The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-23

The complete text of the Birmingham Waterworks companys proposal which was formally accepted by the city com mission yesterday is as follows
 Birmingham, Ala, February 20, 1915. To- the Board of Commissioners of the
 City of Birmingham. City.
 Gentlemen: Whereas. the Birmingham Wsterworks company is furnishing water to certain territory in Birmingham at rates fixed by the contract heretofore made by I, with the city of Birmingham to date June ?. 1SSS ard Is furnishing water to other portions Of Birmingham at rates fixed by contra ts heretofore made with the former suburban munich palities of East Lake. Woodlawn Avon dale, Elyton. Graymont, Notth Haven, West End, Pratt City, Ensley and Wy lam. the territory embraced in the linn it's Of the said former suburban muni- cipa!.tiea being now embraced in the lim- its of Birn,ice.lai now,
 Therefore, the Birmingham Water- works company. for itself it's successors anG assigns, herinafter referred to as the water company. hereby offers to make the following changes and notifications r all of the foregoing contracts effective as of and for the time hereinafter stated prescribing throughout the limits of what IS known as Greater Birmingham" the changes set out in rates for water fur nished and conditions of supply.
 Section Ffrst-Flat Rates
 Flat rates in all Birmingham shall be as follows
 For dwelling of three rooms. or less, S150 per quarter.
 For each additional room in such dwell- Ing, up to and including 10 rooms, 9 cents rel quarter.
 For each additional room in such dweli- ing, over 10 rooms, 12lh cents per quar- ter
 For water closet for private family, dwelling of three rooms or less, for first closet, s1 per quarter.
 For water closet for private family. dwelling of four rooms or more, for rrst closet, s1.2o per quarter.
 For the second and for each addi- tional water closet for the family or servants, 62la cents per quarter.
 For bathtubs for private family. each. s1 per quarter.
 Store. shop. office or restaurant. each, according to size and occupation. Si.5 to s2 per quarter.
 Water closet for single store. shop. of- flee or restaurant sl.25 per quarter.
 For one or more faucets or hydrants CT openings having threads for hose for sprinkling, charge for sprnlSling use, in addition to the charge for general use shall be made. based upon the number of feet of frontage of the property.
 Per front foot of property. cents per a n a Of s2.5o per annum.
 On corner lots only the narrow frontage shall be counted.
 Other flat rates as specified in the sev- erai contracts aforesaid. shall remain un- changed
 Flat rates shall be payable at the of- ices of the water company quarterly in advance on the first days of January April, July and October of each year. except that the flat rate charge for sprinlSling shall be payable one-half on April 1 and one-half on July l Of each year. f= .rff
 reception hall shall not be counted as room unless it is used as a room, such as for living room, library or par Tor.
 A buffers pantry shall not be counted room.
 A room in the cellar or basement of dwelling shall not be counted as room unless used as sleeping or living room. or kitchen, or the like.
 A room or rooms in an attic not used as sleeping room, living room or play room or the like, shall not be counted.
 Section SecOnd-Meter Rates
 Meter rates in all Birmingham shall be as follows:
 For daily average of 4oO0 gallons or less, 20 cents per 1000 gallons.
 doi1 af frnt, to 5000 gallons, 11is cents per 1000 gal Ions.
 Other meter rates for larger quantities of water, as specified in he several contracts aforesaid, shall remain un- changed.
 Where water is supplied by meter meas urement. the daily average amount of water shall be determined by reading each meter, approximately. quarterly, and bills shall be rendered approximately, quarterly. based upon such reading, ex cept that for large consumers the daily average amount of water shall be deter mined by reading each meter, approxi- matelys monthly, and bills shall be rem dered approximately. monthly. based upon such reading.
 Section Third-Right to Meter and the
 Minimum Charge by Meter
 Any. water consumer in Birmingham. whether using water for dwelling or any other purpose or purposes, snail have the right to require the water com pany to place a meter at it's expense upon his service pipe and to pay for water measured at the meter rates herein provided, and the water company shall have the right to place. at it's expense. & meter upon any service pipe in Bir- mingham, whether the service pipe be used to supply water for dwelling or any other purpose or purposes, and not withstanding the fact that a specified or