The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-03
Proposal, Prepared by City Attorney A. nj. Gardner
Assisted by Attorneys Henry u. Johnson and Will
fred Jessup Embodies Features the City Will
Insist on Being Included in Contract
TO Be CONSIDERED BY BOARD ON TUESDAY
Proposal Provides City with Authority Purchase the
Plant, Additional Main into the City, Maximum
Rate No Meter Rental and Improved Fire, Pre-
cautions-Result of Months of Work

recommended in report of Dabney II.
\ Maury, consulting engineer. in his re-
port to the Board OF Public Works of
said city as appears on pages eight
to sixteen of said report under the
heading Recommendations for Better
ments" which part of said report 10
hereby referred to and made a part
hereof
That said additional twenty-inch
main from the pumping station to the
city, and the sixteen inch main from
the pumping station to the city. and
the sixteen inch main from 23rd street
to South Seventh and "B" streets, az
recommended in said report, shall be
constructed within one year from the
date this contract is ratified by the
Common Council Of said city of Rich
mond. and all other betterments and
extensions so recommended shall be
made substantially as so recommended
within -- -- years from the
date this contract is so ratiAed.
Section 19.-The said company shall
erect. maintain and keep in repair an
Il
of communication between their pump
house and central station In the city
of Richmond, to be hereafter designat-
ed by the Common Council
Section 20.-Said company shall
maintain upon its lines OF piping. three
hundred and twenty-five fire hydrants
located substantially as fire hydrants
are now located upon the lines of the
Richmond City Water Works, or at
such other points as shall be designat-
ed by said city; provided. that. in
case Of the change OF the location of
any of said hydrants after same have
been installed the expense of such
change shall be paid by the city.
Whenever said city shall deem Il
necessary for better fre protection in
said city to establish additional fire
hydrants on the then existing lines OF
said company, the said company shall
set the same at the points designated
by said city. and shall charge said
city only the cost of the hydrants, and
cost of labor and materials furnished.
and shah ever after supply said addi-
tional hydrants with water for IRE
protection free of costs to said city.
Said company shall furnish to the city
free of cost, all water necessary for
the cleaning of the streets: supply all
carts owned by the city for sprinkling
the avenues of the parks. and for
sprinkling of the streets under pro-
cess of improvement by the city; sup
ply all water required for sprinkfing
flowers in the parks: supply hose
houses all the water necessary for
their legitimate use. and all water
necessary for the flushing of cutters
and sewers of the city: supply are
fountains. one to be placed in Tenth
street park. one in Glen Miller park.
one in South Seventh street. park. one
in West Side Park. and one in Starr
park: the one in Glen Miller park not
to use more than $3.50 gallons per
hour. and the ones In the other parks
named not to use over 1910 gallons
each, per hour.
The above fountains not to run more
than six hours per day. and only dur
ing the months of May. June July. Au-
gust and September of each year. ex-
cepting that on legal holidays. and
! special occasions said fountains may
be run such additional number Of
hours as the mayor Of said city shall
designate; and one small fountain at
No. 3 hose house: also supply all
drinking places for man and beast er-
ected by the city: providing the num-
ber does not at any time exceed one
drinking fountain for each one thous-
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drinking places hereafter erected
shall have a storage capacity of sixty
gallons; supply water for the city
buildings, for city hospitals. including
any hospital for the maintenance of
which the city contributes annually .
| sum In excess Of thous-
and dollars, and which hospital is lo-
Gated along the lines OF said company,
for the cleaning of the market houses.
for the use of the public school build
ings. and TO manufacturers for fire pro-
lection only. free Of cost: provided.
that all water furnished for the use Of
the public school. insofar as II shall
exceed .-.-. gallons per pear.
for every child enrolled on the records
of said public schools. shall be paid
for by the school city of Richmond at
a rate not exceeding
cents per thousand gallons
The work Of flushing the CUTTERS and
sewers shall be under the direction Of
the street commissioned. and shall not
take place more than once each week.
provided. however. that II. In the opln-
ION OF the Board of Health. or health
ofncers. or other officers Of said city
exercising similar powers and duties.
IL shall be deemed. during any season
or period, necessary TO anish and clean
the cutters and sewers OF said city
oftener than once in each week the
same may be done. without sddifionaf