The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-09-10
ORDINANCE

onerate works for natural ana ar.i-
f1cial gas, together with the rlgn. 70
use ali streets, avenues and PUBIC
grounds of the city OF Mlnot TOT lne
purpose of laying mains ana plpes
simplifying and delivering to the saie
ritv and the inhabitants thereoi'
g.s for manufacturing, heating ~
Eliminating and for all other put-
noses for which natural ana aitf
Ro;aI qas NAV be used during SAID
period. IL citu Council
Of the City Of Minot, S>or'n 20
Section /. That the Great North
orn OIL Gas and Pipe Line company,
q cornoration, and its successors an ~
...;ens hereinafter to be deAgnae,
I'd as the company, is hereby gfan'eu
the right and privilege to use a.
streets avenues, alleys and the eA.
. se.e thereof and all PUBIC
rounds of the City of Minot, No.. a
noLota including all streets a =.
nues, alleys and public grou .4os no
All additions that may nerealv.. q
saada to said city, for the purpose
~ LAYING mains and pipes TO iuIn 10.
- tho said city and the inhaDltaa s,
tbaraof natural and artificial gas loa
~ 80 term of fifty years from the date
~ ~ na.sage and the publication
+his ordinance, and the rlgnt anu
~ o,,,hority to excavate and use tne
streets, avenues, alleys ana pun IN
grounds of the said city lot tn1 7,;ns
troduction of, repairing and taklns
nm mains, pipes and lines. Proviu s
~ however. that no public grounus
- aid city other than the Streets
oron,,es and alleys, shall be MADE
nse of by said company Tor any "
its nurnoses until express permls-
sion is first given by the Guy ooun ~,
Gil upon application duly maoe Wy
said company in each instance WIZ :
anv such use is desired. ~,
Sec. 2. That all mains and leau-
ing pipes from which gas is ols,la a1,
nted throughout the said Guy sna n
he n1aced not less than fifteen men
as beneath the surface of the Stree.
or other grounds where lalo' anu
shall be laid at such distance lron,
4he curb-line of the street as slaii
he designated by the city engineer,
and before laying any of its MAINS IS
or pipes, the company snal suoni s
TO the city engineer its proposeu
Mans for its system OF mains anu
pipes and such engineers approval wa
thereof in writing shall be taken % s
authority for the laying OF suc sh
mains and pipes in accordance WIZ
such plans. The installation anu
maintenance of said gas mains ana
pipes shall be subject to al reason !,
able directions of the mayor any
council of said city.
Sec. 8. That in the laying OF salo
mains and pipes and the exercise Oh
the rights hereby granted, no streets
or alleys or public grounds shall Do
at any time unnecessarily obstruct-
ed, and all openings and excavations
made therein by said company SNAIL
within a reasonable time, be repair
ed and placed in, as good conditlon
as before. ~
Sec. 4. That the said company
shall, within two, years from tne
oficial publication Of this ordinance,
commence the laying of pipes and
mains and shall thereafter diligent-
iy continue the work until the prln.
cipal parts of the city are supplied
with mains and pipes.
Sec. 5. That the said company
shall, when required to do so by the
said City of Minot, at any time after
the completion of the pipe lines
necessary for the transmission OF
gas for that purpose, enter into a
contract with said city for the fur
nishing of natural gas for lighting
the streets of said city at the prices
hereinafter. specified, and under
such contract the said city shall fur
nish all the equipment and bear all
the expense of establishing and
maintaining such street and other
public lights as may be called for
by such contract; provided, however
: that in case of failure of the natural
gas wells of the said company to
supply sufficient gas to light the said
streets, then any such contract for
lighting said streets shall be null
and void The said company is
hereby permitted to charge for nat
ural gas furnished to the said city
or to any of the inhabitants thereof
for domestic purposes, the following
rates and no more, to wit: Not
more than forty (4O) cents per 1000
cubic feet as long as the population
of said city remains below 5000; mol
more than thirty-five $3.50 cents pei
1000 cubic feet when such popula
ton reaches 5000 but remains LEST
than 10000; nor more than thirty
go cents per 1000 cubic feet whe1
such POPULATION reaches $4,000 bu
remains less than 10000; nor more
than twenty-five (25) cents per 1901
cubic feet when such population ex
ceeds 10000. The population O.
said city for the purpose of hxins
the rates for natural gas as hereir
provided, shall be determined BY The
official census taken by the author
ity OF the United States and thH
state OF North Dakota, Or by sucl
other authority as NAV he hereafter