Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-11-07

An Ordinance providing for a water
supply for the City of Santa Fe. Be it
ordained by the City Council of the City
of Santa Fe:
Section l.. That there is hereby grant
ed to M. w. McGrath, and his assigns,
the right to construct, operate and main
tain water works for the purpose of sup
plying water for irrigation, domestic,
public and fire purposes for the City of
Santa Fe, New Mexico, and for such
other purposes as may be necessary for
the health, comfort, safety and require
ments of the inhabitants thereof, for
the full term of twenty-five years from
and after the passage of this ordinance.
Section 2. That permission is hereby
granted to the said M. w. McGrath, and
his assigns, the right of way for the per-
iod of twenty-five years from and after
the passage of this ordinance, to lay
water pipes and mains in and under any
and all streets, roads. lanes, alleys and
other highways and grounds dedicated
to public use within the present bound
aries of the present or future corporate
limits of said City, and to extend said
pipes, place and erect h%ydrants, FUN
tains, conduits and such other useful de.
vices or structures as may be necessary
for the successful operation of said wa
ter works system and the proper distri-
button of water in said City, and for this
purpose M. w. McGrath, and his as
signs, shall have the right to excavate
said streets, roads, lanes, alleys and 9th
err highways, pavements, sidewalks and
other public grounds: provided, that
there shall be no unreasonable Obstruc-
ton of the same, and that they shall be
Immediately restored as nearly as prac-
ticable to the anne condition as they
| were in before said excavation.
Section 3. The said M. W. McGrath,
| his SUCCESSORS and assigns, shall lay and
extend pipes for the carrying of said
water to any part of the said City when
requested to do so by resolution of the
| City Council; Provided that said ex-
tension is required for the use of n.y.
drants for fire purposes, by said City,
and that said City shall obligate itself to
| pay to said M. w, McGrath, and his as
signs, for the use of said hydrant when
in operation.
Section 4. The said M. w. McGrath,
and his assigns, shall furnish an ample
supply of pure, wholesome, filtered wa
ter, not at present utilized by gravity or
other pressure, of not less than eighty
pounds to the square inch, through
main pipes of sufficient size and quality
to meet all requirements of the city and
its inhabitants.
Section 5. The city authorities shall
adopt and enforce all needful and re.
quisite ordinances necessary to protect
the said water works and the owners
thereof from fraud and imposition, and
to prevent the waste of water on the
part of consumers, and the said M. w.
McGrath, and his assigns, shall have
power to make such rules and regula-
tions for the conduct and management
OF his and their business as 1t may deem
necessary, not inconsistent with the
laws of the territory and the ordinances
of the city.
Section 6. In consideration of the
benefits that will accrue to the city and
its people by the operation of the said
water works system, and for the better
protection of the city against ravages
by fire, the city of Santa Fe, hereby
agrees and binds itself to pay to the
said M. w. McGrath, and his assigns,
for the term Of twenty-five years, an an
nual rental of thirty-five dollars each
for not less than thirty hydrants, to be
placed at such points on the water
mains as the city council may locate
them, to be used for fire purposes, and
the same rental to be paid for each ad-
ditional hydrant so located. Such pay
ment to be made quarterly after said
hydrants are erected and supplied with
water.
Section Z. For the government of
the said M. w. McGrath, and the pro-
lection of the citizens, the water rates
to consumers, during the continuance
OF this franchise, shall not exceed the
following monthly tariff rates, namely:
Bakery, each Oven...............$ 2 70
Barber shop, one chair.......... l so
Each additional chair ........... 80
Baths, in private house. ......... so
Baths in hotels or boarding house IS
Baths in barber shop............ l 90
Beer, for each barrel brewed 49,. 10
Book bindery. 20
Brick work, per thousand. ....... Os
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