Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-03-01
FRANCHISE ORDINANCE


trio Company, Of Hopkinsville, Ken
lucky, before the Board tf Council
men OF the City Of Hopklnsville,
Kentucky and stated that said com
pany wished TO obtain franchise to
rect. maintain aud operate a Gas
PLaut ia the City of Hopkinsville.
Kentuck; aud asked said Board OF,
Councilmen to pass an ordinance,
authorizing aud ordering the sale o.,
such franchise; whereupon the fol-
lowing ordinance was adopted:
Be it ordained oy the Board OF
Conncimenlot the City of Hopkins.
vile, Kentucky, that the City Of
Hopkinsville sell to the highest and
best bidder, franchise to construct,
maintain and operate gas plant in
said city for period of twenty years
from and after the enactment Of an
ordinance by this council, confirming
such sale and granting Of such fran
chise. The person or persons, or cor.
poration, becoming the purchaser Of
such franchise, when sold, after said
sale shall have been confirmed by
this council, shall have granted TO
them or it, franchise giving to him
or it, their or its successors, assigns
or lessees, the following privileges
and imposing on them or it, their or
its ass'g ns, successors or lessees the
following restrictions:
SEC |. That the person or persons,
company or corporation purchasing
This franchise when sold, shall have
he permission aud authority to man
ufacture, store and distribute and
sell to the CITY of Hopkinsville and
It's citizens, sas, for Illuminating,
hf ating and cooking purposes, aud to
acquire, ere CT, maintain and operate
at any place, 40 or near the said city
which may be selected by the grantee,
engines, boilers, tanks, or any other
machinery, or apparatus necessar,
or desirable by said grantee for the
purpose of manufacturing, storing
and distributing gas for heating
cooking or Illuminating purposes.
All of said machinery and spparatu,
to be of the kind and capacity select
ed and desired by the grantee, anc
may be increased changed or en-
larged at any time, at the option OF
said grantee, and to manufacture,
generate. store and distribute gas TO-
the purposes herein named, in suci
quantities as such grantee may deem
ado ouste and necessary.
To lay mains, pipes, laterals, and
house connections in, upon and slo 8
all streets, lanes, avenues, highways,
alleys and public grounds Of the City
of Hopkinsville, through which
mains, pipes and lsterals, said gran
tee is hereby given the right to furn-
ish and sell to the City of Hopkins
willie and the citizens thereof, gas for
the purposes herein above mentioned
and to reopen said streets, alleys, &c,
at any time for the purpose of repair
ing mains and pipes. All excavatior'
made in or upon said streets, alleyF,
lanes, ways or public places, for tn.
purpose of laying said mains, Tipes 3,
laterals or house connections, shall
be filled, packed aud leveleo to the
same conditions before said exca
vstions was made, And said grantee
shall indemnity said city against ali
or any damage to real or personal
property which it, or any citizen
thereof, may sustain by reason OF
said grantees operating under this
franchise.
To charge said city and its citizens
for gas, for the purposes mentioned,
not to exceed the rates shown by the
following schedule:
For Illuminating gas, per 1000
Gu. IT.. observation-disclosures w
For illuminating and cooking
gas, when used through same
meter, per 1000 Gu. ft,........... l 80
For cooking gas, per 1000 IT,. l25
For heating purposes, per 1000
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SEQ. ?, The right to operate said
plant, shall extend twenty years from
the passage of an ordinance by this
Council, granting this franchise, and
the rights herein conveyed are sub
ject to the following conditions to
wit: That any person or persons, or
corporations who may buy this fran
chise when sold, shall have same in
operation within twelve months from
the granting of this franchise, and
shall within ninakv dava from the