The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-30

month 1t was incumbent upon the
general council to negotiate for such
service covering the remaining period
which the franchise of the water
company still has to run, to-wlt:
eighteen years.
! After several conferences between
the joiht hight and water committee
and the officers of the water company
a scale of rates for fire hydrants was
| agreed upon by the committee and
the water company. These rates
have been embodied in contract
which will be submitted TO the gen.
eral council for such action as the
wisdom of that body may determine.
IL the proposed contract is favorably
acted upon by the general council,
1t must be submitted to the votes OF
the city at the rext election and
afiirmatively ratified by not less than
two-thirds of the vote then cast upon
the question before contract be-
tween the city and the water COM
pany can be finally executed.
1t is therefore worth while for the
voters of the city to carefully con-
slider the terms Of the proposed con-
tract before casting their votes at the
coming election, and If 1t appears
that the proposed contract is to the
advantage of the city, then to register
their approval thereof upon their bal
lots.
] In order that the voters may have
an opportunity to become fully adj
vised regarding the terms of the pro-
posed contract copy of the same is
herewith submitted which reads as
follows:
Section l. That the City of Padu-
cab, Ky, agrees to rent and does
hereby rent from Paducah Water
company its successors and assigns,
four hundred aud eleven (411)
double nozzle fire hydrants now es-
tablished in said city for period of
eighteen (1S) years from the passage
and final approval of this ordinance,
after an election by the people as
hereinafter provided. The annual
rental for each of said fire hydrants,
which the city OF Paducah hereby
agrees to pay for the first ten (10)
years Of said term, shall be twenty
ts20.00) dollars and the annual
rental for the remaining eight (S)
years shall be fifteen (s15.00) dol
lars, unless the said city shall sooner
purchase water company's plant. with
six CD per cent interest upon defer
red payments. The payments of said
rentals shall be made as provided in
the original ordinance contract.
"Section 2. All additional hydrants
on extensions of mains that may be
erected hereafter by the Paducah
Water company, its successors or as
signs, as provided in the original or
dinance contract during the said
eighteen years, shall be charged and
paid for as provided in section one
hereof; but at the expiration Of ten
| G0) years from the time this ordi
nance shall have been finally APP
proved as set out above, all the then
fire MIGRANTS shall be charged and
paid for at the uniform rate as above
provided and the contract therefor
shall expire at the end of the eighteen
years fixed in section one.
Section 3. Before this ordinance
shall become effective it shall be sub
mitted to a vote of the qualified
voters o. the city of Paducah, KY,
az the general election to be held in
said city on the 9Th day Of November,
1906, the said vote to be taken In the
manner and as provided by law for
the submission of public questions to
the voters OF said city
Section 4, This ordinance shall
take effect and lie in force from its
passage approval and ratification by
the qualified voters of the city OF Pa
ducah, KY, and written acceptance
Of its terms nd conditions by the
Paducah Water company filed with
the clerk of the city of Paducah, KY.
within ten (1o) days after the Official
certificate OF its approval at the popu-
lar election"
At the present time the water COM
pany has installed for the use Of the
city All fire plugs. which under the
old contract are rated and cost each
year as follows:
$50 fire plugs at $4,000. Sc. 100000
80 fire plugs at $1,000. 10000
2S1 fire plugs at $500. 5,775.0O
Total .,...... .Sl2,bIo.UO
Under the proposed contract this
same service would cost the city but
sS,22O.00 for each of the first ten
years OF the contract saving upon
Bthe'number of hydrants now installed
OF s4,455.00 per annum and for the
| ten wear period saving OF $44,-