The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-12-27
ORDINANCE No. 22-1s,s.

Pascagoula, State of Mississippi, al
providing for water-works syste
for said city. and for supplying its i
habitants with electric light and po'
err and water and authorizing A.
Paterson, his successors and assign
to purchase or construct, and TO mai
tain and operate an electric light an
power plant in said city and waite
works plant in said city, and to la
erect, maintain and operate pole
wires, transformers and water mair
and pipes in, along, over and upon II
streets and alleys and public places
said city; ami contracting with III
said A. B. Paterson with regard
the rates To be charged by him, h
successors and assigns TO the inhab
tants of said city for electric light
and water: and contracting with tn
said A. B. Paterson for municipal light
for the said city to light the street
and alleys of said city. and for furnish
ing to said city water for fire an
other municipal purposes.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Mayo
and Councilmen of the City of Pasca
goula, State of Mississippi:
Section l. That A. B. Paterson, hi
successors and assigns, hereinafte
called the grantees, he, and they are
hereby granted, franchise for a peri
cd of twenty-five (25) years, subjec
only to the conditions herein con
tanned, to erect, maintain and operate
an electric light and power plant OF
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
ergy.
Section 2. That the said A. B. Pat
erson. his successors and assigns,
hereinafter called the grantees, are
hereby granted franchise for peri
cd of twenty-five (25) years from the
date hereof, subject only to the con-
ditions herein contained, to erect,
maintain and operate a 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 $3.50
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
until thirty 800 minutes before sun
rise the following morning. being ap-,
proximately thi-t six hundred 5000
.ours ger year and shall pc 1plied
vis6n voltage Of no; les than twenty
two hundred. and forty t22i0) volts at
the plant
For the said lamps the said city
agrees to pay service charge of fifteen
t$15.00) dollars per lamp per year plus
rate of five cents per kilOwatt hour
for current consumed by said lamps,
kilowatt hours consumed per year to
be arrived at by multiplying the watt
age of the lamp by thirty-six hundred
t3600) hours. The sum arrived at by
$4,000 dollars per lamp per year to
the consumption arrived at as afore-
said for one year shall be payable in
twelve t12) equal monthly install
ments on the 18th day of each month,
payment being made the month sue
ceeding 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 he deducted each month
for tie number OF hours any lamp or
lamps are out. at the rate in proper
ton 10 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 period of twenty
FIVE t25) years from this date "a fire
plugs of uniform and standard type
with its water main, and
shall furnish a water pressure on its ,
mains of not less than forty-three t43l 1
pounds. and in case of, and during the 4
existence of fire within the corporate /
limits of sad city, tie grantee shall
-aise or increase such pressure as re-
Iuired. to not less than one hundred
Ind twenty-five 125) pounds. and
said pressure of one hundred
md twenty-five 125) pounds on the
mains as long as may be necessary to
such fire. Such necessity
o be indicated by order of the chief of
he fire department or in his absence
20 s.,bcfifufa Or aufhnrized renresan.