Williams news., 1908-09-05
ORDINANCE No. AS.

I I1RnI pOWpT pIAnt the
 Town of Williams, Coconino County, Territory
 of Arizona; and for sanitary and health pur- l poses in said town
 BE IT ORDAINED by the mayor and the
 cannon council of the Town of Williams, as | follows:
 | Secsionl That whereas pursuant to tn, | presentation and application of the "Gran | Canyon Electric Light x Power Company | corporation, organized and existing under the | laws of the Territory of Arizona, to the Com | mon Council of the Town of Williams. a muni | cipal corporation, in Coconino County, Terri
 tory of Arizona, for the franchise hereinafter
 mentioned and granted, and & resolution pass l ed by this the said Common Council, stating | the fact that said Common Council deemed the granting of such franchise beneficial foI | such municipal corporation, said Town oi Williams, whic h said resolution was and it has been duly spread upon the minutes record oi l this said Common Council, and the submission | of the question as to whether sad franch1s, shall be granted or not. to the qualified voter duly called for that purpose, to be held oi Monday the third day of August, A. D. 1908. and which said election, after due and legal notice thereof had been given, was so held on saiG day, and the returns thereof duly made to said Common Council, and on the fifth day of Aug
 ust, 1908, by said Common Council duly can vassed, and it was found by said Common council upon such canvas that one hundred an6 eighteen votes in all had en cast, one hundreC and eleven of which had been so cast for and iI favor of theggranting Of said franchise. ano only seven thereof had been cast against tn, granting of the same, and that by such vote said franchise was authorized to be granted by a majority vote of the qualified voters Ot
 such municipal corporation, said Town of Will
 jams, and such election and the result thereOi
 was, and it has been by said Common Council,
 upon the making of such canvass declared, ant a motion thereupon having been duly made seconded and put to a vote and carried by saiC Common Council. granting said franchise
 Now, Therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the of Williams; That the said "Grand Canyon
 Electric Light Power Company" Ca corpora
 fon its ana be and
 in or by law provided such, said, and the fol
 lowing franchise, and authorized and empow
 cred to construct, lay down, aintain, regulate
 and operate, and keep in repair, pipes, mains
 and laterals upon, into and along any and al
 of the public streets and alleys of and in saiG Town of Williams. now existing and hereafter to exist. for the purpose of carrying. conveying
 and conducting pure water and constructing, establishing, maintaining, regulating and operating a system of waterwOrks, for public.
 municipal, domestic, private and other pur- poses; and for the use oi said Town of Williams, and the citizens and inha abitants thereof, both public and private, for compensation and the collection of rates therefor; and also for the construction, mainteance. regulating and operating and repairing of hydrants, suitable
 for fire purposes and protection in the said Town of Williams;
 Also, to establish, dig construct, maintain,
 regulate operai e, and repair sewers and drains.
 and system of sewerage in, upon, along and
 alleys of and in said Town of Williams for pub
 lie and private use, for compensation, and to
 connect the same with private property, with the right of an outlet for the contents of such sewers and drains;
 Also, to construct, maintain, regulate, oper- ate and repair an electric light and power plant in the said Town of Williams, and to place.
 erect, maintain; regulate, control, operate and
 repair poles and wires attached thereto, or strung thereon, upon. in along and across any and all of the said public streets and alleys of
 the said Town of Williams, with insulators and all other appliances such as are or may become necessary or convenient for the maintenance and operation of its said plant and works for the transmission and distribution of electric ity and electric lights and power throughout said municipal corporation, the said Town of Williams, for municipal. public, domestic and private uses of the said Town of Williams and
 the citizens and inhabitants thereof, for con- penSation.
 Section ?. The rights and privileges herein granted to continue for term of twenty-fiv ve years from and afteI the passage of this ordi-
 nance.
 Section g. That the construction of said
 waterworks shall be commenced within six months, and the sewer system within one year
 from and after the passage of this ord inance, and such construction shall thereafter be, con tinued until completed without any unreason-
 able delay; Provided however, that any delay caused by strikes malicious interference or order of court shall work an extension of time for the loss of time so occasioned.
 Section 4. That the rates to be charged for
 water and the furnishing thereof, shall not at
 any time exceed the rates heretofore charged for the same service in the Town of Flagstaff, COconino County Arizona, first after it's issue of bonds for waterworks system in that said town.
 Section B. That the rates to be charged for electric light and power shall not at any time
 exceed those now being charged for the same service by said company now furnishing the same in the Towu of Williams.
 Section G. That in case of any nou-payments of tes for the of water by customers, water
 may be cut cut from such customers, and be- fore re-connecting, connecting charge of not to exceed one-dollar and half may be charged, and also all arrearages for water may be re-
 quired to be first paid by said customer in ar rears.
 For sewerage service. a charge of not to ex-
 ceed two and One-half dollars may be made for making connections
 Section 7 For fire protection there shall be placed at such places as the Town Council shall designate, upon the first laying of pipes and mains, twenty-five hydrants with fire plugs,
 each to have at all times water pressure of not less than forty-fve pounds to the square l inch, and whatever more may be found to be necessary for the successful operation of such hydrants.
 Additional hydrants shall be placed when- ever so required by the Common Council And ,hali be placed wherever directed by them.
 The Town shall pay, at the rate of three dol lars per month for the use of said bydrants, for each thereof, up to the number of twenty five; and at the rate of two and one-half dollars per month for each hydrant in excess of said number Payable monthly.
 All water mains shall be laid at sufficient depth to prevent freezing.
 Section S. The Common Council shall from
 ii ne to time, as it may deem necessary, estab-
 fish sanitary districts within the corporate
 limits Of the Town of Williams, and when said
 co,npauy, it's successors or assigns shall have
 constructed and established said sewer system throughout such sanitary districts, or either of them, All persons owning real property on srreets and alleys in which there are sewers, sh.Il abate all privies. cesspools, and open drsi rs upon their property, and they shall con meet with said sewer system: said connection to be m sde at the expense of the owner and tHe Common Council shall by ordinance to be passed compel the carrying out of the same.
 syction g. All sewer mains shall be of ten incl, pipe oS larger, and all laterals of not less than six-inch pipe; and all shall be layed with as lit t!e Inconvenience to the public ass pos sibIe In the laying of the same the said com pany & hall comply with the existing ordinan= ces of <, ud town.
 Said company, it's successors and assigns, shall at sE times keep its mains and pipes properly fius,.ed and clean; and it shall not at
 in the of Pf said Town of of Will jams, or as any plane t said Town.
 Section 10. That said Hmphhny; hn v itv s4cGes bsrse and collect in advance, or otherwise. for the use of said sewer service for mopth or lrae- tional part of | month, as follows: Not exceed ing .,..a
 l. Private houses, including sinks, b2tns ana water-closets, seventy five cents
 2 Saloons running per day only, one ana one-quarter SIPS dollars.
 SaIOons running day and n. .,ht, having