The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-23

dred (s500.0oD dollars, which said
town agrees to pay as herein pro-
yided. 1t is agreed that the monthly
bills of said company rendered upon
the meter readings shall be upon a
basis of four ca cents per X. W. hour.
The final adjustment, however, shall
be made at the end of the year. at
which time. if the actual consumption
of current OF electricity by said town
shall exceed twenty-eisht thousand.
five hundred and seventy X. w. hours,
then the annual rate of said year shall
be three and one-half (Sle) cents per
X. w. hour: but if the annual con-
sumption shall exceed fifty thousand
(50.000D X. W. hours. then the annual
rate shall be three 81 cents per X.
w. hour. and refunds shall be made
by said traction company accordingly.
If in any year during the term OF the
contract the annual consumption OF
current by said town shall be suffi-
cient TO entitle said town TO a lower
rate than that under which il is then
operating, then the guarantee for the
ensuing years of the uneNpired por-
ton of the contract shall automatical-
ly advance TO the corresponding sum
hereinafter stated and the monthly
bills for such years shall be rendered
at the corresponding X w hour rate
The said town of Centerville agrees
that if the actual consumption of cur
rent shall not be sufficient TO produce
TO said traction company the guaran-
teed amount annually. depending upon
the rate at which the monthly bills
are being rendered and the guarantee
upon which the parties are operating
for any particular year. then at the
end of such year the said town of
Centerville will pay to said company
a sufficient lump sum TO bring the
revenues of said company up 10 the
guaranteed amount for that particu-
lar year. The town of Centerville fur
Their agrees that its consumption of
current shall be as equitable as may
be reasonably practicable throughout
the year. and that if at any time any
unusual or extraordinary supply of
current shall be required by il, il will
give said traction company reasonable
advance notice thereof.
6. The amount of current entering
the transformers shall be the basis
of the computation in making the bills
and payments provided for in this
contract, and said amount shall be ar
rived at by taking the meter readings
and by adding thereto the transformer
losses computed according to the
standard commercial rating furnished
by the manufacturer of the transform
er in use, and the total thus obtained
shall be regarded as the total amount
furnished to be paid for under the
terms of this contract. Said meter
shall be read by said traction COM
pany as nearly as practicable on the
last day of each month. The town OF
Centerville shall pay within fifteen
(15) days after submission of the bill
for the current furnished for the pre-
ceding month.
In case of fires in said town during
such time as the plant of said com,
pany is usually not in operation, the
said company, on notice, and within
a reasonable time, in view of the con-
ditions prevailing at the power house
at the time, will place the machinery
! in operation for furnishing light to
the public places in said town. for
which special services the town shall
pay Ave (s500) dollars and one
(s1.00) dollar per hour for the time
the machinery is in operation. in add,
ton to the regular specified rate for
the current consumed during such pc.
riod.
Bills also for labor or material OF
special service incurred or furnished
by said traction company for installa
ton, maintenance, replacement or ex
ira operation as herein contemplated
shall be furnished in like manner and
paid within the said time. II at the
end of the year the guarantee herein
before specified for current consumed
shall not have been equaled, then the
bill for the deficiency shall be in
cluded in the regular account for the
| last month of the year
! 7. No employee of said town of Cen
terville, nor other persons at the sug
gestion or request, shall go upon any
private right-of-way, property or poles
of said traction company. and any
go upon the private right-of-way, prop
erty or poles of said traction company
shall be a trespasser thereon. No such
person shall go upon any of the poles
/ of said traction company or come in
close proximity to any of its struc
lures or wires, and all such persons
shall go upon said private right-of
way at their own risk, and said trac
ton company shall not be under any
obligation to- exercise any care what
ever for the safety of any such per
! son or persons. The said traction
company incurs no responsibility fol
said current of electricity after il
leaves the high tension line of said
company, and from that point on said
town of Centerville shall solely be re
sponsible for all things which may
occur in transmission of said electric
current from said high tension line
to the point where il is used in said
town of Centerville and vicinity, and
shall be wholly responsible for the
proper safeguarding and use or mis-
use, of said current of electricity. II
any person being an employee of said
town of Centerville, or having enter
ed upon or near the property or poles
of the said traction company at the
suggestion or request of said town Of
! Centerville shall be injured in any
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