The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-06-27
Ordinance No. SO.

9iNC'9, "ho9S anu Pup'N,
E'ouhus Oh the clty Oh hood River
lot 'he purposes OF carrying water
lhto' thTough ana tnroughout tne
Salu Guy, ana 10 supply the lnhAplt-
ANS 'hereoi WIN water ana Tor pro
-, N'uSlE means VI eAtlhSulshllig nres'
nc WY ol 'Io"u hlVeF uoes oruall as
'"iioWs'
~, oec'ion l. lhaI tlle HOOD River spring
"ater Company corporation orgah-
lletl u uluer the general laws Oh the staFe
" oresoll' DC ana u Is hereuy erahteu
''le privilege ana rlght Oh laying mains
anu pipes III or throhgh tne streets ana
alieys OF the city Of HOOD RIVER ior tie
PuTPose I'll conveying WaIeI llVo' through
ana thronkhout said city for supplying
lhe lhhaDl'ahts thereol WIN water anu
.or 'url'lsiillg water ior eAlhgulsHlhs
HreS' ana loT oIller puoilG purposes un-
Yer tie conditions ana rlghts hereinafter
set iofth'
sec. 2 Inc liood River spring wafer
company shall never cnarge greater
rates Tor water lor domestc purposes
tl,an are now charged Tor the same III
the sad city ot Hood River, ana "heh-
ever he water rates charged ny the
ifood K'Ver sprlng water company are
t%otHtahJ nr unreasonable IN cohlpat'
son with the company's revenue, the
common coahcli eau aeclare the sallie
by ordinance and cause copy OF sncn
ordinance to be served upon the pfesi-
den0 or managing agent Al the next
meeting ol the sald common couhcil 'ileS
may appoint two lreeholders, residents
IN said city OF Hood River as commls-
sioners who IN company with the pfesl-
dent and secretary OF the sad Hood
River Spring Water company may eN.
anime into and ascertain the amount o.
the net income ol the sara company anu
II 1t then appears that the rates charged
~ said company are eXorbitant anu uh-
reasonable IN comparison WIN Ihe
compaily's revenue, the HOOD river
spring Water company shall wlthln Ten
days thereafter appoint two treeholders
not connected with the SAID company,
and the commissioners SO appointed Dy
the said common council ana 0y sald
company shall consti tute a commission
with power by majority vote OF an sald
commissioners to regulate or TX Iie
wafer rates to be charged by sald com
pany, hut no change OF water rates small
be made by said company WITHIN one
year from the time the same shall be
fixed by the action Of said commissioners
a. hpren provided.
sec. 3, In case such commission con.
.jituted as is provided in Section oil
this ordinance shall be unable Tor any
cause to agree upon an amount at which
wafer rates shall be fixed, such commis-
shall select one freeholder, resident OF
Wasco county, to act with SAID commls'
Slon and majority OF the commission
- constituted shall ilX the maximum
rates 70 ne eHaTeeu Wy s"iu iiOo' ~,
spring Water company as provided IL
section > hereof; and provided furthel
That il the Hood River Sfrng water
company shall neglect or refuse to- ,ap
point commissioners as herein provided
then the common council OF the city o
Hood River may make the commlssloi
tuli by the appointment OF TWO persons
with the qualifications herein Deiof'
mentioned, to act with the two commls
siuners originally appointed by salc
council and the commission SO c2nstltut
ed shall have power to act.
Sec. 1. AS soon as such COMMISSION
shall have agreed upon and fixed th'
water rates the same shall be reporte'
10 the common council OF sald city q
EGnd River and filed bV the reCOFle