Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-03-18
FRANCHISE GRANTED.
'The City Council Takes Final
Action.
BETTER RATES FOR CONSUMERS
On Water Ordinance but Gas Rates Remain as
They at PreSent-ProvisionS of the Ordi-
Passed-Efforts Made to Amend in
Some Particulars but they Unsuccessful.
Other Business Transacted.

/ The city council has acted on the
1franchise ordinance for gas and wa
ter wanted by the Union Gas and
Water company. This was done at
the meeting on Monday evening It
marks the end of discussion which
has taken the time of the city faith
ers for nearly eight months.
As passed the franchises are much
different from those introduced.
They are quite satisfactory to most
people and mark a considerable re.
duetion for the rates for water both
to the town and to the consumer.
The gas rates to the city are mater
tally reduced but the consumer has
to pay the same rates as at present
obtain.
The franchises went through sub
stantially as they had informally
agreed upon by members of the
council sometime ago. There was
an effort to amend the gas rates IN
regard to cooking stoves. The pro-
position to make the rate for cooking
stoves $1.25 month"; instead of 81. 30
was lost by vote of SIX to three.
Messrs. Hay es, Wiles and Phillips
voted to reduce it and Messrs. Steele,
Arnett, Christy, Smith, West and
Spurgeon to leave it at one fifty.
Messrs. Hayes, Smith, Sturgeon,
y Arnett and West voted to make the
maximum water rate to private
) family $21 against the votes OF
Messrs. Steele, Ghristy, Phillips, and
Wiles who wanted it placed at SIS.
\ A big reduction was made in wa
: ter plugs to the city. The rates are
now $40 and S25 each for these
which number sixty. The new rate
is for $40 for half of them and the
rest are to be given free. This is
the same as rate of $40 plug to
the city Street light are to be Sic
for Wellsbach and $6 tor open lights
They aye at present from $40 to $l5
1t is provided in the franchise that
the principal offices of the company
must be kept in Morgantown. This
will insure payment of taxes on all the
property OF the company to the city
and will add one thousand dollars a
year to the city treasury.
A ten inch main for water is to be
laid on Chestnut street by the con-
pany. 1t is stipulated that they
must go up this street in order to pre-
vent the paved streets from being torn
up TO accommodate the water mains.
The franchise is to run for period
of twenty five years from the present
date. The gas rates are to be main
tanned as at present for five years.
Then meters are to be introduced and a
y rate of Is cents thousand may be
charged for i've years. AT the end OF
that time 20 cents may be charged fol-
the rest of the time of the franchise.
1t is provided that the water fur
!. nished shall be pure filtered water.
In case the company shall fail tC
supply water or gas for per iod OF
twenty consecutive days except on &C
count of causes beyond their power tc
prevent the council shall then have
the right to annul the franchises
The rates. for water to private fam.
lilies were fixed as follows as maximum
rates:
For one spigot sc per year
For second spigot 81 per year.
All other spigots SO per year.
Water closet if used in connection
with other supply 81.
Water closet used separately So