Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-08

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Grantee.
Section IL. The City Shall pur-
chase from The Grantee his water Sys-
tenn ~ It thsn exlBIs, before It shall
enter into the business Of supplying
he City of baxter Springs wilh wat
er under municipal Ownership.
Section II. ihe Grantee shall
within the first five (6) years Of thu
grant purchase and install ut his owl.
sApense, meters and place then on ali
services through which consumers are
supplied, and may during the Eve (6)
years period Of installation place
them on such consumers service a.
he may elect, but the Grantee must
upon the demand Of any consumer In
stall O 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 (60) per cent Of said
bills 1.-THE other fifty (60) per cent
being paid In cash by the consumer)
until such time as 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 ($6.00)
Dollars for each consumer, as provid-
ed for in Section Five (5) hereof, pro-
vided that the Grantee shall not be
quired 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 ICY per cent per annum.
Section IL. The Grantee shall
flush all mains where necessary and
at such fire hydrants as necessary at
least once every thirty (S0) 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
means of blowing q whistle ct 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
signals 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 un-
derstood however, that no liability
shall attach to the Grantee for fail
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
ters 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 (15)
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 (15)
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
meter on any consumer desiring to
use water for irrigation or sprink-
ling purposes, providing said con-
sumner 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-