The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-12
LEGAL.


its business, separately, and the total
amount of expenditures made for all
proYements made and the cost thereof;
and shall annually. from and after ac-
INTO the city treasury of Topeka ten 90
per cent of its annual net earnings over
and above ten 5o5 per cent earned by
sag company upon the, ACTUAL cash value
OF its 1pYestrnsAt at tRe date of each re-
Neither this franchise granted nor
any watered stock issued by said
Fhe Topeka Electrical Company, its
Of snd over ana dss above the sef9a
cash value of its investment at the date
Of each report, shall be included as a part
OF the investment of said The Topeka
Electrical Company, its successors ofAas-
signs, in computing the ten (1O) per cent
its investment.
And the city clerk, or a. committee ap-
or without the assistance of an expert
accountant, shall have access to and the
right TO examine ALI the books. files and
Tecorus OF said The Topeka Electrical
Company. its successors or assigns, to
verify the correctness of the seni-annual
statement filed with the city clerk. as
aforesaid and to correct the same if
found 10 be erroneous. If said statement
be corrected, then said payments shall
be made upon the corrected statement.
Sec 8. The rates charged any customer
| IN the city of Topeka for light. power and
heat shall not exceed the following sched-
ule, to-wit
For residence lighting, nine cents per
]
For commercial lighting, six cents per
thousand watt hours
For power, five cents per thousand watt
hours, except power for electric elevators.
for which the maximum rate shall be six
cents per thousand watt hours
! For all electric current furnished to the
city of Topeka for lighting the city prison,
IRE stations. and all other municipal
buildings, and. for power, the rate shall
not exceed four cents per thousand watt
hours; and for lighting public school
/ buildings the rate shall not exceed four
! cents Der thousand watt hours.
The Topeka Electrical Company, its sue
cessors or assigns, shall furnish all stand
ard tncandescent lamp renewals free Of
charge to the consumer, and the com
pany. shall redeem the same at the ex-
shall be compelled to own or furnish arc
I lamps to secure the above named rates.
The minimum meter charge to any con-
sumer shal not exceed seventy-dve cents
per month.
The Topeka Electrical Company its sue
cessorS Or assigns, shall cause to be print
ed on all bills rendered q. complete sched-
ule of rates, showing all discounts made
by said company to all of its consumers.
All new rates going into effect and all
reductions discounts in existing rates
shall be printed on all bills within thirty
days after such rate or rates are made
All bills rendered by said company shall
er readings.
Any discrimination by said The Topeka
1 Electrical Company, its successors or as
signs, by giving secret rates, rebates, dis
4 counts, or otherwise, in favor of or
against any consumer, shall be unlawful.
and shall be cause for the forfeiture Of
/ this franchise and such discrimination
may be punished may be hereafter
provided by ordinance.
Said The Topeka Electrical Company, its
during the life of this franchise furnish
install and maintain all meters at its own
expense.
AS consideration for the granting of
this franchise said The Topeka Electrical
/ Company agrees to furnish the city of
| Topeka, without cost during the life of
-1- t-4-
/ 800 arc lamps and connect the same with
! its service wires said lamps TO be placed
the north TO the city units on the south
Sec 9. The city of Topeka shall create,
! by ordinance, a department for the IN
i spectIon- OF all meters used by said The
I Topeka Electrical Company, its success
sors or assigns. and shall appoint one or
more competent and experienced inspec-
tors. whose duties among other things
1 shall be to inspect and test electric
/ meters; and said inspectors shall if cali
ed upon to do so by the proper officer of
4 the city or by any consumer who intends
having an electric meter installed in ad-
] dition to the other duties imposed upon
| them by ordinance, examine and test the
I accuracy of said new electric meters be-
fore the same shall be connected for
use in said city; and when they find the
same to- be correct within two per cent,
shall seal the same with some suitable
] seal or stamp and mark thereon the date
/ of such examination. Upon the applica-
ton of any consumer of electricity for a
test of meter through which electricity
is supplied to him, said consumer shall
! deposit with said city Inspector one dol
lar and take his receipt therefor. where
upon said city inspector shall remove said
meter to the testing room of said city.
/ It shall be the duty of said city inspec-
the consumer any meter so removed,
! within three hours after its receipt at
inspector md any such meter correct
/ within two per cent, he shall pay to said
city the one dollar SO deposited by said
/ consumer and take its receipt therefor;
but should the meter be found too fast in
excess Of two per cent the said inspec-
tor shall return said money to the con-
sumner and take his receipt therefor, and
said company shall pay to said city one
dollar for such inspection.
Said CITY of Topeka shall provide all
/ necessary electrical test instruments and
make ali necessary regulations to secure
I the correct measurement of all electric
current furnished to the city of Topeka
and inhabitants thereof.
Said The Topeka Electrical Company, its
successors or assigns, shall have the
privilege of having a representative of the
company who may witness the test OF all
electric meters tested as herein before pro-
Sec 10 The Topeka Electrical Company,
/ its successors or assigns. shall be pre-
pared to and shall furnish upon demand
by the mayor or city clerk all electrical
mayer and a'U eouncR for the use Of the
city to light its streets, public grounds or
efher phrpose an9 Tne rates speisned N
| current to the city shall not exceed four
cents per thousand watt hours,
I And current for light and power shall
be furnished to any customer who may sp-
ply for the same, when such customer is
located within three hundred feet of any
pole and wire or conduit or line establish
ed and maintained by said company; and
to any parry so applying distant more
wire, conduit. line OF said com
pany, the additional cost Of in
stailation by reason of any increased
distance over three hundred feet shall be
borne by the party or parties desiring
such extension Of service
The current so supplied to be of a kind
and character to meet the need of the
customer, and any expense Of transform
ing such current shall be paid by the
customer and the said company shall
supply and maintain s twenty-four 20
hour service upon It's lines wherever this
same is required and paid for by any
customer, at the reasonable and legal