The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-09
PROPOSED WATER WORKS
..3 FRANCHISE.
Proposition Now Under Consid-
Grafton by the City, Council.
AN ORDINANCE.

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To provide a supply Of water to the
city Of Butler and its inhabitants, in
the county Of Bates and State Of
7 Missouri, and authorizing Charles
E. Stephenson, his associates, as
signs and grantees, to maintain,
extend and rebuild and operate
waterworks, and for making and
entering into contract with said
Charles E. Stephenson, his associ-
ates, grantees and assigns, for fur
nishing water through hydrants for
purposes Of fire protection, and
for other municipal uses, and CIV
ing the city Of Butler an option to
purchase said waterworks; also for
submitting this proposition to the
qualified voters Of the city Of But
Ter for their adoption or rejection.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council
of the City of Butler as follows:
Section /. That there is hereby
granted TO Charles E Stephenson, his
successors and assigns, for the term
of Twenty (2W years from and after
the final passage of this ordinance,
the exclusive privilege and authority
of maintaining and operating system
of waterworks in accordance with
the terms and provisions of this or
dinance and of using the streets, al
legs, public square and all other pub
lie places within the corporate limits
of the city of Butler, Missouri, as
they now exist or may hereafter be
extended, and within such other ter
ritory as may now or hereafter be
under its jurisdiction, for the purposes
of laying pipes, mains and other con-
duits, erecting and maintaining reser-
voirs, standpipes and hydrants, and
all other apparatus for conducting
and furnishing an adequate supply Of
water to said city of Butler and its
inhabitants for public and private use,
and for making repairs and extensions
to said system from time to time dur
ing the period for which this ordi-
nance shall be in force. The said
city of Butler also hereby gives the
said grantee, his successors and as
signs, the right and privilege of erect
ing and maintaining poles in and up
on the streets and alleys of said city
Of Butler for, the conveying of electric
power to the watef station on the
Miami River if in ,the judgment of
said grantee, his successors or as
signs, it should be thought advisable
to use electric power in addition to
the present steam pumps for the
pumping of water to the city OF
Butler.
Section 2. The source of the water
supply shall be from the Miami Creek
and the grantee shall augment the
present dam for the storage of water
by adding at least two feet height to
the present dam and by placing a
securing trap in the present dam near
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 Creek, either by pumping
direct from above the dam in the
Creek or from the settling basins con-
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,
10 insure at all times of night or day
an adequate water pressure for the
lighting of fires. That the grantee
install a direct water main to furnish
The Mo. Pac. Railroad with water,
said main to have no connections
with fire hydrants.
Section 8. There is located within
he corporate limits of the city OF
Butler, at points heretofore located
~ the city of Butler, eighty-three 49, |
ire hydrants with hose couplings for
ire purposes, and such of these hy-
lrants as said city may designate
hall be kept inRood repair and sup
,lied with water by the grantees or
lis assigns during the continuance OF
his franchise and the rental for said
'ydrants shall be paid by the city OF !
3utler a. hereinafter provided. The L
ity Of Butler may compel said gram {
40 mr. hia a6aiuna n extend the water Z