Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-10-10

pipes ana 1nSJdll anu COHSITuCI
other necessary equipment in
and under the streets, avenues,
alleys and public ways in the
City of Newark, Ohio, for the
purpose of conveying, selling
god supplying natural gas to
- GQnsumers thereof
BeSi it ordained by the Council of
the City of Newark, State of Ohio:
Section l. That the Newark
Consumers Gas Company, a corpor-
alton organized and existing un-
der the laws of Ohio, and it's sue
cessors and assigns, are hereby
granted the privilege and invest
N ed with the right to use the
.sstrHsts, avenues, alleys, and public
sSays of the City of Newark, Ohio,
a for the purpose OF MAINTAINING ana
laying pipes and installing and
constructing all necessary equip
ment in and under said streets, aV-
enues, alleys and public ways to be
4 used in the transmission and dis
@-trlbution of natural gas for public
or private use in the buildings and
manufacturing establishments, and
otherwise, in said city, together
with the right to dig and excaVate
in all of said streets, avenues, al
leys, and public ways for the pur-
poSe of laying such pipes and the
coiiNtruction of such other equip
ment as are or may be required to
convey and distribute said gas to
consumers thereof, for period
of ten (10) years from the date or
the expiration of Ordinance NO.
51O9, passed November 21, 1888,
Upon the following conditions:
Section 2. All excavations made
in the streets, avenues, alleys and
public ways in said city by said
The Newark Consumers Gas Com
pany, it's successors or assigns,
-%lf3r the introduction of such pipes
and mains or for the repair ex-
, animation or removal thereof as
aforesaid, shall be made with the
least practical Inconvenience 10
the public or individuals and with
all possible and reasonable dis
patch, and all damage done to the
streets, avenues and alleys and
@Iblic ways by reason of such eX-
cavations shall be replaced by SAID
company, it's successors or as
signs, at it's or their proper cost
without unnecessary delay and all
such excavations shall be puddled
a&d rammed in such manner that
the streets, avenues, alleys, ana
public ways wherein such eXcava-
tions occur shall be placed in as
good condition as formerly, all of
! such work to be subject to the ap-
proval of the Director of Public
Service and City Engineer, provid-
I'D that all excavations IN saio
Streets, avenues, alleys and public
ways, when made for the purpose
of original installation of pipe
lines or the reconditioning of pipe
lines, then end in those respects
and conditions the relaying of
I.snsuch pavement or such surface i'm
provements over the same shall be
done by the city and all expendi-
lures therefor occasioned on the
paat Of the city shall be charged
to and reimbursed to it by the
company within ten 10) days af-
ter the receipt of duly certified
and authentic bills therefor. Said
work of relaying such pavement
shall be done by the city upon
written notice by the company of
it's having completed the laying
or reconditioning of it's pipes, CIV
ing the location thereof. The said
~The Newark Consumers Gas Com
pany, it's successors and assigns,
shall be responsible for all injury
or damage to persons or property
occasioned by it's want of due care
OF it's negligence in the opening,
EAeping open, closing and repair
ing, or in any manner obstructing
said streets, avenues, alleys. or
public ways. for the purposes afore-
said, and shall comply with the
provisions of all legal ordinances
passed or to be passed regulating
thea use or occupancy of the
streets, avenues, alleys and public
ways of said city. Provided fur
ther that any use of any of the
bridges of said city by said COM
shall be subject to the approval OF
said city and it's duly authorized
officers.
Section 8. The grants herein
contained are expressly condition,
ed that the service to be rendered
by said company, it's successors or
assigns pursuant to this ordin-
ance, shall be primarily for DOM
estic and commercial purposes,
and that service shall not be ex-
tended to other consumers of diff
ferent classes until after all reas-
enable requirements for domestic
and commercial purposes are fully
met, and this provision shall be
Rnding upon said company, it's
successors or assigns, during
each month of each year; but dur
ling any month or year, subject to
7 the foregoing limitations and af-
ter compliance with the foregoing
provisions, gas may be delivered
to other and additional classes OF
consumers at such times and un-
der such conditions and for such
rates as may be agreed upon be-
tween the company and such con-
Sumer or consumers. PROVIDED
further that nothing in this ordin-
ance contained shall be construed
to prevent said company, its sue
ce&ors or assigns, from contract
ing by private contract to supply
gas for industrial or commercial
purposes at lesser rates than the
rates in effect SO long as the rea-
sonable requirements for domestic
purposes and commercial purposes
have been fully met as aforesaid.
Section 4. The Newark Con-
sumers Gas Company, it's success
sors and assigns. shall during the
period covered by this ordinance
fn re
the accommodation of the inhabi-
tants and gas consumers of the
CiR of Newark, Ohio, where there
is fone application for service fol-
each one hundred (100) feet OF
line extensions, and such exten-
sions and connections shall be
made within thirty 500 days from
receipt of a written notice by the
Director of Public Service of the
said city so to do. In the event a
consumer or consumers makes ap-
plication for connections the ag-
gregate of which shall be dis
Sfnce in excess of one hundred
(100) feet from the existing lines
of said company, said company
shall be under obligation to ex-
tend the line as many units of one
Rpndred 100) feet as there are
S5na fide applicants therefor to
serve said consumers so applying
provided that in the event addi-
tional line or lines is or are re-
quired the parties may agree to
the construction thereof and in
the event line is required in addi-
tion@ to the amount of line for the
am6nnt of consumers herein speci-
fled said company shall be under
obligation to extend its mains up
on the payment to said company
of an amount of money sufficient
to cover the cost of said extension
after the deduction of the one
hundred .(1OO feet of construc-