Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-19

required to furnish electric current
for power purposes between the hours
of four O'Clock p. IN. and eleven
O'Clock p. m. or to extend its lines
more than three hundred feet to sup
ply any one customer. and provided
also. that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to invalidate the
franchise hereby granted to said
grantee, III by reason of shortage of
water. installation of additional ma
chinery injury or breakdown of mach
inerv, damage or injury to any cleo
trio transmission line or lines, acct
dents, strikes. washouts and other
causes beyond the control of said
rgantee, it shall be unable to furnish
such electricity; provided, however,
that said grantee shall use reasonable
diligence to put itself in a condition
as soon rs reasonably possible, to re-
sumo the furnishing of electricity.
Section a. The grantee herein
shall use diligence to meet the rea-
sonable demands for current of the
town of Pocahontas and the inhab-
tants thereof. and shall keep itself in
readiness to serve those connected to
its lines and for such readiness to
serve said grantee shall have the
right to make minimum charge of
seventy-five cents per month per
meter installed and used for lighting
purposes. and one dollar per month
for each horse power or fraction
thereof, of power capacity which any
power consumer may have connected
to the plant or system of wires of
said grantee (Which minimum charge
shall be known as ''rendiness 10
serve" charge provided that such rea-
diness to serve charge shall not be
made against any consumer for any
month in which the consumption of cur
rent figured at the regular rate or rates
shall equal or exceed such minimum
charge, and provided further, that
when the consumption of current by
any consumer for any month, figured
at the regular rate or rates. does not
equal at least the minimum charge
for readiness to serve. the payment
of such charge shall be payment for
the current consumed.
The consumer or tho grantee shall
have the right to call upon the other
for test, and any such test shall be
made by competent and disinterest-
ed party, and in event of error in n
meter exceeding 2 per cent allowance
shall be made by the one to the other
according to such error, and covering
n period prior to such test not exceed
ing thirty days.
All tests made at the request of
the grantee shall he paid for by the
grantee. In case of test made ut the
request of the consumer resulting i.l {,
showing that the meter of the gran
tee is correct within 2 per cent then
the consumer shall pny the cost of
such test and test which shall re-
suit in the showing that the meter
of the grantee is in error more than
2 per cent shall be paid for by the
grantee.
Section 5. All bills for current
furnished shall be due and payable
ten days from the date Of the render
ing thereof and upon the failure of
any consumer to pay any bill within
fifteen days from the date thereof,
said grantee may discontinue the
service of such consumer and shall
not be required to furnish electricity
to any such consumer until payment
of all indebtedness and one dollar ad-
ditional for re-connection
Section 6. AS security for the
payment of bills, the grantee may
demand, and any new consumer shall
, upon such demand deposit with the
said grantee an amount equal to the
estimated service for two months.
Whenever the service is discontinued
, the deposit. less any moneys the con.
sumner may owe to the grantee al
that time, shall be Immediately re-
turned to the depositor.
Section 7. Every person. partner
ship, association or corporation using
:. or desiring to use the electrical cur
!, rent shall allow said grantee, i'll
a agents or employees, to enter at any
= and all reasonable times upon his
a her or their premises. for the pur
e pose of inspecting, repairing or re
y moving the electric wires. meters,
!. switchboards and appliances belong
n ing to said grantee. and if any sucl
n person.. partn ership. association o
q corporation shall refuse to do 80, tn
% said grantee shall not be required t
furnish and may at once discontinu
q to furnish current to such person
a partnership, association or corporation
Section 8. The right is hereby re
- served to the town of Pocahontas t
use the poles of said grantee, free @
q charge but under the supervision o
) the local manager of said grantee