The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09
ORDINANCE NO. 234.

ORDlNANCE NO. 234.
 An Ordinance Entitled An Ordinance
 Granting to the Clear Creek Oil Gas
 Company. It's Successors and Assigns, the
 Right tc Lay, Maintain, Extend and Op-
 crate It's Pipe Lines. Meters. Regulators.
 and Other Appliances for the Purpose of
 Installing, Maintaining, and Operating a
 System for Furnishing Natural Gas to the
 City of Conway, Arkansas, and Its lnhabi-
 tants for Domestic and Other Purposes"
 Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Conway. Arkansas:
 Section 1. That the word Grantee" as employed herein shah denote the Clear Creek Oil and Gas Company, Corporation doing business under Laws of the State of Arkan- sas, main office located at Fort Smith, Ar kansas, it's successors and assigns.
 Section ?. That the Grantee shall have and is hereby granted a franchise in the City of Conway, Arkansas. for a period of fifty years from and after the approval of this ordinance. with full right. power and authority to install. maintain and operate a system for furnishing natural gas to the City of Conway. Arkansas, and to it's nihabi- tants for domestic purposes, and for said purposes said Grantee shall have full right power and authority to enter upon and use the streets and alleys of said City for the purpose of laying, maintaining, extending and operating its pipe lines, meters, regua- tors and other appliances and for installing, maintaining and operating system for furnishing natural gas in the said City aforesaid, subject, however to the conditions hereinafter provided
 Section 8. Said pipe lines and other ap pliances shall be laid and maintained in such a manner as will least interfere with other public uses of said streets and alleys and in all cases where it is practicable to do so the alleys rather than the streets shall be used, and said streets and alleys shall not be unneces- sarily obstructed. and shall within reasonable time be placed in good condition and repair as before their use by said Grantee. Said Gran tee shall relay and replace with due dili- gence any and all pavements, curbs, cuverts. crossings gutters streets. avenues. alleys. and other public grounds and places disturb ed by him in the same manner and like ditions as the same may have been before ex- cavating, leaving the surface of all unpaved streets smooth and level provided. that noth- ing contained in this section shall authorize any act in violation of any ordinance now in effect or to be hereafter passed by the council of the said City of Conway, nor prevent said City from replacing any such pavements by its agents at the expense of the said Gran tee. Nor shall anything contained in this section be construed on behalf of said City of Conway, waiving any right now pos sessed or hereafter to be possessed by said City, to exercise full control all streets, avenues. alleys or other public grounds Be- fore beginning the work provided herein, the Grantee shall execute (and file with the Re- corder of the said City, bond to the City of Conway in the sum of g.. .000. % approved by the finance committee of said City, insuring the faithful performance of the duties and obli- gations of the Grantee set out in this section :: II at any time in the opinion of the council of said City. the sureties on said bond be- come insufficient new bond shall be pro- vided by said Grantee within Thirty (30) days after notice is served upon agent of the Grantee.
 Section 4. The Grantee shall be required to lay all its pipe lines in the streets and alleys of said City to depth of twelve inches below the surface of said streets and alleys and fa
 not to permit the escape of gas therefrom so as to endanger the health or safety of the inhabitants of said City: and upon written notice given to said Grantee by the Mayor, or Board of Aldermen of said City. that the pipe hnes or other appliances of the Gran tee are leaking gas, not laid in con formity with the provisions of this ordinance, said Grantee shall within q reasonable time stop said leaks and lay it's pipes or other ap- phances in accordance with the provisions herein prescribed. The Grantee herein is required to comply with all the laws, rules and regulations of the State of Arkansas re- iatiVe to the laying of it's pipe lines and ap- pilances, the sale of gas and the price to be paid therefor. the of meters, and shall al all times comply with the police regulations of said City of Conway. Arkansas, in rela tion thereto; and in the work of laying re pairing, recaimng and removing said pin, lines and appliances, the said Grantee shal not interfere with or change any existing ar engagements for gas, water pipes, sewers drains, ditches, or other public privat, works of said City. And if at any time an, of the pipes of the Grantee. its successors o assigns. be so laid to now or hereafte prevent the making of direct connections be tween the water or sewer mains of the wa te plant and sewers owned by the City of Con way, Arkansas, or any improvement distric therein, adn the property abutting upon an, street or alley wherein the pipes of the Grante are laid, said Grantee shall adjust their pipe in such street or alley so as to permit tn making of such connections. and such ad 1ustment of said pipes shall be made with