Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-22

penses allowed the said Commission
ers for their service, shall be palI
one-half (h) each by the City an'
Grantee.
Section IL. The City shall pur
chase from the Grantee his water sys
tenn as II then exists, before II 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 (6)
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 q 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 ut
the rate Of fifty (50) per cent Of said
bills 1.-THE other fifty (5O) per cent
being paid in cash by the consumer)
until such q time as the total advance
deposit has been entirely exhausted.
0eGLIUn 10. Ihe GIan,ee shuii
4lis.Ae Connection or eAt.IlsI0Ils " NE
distributing system Ia Oruer " Supp
Anew GvIisuiiioLs whichever new SVn-
Suiiier W cVISuiiierS sIlaII MAKE u ue-
.IAtilu upon Inc SaIu GInntes I0r Buch
SsrvIce, aiia shall have ovpVsiLed Win
SaIu GIaIILee tLle sum Oh rave ($b.UVl
DOiiars lOr each CONSUMER, 10 prOvIu-
ed Tor IN SecLlOn rive (Ol hereof, pro-
vlueu mat The Grantee sIsliI NV We
luIrrd " make such eXtensIon where
me nIaln " DC Iaid ny GrRnLee eA-
ceeus one hundred and twenty-five
\LEOl IeeI Oh MAN Tor eAcn cOiiSuIIl-
er, unless SAID CONSUMER Or CONSUMERS
SIlan pay the actual COST or The mann
anu INSTALLATION Thereof, IN eAcess Va
Vne hunureu anu twenty-five lIEog
acct 1Or each consumer, anu Whenever
thereafter salu man SO pald Tor by
such consumer, or conSuIners, SHAH
Nc USED by Grantee Tor new consuin-
-ers, nre protection or to be eXLen0e0
Ior the purpose OF supplying WaIer
70 any new consumers, The GranIee
shall repay TO SAID consumer q sum
equal to the Aforesaid actual cost Oh
such mains, and the installation
thereof, together with interest NJ the
rate OF SIX W per cent per annum.
Section Ia. The Grantee shall
Llush all mans where necessary anu
AZ such fire hydranCs as necessary ~
ieast once every thirty l3U) Gays dur
Ing the hIe Oh TINS grant anu Shall
Keep the ilre Migrants Ut all times III
proper working conditions, and shall
inspect ali lire MIGRANTS regularly
each month to see that they are KEEP.
IN good and available service Tor IN
stant use. So long as the Grantee
shall have air or steam or other
means or blowing a whistle at his
plant, he shall give alarm Of any fire
as soon as the Water Works Is au-
yised of such fire, by blowing SAID
whistle and If provided with code OF
signals by the City Council, or Fire
Department, shall use said code o.
Whistles in blowing same in order to
notify the Fire Department and citi
zens of the town the location OF such
fire. 1t is expressly agreed and un-
derstood however, that no liability
shall attach to the Grantee TOR IaIl-
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
tiers along the streets where fire n.y.
drants, and curb and gutter, have
been installed to be thoroughly flush
ed whenever it becomes necessary at
any time during the life Of this grant,
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
but it is further agreed that where the
flushing Of the hydrants provided for
in Section Fourteen (14) hereof can
be used for the purpose set forth in
this Section, then the City shall not
pay the Grantee for such service.
Section 16. 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 the
proper Official Of said City and shall
charge for the water used by the City
for flushing the sewer through the
meters installed as herein provided
at the rate not to exceed fifteen l16)
cents per thousand (1000) gallons,
net, and the Grantee agrees to pro-
vide adequate means for supplying
water to flush tanks of the sewer sys-
tenn of the City as same may be at
the time installed.
All water for street sprinkling pur-
poses where street Sprinklers take
water from special stand pipe erected
for that purpose or any fire hydrant,
to be charged for at fifteen (16)
cents per thousand (1000) gallons.
Section II. The Grantee agrees
that during the first five (5) years
of this grant he will, in accordance
with a previous covenant, install q
meter on any consumer desiring to
use water for irrigation or sprink-
ling purposes, providing said con-
sumer makes the necessary advance
deposit provided for In Section
Twelve (12) hereof.
Section IS. The Grantee shall, i'm
mediately upon this Franchise becom-
ing effective, commence the installa.
finn of meters. the connecting mn OF