Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-29


The amount Of compensation and ex-
ponsaB allowed the said Commission
err for their service, shall be paid
one-hak (h) each by the City and
Grantee.
Section IL. The City shall pur-
chase from the Grantee his water sys-
tenn as 1t then exists, before 1t shall
enter into the business Of supplying
The City Of baxter Springs WIN wat
or under municipal ownership.
Section II. ihs Grantee shall
within the first five (6) years Of this
grant purchase and install at his own
expense, merers and place then on ali
services through which consumers are
supplied, and may during the five (b)
years period OF installation place
hem on such consumers service ~
he may eject, but the Grantee mus
upon the demand Of any consumer in
stall q meter on SAID consumers ser
vice, provided consumer makes an ad-
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 (50) per cent Of said
bills 1.-THE other fifty 1907 per cent
being paid In cash by the consumer)
until such q time as the total advance
deposit has been entirely exhausted.
Section IL. 1he GTan.ee sllAiI
..laAe connection or eALeIlsiOus " H.
distributing system Ia Oruer " supp
uew conSuiuers whichever hem Svi-
gunner or CONSUMERS shan make v NC
..iand upon the saia Grantes lor such
servIce, aud shall have deposited Win
laid Grantee the sum OF rive l$b.Uvl
DOllars Ior each consumer, ~ ProvLu-
81 Ior IN Section live l0) hereof, pro
.Iued thai Lne GranLee shaiu nVL W.
4uIred " make such extension where
me mann w be iaId ny Grantee Ca
ceeds one hundred and twenty-five
ILL0l Ieet Oh Inaln Tor each consuin-
tr, unless SAID CONSUMER Or c0nSuiuets
snali pay Tie acLuai COST OF Inc IiHii.
.Iilu Installation thereon, IN eAcess Va
Jne hundred anu twenty-five (1zoy
Aeet Tor each consumer, and whenever
thereafter SAID nam 80 pad Tor b!
such consumer, or consumers, shan
We used by Grantee Tor new consulu-
ers, nre protection or to be eXIenueG
I0r the purpose or supplying MaVeI
70 any new consumers, The Grantee
snail repay to said consumer sum
squai 10 the Aforesaid acIual cost "a
such mans, ana the INSTALLATION
Hereof, together with interest ~ LhI
faIe Oh Six (6) per cent per annum.
Section IL. Ihe Grantee shall
Alush ali mans where necessary anu
aC such tire hydranLs as necessary ~
least once every thirty (3Ol days dur
Keep the tire MIGRANTS ut all times III
proper working conditions, and shall
inspect all fire MIGRANTS regularly
each month to see that they are KEEP.
IN good and available service for in
slant use. So long as the Grantee
shall have air or steam or other
.neans OF blowing q whistle at his
plant, he shall give alarm Of any ire
as soon as the Water Works Is AL
vised of such fire, by blowing saia
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 Depal tment and citi
Gems 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
lers along the streets where fire by
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 1851
cents for every hydrant through
which said cutters shall be flushed
but it is further agreed that where the
iushing of the hydrants provided for
N Section Fourteen (14) hereof can
be used for the purpose set forth in
his Section, then the City shall not
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-
uuested 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 he
meters installed as herein provided
at the rate not to exceed fifteen (16)
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-
sem 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 (6) years
of this grant he will, in accordance
with a previous covenant, install a
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.