The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-06-18

the Mayor and Commissioners and the
services of whom to be paid by and at
the expense of grantee. All to 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 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 inhabitants of the city of Natchi-
tOches at rate which shall not exceed
fifty cents (50c) for each one thousand
! 10000 cubic feet of commercial gas,
the minimum monthly bill for gas used
through each meter shall be one dollar
and fifty cents Q.5W, it is particularly
understood that tie foregoing rate APP
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 (3Oc) 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, provide d
that natural gas though rectlfed, 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 nc
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, OF
fraud and to prevent the waste of gas,
provided it shall be the duty of grantee
to tap it's mains free of charge upon
proper application of each and every
one of its customers.
Section a.
i 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 tt
persons or property and shall hold anc
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 al
the provisions of this ordinance shall
be binding upon said grantee, its sue
cessors or assigns, whether expressly
so stated herein or not and all grants
rights and privileges secured by this
ordinance to said grantee shall inurs
to 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 and safe
guarding of their pipes and other
works, that all pipes shall not be less
than fifteen inches under the surface OF
tie streets, alleys or public grounds,
that the grantee will not interfere with
the water or such pipes now laid, that
if the streets are graded the pipes OF
the grantee will be lowered at theil
expense, their successors or assigns.
SECTION vi
Be 1t further ordained, ETC., that