The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-24
ORDINANCE No. 1886

Authorizing and directing the City Manager
to enter into contract with the Cincinnati
Gas and Electric Company for the purchase
and supply of gas to the City of Hamilton.
Ohio
WHEREAS, The City of Hamilton, Ohio,
, owns and operates municipal gas plant and
system of gas distribution and in order to oper-
ate the same and furnish the City and its in-
habtants with gas it is necessary to procure
and purchase supply OF gas from others; !;
and
WHEREAS. The Cincinnati Gas & Elec-
trio Company is engaged in the business of
! supplying gas to public and private consum-
ers and at the present time is supplying mixed
gas to the City of Hamilton, Ohio for the
operation of its said gas plant and system of
gas distribution: and
WHEREAS, The City of Hamilton Ohio, is
wiling to enter into a contract with The Gin
cinnati Gas and Electric Company for the
/ purchase and supply of mixed gas for the
operation of its municipal gas plant and sys-
tenn of gas distribution upon the terms,
conditions and stipulatons hereinafter set
! forth.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by
4 the Council Of the City Of Hamilton, State of
/ Ohio.
SECTION /: That the City Manager for and
on behalf of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, be
and he is hereby authorized and directed forth
with upon the taking effect of this ordinance,
/ to enter into a written contract with The
Cincinnati Gas Electric Company for the
purchase and supply and delivery of gas to
the City of Hamilton, Ohio upon the terms
conditions and stipulations, viz:
ta) The contract between the City Of Haml-
ton Ohio. and The Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Company for the purchase and supply and de-
! livery of gas pursuant To the terms, conditions
and stipulatons of this ordinance shall be
for period Of CD year from and after
July q. 1888
{bl The City of Hamilton. Ohio. hereby
| agrees and shall agree to purchase and take
! from The Cincinnati Gas Il Electric Com
pany. and The Cincinnati Gas Electric
| Company hereby agrees and shall agree to
sell and deliver to the City of Hamilton, Ohio,
/ from and after July 81, 1898, all the mixed
natural gas and coke oven gas (herein also
referred to as mixed gas to meet the full
| requirements Of the City of Hamilton, Ohio
| at all times in the operation Of its municipal
gas plant and system of gas distribution in
| supplying gas To the City of Hamilton, Ohio,
and its inhabitants. as herein provided.
(c) The mixed gas purchased taken and
contracted for by the City OF Hamilton. Ohio
shall be delivered to and taken by the City
at the present regulator stations OF the City
at all times at gauge pressure of not less
than ten tl0) pounds and taken by the City
At the same point that mixed gas IS now be-
ing delivered to the City Of Hamilton, Ohio
by The Cincinnati Gas 4 Electric Company,
| which delivery point is herein referred to as
the established point Of delivery. The guam
tity of gas purchased and delivered shall be
measured at the established point Of delivery
by suitable measuring devices of standard make
to be furnished and installed by The Cincin-
matt Gas & Electric Company at its cost, and
shall be measured at a pressure OF eight (s OIL
ounces above fourteen and fonr-tenths (l4.4l
pounds. atmospheric pressure, according 10 the
application OF Boyies Law for the Measure
ment or Gas at Varying Pressures.
(d1 The heat unit quality OF the mixed gas
purchased and delivered shall be ascertained
by means of recording calorlmeter OF
standard make to be furnished. installed and
maintained by The Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Company at the station where the natural
gas and coke gas is mixed.
The head of the Department of Public
Utilities Of the City of Hamilton. Ohio. his
successor in authority any duly accredited
representative of the City of Hamilton, Ohio
shall have access to said Station and full facil-
tiles for checking the operation and registra.
ton Of said calorimeter and shall keep in,
formed as to all matters affecting or pertain
ing to the heat unit quality Of the mixed gas
supplied and delivered, and shall make accur-
ate copies Of the recording charts once day
or oftener, as may be desired and shall keer
at the office OF the Department of Public
Utilities of the City at accurate and contin.
uous record of the heat unit quality Of the
gas throughout each day OF the year.
The City Of Hamilton, Ohio may. at its
option and cost, furnish and install its own
devices in order TO check the registration and
determination OF both the quantity and heat
unit quality Of the mixed gas purchased
and delivered
SECTION II: Except as hereinafter pro.
pided in Section Of this ordinance, the gas
TO be purchased, taken and contracted fof
by the City and to be supplied and delivered
by The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
shall be a mixed composed OF natural gas
and coke oven gas manufactured in the by
product coke plant Of the Hamilton Coke
& Iron Division of The American Rolling
Mill Company. or a successor thereto, at New
Miami, the City Of Hamilton. Ohio, in
the following proportions. viz: Approximately
two parts natural gas and one part coke oven
gas, and shall be mixed by The Cincinnati
Gas Electric Company to contain APP
proximately nine hundred 900 British Their
mai units to the cubic foot at the established
point Of delivery.
d SECTION III: The City Of Hamilton, Ohio
shall pay and contract pay The Cincinnati
Gas & Electric Company for all mixed gas
supplied and delivered Of the heat unit quail
ity provided for in Section ? Of this contract
the of forty-four and one-third (44 1-3l
cents for each one thousand t1,O0O) cubic feet
supplied and delivered in the manner herein