New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-13
NO. Al

The above prices shall be in full
force and effect for period of FIVE
years from and after the granting of
this franchise, at the end of which
time the city council shall have the
right to revise these prices, but only
through board of arbitration selected
by both the city and the grantee, and
such board shall consist of three dis
interested persons.
Section 5. That through the rights
and privileges hereby granted to the
said Geo. 81. Erich, his successors and
assigns, he shall commence the con-
struction of their works within five
months from the passage of this or
dinance, and shall have same COM
pleted in all respects within one year
from the passage of same, With not
less than seven miles of street mains
laid in said city and to be ready to
supply gas to the inhabitants of said
city whenever and wherever without
discrimination, required to the extent,
of which Geo. 81. Erich his successors
and assigns shall have pipe laid.
Section g. That any failure on the
part OF said Geo. II. Erich, his sue
cessors and assigns, to comply with
the provisions of section five of this
ordinance, shall cause forfeiture of
all rights and privileges by this ordi-
nance granted.
Section Z. That the gas to be sup
piled by said Geo. 81. Erich, his sue
cessors and assigns, shall be of
quality to give monthly average
total heating units of five hundred and
fifty British Thermal Units, with
minimum which shall never fall below
five hundred British Thermal units,
and not less than eighteen candle
power. The gas shall not contain
more than 80 grains of total sulphur
per hundred cubic feet and not more
than trace of sulphuretted hydrogen.
This trace shall be determined by the
Connecticut method by passing gas
through a 1872 orifice under one and
one-half inch pressure for period of
three minutes. Should the acetate of
lead paper then show trace. it
should be understood that sulphuretted
hydrogen was present in a proportion
which is deleterious to health. The
heating value and candle power of the
gas shall be determined by the
calorific and photometric processes in
ordinary use.
Section s. Gas pressure as measured
at meter inlets shall never be less
than one and one-half inches nor more
than six inches OF water pressure, and
the daily variations of pressure at
the inlet of any one meter on the
system shall never be greater than
one hundred per cent of the minimum
pressure. The said Geo. Fl. Erich,
his successors and assigns shall make
frequent measurements of the pressure
and pressure variations and these
shall be kept on record and open for
public inspection.
Section 9. That said Geo. 81. Erich,
his successors and assigns, shall at
all times keep the gas works open for
the inspection of representative Of
the city for the purpose of making
tests of the quality of the gas furnished.
1t is further agreed by the granting of
this franchise, that the city shall have
the right to provide by ordinance for
the inspection of meters and to pre-
scribe the duties of such inspectors as
it may appoint for the purpose of Sc
curing correct measurement of the gas
furnished to the consumers. It is
further agreed, that the said Geo. h
Erich, his successors and assigns,
shall furnish all meters.
Section 10. That the said Geo. H.
Erich, his successors and assigns,
shall provide for service pipes from
the service mains to the property line,
or curb line established by said city
of New Ulm.
Section H. That if at the explra-
ton of the franchise, said city of New
Ulm shall desire to purchase said
franchise and gas works, they shall
have the privilege of so doing upon
the following conditions, i. e. That
said city may purchase the franchise
pertaining to its territory and the gas
pipes, works, fixtures and other pro-
perty pertaining to said business, at
the actual value of the same, the value
to be fixed by three arbitratcrs who
are to be chosen as follows: One by
the city of New Ulm, one by the owner
or owners of the franchise and third
by the two thus chosen. and none of
the three shall be an officer of the city
or be interested in the gas works. The
arbitratment or award of value made
by the three arbitrators or majority
OF them shall be the price at which the
said city may purchase franchise and
property.
Section II. That should the city of
New Ulm decline to purchase at the
valuation of the aforesaid, then she
paid rights and privileges are to be
continued for twenty years, to said
Geo. 81. Erich, his successors and
assigns, with the conditions hereinbe-
fore in the ordinance stated
Section 49, That tie said Geo. Fl.
Erich, his successors and assigns,
shall supply the city of New Ulm with
a plat showing the location of all
pipes, valves and drip pots, and when
additions are made to the street mains
additional plats are to be furnished
showing additions and extensions.
Section IA. That the said Geo. H.
Erich, his successors and assigns
shall provide free of charge to the
city, pressure gauge placed in the
city hall OF said city, showing the
candle power of the gas and the pres
sure on the mains.
Section Is. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force for twenty