The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-27
ORDINANCE NO. 415l

Cincinnati Gas u Electt1c Oouspay
for the purchase ana supply OF gas
to the City Of Hamilton, Ohio.
WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton,
owns and operates a municipal gas
plant and system of gas distribution ana
in order to operate the same and furnlsn
the city and it's inhabitants with gas II
is necessary to procure and purchase
supply of gas from others; and
WHEREAS, The Cincinnati Gas &
Electric Company is engaged in the buSi-
ness of supplying to public and private
consumers and at the present time is
ilton, Ohio for the operation of its said
gas plant and system of gas distribu-
tion; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton,
Ohio, is willing to enter into contract
with The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Com
pany for the purchase and supply OF
mixed gas for the operation of its mu-
nicipal gas plant and system of gas dis
tribution, upon the terms conditions
and stipulations hereinafter set forth.
NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T OR
DAINED by the Council of the City of
Hamilton, State of Ohio:
SECTION I: That the City Manager
for and on behalf of the City of Hamil-
ton, Ohio, be and he is hereby authorized
and directed forthwith upon the taking
effect of this ordinance, to enter into
written contract with The Cincinnati
Gas & Electric Company for the purchase
City of Hamilton Ohio, upon the terms,
conditions and stipulations, viz:
(a) The contract between the City of
Hamilton, Ohio, and The Cincinnati Gas
G. Electric Company for the purchase
and supply and delivery of gas pursuant
to the terms, conditions and stipulations
of this ordinance shall be for a period
of one Cd year from and after July II,
1911.
(b) The City of Hamilton, Ohio
hereby agrees and shall agree to pur-
chase and take from The Cincinnati Gas
& 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, 1941, all the mixed natural gas
and coke oven gas (herein also referred
to as mixed gas'D to meet the full re-
quirements 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 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 G0) pounds and taken by the City
at the same point that mixed gas is now
being delivered to the City of Hamilton
Ohio, by The Cincinnati Gas & Electric
referred to as the established point of
delivery. The quantity 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 Gin
cinnati Gas & Electric Company at it's
cost, and shall be measured at a pres
sure of eight (S oz.) ounces above four
teen and four-tenths G4.G pounds, at
mospheric pressure, according to the ap-
plication of Boyle's Law for the Meas
urement 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
City of Hamilton, Ohio, shall have access
to said Station and full facilities for
checking the operation and registration
of said calorimeter, and shall keep in
formed as to all matters affecting or
pertaining to the heat unit quality of
the mixed gas supplied and delivered,
and shall make accurate copies of the
recording charts once day or oftener,
as may be desired, and shall keep at the
office of the Department of Public Utili-
ties of the City an accurate and con-
tinuous record of the heat unit quality
of the gas throughout each day of the
year.
The City of Hamilton, Ohio, may, at
it's option and cost, furnish and install
it's own devices in order to check the
registration and determination of both
the quantity and heat unit quality of the
mixed gas so purchased and delivered.
SECTION II: Except as hereinafter
provided in Section of this ordinance,
the gas to be purchased, taken and con-
tracted for by the City and to be sup
piled and delivered by The Cincinnati
Gas & Electric Company shall be mixed
gas composed of natural gas and coke
oven gas manufactured in the by-product
coke oven plant of the Hamilton Coke
& Iron Division of The American Roll
ing Mill Company, or successor thereto,
at New Miami, near the City of Hamii-
ton, Ohio, in the following proportions,
viz: approximately two parts natural
gas and one part coke oven gas, and
shall be so mixed by The Cincinnati
Gas & Electric Company as to contain
approximately nine hundred (900) Brit
ish 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
forty-four and one-third (44h) cents for
each one thousand $4,000 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 2 of this ordi-
nance as delivered to and received by
the City of Hamilton, Ohio for an ag
gregate period of seventy-two (72) hours
or more, in any calendar month, contains
a heat unit quality of less than eight
hundred fifty (850) British thermal units
to the cubic foot at the established point
of delivery then and in that event the
City of Hamilton, Ohio, shall receive a
discount on the purchase price of the
Quantity of mixed gas delivered and re-
ceived during said aggregate period of
seventy-two (72) hours or more when
the heat unit quality shall be less than
eight hundred fifty $500 British thermal
units to the cubic foot as follows:
(a) For said mixed gas delivered and
received during said period containing
between eight hundred fifty (850) and
seven hundred fifty (750) British ther-
NAL units to the cubic foot, discount
of five per centum (5%).
OBJ For said mixed gas delivered and
received during said period containing
between seven hundred fifty (750) and
six hundred fifty (650) British thermal
units to the cubic foot, discount of
ten per centum (10%).
{cl For said niyad gas dalivarad and