The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-04-13

. delinquent consumer, or may re-
quire bond TO be approved by 1t. 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
largeS 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 a reasonable
basis as the conditions and circum-
stances may warrant, provided, that
4 a schedule of such rates shall at all
times be on file in the office of the
y City Clerk of said city, and provided
further, that such rates shall be
nondiscriminatory and be applicable
to all users of the same class.
In case grantee should at any
time be unable to supply the de-
mands of both domestic and indus
trial consumers, 1t shall be the
duty of said grantee, and it is here
by required to discontinue service
to 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,
the said grantee shall, during the
month OF July 1923, and during
the months of January and July
each year thereafter for the per-
iod of this ordinance, file with the
City Clerk of said city, a 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 statement
showing in ordinary detail the re-
ceipts and expenditures for said per-
| iod
| Within 80 days after the compile
tion of the construction of the dis
tributing system herein provided
for grantee shall file in the office
of the City Clerk of said city,
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
plant used in the exercise of this
ordinance, 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
executive, authorized and empow-
cred to transact all business per-
tanning to the installation. construc-
ton, maintenance and extension Of
the gas distributing system herein
described, and sale of said gas.
Section z. AS 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 1t
to furnish reasonably efficient and
-ufficiant 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 main. 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
hahitants as herein provided for,
within one year from the date of ac-
ceptance of this franchise.
Section 8. AS a further consider
ation 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
heat units per cubic foot, at the
point of consumption. at temper
! allure of thirty-two degrees Fahren-
heit, or zero Centigrade; and to
determine whether the gas supplied
is of the heating value above spe-.
Gifted. the city Of Liberal may have
tests made by competent analyst
under recognized land scientific pro-
cesses. according to the approved
method of making such tests, and
said tests shall bemade from samples
of gas collected from the Grantees
mains at any point or points with
in the city. II the result of such
tests show that during any month
the daily average of the gas sup
piled was below 500 British thermal
heat units, then there shall be de-
Quoted from the customers bill for
gas during such month proper
tionate amount, based upon the de-
ficiency below said 500 British
thermal HAT units In anV month