Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22

operated Oy the said city, upon the
condition that the said company
assume and agree to pay all debts and
liabilities of the aid Centralia Water
works plant.
SECTION ). Laborers living in
Grand Rapids Shall be given preference
by the contractor when employing
men, except when skilled labor is
required, but the company shall not
be required to employ resident labor
| II any combination or strike is Or
ganiZed to raise the wages above price.
| SECTION g. AS soon as said system
of waterw0rkS has been fully COM
pleted, the city engineer shall report
| TO the common council of Grand
Rapids, and thereupOn final test of
the capacity Of said works shall be
| made. If at such test the said water
| works system shall. without breaking
| or starting, sustain a static testof one
hundred twenty pounds per square
inch throughout said system, and if
said WaterworkS shall throw three
simultaneous streams on the line of
circulation in any business part of the
city, through one hundred feet of two
! and one-half inch hose, with one inch
ring nozzle to a perpendicular height
of eighty feet in still air, and if the
waterwOrkS shall in all respects con-
form to this ordinance, and the said
plans, specifications and report, the
COMMON council shall approve and
accept said waterwOrks and a certifi-
cate to that effect signed by the mayor
and city clerk under the corporate seal
OF the city shall be delivered to the
company, it's associates and assigns.
SECTION I. In consideration of the
construction and maintenance of
waterworks for public hydrantS and in
further consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements of this
ordinance. the city of Grand Rapids
agrees to rent, and hereby does rent
from the company, its associates and
assigns, for the period of ninety-nine
years and so long as water shall be
furnished by them in accordance here
with, not less than eighty hydrantS at
an annual rental of forty tS4O.OO)
dollars each and fifty arc lamps at an
annual rental of sixty tS6O.0O) dollars
each to be paid by the city treasurer
in monthly payments to said company,
its associates and assigns or in such
manner as they shall direct.
SECTION 8. The prices heretofore
named for hydrantS and arc lamps
shall never exceed these rates except
as provided hereafter in Section Is.
But it is hereby provided in five years
after the passage on this ordinance,
and each succeeding five years, a re-
adjustment of these rates shall be
made by committee of the common
council of the city of Grand Rapids
and said company or it's associates and
assigns, and if The condition of the
company shall warrant the same,
reduction shall be made to the city in
hydrant and arc lamp rental, but at
no time shall the amount paid by the
Lefty of Grand Rapids for hydrant and
arc lamp rental be less than enough to
pay the interest On the Indebtedness
Of said company and at least $150O.O 90
of said Indebtedness each year, it
being understood and agreed that said
Indebtedness shall never exceed eighty
thousand 1880, ,OOO.O0) dollars without
the consent of the common council of
said city.
SECTION 9. Said hydrants shall be
kept supplied with water and shall be
maintained in good working order and
condition continuously. The city
engineer shall have general supervision
of said hydrantS and may cause the
same to be inspected and tested, and
if he finds any of them defective he
shall at once give notice thereof in
writing to the company, its associates
and assigns, who shall at once repair
such hydrantS or hydrant and restore
the same to good working order. Said
pumping plant and waterworks
system and all of its equipments shall
at all times be kept in good order and
serviceable condition and shall be
plentifully supplied with good potable
water. In time of emergency, and
when, if ever, the supply of spring
water is Insufficient for the needs of
the city, it shall be lawful for the
company, it's associates and assigns to
use water from the Wisconsin river as
stated in Section 2.
SECTION 10. The rates to private
consumers shall be of such amount as
to enable the company to pay its
operating expenses and cost of main
tanning said systems and a dividend to
its stockholders of not over II per
cent. per annum. Any income in
excess of this amount shall be applied
to the Indebtedness of the company or
new extensions as ordered by the city
council.
SECTION IL. If the city at any time
desires an extension of the system it
shall be obliged to take enough
hydrantS or arc lamps SO that the
rental of same will pay the interests
on the cost of The said extension and
at least 5 per cent. of the said cost
each year.
SECTION II The company, it's
associates and assigns are hereby
authorized and empowered to make
and enforce such reasonable rules for
the use by private consumers of water
for the tapping of mains, for the pro-
lection of said plant and particularly
for keeping the water in the reservoir
and at the intake, free from pollution
as may be necessary from time to time
not in conflict with the laws of the
state of Wisconsin. or with the
existing ordinance of the city of
Grand Rapids.
SECTION 13. The city of Grand
Rapids shall annually during the term
hereinbefore granted levy and collect
a tax sufficient to pay the said hydrant
and arc lamp RENTAL accruing during
such year When collected, such tax
shall be kept and known as the
bydrant fund and shall be held
| inviolate for and is hereby irrevocably
pledged for the payment of such
| hydrant rental in the manner herein
provided. Provisions to meet the re-
quirementS of this section shall be
made in each annual appropriation
| bill.
SECTION Il. The rights and privi-
IegeS hereby granted unto the company
may be enjoyed by its associates and
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