The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-07
By Which the City of Houston Pro.
poses TO Compromise
ITS INDEBTEDNESS TO WATER COMPANY
The Terms OF the Proposed Compromise
Set Forth in Dctail---Not Yet Ac-
cepted by the City

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debt to the company
state of Texas, County of Harris.
The, city of Houston, a municipal cor
poration formed under the corporate
name Of the mayor aldermen atd
herein by John u. Woolf6rd It's mayor,
ana Arthur Upper, It's secretary, ami the
| houston Water company, formerly known
nndct the corporate name Of the Houston
Water Works company, n private corpora
lon chartered under the laws of the STATE
OF Texas, acting herein by +. II. Scalllan.
Its president, ana 7. W. House, its treas
urer, hereby ngree thu sections one a.,
three 90, four ~ aud six 90 of the con
tract of James Nj Loweree and his asso
ciates with the mayor, aldermen aud IN
habitants of the city of Houston, a munic-
PAL corporation now known as the city ot
Houston. of date November 30, 1878, pr
sserlbing, the covenants to he performed by
| me said james Nj. LoWcree aud his lsSo-
cmtes to be so amended that the same
shall read hereafter as follows, towit:
section Ito build and maintain ON land
to be purchased by said parties of the lirst
| part, at their own proper cost and expense
all the necessary buildings machinery, tools
and implements requisite in the construc.
| tion and maintenance of Il hrst-class water
| WORKS, OF sufficient capacity to meet the
| present demands ana future growth for il
| period OF twenty-five t21) years, or for such
iol&er period as this contract may, by It's
terms, subsist, of the city of Houston; The
Ihuilding erected TO he substantial prick
building and brick stack for the joint use
| OF engines, pumps and boilers to be en-
| ployed, which said works and machinery
Shall nave capacity OF producing SIX mill
Ion ihWo,OuW of gallons of water per day
of twcnty-four (2D hours and also stoT-
| age reservoir, to consist of wrought iron
| tank, having capacity to hold not less
than one million (1OO0OO0l gallons; sail
reservoir to be located In Il suitable place
on land furnished by parties of the first
| part ana to have such al elevation as to
insure sulIlclent pressure to raise the water
IN all parts Of the highest buildings in Sdta
| city at all times, except In eases of acct
! dcntsto avoid which there shall be a com
pound condensing engine, similar In con-
| struction ana dimensions to the one now in
use supplying water to the city of Brook
| Ign, State of New York; and also duplex
engine OF the same capacity and by the
same manufacturers, 10 he SO constructed
that either boiler will ran either or botn
pumps az the same time, and to be SO ar
ranged by means of valves So MS to turn the
pressure of the pumps at once from the
! reservoir TO the street main.
Section 3-To lay and maintain pipes. con
ductors aud aqucducts through and upon
streets aforesaid, to be az least twenty -hvc
thousand t25,000l feet as aforesaid and
| upon such other streets In said city as
fast as the wants OF the city may require
| upon the city contracting to pay The rental
! hereinafter named for each hydrAnt for
| every three hundred and thirty $500 feet
for any extension from and after the date
| hereot; ana TO erect and maintain all ncccs.
Sary buildings, machinery and attachments
Of every description necessary and proper
| Tor such works.
Section ITO erect from time to time. a.,
the city council shall demand. as many
more hydrants on the streets on which the
man pipes shall be laid as may he called
for by satd council the same to be located
! ta0l hytrants ''
Section G-rhe pressure of the water to bc
furnished by the Houston Water company
at all time, so that II win register on an
s average Of foriy-ilves ~, pounds to the
square inch at point five 90 feet above
the level Of the floor at the Central FIRE
station In the city OF Houston.
1t is further agreed by the parties hereto
| that section eleven ~ Of the amendment
mndc TO the original contract of ,ovembrf
20. lSTS said amendment being mndp nv
the city council of the city Of Houston, aGf
ing by John T Browne. its mayor, and
Houston Water Works company, acting by
and through It's president, r. H. seaman.
and r. w, House. Its treasurer said amend
ment being of date of July g. tSAi to he
wit:
Section 1.-THE ssld party of the second
ot the FIRST part nm ANIMAL rental of thirty
Un dollars per hydrant for all hydrants
used by HE party Of the second pnrt IN
| drants, and for All hydrants in excess Of
four 200 hundred the party OF the second
dollars and nifty cents lSe25ol per hy
drant per annum each. The payments 10
be made MS follows:
o B5I,s for the rent OF Ore hydronts to be
first mar, 10 a. ',i - az, P'u Ies ol INC
proved Inv II ana so,no " w. ~ unn Wnrn Up
| In rnrrent -, ,,nti sum 70 ne approved WIN
nntrrch w., 1,"u ~ Tue amount OF same 10 Ne
d. ~ =" ,ue circuit os me partieS or The
, No, i,"lI on me hooks OF the city and the
ars{i W No shnn issue 10 SAID parties of the
ssrst part certincates Of indebtedness there
~, ouosted ny the city secretary ana |
! u@Snrer with the seal OF the city re |
celyahle for all city taxes and dues, OK |
recorders court, said certiiicates TO he is
sued In such amounts as may be deslrnd Nv |
said parties of the first mart MOI lose IboS |
forty tS4o0ol dollars each II is nna"r' |
stood aud agreed mar nnn, ~ " nru'I- |
and delivery Of mo eertinnntos" e is ,,Ii
cduess MS hrreinbefore mnntinno5 inurni
party of tho second mart 70 I'LL ,h ~ tle
ties of The nrst nart p tb4 W tue sald par
tions ossumcd "a l. tnat tneh the onhsa |
first pnrt In MI I ~" sHu pn'ueS or the |
fru fnr, ~ 'u,s V1nFact shall continue In |
tins 90 H. va az olnef words the said par !
rigbt -, Wy utsl Patt SnHil not have the |
49, 80 70 trthluA'e the SAID coatract, he |
vnns' "l me hon-payment In money uf the |
S'M reIlhcates Of Indebtedness.
II Is hrlher agreed by the parties here. |
20 mat the following additions shall he |
tIaue 70 AL contracts now existing he. |
tWnen me SAID city of Houston and the |
iIouSton Water Works company, or Tho |
6Vnston Water company. which said nd
buttons hereby agreed TO nv the parties
htreIo. Shall read as follows to wit,