Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-15

The amount Of compensation and eK-
penSoS allowed the said Commission
ers for their service, shall b paid
one-hak (h) each by the City and
Grantee.
section IL. The City shall pur-
chase from the Grantee his water sye-
tenn az Il then exists, before It shall
enter into the business Of supplying
the City Of Baxter Springs with wat
or under municipal ownership.
Section II. The Grantee shall
within the first five (6) years Of this
grant purchase and install ut his own
expense, meters and place then on all
services through which consumers are
supplied, and may during the five (b)
years period Of installation place
them on such consumers service as
he may elect, but the Grantee must
upon the demand Of any consumer in
stall a meter on said consumers ser
vice, provided consumer makes an adj
vance payment on the actual cost OF
meter, this advance payment to be
applied on the following and succeed
ing months bill Of the consumer at
the rate Of fifty 1907 per cent Of said
bills 1.-THE other fifty (60) per cent
being paid In cash by the consumer)
until such q time az the total advance
deposit has been entirely exhausted.
Section Is. The Grantee shall
make connection or extensions to his
distributing system in order to supply
new consumers whenever new con-
sumer or consumers shall make de-
mand upon the said Grantee for such
service, and shall have deposited with
said Grantee the sum Of Five (S6.OO)
Dollars for each consumer, as pr0vid-
ed for in Section Five (6) hereof, pro-
yided that the Grantee shall not be
uuired to make such extension where
the main to be laid by Grantee ex-
ceeds one hundred and twenty-five
(125) feet of main for each cOnsum-
er, unless said consumer or consumers
shall pay the actual cost Of the main
and installation thereof, in excess Of
one hundred and twenty-five (125)
feet for each consumer, and whenever
thereafter said main SO paid for by
such consumer, or consumers, shall
be used by Grantee for new consum-
ers, fire protection or to be extended
for the purpose Of supplying water
. to any new consumers, the Grantee
shall repay to said consumer q sum
equal to the aforesaid actual cost Of
such mains, and the installation
thereof, together with interest at the
rate of six (6) per cent per annum. -.
Section II. The Grantee shall
. flush all mains where necessary and
/ at such fire MIGRANTS as necessary at
, least once every thirty 1907 days dur
ing the life of this grant and shall
: keep the fire hydrants at all times in
proper working conditions, and shall
: inspect all fire hydrants regularly
: each month to see that they are kept
in good and available service for in
. slant use. So long as the Grantee
, shall have air or steam or other
3 means of blowing q whistle at his
{ plant, he shall give alarm Of any fire
, as soon as the Water Works is ad-
vised of such fire, by blowing said
, whistle and if provided with code OF
fsignals by the City Council, or Fire
/ Department, shall use said code OF
! whistles in blowing same in order to
' notify the Fire Department and citi-
zens of the town the location Of such
: fire. It is expressly agreed and I'M
: derstoOd however, that no liability
: shall attach to the Grantee for fail.
q ure to blow the whistle as provided
herein.
Section Is. The Grantee shall up
: on instructions from the proper City
: Official or Officials, cause the gut.
Y tiers along the streets where fire by
: drants, and curb and gutter, have
g been installed to be thoroughly flush
/ ed whenever it becomes necessary al
4 any time during the life Of this grant
4 and the City agrees to pay to the
: Grantee the sum Of Twenty-Five (25)
cents for every hydrant through
= which said cutters shall be flushed
l. but it is further agreed that where the
i flushing of the hydrants provided fol
. in Section Fourteen (14) hereof car
n be used for the purpose set forth II
r this Section, then the City shall moi
n pay the Grantee for such service.
Section is. The Grantee shall in
. stall meters on all flush tanks Of the
. sewer system Of the City when re-
= quested so to do in writing by thu
r proper Official Of said City and shall
i charge for the water used by the City
n for flushing the sewer through thu
meters installed as herein provided
r at the rate not to exceed fifteen TO-
1 cents per thousand (1000) gallons
; net, and the Grantee agrees to pro
v vide adequate means for supplying
\ water to flush tanks Of the sewer Sys
4 tenn Of the City as same may be o.
A the time installed.
q All water for street Bprinkling pur
h poses where street Sprinklers taxi
: water from special stand pipe erecteC
for that purpose or any fire hydrant
p to be charged for at fifteen (16I
4 cents per thousand (1000) gallons.
= Section II. The Grantee agrees
= that during the first five (5) year
: Of this grant he will, in accordance
A with a previous covenant, install
e meter on any consumer desiring T.
. use water for irrigation or sprink
Il ling purposes, providing said con
4 sumer makes the necessary advance
: deposit provided for in Section
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