Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-06
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 anC
operate a system OF WateIwoTkS in said town o
| Shepherdstown, as follows. namely:
| An Ordinance granting to the Shepherdstown Ligh
and Water Company. IFS personal representative:
and assigns. Franchise Tor 4 period OF Fifty
Years, TO install, maintain. and operate. in the
town oil ShepherdStown. Water Works System
and 10 use the same TO provide wafer for fire
power, domestic. sanitary and other lawful pur-
BE IT ORDAINED. by the Mayor Recorder and
Common Council OF the town OF 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 of fifty years from this
daie TO enter in under and upon the public streets
| avenues. alleys, highways and bridges. OF the town
oil Snepherdstown. 10 construct. lay and maintain.
and during SAID period to repair. reconstruct and
extend in under and along the same all such pipes,
tubes condults, regulators, shutofis. lire stands
and plugs and safety and other appliances fixtures
and like improvements. as may be necessary and
proper 10 transmit and furnish TO and afford and
provide Tor the said town and its inhabitants SUI
licient water supply Tor domestic, sanitary power
fire or any other lawful purpose or use whatsoever:
and TO include. also, so far as this Council has the
authority to grant the same, like right and privilege
as 10 any public streets, avenues, alleys, highways
and bridges, that may be hereafter established in
or Incorporated with said town, and any adjoining
or neighboring towns villages. or communities TO
transmit and furnish to- and afford and provide Tor,
the residents and inhabitants thereof a like water
supply Tor the said uses and purposes:
BUT THIS GRANT IS MADE UPON THE FOL-
LOWING CONDITIONS:
l. That said Shepherdstown Light and Water
Company. its personal representatives or assigns
as the case may be, shall begin the construction Of
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 contract
therefor, with ample water supply Tor the uses and
purposes above specified. is installed which is TO
be ready within one year from the date hereof and
II said work is not begun or is not ready to supply
said town or its inhabitants who shall contract Tor
the same within the said time specified or il at any
time said system shall cease 10 be operated or cease
10 furnish such sufficient supply OF water for con-
tinuous period OF one month al 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 fix
lures (al TO be subject 10 the supervision and ap-
proval OF the Council or its Commiteel, the alleys
and sides OF the streets are 10 be used as lar as
practicable. and all excavations. trenches, openings.
and distinctions rendered necessary and proper
for the installation OF said system and its equipment
Tor operating, shall be made and conducted so as
10 avoid njuring either public or private property.
and so as 10 interrupt and impair the free use ofthe
streets. alleys and sidewalks as little as possible
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, its
personal representatives or assigns, as they were
before such excavation or obstruction and TO be
so maintained for period OF one year thereafter.
3. The said ShepheTdStown Light and Water Com
pany, or IFS personal representatives or assigns as
the case may be. shall assume all responsibility ior
any damage 10 persons or properly 0ccaSiOned IN
the installing or operating said water works system.
by reason oil digging OF trenches or openings or by
laying oil pipes or mains, or distractions IN the
streets. alleys, or sidewalks. or otherwise and
that the said town shall not become or be held
liable, by reason ofths grant, Tor any damage what
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 OF said bIiSl-
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 water
works property from damage by malicious persons
and 10 preserve the purity and prevent the waste oil
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 il shall designate. and maintain
same and furnish sufficient water supply therefor.
at 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 fifteen
CSl5) dollars each per annum during continuance
OF this franchise, and any additional plugs shall be
al 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 il shall direct. as may be re-
CURED Tor the public protection and uses. at not
exceeding the rates above specified The first con-
tract Tor such plugs, Designating the number deSn-
ed. 10 be Tor period OF not less than five years
all said fire plugs shall be OF the compression or
Caf IL
have ful and unrestricted waterway oil at least
four I'd inches diameter they shall be provided
with two ~ two and one-half Y III inck 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
8. The Shepherdstown Light and Water Com
pany IFS personal representatives or assigns, as the
case may be, shall maintain throughout the entire
distribution system Of said water works, and
through all additions and extensions built IN the
future thereto, minimum wafer pressure oil ulnU
800 pounds per square inch Tor domestic purposes:
and The said water works system shall be con-
structed and operated so as to provide at all times,
for a water pressure, Tor protection against lire,
sufficient TO force stream OF water through Two
hundred ZOO feet Of two and one-hal Y I-Z inch
rubber lined hose, with one tD inch nozzle, 10
height OF al least fifty so ieet: and there shall al
all times be maintained by the said ShepherdStown
Light and Water Company. IFS personal represen-
iaives or assigns such attendance as viii insure
such sufficient pressure OF water IN the event OF the
breaking out OF lire and IFS continuance during
such lire.
I. The rates TO be charged for water supply 10
consumers other than the corporation OF Shepherds
town shall not exceed the following schedule
For six-room house with 1--we ~ IN family, ~
per annum: and for each additional room or per-
son not TO exceed fifty cents per annum bath tub.
S. iayatoTy. 81, closet. 8. each per annum street
or pave wash. 30 cents per month and TO meter
users not to exceed twenty go cents per Loo gal
Ions.
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 10 IFS customers al the curb line, al any
point within the terrOry covered By this FRANCHISE
where the properly abuts on a street. avenue, or
other public highway. or 10 the property line, me
property is otherwise located. and provide the
proper clrf OFF and iron stop-box. and no tapping
charge shall be made 10 customers contracting Tor
said water supply within period OF one year IRON
the passage OF this ordinance. and thereafter no
tapping charge in excess OF ten dollars snail be made
g. THIS ORDINANCE shall be in force from the
date oil IFS passage.
The said Common Council OF Shepherdstown.
W. Va, will at its regular meeting on Tuesday.
August s. 1916 consider the application as set forh
in the above ordinance, and act upon the same,
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