El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-21
Legal Notices
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NOTICE.

| NOTFCE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
] the Ell PASO GAS AND ELECTRIC
/ COMPANY will forthwith apply to the
] Honorable City Council Of the City OF
1 FL Paso, Texas, for franchise to
/ maintain and operate plant for sup
/ plying gas TO the city Of FL Paso and
I such Of the inhabitants thereof as may
! desire to take such gas the terms OF
the said franchise so to be applied for
/ being in words and IlgureS SubStan-
( tally as follows. to-wit:
Az ORDTNANCF AMENDING AN Or
/ DINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF Ell PASO, PASSED
AND APPROVED THE SIXTH DAY
or OCTOBER A. D., 1904, ENTI-
TIED ssAN ORDINANCE GRANTING
TO G. II. BOSWOTSTH AND HIS
ASSIGNS THE RIGHT TO MAIN
/ MAINTAIN GAS MAINS AND SUP
] PLY PIPES IN THE CITY or Ell
PASO,v AND GRANTING SUCH
! RIGHT And PRIVILEGES no THE
J Ell PASO GAS AND ELECTRIC COM
PANY.
! BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
/ COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ell
| PASO, TEXAS;
WHEREAS, heretofore. to-wit, on
! the 9Th day of October 1904, the city
council of the city of Ell Paso duly
passed an ordinance granting to Q. H.
BoswOrth and his assigns the right
/ to maintain gas works and lay and
maintain gas mains and supply gas in
( the city of FL PasO, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, subsequent thereto, said
I G. H BOsWOrth, as ne was permitted
all the rights granted by said Ordi-
nance to the FL PasO Gas and Electric
company, a corporation, now the own
WHEREAS, as part of the considera-
ton for granting the aforesaid fran
chise and as condition precedent
thereto, 1t was provided, that the said
c. II. BosWorth, or his assigns, pur-
chase or acquire the entire property
owned or used by the FL Paso Gas,
Electric Light and Power company in
the city of FL PaSO, and that the fran
chise so granted should be received by
the grantee in lieu Of all franchises
and rights and cOntractual relations
held by said last named company with
respect to the gas business from or
with the city: and,
the said ordinance IN order to more
specifically define the privileges
granted and the rights to be exercised
thereunder and to reduce the term Of
Now, THEREFORE, BE IT Or
DAMNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
/ THE CITY OF Ell PASO. TEXAS:
Section 1. That the right and privi-
lege be, and the same are, hereby
granted unto the FL Paso Gas and
EleetTle eompany, its successors and
assigns (subject to the restrictions
| hereinafter mentiOned), to lay, oper-
ate and maintain in any of the present
or future streets alleys and public
grounds of the city Of FL Paso, and its
! successors, gas MAINS distributing and
supply pipes, and all necessary appur-
| tenances, for the purpose of supplying
| gas 70 said city, the inhabitants there
Of and persons beyond the limits
/ other purposes.
/ snall be laid under the supervision and
dlrecuOn Of the city council of said
e eoS5oif or person a designated by said
/ assigns shall cause no unnecessary
/ interruption of the use of said streets.
alleys or public grounds, and shall, in
! Sood condition as they were in before
said mains and pipes were laid and
/ with the same kind Of material as
/ Jnen exists thereon
/ Nothing herein contained shall he
/ SoHstrued 10 exempt the grantee or
1 us assigns from the penalties pre-
1 SSSI-Deu against nu1sanees or obstruc-
| uons OF said streets, alleys or public
Section 5; All gas manufactured and
1SGrL-SnS , ,9y the grantee and its as
| slSnssl snSII De firstclass and the best
] quaLty OF pure and refined gas Said
/ Lle-lls' us lrlDutlng and supply pipes
S Sraii pe OF as good, and substantial
United States nOuI the
Section 4. The grantee herein shall.
/ WIIhln ninety 600 days from the PASS
| age and approval by the n1avoT Of This
! Lrd.HSHIse, lie with the city clerk
/ WINS expressly accepting this fran
/ cnlse, SUBJECT to all the Iirnitaffons srd
| ance. sun 6o0ept-
Section 5. Said grantee and f+s &C.
signs shaH nave the right to chara1e
and receive for gas furnished or s-, -
/ bItLSu ~ Il u tnem 10 consumers. other
Lnan the city Of FL Paso. such prices
J upon, not to exceed, however. the sr M
I Of OF one tl, ooliar ana fifty cents Csi.501
per th g2es an eqbic feet Of gas Of six
| count Of twenty cents C2OeC ner nus us
/ sand euplc feet tor gas If the account
/ or bill Tor same is paid on or before
( the 18th day of each month folloyTf1e
1 the use of such gas). The rni1in,I ~
| charge Tor any meter set for anv and
al consumers shall be not less than
! twenty-five cents (25c) per month
Section 6. The grantee and its as
! signs shall furnish the city Of FL Paso
/ at such times and places as the civ
I council may from time to time desie-
( nate, as much gas as is desired bv fba
/ city council; such gas shall be fIIr
/ nished free to the extent of thirfv-
! $3.50 cubic feet of gas per month
/ during such time as the population Of
the city shall not be greater than #
POPULATION to be fort7- VII euI tbo1s tne
/ (45,O0O). For each one thousand (1OOO)
/ increase of the population, in the opin-
/ ion of the said city council the
/ amount Of gas furnished free by the
! grantee and its assigns to the city shall
( be increased six hundred and fifty
I (65O) cubic feet per month. The
| amount of gas to be furnished to the
/ city free during each month shall be
( on-cumulative and the failure to use
/ all of the same during any one
I month shall not Sentitle the CITY
! to larger amount than desig-
mated thereafter. The amount Of
/ gas used by the city In excess of the
\ amount herein designated during any
1 one month shall be paid for BY the
! city at rates then being charged by
I the grantee or its assigns to private
! consumers Of gas for heating purposes.
Section Z. The grantee and its as
I signs shall. at all times during the life
/ of this franchise, run its or their pipes
I to the curb line free and supply any
and all persons mot indebted to the
/ grantee or its assigns) applying there
for. with gas, provided the lot or lots
used is within two hundred (2OO) feet
| OF then existing gas main, and pro-
Nlded that If in any case as many as