The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-11
LEGAL

t1CaDle. D6IlS IOT any one month not less /
120 grains per hour to be determined BY I
thorough photometrical test a FIVE foot /
burner being used for such test Said /
The Topeka Federal Light, Heat and /
Power Company shall also furnish cleo |
quality. test and manufacture.
charged by said The Topeka Federal |
Light. Heat and Power Company for gas !
and electric current furnished to eonSum- |
ers, shall be as follows:
FIRST. FOR GAS: For gas TO the CITY |
of Topeka for use in any of its streets |
alleys, public places or buildings, seventy
I'VE cents per one thousand cubic feet /
To all other consumers. as follows: For
the use OF gas in gas ranges and for il
tuiliIllast ing purposes during the first two
years aIter the actual turning on Of gas
into the street mains for all services. one
9ollaf per one thousand cubic feet. and
iOr the same used during the next fol-
lowing three years, nineuy-fiVe cents per
one thousand cubic feet: and for the re-
mlnuer OF the term of this ordinance.
ninety cents per one thousand cubic feet:
ana Tor use in gas furnaces and other
heating apparatus and for power mr.
poses, nifty cents per one thousand cubic
teet; Provided that said The TOpeka
Federal Light Heat and Power Coma
pany shall have the right to charge and
collect an additional ten cents per one
thousand cubic feet upon all bills that ars
not paid within fifteen days after such
DIS snail nave been presented for pay
ment- The city of Topeka reserves the
eral Light, Heat and Power Company IN
addition to furnishing gas for street
lamps, TO light and extinguish the same,
ana IN which case said The Topeka Fed
eral Light, Heat and Power Company
agrees TO furnish gas for street lighting
including the labor of lighting and extin-
gushing the same. at not to exceed TWEEN
" dollars per annum for each lamp con-
suming five cubic feet of gas per hour
RENT. Said rhe T For, "a Fed s5s1
Light; Heat and Power Company shall
not charge sum exceeding nine-tenths
OF one cent per hour for each sixteen can
t aIe power Incandescent lamp: one and
candle power incandescent lamp and ten
collars per month for each arc light of
-,ouo tsti5oi6 power When Sucn arc Iignr Is
operated the entire night; and when the
same Is operated only until 12:30 clock
a. m $3.50 per month; Said The To-
peka Federal Light. Heat and Power
Company shall have the right TO charge
Sl.zo per month as a minimum price for
supplying light for incandescent burners
For electric current for power purposes
sald Inc Topeka Federal Light Heat
and Power COMPANY shall have fbe 7-fgbf
per l,Vo watt hours: for four hundred
! thousand or less watt hours monthly.
bringing the scale of prices down p cent
Tor each additional two hundred thousand
watt hours consumed in any current
! month 10 four cents per one thousand
VAT hours Tor TWO million or more watt
/ hours monthly in any current month. Said
~ ne LSpeka FedePal lAgnt, Heat and
| Power Company" shall have the right to
make a minimum charge OF eight dollars
! Tor any quantity of current under one
hundred thousand watt hours in any cur
rent month.
Section 9. The rights and privileges
dition that said 'sThe Topeza Federal
| Light, Heat and Power Company shall
/ within three years from the date of the
acceptance of this ordinance, build and
! complete or otherwise acquire gas and
! electric works within the corporate lin
/ ITS OF the city of Topeka sufficiently eX-
! tensive to manufacture and distribute gas
to the amount of not less than ten mill
hon cubic feet in every thirty days and
| electric current equal to thirty million
| watt hours IN every thirty days and shall
| 80 iiuSu Oh SlCLi WoThS AT ieaSl one
| hundred thousand dollars within twenty
four months from the date Of the accept
ance of this ordinance.
But the time during which any legal
| proceedings may be pending whereby said
nIhe Topeka Federal Light. Heat and
! Power Company shall be prevented from
or delayed in building or completing OF
acquiring such gas and electric works. OF
in eXpending such sum of money f1r0-
vided, said 1.-THE Topeka Federal Light
Heat and Power Company shall not be
a voluntary party to such legal proceed
ings, shall be excluded from the time
herein prescribed for building. completins
or acquiring such gas and electric works
ana the expendlng OF said one hundred
Section 10. This ordinance shall not take
effect and be in force as to said THE
Topeka Federal Light. Heat and Power
Company until it shall have been ac-
cepted IN writing by it and such accept
ance filed with the city clerk within nine
" days from the passage of the same. mol
until said The Topeka Federal Light
Heat ard Power Company shall have de
posted with the treasurer of the city OF
Topeka the sum of one thousand dollars
as an earnest or guarantee that the terms
and conditions Of section of THIS ordi-
nance shall be strictly complied with. and
that the rates to be charged for gas and
electricity furnished shall not exceed
those specified in section of this ordi
nance, which deposit shall remain in the
| peka until said The Topeka Fedora
Light, Heat and Power Company" shall
nave EXPENDED at least the sum OF one
hundred thousand dollars in the construc
ton of said gas and electric plant. anC
upon submission to the mayor of a state
/ ment; duly cerrhed. that the said sun
has been expended as aforesaid. which
statement shall be approved by the cit.
engineer. then said The Topeka Fedora
Light Heat and Power Company shall
/ be entitled to receive back and the citl
of Topeka shall pay to said 1.-The Topek:
Federal Light, Heat and Power Company
], posted as aforesaid.
N Section Il The liability of said 9TH
Topeka Federal Light. Heat and Powe
Company TO said city or any person VIII
may be injured by the exercise by sal,
'.Phe Topeka Federal Light Heat an,
Power Company of any of the privilege
or flSftS- nefeby granted, snail not be lin
tied by TINS ordinance, but said party
- shall have the usual remedy at Law
l against said 1.-THE Topeka Federal Light
Heat and Power Company for the same
l Section Z. The rights and privilege
hereby granted are upon the express con
= ditiOn that there is hereby reserved to tn
2 city of Topeka. all of the rights and priv
legeS contained in Chapter - of the Ses
7 sion laws of the state of Kansas of 1891
the same being article , of chapter SO O
l the general statutes of Kansas of 1887 an
l | entitled in the session laws of 1887: "A
' act authorizing and empowering cities O
e the first, second and third class to Obtai
= gas lights. electric lights. electric power
f water or heat by contracting with privat
5 corporations to furnish in such city an
= its citizens with such light water power
- and heat under the conditions Of this &C
C imposed. and to obtain such gas. light.
T electric lights electric power. water 0
= heat, by purchasing or contra citing. OWE
e ing and operating gas plants. electric ligt
or heating plants by such cities and 70
f the purpose of owning and operating an
( such plants, to purchase or lease gas @
e other lands. to repeal para graphs 1401 an
T 1902 of the statutes of Kansas of 1889. an
4 of other acts and parts of acts in confiiC
I with this act Approved March IS. 1Ss
y Including the right of the city Of Topek
: to acquire any property. constructed c
Il acquired by said THE Topeka Feders
d Light Heat and Power COMPANY as prC
d vided in chapter 50. as before referred u
I It being understood that this ordinanc