HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 76-A-116 A
AN ORDINANCE, GRANTING TO
HARRY 1, POT`fER9�
FRANK W. BLACKBURN, E. Jo HAYD5T>i, �"IT�T�IAF.` BT��IFs
AITD JO JOHNSON, THEIR HEIRS AND ASSIGNS,
\ A FRANCHISE OSTER THE STRE7TS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE
CITY OF BEAM.40NT, . FOR THP, PURPOSE OF' LAVINGI CONSTRUCTING AND
MAINTAINING GAS MAINS;, OIL MAINS, LATERALS AND SERVICE. PIPES, FOR
THE ERECTION,AND MAINTAIN-ANCE OF GAS WORKS INCLUDING ALL APPURTE- _
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NF9RSHE_b7ANU-FAC-`rURE—A-NDISAL-E-OF GAS., AND FOR 7'IIE
SALE OF
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NATURAL GAS AND OIL,
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THE TY 0 BEAUMONT TEXAS:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF H CI F ,
4 Section I, That the City of Beaumont dues hereby grant to
the grantees herein, to wit: Harry We Potter, Frank W. Blackburn,
Be V.-Haylen, William Blair and Jo Johnson, their heirs and assigre
j a Franchise for the purpose of 9,ft 3FeI��F/cgocm$ (w5 lay-
ing, constructing and maintaining pipes of anyA kind or description.
in, over and thru the streets, alleys and public grounlaof said
i City og Beaumont, for the conveyance of gas- and_o-it-,---either-ar� '
both, for any and all purposes,• and for the erection of gas works
for the manufacture, transmission and distribution of fuel and
illuminating gas, top within and through said City, with all mains, !
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servicei es and a
p p ppurtenances thereto as may become necessary;
Section 2. That said Grantees shall have the right to use any
and all the streets, alleys and public grounds of the City of Beater i
mont, including all its territory hereafter to b ac
gaairA,j, for the
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Purpose of laying pipes for the conveyance of gas and oil as Qfr.- l
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sail for the full period of Fifty years with the privilege of rep
i' newal on the terms and conditions herein prescribe -l;, --
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tion
3, That said Grantees
shall have the right at A.=r
�, time to - .
for any and all Purposes3• and for the erection of gas works
for the manufacture, -transmission and distribution of fuel' and
illuminating gas, to, within and through said City, with "all mains,
l service pipes and appurtenances thereto as may b ecorme necessary;
Section 2. That. said Grantees shall have the right to use any
and all the streets, alleys and public grounds of the City of Bean-
Mont, including all its. territory hereafter to b acquired, 'for the
k ase of lays pipes for the .conveyance of as ani oil as Afore-
said
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said for the full period of fifty years with the privilege of re-
newal on the t erms and conditions herein. prescribed;`-"
S -e do 3 That - i-- Grantees_
c n . a said shall have the right at any
time to connect with any pipes they shall have laid, so as to con-
vey gas and oil, either or both, to any consumption thereo , as
they mag see proper;
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Section 4. That all pipes shall be la*d so as to preserve
street .grades and their good condition, and said work shall b done
under the direction or to the approval of the Chairman of the
Street and Bridge Committee or the City Engineer;
Section 5, That for and in consideration of this Franchise
the Grantees agree to, and shall, fjrnish and transmit, for the use
of the City of Beaumont, free of charge to said City, all the gas I
necessary for Xs .us�in_i_t-s_City_ Hall, -Police ani -Fire--Departinernt-- -!
for heating and lighting purposes, for the full period of twenty
years, provided the quantity of free gas required under this sect
tion shall not exceed ten thousand cubic feet per month;
Section 6, that said Grantees shall enter into -bond to the
City of Beaumont, in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned
that they shall in good faith begin the substantial construction
of said gas plant as in this franchise contemplated before the
day of
������� , 1902, and that the same shall be in
operation by September I, I902, unless prevented by strikes or oth-
er unavoidable hindrance;
Section 7. That this Ordinance be in full force a.ndf effect
ifromiand after its passages
Approved December I4' Isoi,
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Attest:
Mayor,
L ✓ Secretary.
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