Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-02-21


and attorney present.
BILLS ALLOWED.
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., mdse s 200
Fred Harbour, labor .... $40
Milton Long .......... .bO
Clyde Smith ........ 200
Adam Geist .......... IA 60
c. l.. Mccoy =" ......... IA 90
Ordinance No. S. read second time,
rules suspended, read third time, pass.
ed and ordered published.
Application for position of night
Waterman read and filed.
/ Ordered that warrant for $500 on
Indebtedness fund be issued to G. o.
Greene in full payment of bill dated
January 10, 1900.
Street and improvement committee
authorized to close deal for purchase
OF three lots from G. p. and Tryphena
Low for use of gravel pit, considera-
ton not to exceed $3.50, upon present
owners paying all taxes in full, war;
rant to be issued in payment upon
order from said committee directed to
mayor and clerk.
Clerk was instructed to have nee
essary blanks printed for use in mat
ter of water rent.
Following report of special COM
mittee on water rates read.
WATER REGULATIONS.
duplication for use of water
must be made on printed forms, to be
furnished at the Office OF the city clerk,
and the applicant must state fully
and truly all the purposes for which
the water may be required, and must
agree to conform to the rules and
regulations as condition for the use
4 of water.
r 2.--No person supplied with water
from the city mains will be entitled
to use it for any other Or additional
purpose than that for which he has
applied, nor to supply it in any way
to other persons or families.
i 3.--Should the applicant or occu-
pant OF the premises desire an addi-
tional service or fixture or to apply
the water for a purpose other than
those stated in his application filed, a
new application must be filed and a
permit obtained at the Office OF the
city clerk.
4.---should it be desired to disoon-
tinue the u9e o. the water for any
special purpose, whether for closets,
bath tubs, sprinklers, hose conuec-
tions, or other fixtures, tho faucet
must be removed, the branch pipe or
service supplying the same plugged,
and notice of the same given in writ
ing to the city clerk, before any re-
duction in rents will be made.
5.---Should it be desired to discon-
tinue the use OF all water supplied to
the premises for a period OF not less
than one month, notice in writing
must be made to the city clerk, and
payment in full of all arrears, il any
there be, and the water will then be
turned off, and turned ON again, upon
application, without charge; but no
remission of rent will be made for a
period OF less than one month, or
without notice as required by this
section.
6.--The service. pipes must be so ar
ranged that the supply to each separ-
ato house or premises may be controll-
ed by separate cutoff placed within
or near the line Of the street-curb, and
one person must pay for all the water
used through said service pipe for his
own use or for the use OF others to
whom it may be accessible.
7.--Where water is now supplied
through one srrvice to Sc ,eral houses
or families, the city clerk may, at his
discretion, either decline to furnish
water until separate services are pro-
vided, or may continue to supply same
on condition that one individual be-
comes responsible for the entire
amount of the water rent, and for the
proper use Of the water.
8.--Permits for sidewalk sprinklers,
private hydrants, irrigation, hose con-
nections, closets or bath tubs, will be
granted only to parties paying for the
use of water on their premises for
other purposes to which it may DO APP
piled, provided that this section shalt
not apply to. persons applying for the
use of water for public bath tubs.
9.-Sidewall: sprinking must be con-
fined to the front of the premises for
which payment has been made.
I 10.---The use OF water for irrigation
is prohibited except between the hours
of 6 and 2 a. m. and 7 and s p. IN.
4 1l.--Wator for building purposes
will be furnished only upon payment
in advance on the written estimate OF
the manager or architect OF the brick,
stone, plastering or other materials
for which the water is to be used. For
materials not stated in the estimate
the application must be renewed.
12.-Water may at any time be shut
off from the~mains without notice, fol-
repairs, extensions or other necessary
purposes.
13.--No connections shall be made
with the city mains except by licensed