Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
Notice of Application for
Franchise.

Notice is hereby given that the Shepherdstowr
Light and Water Company has filed with the Com
mon Council Of Shepherdstown. W. Va, ITS appli,
cation for Franchise TO construct. maintain and
operate a system OF Waterworks in said town o
Shepherdstown. as follows. namely:
An Ordinance granting TO the ShepheTdstown Light
and Water Company, its personal representatives
and assigns. Franchise Tor a. period OF Flity
Years. 10 install, maintain, and operate, in the
town OF Shepherdstown. Water Works System
and TO use the same TO provide water Tor lire,
power, domestic, sanitary and other lawful pur-
BE If ORDAINED, by the Mayor, Recorder and
Common Council oil the town oil Shepherdstown
West Virginia:
That the right, privilege and franchise be. and il
is hereby, granted unto the Shepherdstown Light
and Water Company, its personal representatives
and assigns, Tor the period oil ty years from tnis
date TO enter in under and upon the public streets
avenues. alleys. highways and bridges. oi the town
OF Snepherdstown. 10 construct. lay and maintain.
and during said period 10 repair. reconstruct and
extend in under and along the same, all such pipes
tubes, conduts, regulators. shut-oiis lire stands
and plugs and safety and other appliances fixtures
and like improvements. as may De necessary and
proper 10 transmit and furnish to and afford and
provide for the said town and its inhabitants sui
ficient water supply for domestic, sanitary. power.
fire or any other lawful purpose or use whatsoever
and 10 include als0 so lar as this Council has the
authority to grant the same, like right and privilege
as 10 any public streets, avenues. alleys, highways
or incorporated with said town, and any adjoining
or neighboring towns. villages. or communities. 10
transmit and furnish TO. and aitord and provide Tor
the residents and inhabitants thereof a like water
supply for the said uses and purposes.
BUT THIS GRANT is MADE UPON THE FOL-
LOWING CONDITIONS:
|. That said Shepherdstown Light and Water
Company. its personal representatives or assigns,
as the case may be. shall begin the construction ol
said water works system in good faith within two
months from the date hereof. and then continue
said work with reasonable diligence until system
actually ready, equipped and prepared to furnish
said town and its inhabitants who shall contracl
therefor with ample wafer supply Tor the uses and
purposes above specified. is installed. which is 10
be ready within one year IRON the date hereof; and
il said work is not begun or is not ready to supply
said town or its inhabitants who shall contract for
the same within the said time specified or ii at any
time said system shall cease TO be operated or cease
TO furnish such sufficient supply oil wafer ior con-
tinuous period oil one month at any one tIme then.
in either OF said events, this franchise Shall become
void.
2 That in the construction OF said water works
system and the location OF the mains. pipes and ix-
tures (al TO be subject TO the supervision and ap-
and sides OF the streets are 10 be used as lar as
practicable and all excavations, trenches. openings,
and obstructioEs rendered necessary and proper
for the installation OF said system and its equipment
Tor operating, shall be made and conducted so as
to avoid iniuring either public or private property,
and so TO interrupt and impair the free use oi the
streets. alleys and SIDEWALKS as little as possible
and all such imparmertS oil Streets alleys or SIDE
walks any parts thereof so uSed is TO be prompt
ly repaired and put in as good condition by said
Shepherdstown Light and Water Company. IFS
personal representatives or assigns. as they were
before such excavation or OBSTRUCTION ana 10 DC
so maintained for period oil one year thereafter.
8 The said Shepherdstown Light and Water COM
pany, or its personal representatives or assigns. as
the case may be, shall assume all responsibility for
any damage 10 persons or property occasoned IN
the installing or operating sald water WORKS system,
by reason oil digging OF trenches or openings, or by
laying OF pipes or MAINS or distinctions IN the
streets. alleys. or sidewalks, or otherwise and
that the said town shall not become or be held
liable, by reason ofth grant, Tor any damage Wna-
ever occasioned thereby.
a. That said Shepherdstown Light and Water
Company. its personal representatives or assigns,
shall have the right during said term TO adopt and
enforce by lawful means any such reasonable rules
and regulations respecting the conduct oil said 0uS-
ness as shall meet the approval OF the Council,
which may from time to time enact such ordinances
as may be deemed proper TO protect SAID wafer
works property from damage by malicious persons
and 10 preserve the purity and prevent the waste OF
water
5. That said Shepherdstown Light and Water
Company. its personal representatives or assigns.
as the case may be, SHALL within one year from date
hereof. furnish and place. fully equipped and ready
for use. such number OF lire plugs as the Council or
its Committee may designate and at such location
on the streets as ii shall designate. and MAINTAIN
al an annual rate not exceeding twenty dollars each
for first five 81 years OF such service, after which
time reduction in price Shall be made 10 hiteen
(Sl5) dollars each per annuIn during continuance
OF this franchise, and any additional plugs shall De
at same rates and also from time to time provide
any such additional fire plugs. with proper water
supply therefor as may be ordered by the Council
and 10 be located II shall direct, as may be re-
Quired for the public protection and uses at not
exceeding the rates above specified The first con-
tract for such plugs. designating the number desir-
ed. TO be for period OF not less than live years
all said fire plugs shall be OF the compression or
gate type with brass stems and seats they shall
have full and unobstructed waterway. OF at least
four "a inches diameter they shall be provided
with two ~ two and one-hali z l-2 inch hose
attachments and one connection Tor lire engine !;
each fire plug shall be provided with ample open-
ngs for drip and proper protection against freezing
& The Shepherdstown Light and Water Com
pany its personal representatives or assigns. as the
case may be, shall maintain throughout the entire
distribution system OF said water WORKS, anu
through all additions and extensions built in the
future thereto. minimum water pressure oil tnirV
800 pounds per square inch Tor domestic purposes
and the said water works system Shall De con-
structed and operated SO as TO provide al an uies'
for water pressure. for protection against lire.
sufficient TO force stream ot water through Two
hundred (200) feet OF two and one-hah Y l.N men
rubber lined hose, with one W inch nozzle, 10
height OF at least ifty l50l ieet: ana heIe shaL al
all times be maintained by the said Shepherdstown
Light and Water Company. its personal represen-
taiives or assigns, such attendance as will insure
such sufficient pressure oi water in the event OF te
breaking out OF a fire and ifs continuance during
such fire.
7. The rates to be charged for water supply to
consumers other than the corporation ot Shepherds
town shall not exceed the following schedule:
For six-room house with live ~ in family, ~
per annum and for each additional room or per-
son not to exceed fifty cents per annum bath tub
So. avatory. 81, closet S, each per annum street
or pave wash. 80 cents per month and TO meter
users not to exceed twenty (20 cents per Zoo GAL
lOns
s. That said Shepherdstown Light and Water
Company, its personal representatives or assigns,
as the case may be, shall deliver water through its
own pipes TO its customers at the curb line at any
point within the territory covered by this franchises
where the property abuts on a street, avenue, or
other public highway, or 10 the property line, II the
property is otherwise located, and provide the
proper cut off and iron st0p-box, and no tapping
charge shall be made 10 customers contracting Tor
said water supply within period oi one year from
the passage oil this ordinance. and thereafter no
tapping charge in excess of ten dollars sha be made.
9. THIS. ORDINANCE shall be in force from the
date OF its passage.
The said Common Council of Shepherdstown,
w. Va. WILL At its regular meeting on Tue sday,
August s, 1916 consider the application as set forth
in the above ordinance, and act upon the same.
U. S. MARTIN. Mayor.
FL. WELTZHEIMER Recorder.
July 6. l9l6-4w.