The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1919-12-13


and water; and contracting with the
said A. B. Paterson for municipal lights
for the said city to light the streets
and alleys of said city, and for furnish.
ing to said city water for fire and
other municipal purposes
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Councilmen of the City of Pasca-
goula, State OF Mississippi:
Section l. That A. B. Paterson, his
successors and assigns, hereinafter
called the grantees, he, and they are,
hereby granted, franchise for a peri
cd of twenty-five (25) years, subject
only to the conditions herein con.
tained, to erect, maintain and operate
an electric light and power plant or
plants within the present and future
limis of the City of Pascagoula, State
Of Mississippi and to use the streets,
alleys and public places of said city
for the erection of poles, wires and
other appliances and appurtenances
necessary or proper, for the genera
tion and transmission of electrical en-
ergy.
Section 2. That the said A. B. Pat.
erson, his successors and assigns,
hereinafter called the grantees, are
hereby granted franchise for a peri
cd of twenty-five (25) years from the
date hereof, subject only to the con-
ditions herein contained, to erect,
maintain and operate waterworks
plant Or plants within the present and
future limits of said city, for the lay
ing and maintenance of mains, pipes,
services, plugs and other appliances
and appurtenances necessary and prop
er for the operation of said plant, and
the distribution of water among the
inha bitants of the city of Pascagoula
Section 3. In consideration of the
payments to be made, and the cove
nants to be kept and performed by the
city as hereinafter mentioned, the said
grantee shall furnish the City of Pas
cagoula for period Of twenty-five (25)
years from the date of the completion
OF the said electric light plant 125
street lamps, said lamps to be
located by the said mayor and council
men Of the said city; said lamps to be
kept by the grantee in good repair and
to be lighted every night in the year
from thirty 500 minutes after sunset
tshtil thirty 500 minutes before sun
rise the following morning, being ap-
proximately thirty-six hundred (3600)
hours per year, and shall be supplied
with a voltage of not les than twenty
two hundred and forty (2240) volts at
the plant.
For the said lamps the said city
agrees to pay a service charge of fifteen
t$1500) dollars per lamp per year plus
a rate Of five cents per kilowatt hour
for current consumed by said lamps,
hours consumed per year to
be arrived at by multiplying the watt
age of the lamp by thirtysix hundred
(3600) hours. The sum arrived at by
adding the service charge Of fifteen
($15.00) dollars per lamp per year to
the consumption arrived at as afore-
said for one year shall be payable in
twelve 12) equal monthly Install
ments on the 18th day of each month,
payment being made the month sue
ceed;ng when the service is rendered.
The said lamps shall be kept burn
ing all night during every night in the
year. but in case of outages, then an
amount shall be deducted each month
for the number of hours any lamp or
lamps are out, at the rate in proper
ton to the amount the city is paying
for the current consumed.
Section 4. In consideration OF the
payments to be made and the cove
nants to be kept and performed by the
said city as hereinafter mentioned, the
said grantees shall furnish the said city
Of Pascagoula for a period OF twenty
five (25) years from this date "a fire
Mugs of uniform and standard type
connected with its water main, and
shall furnish a water pressure on its
mains of not less than forty-three t43)
and in case of, and during the
existence of fire within the corporate
limits of sad city, the grantee shall
.aise or increase such pressure as re-
luired to not less than one hundred
md twenty-five G25) pounds, and
maintain said pressure of one hundred
md twenty-five G25) pounds on the
mains as long as may be necessary to
,xtinguish such fire. Such necessity
O be indicated by order of the chief OF
he fire department or in his absence
lis substitute or authorized represen-
alive. who shall have authority tol
rider the water pressure from time
q time and such pressure of water in
he mains to be indicated by stand
nd type of water gauge to be supplied
~ the grantee free of charge to the