The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-03-30

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should a consumer at any time dis
continue his gas service and be
in no wise indebted to said grantee,
said deposit shall be forthwith re-
paid in full. together with interest
! due to date of payment. ~.
In case any consumer fails or re-
fuses to pay his bill in accordance
with the grantees rules as pro-
vided herein, and service to such
consumer be discontinued, grantee
shall not be required to again fur
nish service to such delinquent
consumer unless and until such
consumer has deposited with said
grantee a sum in cash, equivalent to
the aggregate of two manths charges
for service. which grantee may esti-
mate will be furnished to such con-
sumner, said deposit to be held by
said grantee as security for the
payment of future bills OF such
delinquent consumer, or may re-
quire bond to be approved by it, in
lieu of said cash deposit, and pro-
vided further, in case application
is made to grantee for temporary
service, or if applicant is not Of
known financial responsibility a
larger deposit may be required.
The rate to be charged for gas
sold to and consumed by an indus
try for industrial purposes. shall
be determined by the grantee from
time to time, on such reasonable
basis as the conditions and circum-
stances may warrant, provided, that
a schedule Of such rates shall at all
times be on file in the office Of the
City Clerk of said city, and provided
further, that such rates she'll be
nondiscriminatory and be applicable
to all users of the same class.
In case grantee should Mt any
time be unable to supply the de-
mands of both domestic and indus
duty of said grantee, and 1t is here|
by required to discontinue service
20 all Industrial users and distribute
all available gas to domestic con-
sumers only, until the supply of gas
has been made available for reason
ably efficient service to both class
es of such consumers.
All OF the foregoing rates and
charges shall be and remain in
force for period of five years
from the date hereof. at which time
a new schedule OF rates and charges
may be established either by agree
ment of the parties hereto, or in
such manner as may be provided by
law.
Section 6. AS consideration for
the granting of this franchise,
month OF July 1928, and during
the months Of January and July
each year thereafter for the per-
led of this ordinance, file with the
City Clerk of said city. verified
report covering it's business for
the preceding six months, which
said report shall show improve
ments made and costs thereof;
amount Of gas produced, purchased
and sold; the number of miles of
mains and meters in use the total
amount OF capital invested in the
plant, together with a statement
showing in ordinary detail the re-
CENTS and expenditures for said per-
iod.
Within 30 days after the compile
tion of the construction of the dis
trihuting system herein provided
for. grantee shall file in the office
of the City Clerk of said city. Il
map or plat showing the location,
size, and kind of all gas mains laid
in said city and the location of all
other parts or appliances of the
pl01t ueed in the exercise OF this
ordnance, and said grantee shall
in January of each year thereafter,
file with said City Clerk supple
mental maps showing the location,
size. and kinds of mains laid and
Appliances installed subsequent to
the last report.
Grantee shall maintain an office
in said city, to be in charge of an
authorized and empow-
cred to transact all business per-
tanning to the installation, construc-
ton. maintenance and extension of
the gas dlstributig system herein
described, and sale of said gas.
Section Z. AS a further consid-
GRAFTON for the granting of this
franchise, said grantee agrees and
binds itself to provide. construct,
and operate its distributing pipes,
mains, and lines so as to enable it
to furnish reasonably efficient and
sufficient service to said city and
its Inhabitants, provided. that there
shall be not less than an average
of one occupied building to each
one hundred feet of MAN. pipe
or line; that the construction of
said distributing system shall be
prosecuted with due diligence to
completion, reasonable allowance to
be made for all delays caused by
strikes labor difficulties. acts of
God, bona fide litigation. inability
to procure delivery of material and
supplies for the said construction
and installation of said distributing
system. and the same shall be com
pleted and in use. furnishing said
gas service to said city and its in
habitants as herein provided for.
within one year from the date of ac-
ceptance of this franchise.
Section s, As a further consider
alton for the granting of this fran
chise, said grantee agrees and binds
itself to furnish natural gas. as
herein provided for, the same at all
times to be kept up to standard
of not less than 500 British thermal