The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-06-14
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01Dx1ANC2 no. 1896
Authorizing ana directing the city Man
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for the purchase ana supply OF Gas -
the City Of Hamilton, Ohio.
WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton,
Ohio. owns and operates a municipal
gas plant and system of gas distrtbu-
furnish the city and its inhabitants with
gas 1t is necessary to procure and pur-
chase a supply Of gas from others; and
WHEREAS, The Cincinnati Gas &
Electric Company is engaged in the bus
mess of supplying to public and private
consumers and at the present time Is
supplying mixed gas to the City. of Ham
gas plant and system of gas distribu-
WHEREAS. the City of Hamilton,
With with The II % Cincinnati al Gas Gas & R Electric Com.
pany for the purchase and supply of
mixed gas for the operation of its munic-
ipal gas plant and system of gas dis
stipulations hereinafter set forth.
NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T ORDAIN-
ED by the Council of the City of Hamil-
ton, 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
a written contract with The Cincinnati
Gas & Electric Company for the pur-
chase and supply and delivery of gas to
the City of Hamilton, Ohio upon the
terms conditions and StipulationS, viz:
(a) The contract between the City
of Hamilton, Ohio and The Cincinnati
Gas & Electric Company for the pur-
chase and supply and delivery of gas
pursuant to the terms. conditions and
stipulations of this ordinance shall be
for period of one Cd year from and
after July 81, 1916.
CD The City of Hamilton, Ohio here
by agrees and shall agree to purchase
and take from The CINCINNATI Gas &
Electric Company, and The Cincinnati
and shall agree to sell and deliver to
the City of Hamilton, Ohio. from and
after July 81, 1916, all the mixed natural
gas and coke oven gas Iherein also re-
full requirements of the city of Hamil-
ton, Ohio, at all times in the operation
Of it's municipal gas plant and system
of gas distribution in supplying gas to
the City Of Hamilton, Ohio, and It's in
habitants, as herein provided.
Co The mixed gas purchased, taken
and contracted for by the City of Hamil-
ton, 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
the same point that mixed gas is now
being delivered to the City of Hamilton,
Ohio, by The Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Company, which delivery point is here
in 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 6 Oz) ounces above four
teen and four-tenths (14.D pounds, at
mOSDh9riC
application of Boy1es Law for the
Measurement of Gas at Varying Pres
Sures
(d) The heat unit quality of the mix
ed gas purchased and delivered shall be
ascertained by means of a recording
calorimeter of standard make to be
The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
at the station where the natural gas and
coke oven gas is mixed.
The head Of the Department of Pub
lie 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
access to said Station and full facili-
ties for checking the operation and reg
istration of said calorimeter, and shall
keep informed as to all matters affect
ing or pertaining to the heat unit quail
ty of the mixed gas supplied and deliv-
cred, and shall make accurate copies
Of the recording charts once day or
oftener, as may be desired and shall
keep at the OIIlCe OF the department Oh
Of Public Utilities Of the City an accu-
rate and continuous record of the heat
unit quality of the gas throughout each
day of the year
it's 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 so purchased and deliv-
cred.
SECTION II: Except as hereinafter
provided in Section of this ordinance,
tracted for by the City and to be sup
piled and delivered by The Cincinnati
Gas & Electric Company shall be mix
ed gas composed of natural gas and coke
oven gas manufactured in the by-pro-
duct coke oven plant of the Hamilton
Coke & Iron Division of The American
Rolling Mill Company. or successor
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 Gin
contain approximately nine hundred
(9O0) British Thermal units to the cubic
foot at the established point Of deliv-
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
Section 1 of this contract the sum of
Forty-four and one-third l44Ml cents
for each one thousand 1,000) 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 ordin-
ance as delivered to and received by
the City of Hamilton, Ohio, for an ag-
gregate period Of seventy-two (72? hours
In n n0l
tains heat unit quality Of less than
eight hundred fifty (85O) British ther-
NAL units to the cubic foot at the es-
tablished point OF delivery then and
Ohio, shall receive discount on the
purchase price Of the quantity. Of mix
ed gas delivered and received during
SAID aggregate period Of seventy-two
(7zl hours or more when the heat unit
quality shall be less than eight hun
dred fifty (850y British thermal units
to the cubic foot as follows:
(a) For said mixed gas delivered and
received during said period containing
seven hundred fifty (750) British ther-
NAL units to the cubic foot, a discount
Of ffryo