Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-03-19
FULL TEXT.
Of Water and Gas Franchise as
Passed


Exact Provisions OF the Ordinance
Granting Certain Rights aud Prisi-
leges to the Union Gas and Wat er
Co.-Rates Fixed for Twenty five
Tears-Some Reductions Made in
Rates.
The following is the exact text of
the ordinance passed by council on
Monday night granted the Union
Gas and Water Company franchises
for water and gas:
An Ordinance, granting TO the
Union Gas and Water Company,
certain rights and privileges for the
introduction and sale OF Natural Gas.
and for the putting in of Water Works,
and supplying Water and Gas to the
inhabitants, and others, doing bust
ness within the city of Morgantown;
and regulating the sale within said
City of gas and water and prices to be
charged therefor.
Whereas, the ''Union Gas and
Water Company, Corporation exist
ing under the laws of West Virginia,
has become the owner, by purchase, of
the corporate rights and franchises,
and real and personal property of the
"Union improvement Company" in
Guiding the rights and franchise and
privileges granted by the Ordinances
passed by the Common Council of the
Town Of Morgantown, on the 1lth
day of December 1888, and the 10Th
day of March, 1889, and the 28th day
of March, 1889. And whereas the
said "Union improvement Company
has ceased to exist as an incOrpora-
ton. Now therefore, in considera-
ticn of the benefits and advantages
that may arise from the furnishing
and sale of said gas and water, at
rates not exceeding the maximum
hereinafter set forth; be it ordained
by the Common Council of the City of
Morgantown, in the County of Mon
ongalia, and State of West Virginia.
|. The "Union Gas and Water Com
panyn shall have the right and priv
ilege for a period of % years from the
date of the passage of this ordinance
of laying, putting and placing under
the public grounds, streets, alleys,
side walks, wharves, landings, and
river front, within said City, such
pipes, mains, tubes, and appurten-
ances and devices as may be necessary,
or useful for supplying the wants of
all persons, corporations, or corporate
authorities, within said city, or resid-
ing or doing business within said city,
with gas, either natural or artificial,
for fuel heat and light and manufac-
turing purposes and of pure filtered
water tor domestic, manufacturing
and all other purposes, and the said
ssUnion Gas and Water Company
shall have right and privilege for
the period aforesaid, of supplying
'natural and artificial gas and water,
to the PERSONS corporations. and cor
porate thoritiesaforesaid.
3 The said "Union Gas and Water
Company" shall have the right and
privilege of erecting placing and put
ting up, and shall erect place and put
up gas posts and lamps, at such plac-
es and in such numbers as the corpor-
ate authorities of SAID City may order
or authorize, with suitable burners
for illuminating purposes, upon the
ways, side walks, landings, river
fronts and wharves, within said City
aud of supplying aud putting hydrants
and water plugs at such places and in
such numbers, as the corporate author
tiles aforesaid may order, or authorize
for supplying water therefrom, Pro-
vided however that the said Munich
pal authorities do not hereby relin-
quish their control over said Public
grounds, and alleys, ways, side-wa
landings, river front and wharyes,
and wharves and the right to control
the location of such gas posts lamps
hydrants, water plugs, and all pipes
and fixtures placed in upon or under
the same, and provided further that
said Union Gas and Water Company
shall not charge consumers Of water
and gas greater rates therefor than
are fixed and prescribed by this ordin-
ance, and provided further that said
ssUnlon Gas and Water Company
shall furnish an ample supply of water
for the use of said City, in extinguiSh
ing fires, cleaning streets and alleys
and flushing cutters and sewers, from
SO many Migrants, or water plugs, Tue
same size as those now in use in said
city, as the said City may reqvire, to
be located at points to be hereafter
designated by the Corporate authori-
ties Of said City, and at cost not ex-
ceeding the rates hereinafter prescrib-
ed.
g. The said "Union Gas and Water
Company" shall not interfere with
nor interrupt the use Of said streets,
grounds, alleys ways sidewalks, land
ings, or wharves, by the public, in
said pipes, mains, and water-plugs
for longer time than is necessary,
and they shall as speedily as possible,
put and replace said streets, alleys,
sidewalks, public grounds, landings,
and wharves, in as good condition
after putting down said pipes mains,
tubes, appurtenances and devises, and
putting up said posts, hydrants and