flf:y-year franchise, subject to all
general ordinances regarding gus com.
panies then In force, the company
agreeing to charge n fixed maximum
price Of 90 cents per 1000 cubic feet
to general consumers and Is cents to
the city, or $40 per annum for each
street lamp consuming four cubic feet
per hour, including the labor of light.
Ing and eXtinguishing the same, the
city expressly reservlng Its require.
ments Of this labor as part of the con-
sideration for the ordinance: also that
the company shall pay the city not less
than 31a per cent. of It's gross receipts;
make n statement annually under oath
Of its gross receipts to the Comptroller,
who shall have free access to its books
at all times; submit its meters to In.
spectlon and quality Of gas to test, as
prescribed; expend on Its works at least
100000 within twenty-four months
from acceptance of ordinance; manu-.
facture and distribute five million feet
Of gas every thirty days within three
years from date Of acceptance; and the
ordinance prescribes as accepted that
the price to consumers shall never ex.
coed the rate prescribed by the Ordin.
ance; that the company shall not
charge any person for service pipe, but
shall lay the same mt Its own expense,
and the company agrees and did give
bond Of 100000 as surety that all the
provisions Of the ordinance shall be
faithfully carried out, under unlimited
liability for damages, and that Mt the
expiration of the life Of the ordinance
the city shall have the right Of fran.
chise at an agreed appraised value.
| CHICAGO ECONOMIC FUEL GAS
COMPANY.-An ordinance passed
July 81, 1891, conveying franchise for
fifty years for the supply OF both man.
ufactured and natural gas, upon the
same general provisions and require
ments governing the other companies.
especially the provision of Section ~,
which provides that In case the said
company should at any time In any
manner enter into a combination di.
rectly or indirectly with any other gas
company, Its ordinance and privileges
should become null ana void and all
rights revert to the city without refer
ence to any court or legal appeal. The
company agreed to charge for illumi.
mating gas $1.1O per 1000 cubic feet,
with 10 cents reduction per 1000 feet
for prompt payment, and 90 cents per
1000 for natural and fuel gas. with
10 cents reduction for prompt payment;
| agreeing and contracting also to pay
the city 3 per cent. on gross receipts
from Illuminating gas and o per cent.
| on gross receipts from sale of natural
or manufactured fuel gas, and to fur
nish gas to the city for $3.50 per street
lamp post per year.
on THE 20TH DAY OF FEBRU.
AIRY, 1892, a preamble and resolution
was passed by the City Council, re-
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