The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-06-30
ORDINANCE NO. as11

Authorizing and directing the city Man
ager to enter into contract with the
Cincinnati Gas g. Electric Company
for the purchase and supply of gas
ts, to the he City Of Hamilton, Ohio.
Ohio, owns and operates a municipal
gas plant and system of gas distribu-
t1on and in order to operate the same
and furnish the city and it's inhabitants
with gas it is necessary to procure and
purchase a supply of gas from others
and
WHEREAS. The Cincinnati Gas &
Electric Company is engaged in the
business of supplying gas to public and
private consumers and at the present
time is supplying mixed gas to the City
of Hamilton, Ohio for the operation Of
It's said gas plant and system of gas
distribution; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton
Ohio, is willing to enter into a contract
with The Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Company for the purchase and supply
of mixed gas for the operation of its
municipal gas plant and system of gas
distribution. upon the terms conditions
and stipulations hereinafter set forth
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT Or
DAINED by the Council of the City of
Hamilton, State of Ohio:
| SECTION /: That the City Manager
for and on behalf of the City of Ham
ilton Ohio, be and he is hereby au-
thorized and directed forthwith upon
the taking effect of this ordinance to
enter into 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 stipu-
| lationS, viz:
(a) The contract between the City of
Hamilton, Ohio, and The Cincinnati Gas
& Electric Company for the purchase
and supply and delivery of gas pursu-
ant to the terms, conditions and stipu-
| lations of this ordinance shall be for
period of one Cd year from and after
July 81 1889
(b) The City of Hamilton, Ohio,
hereby agrees and shall agree to pur-
chase and take from The Cincinnati Gas
e. Electric Company, 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, 1889 all the mixed nat
ural gas and coke oven gas (herein also
referred to as mixed gas') to meet the
| full requirements of the City of Ham
ilton, Ohio, at all times in the opera
! tion of it's municipal gas plant and sys-
tenn of gas distribution in supplying
gas to the City of Hamilton, Ohio and
| it's inhabitants as herein provided.
(c) The mixed gas purchased taken
and contracted for by the City Of Ham
| ilton, Ohio shall be delivered to and
taken by the City at the present regu
lator stations of the City at all times
at a gauge pressure of not less than
ten (1O) pounds and taken by the City
|
now being delivered to the City of Ham
ilton, Ohio by The Cincinnati Gas &
| Electric Company, which delivery point
is herein referred to as the established
point of delivery. The quantity of gas
| purchased and delivered shall be meas
ured at the established point of deliv-
cry by suitable measuring devices of
| standard make to be furnished and in
stalled by The Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Company al it's cost, and shall be meas
ured at a pressure of eight (8 oZ)
ounces above fourteen and four-tenths
/ G4.4 pounds, atmospheric pressure
according to the application of Boyle's
| Law for the Measurement of Gas at
Varying Pressures.
(d) The heat unit quality of the mixed
| gas purchased and delivered shall be
ascertained by means of a recording
calorimeter of standard make to be fur
| nished installed and maintained by The
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company at
the station where the natural gas and
coke oven gas is mixed.
The head of the Department of Public
| Utilities of the City of Hamilton, Ohio,
or his successor in authority, or any
duly accredited representative of the
City of Hamilton Ohio shall have ac-
cess to said Station, and full facilities
for checking the operation and regis
tration of said calormeter, and shall
keep informed as to all matters affect
ing or pertaining to the heat unit DUAL
ity of the mixed gas supplied and de-
of the recording charts once day or
oftener, as may be desired and shall
keep at the office of the Department of
Public Utilities of the City an accurate
and continuous 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
registration and determination of both
the quantity and heat unit quality OF
the mixed gas so purchased and de-
livered.
SECTION II: Except as hereinafter
provided in Section of this ordinance,
the gas to be purchased, taken and con-
traeted for by the City and to be sup
piled and delivered by The CINCINNATI
Gas Electric Company shall De a
mixed gas composed of natural gas and
coke oven gas manufactured in the by
product coke oven plant of the Hamil-
ton Coke & Iron Division of The Amer
ican Rolling Mill Company, or a success
sor thereto at New Miami, near the City
of Hamilton, Ohio, in the following pro-
portions viz: approximately two parts
natural gas and one part coke oven gas,
and shall be so mixed by The Cincln-
natl Gas & Electric Company as to con-
tain approximately nine hundred (900)
British Thermal units to the cubic foot
at the established point of delivery.
SECTION III: The City of Hamilton
Ohio. shall pay and contract to pay The
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company for
all mixed gas supplied and delivered OF
the heat unit quality provided for IN
Section 2 of this contract the sum of
forty-four and one-third (44h) cents
for each one thousand G,000) cubic feet
supplied and delivered in the manner
herein provided during the one-year
term of said contract.
SECTION W: In case the mixed gas
composed of approximately two parts
natural gas and one part coke oven gas
provided for in Section of this ordi-
nance as delivered to and received by
-