The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
GAS ASSURED
FOR WICHITA
viii be Piped to This City
From Natural Gas Fields,
FRANCHISE is ACCEPTED
Completion ofCOntract Guar
anteed by $4,000.
COMPANY NOW AT WORK
Land Purchased and Pipes
viii be Laid by Oct. |.
COMPANY NOW AT WORK

City Attorney Helm announced yester-
day that 3 = Gordon and @. ". Wigs
have accepted the franchise granted TO
them by the city council on March q
TO supply natural gas to this city and
that those men have assigned the fran
chise to Theodore Shockney, William
Harris and Don p. Shockney Of Union
City. Ind.
Mr. Helm has received a letter from
Theodore Shockney, stating that the
company Of which he is member has
representatives in the gas field closing
contracts for the gas and adding that
they fully intend TO have gas into Wich-
tia by the first day of October
The Acceptance of the franchise which
was sent 10 Mr.. Helm to be fled in the
city clerks Office is as follows:
''The the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council Of the City OF Wichita;
'Gentlenen-The undersigned. grantees
of ordinance No. 1898, approved March
Is. 1902. entitled an ordinance granting d.
V. Gordon and G. ". Wigs, their heirs,
SUCCESSORS and assigns, the right to con-
struct, maintain and operate a natural
gas plant in the city of Wichita, county
of Sedgwick and state of Kansas, and
the right to use the streets, alleys, ave-
nues roads and public ways OF said city
in which TO lay MAINS latersls, service
pipes, reducing stations. service boxes
and connections, together with all the
necessary fixtures and appliances to con-
stitute a complete natural gas plant for
supplying and delivering to said city and
the inhabitants thereof natural gas Cor
nd ffra1 and
for furnishing heating by the use OF
steam or hot water and prescribing the
conditions of said grant and fixing the
maximum rate that may be charged for
furnishing said natural gas to said city,
and the inhabitants thereof. 90 hereby
accept all the terms and conditions OF
said ordinance and request the clerk Of
said city to place this, our acceptance Of
said ordinance. on file"
The document is signed by Mr.. Gordon /
and Mr.. Wigs.
The papers transferring the franchise /
to the Union City. Ind, capitalists, are
as follows:
For value received the undersigned, I
b. Y. Gordon and George W. Wigs, be-
ing the b Y. Gordon and George W.
Wigs mentioned as grantees in ordi-
nance No. 1898 of the ordinances of the
city OF Wichita, Sedgwick county, state
OF Kansas. wherein there was granted
unto the undersigned. their heirs, success
sers and assigns, the right TO construct,
maintain and operate a natural gas plant
in the city Of Wichita, county OF Sedg-
wick and state of Kansas, and the right
20 use the streets. alleys. avenues, roads
and publis ways of said city in which to
lay mains. laterals. service pipes, reduc-
ing stations. service boxes and connec-
lions. together with al the necessary
fixtures and appliances TO constitute
complete natural gas plant Tor supplying
and delivering TO said city and the in
habitants thereof natural gas for heat
ing, power and fuel purposes and for
furnishing heat by the use of hot water
or steam. ana prescribing the conditions
OF said grant and fixing the maximum
rate which may be charged for furnish
ing said natural gas TO said city and the
Inhabitants thereof do sell. assign and
transfer unto Theodore Shockney. Wnl-
lam Harris and Don 2. Shoclney all Of
their rights. licenses, privileges and i'm
munities granted in said ordinance TO
be enjoyed by the said Theodore Shock
Hey. William Harris and Don p. Shock
ney. their heirs, successors and assigns,
as freely as the grantees themselves
might enjoy the same. and the said Tho
odore Shockney. William Harris and Don
p. Shockney. to be subject TO all Of the
rules. regulations and liabilities imposed
upon Us by said ordinance"
This IS signed by the grantees.
The acceptance OF this franchise by the
company and the announcement that gas
viii be piped into this city by October /
means that the cheap fuel problem has
been solved and that a large number of
important manufacturing interests viii
speedily come to this city.
Cheap lighting IS assured by the spe-
ciic terms Of the franchise. which fixes
tho maximum charge at 50 cents per 1000
cubic feet for domestic purposes The
franchise also provides that the company
shan furnish gas meters to the consumers
free OF charge, being allowed. however
81 for setting or resetting the meter II
is provided, however. that the company
shall not be required 70 furnish the
meter free unless the customer signs a
contract to take the gas for one year.
The franchise also provides that the