Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-09-23

the property occupied by them, said
applicants agreeing to take and pay
| for gas at current and established
rates, for the period of one year, from
the placing and operation of said ex-
! tension, the grantee shall lay and
complete the necessary extension
along said street, avenue, or public
ground, to supply said gas to said ap-
plicants within sixty (6O) days after
the receipt of such application; pro-
vided, that the aggregate annual rev.
enue of said grantee from such ex-
tensions shall equal or exceed Thirty
Dollars ($3O.0O) annually for each one
hundred (1OO) feet Of such distribut-
ing main extension required, and pro-
vided, also, that the grantee may re-
quire each such applicant to file with
49,, application reasonable and ample
indemnity to secure the payment for
the gas to be supplied, pursuant there
to-, for the term of one % year; and
provided, further, that if said grantee
shall desire a longer time than sixty
900 days within which to make such
main extension and to supply gas ap-
piled for, as aforesaid, such time may
be reasonably extended by order of
the city council of said city, upon
written request of said grantee.
Section s. The privileges herein
conferred are granted upon the con-
dit.on that the said grantee shall file
with the clerk OF the said city of Pine
Bluff, Arkansas, within thirty (3O)
days from the passage Of this ordin-
ance its written acceptance OF the
terms hereof, and shall have said
natural gas ready for delivery to con-
sumers within the corporate limits OF
said city of Pine Bluff within six CO
months from the date of the passage
of this ordinance. Upon the filing OF
the written acceptance herein provid-
ed for with the clerk of said city, this
ordinance and said acceptance shall
be taken and deemed as completing
contract between the parties thereto.
Section 9. The privileges and
rights herein granted shall not be
forfeited by a temporary suspension
of operation of said natural gas
plant, after the same has been COM
pleted, unless said suspension be for
a period of six CO. months, or longer,
when the council may, by proper ac-
ton, declare such rights and priyil-
eyes forfeited.
Section 10. 1t is understood and
agreed between the parties to this
contract that all rights and privileges
and duties imposed by this instrument
upon the grantee, shall extend to and
&c binding upon its successors and as
signs, and the tight is expressly grant
ed to the said grantee to design this
instrument and all the rights herein
conferred.
Section II. The grantee Shall have
the right to quit furnishing natural
Gas under this contract at any time,
if it's supply of natural gas shall be ex-
hausted; but, in such case, the gran
tee shall have the right. at its option,
to furnish artificial gas, and charge
therefor a maximum meter rate Of
One Dollar and Thirty-Five Cents
(s1.35) per one thousand $4,000 Gu
bic feet, subject to a discount of ten
cents 1Oc) per one thousand Q,O00)
cubic feet, if payments are m.de BY
the tenth of the month for gas furn-
ished the preceding month.
In case the grantee shall so cease to
furnish natural gas, it shall not be
held liable foa any damages occasion
ed thereby to the city of Pine Bluff,
or any of the inhabitants thereof. At
the expiration of the franchise hereby
granted to the grantee, it shall have
the right to remove all mains, pipes
and connections, and other appliances,
which it may have placed in the said
city of Pine Bluff In case of such
removal. all streets, alleys. or 9th,
public grounds, disturbed thereby,
shall be repaired by grantee, as pro-
yided in Section 3 of this ordinance.
Section IL. This ordinance shall be
in full force and effect at the earliest
period allowed by law, after the date
of its legal passage.