Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-03-28
Connections. Each.
Sizeof
Tan


a inch .......... $40 1880
! men ........... 1000 1000
= Inch ........... 1000 2J.00
--lnch ............. 1000 20.00
y -liich ...,....... Zoo 22.00
omen ............. 1000 900
t-lnch ............. 600 60 90
o-lHcn ..,.......... 900 $500
mo charge is made for connections
on streets which are neither macada-
mixed, planked or paved, Company in
stalls service to curb line not to ex-
coed sixty feet from main without
charge to consumer except for connec-
ton charged
The rates so established by the gran
tee tee. Shall be made in CONNECTION with
regulations similarly established and
filed by the grantee as follows:
ta) An adequate service or services
snail be laid by the grantee as far as
the curb line tbut in no case more than
sixty feet from main) and a suitable
curb cock shall be furnished and IN
stalled by the grantee without charge
therefor. except as otherwise provided
herein for connection.
OBJ All meters when installed shall
be installed and maintained by the
grantee at his own expense, and shall
be owned by him.
(c) In any case either the grantee or
the consumer may insist on the instala-
ton of meter and on a charge by me-
ter rates. In case the consumer shall
insist on the installation of the meter
he shall at the time of his request there
for deposit with the grantee the esti-
in no case less than S1O.Oo-the amount
OF which deposit shall be applied by
the grantee on the consumers success
sive monthly bills, beginning with the
sixth month after the installation Of
The grantee shali in like manner es-
tablish and file rates available to the
city which shall in no wise exceed the
following:
"Flush tanks for flushing sewers.
each per year. ................. $24. 90
street sprinkling wagons. used
not more than six months out
of each year, each per year. 2000
tStreet pressure flushing wagons
Tor washing paved streets, each
per year 32o.Oo
*Note: This charge includes use of
water by hose for like purposes, in
emergencies.
The grantee shall in like manner es-
tablish and file rates available to the
city whereby, under a contract for a
term of not less than ten years, the
grantee Will undertake to stand ready
to furnish. and to furnish, water for fire
protection at rate of four dollars per
hydrant per month for the first twenty
hydrants, and three dollars per hydrant
per month for all hydrants in excess of
twenty. All hydrants hereafter installed
shall be of trst-class design and con-
struction and shall be equipped with
two hose and one steamer connection
with independent shut-offs, or shall be
of such other type as may be approved
by the City Council The rates for fire
protection SO applicable to the City shall
be established in connection with reg
ulation which shall require all hydrants
and service pipes to be erected or laid
and owned, ard to be maintained, by
the grantee, and all connections to be
made at the cost of the grantee.
After the establishment of the rates
provided by this section no higher rates
shall be established, except with the
sion of the State of Washington or of
such other public body as at the time
may have lawful authority to estab-
fish rates and regulations for such pub
lie service as may be performed under
this grant.
Sec 7. Except when rendered i'm
by accident or by need for
repairs no less than one and one-half
million gallons of water shall be kept
in the grantees storage reservoir, and,
whenever the situation permits, five
days notice of intention to empty the
reservoir for repairs shall be given to
the City Clerk or City Council.
A pressure of at least eighty-flve
pounds to the. square inch shall be
maintained in the main at the intersec-
an equivalent pressure--naking due al
lowance for friction and difference OF
be maintained in the
mains at all other points on the sys-
tenn.
Sec. 8. Upon the expiration. Of the
the City. having then lawful authority
so to do, shall have the right TO pur-
chase from the grantee for cash at its
value. fixed as hereinafter provided, his
diverted, stored, supplied and distrib-
uted to the city and it's inhabitants,
consisting of all springs, reservoirs,
wells water, water Trig ssS. ~ npm mes
therefor and all other property OF the
Grantee which directly orsindirectly is
used therein and the business thereby
conducted; provided that within thirty
days after the expiration of such FIVE
years written notice shall be given to
the grantee under the authority of an
effective and duly recorded ordinance
OF the City of It's intention to purchase.
and provided the purchase price be
paid and conveyance taken not less
than six nor more than eight months
provided also that at. the time of
making such purchase the city, having
lawful authority so to do, snail assume
and undertake with the grantee to per-
form all the grantees contracts then In
force relating to said plant, to the con-
duct thereof and to the performance
of his obligations under this grant, or,
in the alternative, to indemnify and Sc
against any claim by reason thereof.
If the option to purchase herein pro-
vided for shall not be exercised in the
manner and at the time herein provided,
then the city shall have like option
and right, to be exercised in like man
ner, at the end of the second five years
of the term, and so at the end OF each
hve-year period of the term.
The value of the plant for the purpose
of any such purchase and sale as is
hereinDefore provided for shall be de-
termined by a board of five arbitrators,
two to be appointed by the City, two
by the grantee, and the fifth by the
four so appointed In any such valua-
ton no value shall be assigned to the
franchise hereby granted. Upon the
completion of any such purchase ana
sale all the rights hereby granted snail
cease and determine. The right to
purchase hereby given shall not be con-
strued to exclude any rights when the
city might otherwise have to acquire
said plant and business by condemna-
ton or otherwise.
Sec 9. This grant is made upon the
following sole conditions subsequent,
breach of any one of which shall be
ground for forfeiture but no forfeiture
Shall be effective unless and until spe-
citically declared in an effective ana
duly recorded ordinance of the city, and
no breach of any such condition shall
he ground for such forfeiture or for any
declaration thereof unless and until 1t
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