The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-11-20
Citu Closes FiUe Year Electric PoDer
Contract With Big St. Cloud Company

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of any or all of such meters, whic
4 test shall be made by competen
disinterested party to be selected
and in the presence of the represent;
tives of each of the parties hereto; an
in the event of error in any Of sue
meters exceeding two (2) per centun
proper allowance, as shown by tn
test, shall be made to the party er
titled thereto, but not for longe
period than thirty (30) days prior t
the time of the test. The cost of sucl
tests shall be paid by the party re
questing the same, but if in any ties
the Power Company's meter shall b.
| found to be in error exceeding tWt
(2) per centum, the cost of such ties
shall be borne by the Power Company
| The City shall not open the meter!
of the Power Company, nor except II
caring for the operation of the trans
formers and other equipment of the
! Power Company, within or adjacent
| to the said City, touch, alter or inter
fere with the Power Company's ap
paratus or material, nor wilfully per
NIT any unauthorized person to do so
5. If the City, on account of I'M
avoidable accident, fire, explosion
flood, strike, Federal or State inter.
ference, or other cause not reasonably
within it's control, be prevented,
wholly or in part, during the term OF
this contract from receiving, taking
or using the electrical current deliv-
cred by the Power Company, the City
agrees to proceed with all reasonable
diligence to put itself and its plant
and distributing system in condition
again to utilize the normal amount of
electrical current; and in case of such
shutdown or interferences, if the City
shall have promptly given notice in
writing to the Power Company at it's
St. Cloud office, or any other office in
the State of Minnesota hereafter desig-
mated by the Power Company, of such
shutdown or interference, the prob
able duration and cause thereof, the
operation of this agreement and the
obligation of the City hereunder to
take and pay for electrical energy
shall be suspended to the extent of
such shutdown or interference during
such period of shutdown or interfer-
ence, and proportionate reduction
shall be made from the minimum
charge" hereinbefore specified in case
such shutdown or interference shall
exceed seven 60 consecutive days.
The Power Company must at all
times exercise such diligence in the
operation of it's plant or plants and
transmission system as to furnish the
City a continuity of current during
the term hereof, except as in herein
after specifically provided.
In case the Power Company shall be
prevented from delivering electrical
energy as herein provided, wholly or
in part, by fire, explosion, flood, strike,
accident, Federal, State
Or Municipal interference, or other
cause not reasonably within it's con-
-rol, it will Except in case of prac-
;ically total destruction of it's general
ng plants or transmission lines) pro-
,eed with all reasonable diligence to
put itself and it's works and lines in
condition to continue to supply cleo
,rical energy hereunder, and such in
corruption of service shall not consti-
,ute a breach of this contract, nor
shall the Company be liable for dam
ages by reason of failure from any
such causes. However, in case such
Interruption of service shall exceed
hirty-six (36) consecutive hours, pro-
)ortionate reduction shall be made
rom such minimum charge"
6. All of the Power Company's
meters, wires, poles and other appar-
titus and equipment furnished by the
Power Company, in pursuance of this
contract, shall remain it's property,
md be promptly removed by the
ooWer Company upon the termination
If this contract, or termination of any
'enewaI thereof.
All wires of the Power Company on
he City's premises shall be installed,
charged and maintained and kept in
proper condition by the Power Com
)any.
The City agrees that it will coop
crate with the Power Company in
caring for the operation of the trans
corners and other electrical apparatus
md equipment of the Power Company,
including the charging of the Power
Jompany's lightning arresters daily,
lsed for supplying electrical energy
% the City and located within or adj
accent to the City's said electric plant,
without cost to the Power Company,
Ill material required therefor and all
'epairs thereon to be furnished by the
Power Company at it's own expense:
md in case of any interference or
rouble on the transmission lines of
he Power Company, the City's en-
,ineer, or other person in charge of
is electric plant, shall open or close
he high tension switches at or near
said plant or on the Power Company's
said transformer sub-station as di-
rected by the Power Company's en-
gineer, either by telephone or other
means of communication, until such
or trouble on said trans
mission lines shall have been cleared.
It is further agreed that the City shall
not be liable to the Power Company
for the improper performance of or
the failure to perform any of the acts
required of the City by this paragraph,
unless such improper performance of
or failure to perform said acts be will
full, and prompt notice thereof be
given by the Power Company to a
member of the Water, Light and
Power Commission of the City for the
purpose of remedying such condition;
and said Commission fails to remedy
the same, and that the Power Com
pany will hold the City free and harm
less on and defend, at its own cost,
any claim asserted against the City by
reason of any act of the City or It's