The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-09-17
IN CORVALLIS
THE WATER QUESTION AND
ANOTHER ORDINANCE BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE.

ANOTHER ORDINANCE BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE.
Local Company Embodies Its Offe,
of Lower Rates in an Ordinance
and Presents Same to Spe-
cial Water Committee.
The special committee from the
Corvallis conncil met Monday night
An account of the deliberations ap-
pears in another column. A fea-
ture was the presentation by the To-
cal water company of an ordinance
that it desires the council to pass.
The ordinance is as follows:
The City of Corvallis does ordain
as follows:
Sec. THE privilege is hereby
granted to G R Farra of Corvallis,
Oregon, his successors and assigns,
Hereinafter known as the grantee)
to maintain, extend, equip and op-
crate system of water works in
the city of Corvallis, Oregon, to
supply the city and its citizens with
water for public and private pur-
poses, for the period of thirty years
{subject to right of purchase here
matter provided for.
Sec. 2-The water SO to be sup
piled and furnished thesscity and its
inhabitants, shall be taken from the
Willamette River at the place
where the present suction pipe of
the Corvallis Water Company, en-.
ters said river, or at some other
point in said river convenient to
the said company's power house in
said city, and all such water shall
be filtered through charcoal filter,
not less than three feet in thick
ness, on all sides, top and bottom
of said filter, and the same to be
immersed under the surface of said
river, at low water mark. And to
be securely fastened in position by
sufficient piling to hold it securely
in place at all times.
Sec. 3.-The said filtered water
shall be pumped by the grantee in
to mains aud 1aterals placed in the
streets and alleys and other public
ways OF said city, not less than Is
inches below the surface of the
alleys and ways aforesaid,
and said main shall consist of 8
inch piping from the said company's
power house to Eighth street, along
Adams street in said city. Said 8
inch pipe to connect with the mains
as follows: One six inch main a.
long Second street from Adams to
Madison street, and four inch
main continuing along Second street
from Madison street to VanBuren
street. A four inch main to con-
meet with the s inch main from Ad.
ans street to VanBuren street along
Fifth street. A six inch main to
connect with inch main from Ad-
ans street to Madison street, along
Eighth street. and continuing along
Eighth street from Madison street
to VanBuren street a four inch
main. A six inch main to run "a
long Madison street from Second
to Eighth connecting with other
mains on second, Fifth and Eighth
streets. A four inch main to run
along VanBuren street, from Second
street, to Eighth street connecting
with the mains on Second, Fifth
and Eighth streets. Other four
inch mains to extend from said sys-
tenn, on the north, south and west,
to serve for necessary. fire protec-
ton, and supply the State Agricul-
tural college, and citizens and in
habitants of said city with water
for domestic use, and to be connect
ed with smaller piping for all nee.
cessary domestic uses. The pur-
pose and intent of this ordinance
being to secure for the city, and its
inhabitants sufficient supply of
good and wholesome water for fire
protection, sewer cleansing and do
use. Ihe quality OF said
water.shall from time to time be
tested by competent chemist
nominated by the city, and the fiji
ter shall be kept in condition to at
all times provide good, pure and
wholesome water for such use.
Sec. 4-In order to test the sup
ply OF water, and the pressure upoa
the dydrants the grantee shall,
whenever required to do SO by the
city council, submit the water sys-
tenn to the following test. Four
fire streams shall be thrown from
the nearest hydrants to the inter-
section of Second and Madison
streets, Corvallis, Oregon, stimuli.
111x 4.