The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-31
PROPOSED CONTRACT,
Sectior VIII

nance, as amended by an amend
atory ordinance OF said city or
dained September Il, 1892, being
Section : OF said amendatory or
dinance, be and the same is here
by amended so as to read as fol
lows:
Section IS Said water works
shall at all times maintain a pres
sure in its mains at the corner OF
Main and Eighth streets OF not
less than forty pounds nor more
than seventy pounds to the square
inch, except as hereinafter provid- =
ed. Said water works shall main
tain an electric gong at it's pump
ing station, connected with the
city fire alarm system in such
way that the fire department of
said city may notify said water
works by an alarm sounded at its
pumping station that a pressure in
excess OF said pressure above stip-
ulated is necessary to eXtinguish
a fire in said city, and said water
W III hS SLdIl "llblu ten minutes al
ter such an alarm shall have been
given at said pumping station,
furnish such additional fire pres
sure by means of the pumping
machinery of said water works,
as may be required by such fire
department., not less than seventy
pounds nor exceeding ITO pounds
to the square inch at any hydrant,
and shall maintain such pressure
continuously during the continu-
ance of any such fire in said city.
If, in the opinion of the chief of
said fire department, it is neces-
sary to designate certain fire al
arm boxes as direct pressure box
es, said water works shall, when
the first alarm is sounded from
such boxes, give and maintain the
required fire pressure; provided,
that no box shall be designated as
a direct pressure box the static
pressure at the hydrant nearest
said box exceeds seventy pounds
per square inch.
Section TX. That Section 30 of
said ordinance be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 90 Whenever new ma
chinery shall be installed by said
water works, the same shall be of
standard pattern and quality, and
the system of said water works
shall at all times be of sufficient
capacity to throw simultaneously
eight fire streams one hundred
feet vertically through one hun
dred feet of 2h inch best quality
rubber-lined hose and Us inch
ring nozzles; provided, that no
more than two streams are to be
taken from any one six inch main
nor more than four streams from
any one eight inch main, and
streams from larger mains in the
same proportion. The city shall
have the right to make test at
any fire hydrant upon first giving
to said water works a reasonable
notice of the time and place
when and where such test shall
be made. If the said water works
fails at any time to meet the re-
quirements of such test, excepting
by reason of damage to the plant
of said water works by fire or 9TH
er unavoidable accident, said city
shall give written notice thereof
to said water works, and unless
said water works shall by another
and similar test satisfactorily
meet the requirements above spe-
cited within ten days after such
written notice, the hydrant rentals
shall thereupon cease until such
time as said water works shall by
another and similar test satisfac-
torily meet the requirements
above specified, which test shall
be made upon request of said wa
ter works.
It is hereby agreed that the city
will enforce the ordinance prohib-
iting sprinkling during the time
said above named tests are made,
and during the time of fires
Section X. Said water works
shall maintain upon its present
line of piping, three hundred eigh-
teen fire hydrants as now located
or at such other points as shall be
designated by the said city: pro-
yided that in case of the change
of the location of any OF said by
drants, the expense Of such change
shall be paid by the city. When
ever said city shall deem it neces-
sary for better fire protection in
said city to establish additional
hydrants on the then existing
pipe lines of said water works, the
said water works company shall
set the same at the points desig-
mated by said city and shall
charge said city only the price of
the hydrants, cost of labor and
material furnished, All provisions
for free supply Of water for any
purpose by said water works ex-
cept for the extinguishment Of
fire. are hereby repealed and all
free supply Of water by said water
works. except as above stated.
shall cease and terminate from
and after the passage of this or
dinance and the acceptance there
OF by said water works as herein
after provided
ON EQUALLY
MASONIC CAT ENnAD