The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-08
Proposed Contract for the Allegheny Natural Gas Company

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the way of such improvement, said
City, by its lawful authorities, shall
have the power to order any such
thing in the way OF any such improve
ment to be removed or changed by
said Company at its own expense. and
upon the failure of said Company TO
make such removal or change, or TO
cause the same to be promptly made.
said City, by its lawful authorities.
may make such necessary removal or
change, or cause the same TO be made,
and the necessary costs thereof shall
be a charge against said Company and
a first and prior lien against any and
all OF its property within said City.
And said City shall in no event be liza
bic 10 said Company for any damages
resulting from the exercise of any of
the rights herein reserved.
Section XIV.
Neither said Company nor any of its
officers, agents, servants or employees,
shall, in any manner or to any extent,
whatsoever, displace, disturb, deface,
injure or endanger any sewer. drain
or gutter in said city, or any other
public work, or interfere with or re-
tard the flow of any surface waite.
without the consent of the Board OF
Public Works of said City, or other
legally constituted authority thereof,
or displace, disturb, deface, injure, or
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other public utility within said City,
without the written consent of such
other utility, and said Company shall
be and become liable and shall pay to
said City, or to such other public util-
ity, the necessary cost of repair neces-
STATED by any such interference, in
jury or disturbance, to their respective
property.
Section XIV.
All the rights, privileges and author.
shall be indeterminate.
Section XVI.
All of the terms, conditions, provis.
ions, stipulations and limitations here.
LII SohtolACu bC p4hoih5 anu CACS-
tive upon all the successors and as
signs of said Company by whatsoever
method or in whatsoever manner the
same are acquired by any such sue
cessor or assignee.
Section XVII.
If said Company shall, for any rea.
son, except from unavoidable and IRE,
parable casualty, or the failure of nat
ural gas, fail, neglect or refuse to fur
nish for continuous period or sixty
600 days, an adequate and sufficient
supply of such gas to said City and to
the inhabitants thereof who are pro.
vided with service therefor, then and
in any such event the Common Coun,
Gil of said City, or other such legally
constituted authority thereof, shall
have the right by ordinance to declare
all the rights Of said Company under
this contract forfeited.
Section XVIII.
Said Company expressly promises
and agrees that it will commence the
actual physical building and construc
ton of such plant and system of mains
and pipes, apparatus and other neces.
sary appliances as herein contemplat.
ed, within said City, as soon as the
necessary material can be obtained
after the date upon which this con.
tract is approved, ratified and confirm
ed by the Common Council of said
City and by the Public Utilities Com.
mission of Indiana, and the filing and
approval of the bond hereinafter pro-
vided for; and that it will prosecute
all of such construction work continu,
ously thereafter as rapidly as possible
and will finally complete said plant not
later than the first day of July, 1914,
so that at that time said City and all
of the inhabitants thereof, as herein
provided, will be furnished and sup
piled such gas to their respective prem
Uses; that it will make, execute and
deliver to said City, a proper bond
within five Isl days from the time
this contract is approved, ratified and
confirmed by the Common Council of
said City and the Public Utilities Com
mission of Indiana, in the penal sum
of Twenty-Five Thousand (S25, 10000
dollars, conditioned that it will do and
perform all of the acts and things
herein mentioned and that il will car
ry into effect each and all of the
terms, conditions, provisions and slip.
ulations herein set forth upon its part
to be performed and within the time
herein named, and that it will not do
any of those things herein forbidden
which bond shall be and remain in
full force and effect until the first day
of July, 1914, and the same shall be
executed to the approval and salts
faction of such Board OF Public
Works, and upon the failure of said
Company to execute and deliver such
bond within said time this contrac ct
shall be null and void and of no force
whatever.
Section XIX.
All the rights, privileges and au-
thority herein granted to said Com
pany are so granted under and pursu-
ant to the "Shively-Spencer Utility
Commission Act" and all other exist
ing laws of the State OF Indiana, and
such rights, privileges and authority
are accepted by said Company subject
to such Act and such other laws. and
also subject TO any further amend