The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-06-25
An Ordinance.

a. a
period of 25 years, the right to ac-
quire, lay, maintain, repair, replace,
relay and remove mains and pipe lines,
and all necessary regulation and appli-
ances for the transportation and DIS
| tribr. .tion of natural and manufactured
gas, petroleum or either OF said pro-
ducts to, in, sSd through the City of
Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish,
Louisiana, together with the additional
right to use all streets, alleys, neutral
and public grounds of said city for the
purpose of laying mains and pipes to
sayplv and deliver and distribute to the
sad c,tV, s44 the Inhabitants thereof,
gas or petroieuM FOL MISUNDERSTANDING
heating, Illuminating, and all Othef
purposes for which natural or manu-
! featured gas, petroleum., or eithsf 6f
saio, ,.."oducts is or may be used during
said period.
Section 1.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Commissioners Of the City of Natchi-
toches, in regular session convened,
| that The Natchitoches Gas Company
| Limited, of the City Of Natahst9ches,
! its successors or assigns, be and are
hereby authorized and empowered for
period Of TWENTY-FIVE years (25) from
and after the passage of this ordinance
to construct, acquire and maintain gas
works in said City of Natchltoches and
to manufacture, natural gRs ard petfa-
leum, that the said The NatehitOches
Gas Company Limited, its successors
and assigns, be and they ere 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,
side walks, avenues, lands alleys, high
ways and public grounds below the
surface thereof and under the bridges
and yiaducts and river of said town,
gas mains and gus pipes with all neces.
sary and proper attachments, eonnee.
tions and appertenances for the trans:
portation, supply and distribution of
natural or manufactured gas, petro-
Ienm or either Of said products to, ir
and through said city with the right at
all times hereafter during said period.
under supervision IF the city, 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
laid, all excavations shall be retiied
and replaced and thoroughly tamped,
and all side walks and pavements shall
be replaced relaid as found when said
excavations are made and subject to
Inspection by persons designated by
the Mayor and Commissioners and the
services of whom to be paid by and at
the expense of grantee. All to be
left in as good condition as before,
provided further that no excavations
whatever shall be made into any street
or pipes therein deposited +sher there
Is an alley parallel with any such street
and within 120 feet of such street.
Should said grantee fall or refuse to
restore and replace said pavements,
side walks and excavations within a
reasonable time, then the same may 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 lay
its pipes on said streets, alleys, etc.
and to refill or replace same in accor-
dance with the above provisions.
Section 2.
Be it further ordained etc. that under
the authority hereby granted the said
grantee shall furnish natural gas to the
said inhabitan is of the city of Natchi-
toches at rate which shall not exceed
fifty cents (50c) for each one thousand
Q000) cubic feet Of commercial gas,
the minimum monthly bill for gas used
through each meter shall be one dollar
and fifty cents Q,50), it is particularly
understood that the foregoing rate ap-
plies to gas used for domestic purposes
rate of thirty five cents (35c) a
thousand shall be charged for schools
and churches, in the city limits as they
now exist, and the rate for gas used
for domestic purposes shall decrease
five cents (5c) for each one thousand
cubic feet per thousand inhabitants in
crease in population after this date
until the rate is thirty cents (30c) at
which price it shall remain until the
termination of this grant. A sliding
rate of from ten to twenty cents shall
be charged for factories, provided the
city shall be furnished gas for its own
use at price not exceeding ten cents
per thousand cubic feet during the ex-
istence of this franchise. The rate for
manufactured gas shall not exceed two
dollars per thousand cubic feet for
each one thousand cubic feet, provided
that natural gas though rectlfied, shall
nevertheless, always be deemed to be
and remain a natural gas and be fur
nished and charged for as such.
Section 3.
Be it further ordained etc. that no
person, company or corporation shall
| be permitted to make any connection
with any distributing mains or service
pipes of grantee, until duly authorized
| by said grantee, its successors or as
signs, and the city shall pass such or
'dinances with penal provisions, and the
grantee may adopt such rules and regu.
lations as may be necessary to protect
said grantee, its successors or assigns,
from loss or damage by imposition, or
fraud and to prevent the waste-of gas,
provided it shall be the duty of grantee
to tap its mains free of charge upon
proper application Of each and every
one of its customers.
Section 4.
Be it further ordained, etc. that in
the construction, repairing and operat-
ing said gas system, said grantee shall
use every reasonable and proper pre-.
caution to avoid damages or injuries tc
persons or property and shall hold and
save harmless the said city from
damages, injury, loss or expense caused
by the negligence of said grantee ir
constructing, repairing and operating
said plant or in repaving, or repairing
any street, alley or other public place.
/ Section 5.
Be it further ordained, etc. that all
the provisions of this ordinance shall
be binding upon said grantee, its sue.
cessors or assigns, whether expressly