The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-30

the center and bottom to be used at
times for the drawing off Of silt and
the general cleaning Of the bed Of the
creek near the pump intake. The
supply Of water shall be taken from
Miami Greek, either by pumping
direct from above the dam in the
Creek or from the settling basins con-
structed at the side of said Creek and
so arranged as to give the city ample
supply Of pure and wholesome water.
The grantee to keep at least fifty feet
OF water stored in the stand pipe To-
Gated within the city limits of Butler,
to insure at all times of night or day
an adequate water pressure for the
fighting of fires. That the grantee
shall install direct water main to
furnish the Mo. Pac. Railroad or any
other railroad that may hereafter
enter the city, with water, said main
or mains to have no connections with
fire hydrants.
Section 3. 1t is agreed that in any
action at law or in equity between the
city and grantee or assigns, service of
process or notice on grantee or as
signs may 1e had on any person in
charge of an office of grantee or as
signs in the City of Butler, Bates
County, Missouri, or in the eventual
no office be maintained in Butler,
Bates Co., NO., service may be had
on the Superintendent of the Insur-
ance Department of Missouri, as in
insurance cases, so as to confer juris-
diction upon the Circuit Court of Bates
County, Missouri, in cases between
said city and the grantee or assigns.
Section 4. There is located within
the corporate limits of the city of
Butler, at points heretofore located
by the city of Butler, eighty.three (83)
fire hydrants with hose couplings for
fire purposes, and such of these n.y.
drants as said city may designate
shall be kept in good repair and sup
piled with water by the grantee or
his assigns during the continuance of
this franchise and the rental for said
hydrants shall be paid by the city of
Butler as hereinafter provided. The
city Of Butler may compel said gram
tee or his assigns to extend the water
mains upon any street in the city of
Butler beyond the main now installed
whenever such extension will pro-
duce an amount OF revenue from con-
sumers of water equivalent to at least
twenty (2O per cent annually of the
gross cost of such extension and on
condition that the said city of Butler
shall order installed by the grantee
and pay rental thereon as hereinafter
an additional double nozzle
fire hydrant for each and every five
hundred 900 feet of new extended
mains so ordered laid by the
city. All of said hydrants shah be
used for fire purposes and for flush
ing sewers, streets and cutters
and same shall not be operated ex-
cept under the control of the city
authorities or of the grantee or his as
signs. If under the control of the
city by such officers as the city may
direct, and the city of Butler hereby
makes it misdemeanor for any per-
son or persons not authorized to close
or in any way interfere with said n.y.
drants or to tap water mains or in
any way whatsoever interfere with
the property of said grantee. All ex-
cavations for the laying of pipes and
mains in said streets and other pub
lie places in making extensions and
repairs shall be made with the least
practicable inconvenience to the in
1abitants Of the city and shall be
speedily replaced in as good condition
IS before such excavations were
made and as near as may be to guard
against accidents such excavations
shall be guarded by barricades by day
md by danger lights at night. All Of
he aforesaid constructions, operation,
maintaining, excavating, refilling, re-
pairing and guarding are to be done
wholly by and at the expense of the
,rantee and his assigns, and said
,rantee hereby agrees to save the city
harmless from any damages toperson
IF property arising from negligence
m the part of said grantee or his en-
,lovees in the NONCOMPLIANCE with