The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

found to be registering incorrectly,
there will be no charge for the test.
II it be found to be in proper condition
there will be charge. An officer OF
the company said this clause was in
serted to prevent the indiscriminate
demands for testing that would follow
every time consumer believed his
meter was registering incorrectly.
A change is made in the rates for
which water is to be supplied the
city. These differences will be pointed
! out more explicitly in a later issue.
Suffice to say that it is believed now
should be increased.
Minimum Charge.
The minimum charge of 70 cents ap-
plies almost exclusively to residence
properties. Meters ss and q of an
inch in pipe diameter are the kind
usually in private dwellings. Larger
meters are used in business houses
and factories. A graduated minimum
rate is charged depending upon the
size of the meters. The larger the
charge.
The change and alteration in rates
and abandonment of the meter rental
will be made in consideration of a
water for 225 hydrants at an annual
rental of sS55 per hydrant and for
other hydrant considerations stated in
full in the contract which is appended
in its entirety.
coMPANY's COMMUNICATION.
To the Honorable Board of Public
Works, Richmond, Ind:
Gentlemen-It having been advisa-
BILE by the Commercial club of this
city that better fire protection be Sc
cured. and having been requested by
the Commercial club to present to
your honorable body a proposition
for q u new contract in which would
be embodied such improvements as
would insure increased protection from
fire, we respectfully submit herewith
the following proposition for your
consideration: ...s..
We will install such additional
pumping machinery as to give a daily
capacity of fourteen million gallons In
twenty-four hours.
We will lay sixteen Q6) inch main
from the pumping station to Main
and Twenty-second street.
We will put in the following addi-
tional mains:
One ten QO) inch on s. E street,
from S. 10th to S. 18th streets.
One twelve Q2) inch on 8. 23d st.
from Main to s. B st.
One twelve 02) inch on s. B street
from s. 23rd to S 10th street.
One twelve (12) inch on s. 18th
from S. B to 8. e street.
One eight (S) inch on S. J street
from S. 9th to S 9th streets.
One six o. inch on N. l street from
N. Sth street to N. 10th street.
One six (6) inch on North street
from N. 10th to NJ 11th street.
One six g. inch ON N. e street from
N. 10th to N. 18th streets.
One six 6) inch on s 21st street
from hydrant pa to s. B street.
We will furnish to the city free of
cost, all water necessary for the
cleansing of the streets and public
sewers. supply all carts owned by the
city for sprinkling the avenues and
parks and for the sprinkling Of the
streets under process of improvement
by the city; supply all water necessary
for sprinkling the flowers in the parks;
supply water for fountains, one In
Starr park not to use more than 1900
gallons per. hour; one in Glen Miller
park, not to use more than 5000 gal
Ions per hour; one in South Seventh
street park not to use more than 1900
gallons per hour. and one small fount-
ain at No. hose house: and the above
fountains not to run more than six
hours a day during the months of
May. June. July. August and Septem-
ber. excepting that on legal holidays
said fountains may be run such addi-
tional hours as the mayor of the city
shall designate: also supply all drink
ing fountains for man and beast erec-
ted by the city, provided the number
at any time shall not exceed one drink
ing fountain for each one thousand in
habitants Of the city, and all drink
ing fountains erected on or after the
passage of this ordinance shall have
q storage capacity Of not less than
sixty gallons: supply water for the
city hall. market houses, hose houses.
crematory and public schools now
erected. free Of cost, to the extent Of
ten million gallons annually. as regis
tered by meter measurement. all con-
sumption In excess of said ten million
gallons per annum to be paid for at
the rate OF six cents per thousand gal
Ions For each additional public
school building, we will furnish water
free of cost, on the basis OF an annual
consumption Of two thousand gallons
for each scholar enrolled. For each
additional hose house we will furnish
water free Of cost on the basis Of two
hundred thoussnd gallons per annum.
We will also furnish water free Of
cost to all automatic sewer flush
tanks, provided the average daily con
sumption does not exceed one thous-
and gallons for each tank.
We viii furnish water vifhOuf r0sf