The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-05-28
Section |

/ - ~ ~ ohodliCu ny TIE mayor ant
commissioners Of the City Of Natchi
toches, IN regular session convened
that The Natchitoches Gas COMPANY
Limited, of the City OF Natchitoches
It's successors or assigns, be and are
hereby authorized and empowered fol
a. period of twenty-five years (2J} from
ana after the passage OF this ordinance
to construct acquire and maintain gas
works IN said City of Natchitoches anC
TO manufacture, natural gas and petro-
leum, that the said The Natchitoches
Gas Company Limited, it's successors
and assigns, be and they are hereby
! authorized and empowered for a period
OF twenty-five years from and after the
| passage Of this ordinance TO enter
upon, dig and excavate on the streets,
size walks, avenues, lands alleys, high
ways and public grounds below the
surface thereof and under the bridges
and Vladuct5 and river Of said town,
gas mains and gas pipes with all neces-
Sary and proper attachments, cOnnec,
tons aGd appearances Tor t'2e trans
portatlon, supply and distribution Of
natural or manufactured gas, petro-
cum or either Of said produces to, in
and through said city with the right at
| all times hereafter during said period,
| under supervision Of the cit7, to Dig
and eXcavate for the purpose Of relay
ing, repairing, replacing and removing
the SAID mains, provided, however,
that after said gas pipes and mains are
lald, all excavations shall be reflled
and replaced and thoroughly tamped,
and ali side walks and pavemen IS shall
be replaced relaid as found when said
excavations are made and sub ject to
inspection by persons designa ted by
the Mayor and Commissioners and the
services of whom to be paid b,s and at
the expense of grantee atty. fee in
case of suit and Judgment AL t. BE
lett IN as good condition as before.
provided further that no excavations
whatever shall be made into any street
or pipes therein. deposited when there
is an alley parallel with any such street
and within 100 feet of such street
Should said grantee fail or refuse to
restore and replace said pavements.
side walks and excavations within
reasonable time, then the sarne NAV be
replaced, restored to said city at the
expense OF said grantee. No street.
alley etc. shall be opened or excavated
before the grantee is prepared to Law
Its pipes on said streets, alleys, &C.
and to refill or replace same in accor-
dance with the above provisions.
Section ..
Be it further ordained etc. that under
the authority hereby granted the said
grantee shall furnish natural gas to the
sad inhabitants of the city of Natchi-
t0chsS at rate which shall not exceed
nifty cents (50c) for each one thousand |
(lOOO) cubic feet Of commercial gas, /,
the minimum monthly bill for gas used
through each meter shall be one dollar J
ami fifty cents 0.50), il is particularly |
that the foregoing rate an |
pies to gas used for domestic PURPOSES !
a rate of thirty five cents (S5cl a
thousand shall be charged for schools |
and churches, in the city limits as tt.ev
now exist, and the rate for gas used !
FOR domestic purposes shall decrease I
hVe cents (5c) for each one thousand
cubic feet per thousand inhabitants in
crease in population after this date
Until the rate is thirty cents (30cl at
when price 1T shall remain until the
termination of this grant. A sliding
rate OF from ten to twenty cents shall
De charged for factories, provided the
eity shall be furnished gas for it's own
use at price not exceeding ten cents
GER thousand cubic feet during the ex.
stence of this franchise. The rate for
manufactured gas shall not exceed two
iollars per thousand cubic feet for
,ach one thousand cubic feet, provided
hat natural gas though rectlfied, shall
nevertheless, always be deemed to be
md remain natural gas and be fur +.
lished and charged for as such. Il
Section 3. s
Be it further ordained etc. that no
'erson, company or corporation shall
re permitted to make any CONNECTION
With any distributing mains or serv;on
lpes OF grantee, until duly authorized
y said grantee, it's sucr aseo~s or %. o.
igns, and the city shall pass such or
ina a1 WIN penn. provisions, and the
Lantee may "Iopt such rules and regu-
a:l1ls aS may be necessary to protect
an grantee, its successors or assigns,
fom loss or damage by imposition, or
raud and to prevent the waste of gas. J
rovlded it shall be the duty of grantee
0 tap its mains free of charge upon
roper application of each and every
ne OF its customers.
Section a.
BE it further ordained, etc. that in
ne construction, repairing and operat
lg said gas system, said grantee shall
Sc every reasonable and proper pre-
autlon to avoid damages or injuries to
ersons or property and shall hold and i
ave harmless the said city FROM
amaiges, injury, loss or expense causedi
the negligence of said grant,e 10
'nstructing, repairing ami operati-
I'D plant or in repaving, or rep, rI
ny street, alley or other pub nc inc
Section 5. & place. |
be it further erdainr
le. provisions of r. 4ho+ all
binding upon "a, t GCc, a,ia sb al
,ssors or ass; us or3lidiiIe oau'
stated , SAID grantee, us SUI
ghts gins, Whetnsr expressly
dIV .ereln or not ana al grants
md privileges secured by this
.ance to said grantee shall lnure
the benefit of their legal and bona
fide representatives, successors or as
signs, the said grantee shall comply
with all rules and regulations that are
now or may be hereafter inforce with
reference to the laying of ana safe
guarding of their pipes. and other
works, that all pipes shall not De less
than fifteen inches under the surface OF
the streets, alleys or public grounds,
that the grantee will not interfere with
Al - a,,ol, NOW laiH that