Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-01

| maintaining anu operating a water
works system IN the city of Grand
Rapids substantially of the provisions
| following. to wit:
City Ordinance.
| An ordinance to provide for the construction
maintenance and operation of n system of
| water works in the city OF Grand Rapids, Wood
| The Common Council of the City of Or nd
Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, do ordain as
| follows:
SECTION /. That permission and authority
| are hereby granted to and vested in Franklin j.
Wood Hereinafter called the grantee) his
associates and aSSgns, to establish construct
| maintain end operate system of water works
! in the city of Grand Rapids, Wood county.
| Wisconsin, according to the plans and specifi
| cations hereinafter described, and for that
purpose the grantee, his associates and assigns.
are h:reby granted permission to use the streets.
| alleys, roads, sidewalks, bridges, public parks
and public places within the corporate limits
of said city for the purpose of placing. re-
placing, taking up, repairing and connecting
| water maius, hydTants pipes and valves for the
| service of water. The rights, privileges and
| franchises hereby granted, if accepted and
acted upon AS hereinafter D escribed shall bt.
| Vestedl the grantee MS associates and assigns
for Il period % thirty Years from and after the
| legal passage and publication of this ordinance
| as hereinafter directed.
| SECTION ,. That the water TO be used in said
| water works system Sd I'll be obtnined from
| natural springs. but for the purpose of
| supplying water in case of emergency an iutak,
| shall be constructed to connect with G
| Wisconsin river, as shown on the plans herein
| after described The water so furnished sh IL
| be good p table water suitable for domessir
| and commercial Uses. The pumping station
shall be substantial brick building of neal
architectural deSi n In said pumping station
! the grantee shall place at least one tubular
| steel boiler sixty inches in diameter and six
| teen feet in length capable of develnplug
| eighty horse power The steel out of which
| said boiler is constructed shall be open heart h
| tiange steel. having tensile strength of Sky
| thousand pounds per Sqnare inch. The boiler
| thus constructed shall be set upon suitabj e
foundation and shall be equippet with feed
pump and heater of modern and approved
| desig !. There shall be installed and properly
| connected with said system two duplex pumps
| of the Dean or WOrthington pattern. or some
other make equally good, having capacity OF
seven hundred and fifty thousand (75O,0OO
gallons each every twenty-fOur hours Tn,
pumps shall be equipped with lubricatur
| guages and all proper appliances. The water
| obtained from springs shall first be impounded
in a reservoir whence it shall be pumped into
| standpipe ito be located at some suitable
| point within the corporate limits of said city,
which sta ndpipe shall be one hundred feet IN
/ height and twelve feet in diameter set upon II
| masonry foundation. Said pipe shall be bull
| of soft open hearth 1ange steel having tensile
| strength of sixty thousand pounds to The
square inch. The pipes and mains constituting
| the distributing system of said water works
shall be laid i'll trenches sufficiently deep to
| afford at least 4 six foot cover. and the said
system when completed shall include not less
| than five miles of mains All pipes and maiiIs
| shall be Joined in the most skillful manner
! At convenient places along said system shall be
erected not less than forty double dis barge
| fire hydrants with four inch hub connections
and two and one half inch hlse connections
| Said hydrants shall be of standard make
| modern AMI frost proof The entire system
shall be in strict compliance with the plans
and specifications now on file in the Office of
| Ranl6S
! SECTION That said water works shall be
| fully completed and ready to be finally tested
within ten months ON the date of the
publication of this ordinance as hereinafter
| roVlded, and the grantee shall forfeit to the
city Ten Dollars per day for each day after said
| period OF nine months that the plant is not
completed until it is fully completed; but if
| the grantee, his associates and assigns, are
prevented by injunction or by strike from
wor king upon said plant, then the period
during which said injunction is operative, or
said strike shall exist. shall not be counted ii
| part of the period of nine months hereinbefDre
| limited. The grantee shall furnish to the city
h good and sufficient bond in the penal sum of
Ten Thousand Dollars, 100000 conditioned for
| the complexion OF said water works system in
| full compliance with the provisions of this
ordinance, and to hold the city harmless from
all damag s by reason of the constructing OF
| said water works.
SECTION 4. That the grantee, his associates
and assigns shall not unreasonable obsruct
any OF the streets, roads, alleys. sidewalks,
bridges, aIks, public grounds or public pl ices
III SAID city IN constructing said water works, or
| in placing, replacing. taking up or repairing
main. MIGRANTS or valves, or other devices for
the service of Water and after using said streets
ROADS, alleys, sidewalks. bridges, parkS, public
| grounds and public places for the purposes
aforesaid, the grantee, his associates and assigns
shall restore the same to their former condition
as provlded IN the specihcatlons now ON file
with the city clerk. The grantee, his associates
| and assigns, shall hold the city harmless on
account of his or their neg igence or the negli-
gence OF his or their agents Ill the construction
| OF SAID works Danger llghts shall be kept
| burning at night along the line of all excavn-
lions ana temporary barrlcades shall be erected
at the ends of all trenches, and at all streets and
alleys Wherc they cross such excavations.
| SECTION .. LabOrers living III Grand Rapids
! shall be given preference by the contractor
when employing men. except when skilled labor
Is required, butthe grantee shall not be required
| to employ resident labor II any combination or
strike is organized to raise the wages above the
average price
SECTION g. As soon as said system of water
works has been July completed, the city
| engineer shall report to the common council of
| Grand Rapids and therpupOn final test of the
capacity of said works shall be made. If at such
| test the SAID Water works system shall. without
preahlhS or Starting, sustain statlc test 81 one
hundred and twenty POUNDS per square inch
| throughout said system, and If said water works
snail throw hree simultaneous streams on the
hne OF circulation in airy business part OF the
city through one hundred f CT OF two and one
| half inch hose, with one inch ring nozzle to q
perpeudIcuIaT height OF elgh feet III still air,
| ana II the water works snail IN all respects
conform 10 this ordinance, the common council
| ShaIlappTOye and accept said water works, and
CertlHCate to that effect, signed by the mayor
and city clerk, under the corporate seal OF the
city, shall be delivered to the grantee, his
associates and assigns
SECTION :. In consideration of the construc-
ton ana maintenance OF water WORKS foi pubIl"
hydrants, as herein enumerated ana IN further
conslderat On of the mutual covenants and
agreements, OF this ordinance, the city of Grand
Rapids agrees TO rent, and hereby does rent from
the grantee, his associates ana assigns TOR the
period of thirty wears and so long water shall
| be furnished by him or them in accordance
herewith, not less than forty (+U) MIGRANTS SUCH
as are hereinabove described at an annual
rental OF one hundred (slOO) dollars each; 70 pc
PAID oy the city treasurer IN TWO equal semi
annual payments on the hrst day or january
and July III each year to said grantee his as
socrates ana assigns. Ut in sucn manner as ne or
they snail direct For all additional hydranrs
furnished by the rrantee, his associates and
assigns, upon the order OF the city OF Grand
Rapids SAID city shall pay rental OF MY 600
dollars eacn in the manner aud al the time
above specified
SECTION s. Said bvdrants shall be kept sup
plled with water and shall De maintained IN
good WORKING order and conGltlon continuously.
The city engineer shall have general superyls-
ion OF said hydrantg and may cause the same to
be inspected and tested. aud il he finds any OF
said MIGRANTS defective. he shall at once give
alotlcG tne5g 7d IN writing 10 tne ms
such hydrant Or hydrantS and restore the same
| 10 good working order. SAID pumping plant
and water works system and all OF its equip
ment shall at all times be kept in good order
and l. seTviceSahle CONDITION and shall be Plenti
fully supplied with g0od potable water. IN
time OF emergency and when, if ever, the
supply Of spring water is insufficient for the
needs OF the city, II shall be lawful for the
granteeb MS associates and assigns to use water
from the Wisconsin river but the compan!
shall use II TeasnnabIe precautions to insure
such water being free from contamination,
SECTION .. The cost to private consu ners for
following rates, paysble aani-snnusLy in
advance On tue frst dsys Of Nay aud Hoyeube: