Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-03-21
GAS FRANCHISE IS LUP
GONE OVER LAST EVENINGS 49,
FINAL ACTION LIKELY
MARCH %

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dinance received passage last night
but it will come up for final passage
March %. Following is the proposed
franchise:
An ordinance granting to E. E. Col,
Inns, his associates, successors and
assigns, the right to construct, operate,
and maintain gas plant and works,
for the manufacture and supplying u
gas for all purposes in the city Of Lit
tie Falls, Minnesota, and fixing TIE
rate to be charged for supplying gas
for household, domestic and other pur-
The COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE FALLS DO Or
DAM: 4
Section l. That the word city, as
hereinafter employed in this ordinance,
shall designate and be held to mean the
incorporated city of Little Falls, Min
nesota, and the word grantee, shall
designate and be held to mean, E. y.
Collins, his associates, successors and
assigns.
Section 2. Subject to the conditions,
terms, limitations and reservations
hereinafter contained, permission and
authority is hereby granted to E. =.
Collins, his associates, successors and
assigns, to construct, operate and main
tain, gas plant and gas works in the
city Of Little Falls, Minnesota, for
cooking, heating, lighting and for
power: to enter upon all streets, ave-
nues, bridges and alleys Of said city,
to take up pavements and sidewalks,
and to make such excavations as may
be necessary to lay, keep and maintain
pipes, and conduits therein.
Provided no gas house, producer,
works or holders, shall erect or locate
in any part of said city without per-
mission first granted by resolution Of
the common council Of said city des-
ignating the site where the same may
be erected and maintained.
Section 3. No mains pipes, conduits
or applicance shall be laid, nor any
change or extension Of such pipes,
mains, conduits or appliances laid, nor
any excavation be made in any street,
avenue, alley, or public place or portion
thereof, until map or plat, showing
the location Of all such pipes, mains,
conduits and appliances, shall have
been submitted to and approved by the
city engineer and the common council
of said city. .55...s
Provided, that no such map or plat,
or approval Of the. same shall be re-
quired for service pipes leading from
mains to the property line. i.
Provided further, that the grantee
shall have the right to operate and
maintain, on the terms and conditions
in this ordinance stated, any existing
gas mains or pipes, now located in the
streets, avenues, alleys or public places
Of said city, to which grantee shall OBJ
tain legal title, without such map or
plat, or approval Of the same.
Section 4. In laying and construct
ing such mains, pipes, conduits, or ap-
pliances in the streets, avenues, alleys
| or public places of said city, the
grantee shall so prosecute said work as
not to impede or obstruct the free, safe
and convenient use Of the same by the
public. Any and all excavations or
trenches in any such street, avenue
alleys or public place shall be made or
dug under the supervision Of the city
engineer of said city, and all such
work shall be prosecuted diligently.
Any and all pavements, sidewalks,
streets, avenues, alleys or public places,
| in which such mains, pipes, conduits
! or appliances shall be laid, shall i'm
mediately after such laying and con-
struction, be replaced and restored to
their former condition, as nearly as
! may be possible, by said grantee here
in, at his own cost and expense to the
entire satisfaction of the city engineer
! and the common council of said city. If
! the said grantee fails to restore and
i replace any such pavement, sidewalk,
; street, avenue, alley or public place, as
herein provided for, the mayor or com
mon council of said city, shall cause
the same to be replaced and restored,
at the expense Of said grantee, the
cost thereof and any and all damages
| sustained by such failure and neglect
to be charged to said grantee, and to
| become a lien upon the said gas plant
and works to be installed hereunder, to
be collected by ordinary proceedings
or process of law, or to be deducted
from any moneys due grantee for any
public service or lighting.
| Any and all such work shall be done,
and said mains, pipes, conduits or ap-
pliances, shall be laid, so as not to in.
terfere with or remove any existing
sewers, waterpipes, conduits or other
structures, or do any damage thereto
! Section S. Whenever the common
council Of said city shall deem that the
public, interest, necessity or safety re-
| quire such action, the said grantee
shall, at his own cost and expense
move or change the location Of any OF
it's mains, pipes, conduits or appliances,
and shall comply with any order Of
said common council in that behalf
within reasonable time as may be
| fixed by said common council therefore
! Section 6. Whenever said city shall
change its grades or the grade on any
| street, avenue, alley or public place,
the said grantee shall, at his own cost
and expense, and within reasonable
time after notice to that effect, relay
i any mains, pipes, conduits or ap-
piances therein to conform with any
such change Of grade.
Section z. Said common council Of
said city shall have the right to con
demn any pipes, mains, conduits OF
appliances placed or maintained in any
street avenue, alley or public place
hereunder by said grantee, whenever
the same are in the opinion Of said CON
mon council, unfit for use or dangerous