The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-01-23

THE WATER WORKS DEPART
MENT OF THE CITY OF RED.
WOOD FALLS AND ESTABLISH
ING WATER RATES, RULES
REGULATIONS AND PENAL.
TIES FOR THE GOVERNMENT
OF WATER TAKERS, AND
PROVIDING FOR A WATER
WORKS SUPERINTENDENT
The Common Council of the City of
Redwood Falls do ordain as follows
Section 1. That the rules, regula-
tions and water rates hereinafter
named shall be considered a part of
the contract with every person, COM
pany or corporation who is supplied
with water through the water system
of the City; and every such person,
company or corporation, by taking
water, shall be considered to express
his or their consent to be bound there
by; and whenever any of them, or
such others as the said City Water
Works Committee may hereafter
adopt, are violated, the water shall
be shut off from the building or place
of such violation, (although two or
more parties may receive water
through the same pipe), and shall not
be let on again except by the order of
the Water Works Committee, and on
payment of the expenses of shutting
off and turning on, and such other
conditions as the following rules and
regulations set forth, and salts
factory understanding with the party
that no further cause of complaint
shall arise; and in case of such viol-
alton the Common Council shall have
the right to declare any payment made
for water, by the party committing
such violation, to be forfeited, and the
same shall thereupon be forfeited.
The right is reserved to the City to
change said rules, regulations and
water rates from time to time as they
may deem advisable, and to make
special rates and contracts in all
proper cases.
Section 2. The Council shall employ
a competent Superintendent of Water
Works, who shall supervise the opera
ton and care of the Water Works and
perform the duties hereinafter pro-
vided, and such other duties as may
from time to time be required by the
Council, or the Water Works Commit
tee. Such Superintendent of Water
Works may be employed and dis
charged at the will of the Council, and
shall enter into contract with said
City for the performance of his duties,
which contract shall at all times be
subject to the right of any succeeding
Council to approve and ratify or re-
ject such employment. Such Water
Works Superintendent shall enter in
to bond with the City of Redwood
Falls in the sum of Two Thousand
Dollars to be approved by the Com
mon Council annually, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his
duties, and to account for all funds
and property of said City coming into
his hands by virtue of his employ
ment.
Section g. The following rules and
regulations shall govern the installa-
ton of service and the use of water:
(a) Services and connections to
the Street mains will be only made by
the Water Works Superintendent up
on the written application of the
owner of the property or his author
lied agent, giving location of premises
and size of service pipe, purpose to
which water will be put, and name of
plumber employed for the installation,
any payment by applicant in advance
of fee to be fixed by the Council.
(b) Upon the payment of such fee
a permit will be granted, and the City
will cause service pipe to be laid ia
the curb line, and equipped with a
corporation stop and a curb stop COM
plete with box; provided, that no serv-
ice pipe will be laid when the ground
is frozen. Such fee shall be the same
for connections to either side of the
Street and where applicant is laying
sewer connection and the City uses
trench excavated by him, for the
water service pipe, reasonable pay
ment shall be made to him for the USE
of his excavation.
(c) Where two or more premise:
are to be served with one tap, tn,
permit fee shall include cost of in
stalling extra curb stops and boxes
I'D All taps to street mains shall
be made by the Superintendent o
Water Works, or directly under hi
supervision, and shall be made mid
way between the horizontal and per
pendicular lines drawn through tn,
center of the main, and shall in M
case be made at the hub or nearer
thereto than fourteen inches, and il
no case will tap be made larger thar
one inch without special permission
from the Council.
(e) All service pipes shall b.
lead, and shall be laid with not les.
than seven feet cover, and must b.
laid sufficiently waving and thorough
ly tamped, and in such manner as tt
prevent rupture by, settling. Sucl
lead pipe shall be laid from the street
main to the point where service pipe
enters the basement, and a stop anC