Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26

required to furnish electric curen,
for power purposes between the hours
of four O'Clock y. IN. and eleven
O'Clock p m. or to extend it's lines
more than three hundred feet to sun.
ply any one customer, and provided
also. that nothing herein, contained
shall be construed To invnldate the
franchise hereby granted to said
grantee. If by reason of shortage of
water. installation of additional ma
'chlnery, injury or breakdown of mach
inerv, damage or injury to any cleo
trio transmission line or lines. acci
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 condition
as soon as reasonably possible, to re-
sumo the furnishing of electricity.
Section 4. The grantee herein
shall use diligence to meet the rea-
sonable demands for current of the
town of Pocahontas and the inhabi-
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-iive cents per month Per
meter installed and used for lighting
purposes. and one dollar per month
Tor 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 readiness TO
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 Mt the regular rate or rates
shall equal or exceed such minimum
charge, and provided further. that
when tho consumption of current by
any consumer for any month, figured
Mt 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 the grantee shall
have the right to call upon the other
for test. and any such test shall be
made by competent and disintcrest-
ed party, and in event of error in II
meter exceeding 2 per cent allowance
shall be made by the one to the other
according TO such error, and covering
IA period prior to such test not exceed
ing thirty days.
All tests made ut the request of
the grantee shall he paid for by the
grantee. In case of test made Mt the
request of the consumer resulting l., n
showing that the meter of the gran
tee is correct within 9 per cent then
the consumer shall pay the cost of
such test and II test which shall re-
sult 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 g. 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
iiftt IN 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 a 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 Mt
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, its
agents or employees, to enter at any
and all reasonable times upon his,
her or their premises, for the pur-
pose of inspecting, repairing or re-
moving the electric wires. meters,
switchboards and appliances belong
| ing to said grantee. and il any slcb
person. partnership, association or
corporation shall refuse to do 80, the
said grantee shall not be required to
furnish and may at once discontinue
to furnish current to such person,
partnership. association or corporation
Section 8. The right is hereby re-
served to the town of Pocahontas to
use the poles of said grantee. free OF
charge but under the supervision OF
the local manager Of said grantee,
for fire alarm and DoIIca aIarrn MIR