HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 10.14.1907 - SewerageAN ORDINANCE TO AIVND SECTIONS 4 AND 9 OF AN ORDINANCE PASZED
BY TIM CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRORGFTO`gN, TEXAS, ON JANUARY
19th,1907, AND F''TTITLED " AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO JOHN R. ALLEN
AND L. MARSHALL OF GEORGETO`! N9 WTLLIUTSON CO T1TY9 TERAS, THEIR
ASSOCIATES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT AND
OPERATE A SYSTEM_ OF SE's J GE. WITHIN THE LIItCITS OF THE CITY OF GEORGE-
TOWN, TEXAS, RESERVING TO THE CITY THE -RIGHT TO BUY SAID SYSTEM
OF S_7M:'AGE AND ALSO PROVIDING FOR THE 'FOR:: 7ITIMR3 OF THIS RIGHTS
HEREIN MT- EIONED, " AND TO A7'D TH!9RETO SECTION 14.
Whereas the Georcetown Sewer Company, a private corporation,
of Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, is now the owner of the
franchise granted by the above mentioned ordinance, and is also
the owner of the franchise granted to M.P. Kelley by the City
Council of the City of Georgetown on Augus 13th, 1894, giving and
granting to him the right to construct and operate a system of
sewerage in this city, and is also the owner of the system of
sewerage constructed by said Kelley unuer said i'rancuine; and
whereas the said Georgetown Sewer Company is desirous of sur-
rendering the said Kelley franchise and of opera ing the Kelley
system and making extensions under the said franchise granted to
said Allen and Marshall, and said company in order to successfully
construct and operate the Kelley system and its extensions under
the said Allen and Marshall franchise they desire that such last
mentioned franchise be amended as hereinafter set our; therefore,
BH IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, -
Texas that sections 4 and 9 of an ordinance passed by the City Council
of the City of Georgetown, Texas, on January 19th, 19079 granting
to John R. Allen and L. Marshall, their associates, successors
and assigns, &sewer franchise, be amended so as to hereafter read
as follows.
Section 4. The general plan of said sewerage system shall
be as follows, to -wits Sewers shall be of the best quality of salt
glazed terra cotta, vitrified pipes, truly cylindrical, ]aid upon
a true gradient, with joints made tight by first-class Portland
cement mortar, or they shall be made of first class hard burnt
brick laid in first class Portland cement mortar; man -holes shall
be placed wherever necessary and covered with approved cast iron
coverings strong enough to carry the heaviest traffic; sewers
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to be laid at such depth below the surface of the earth as not
to interfere with work on the streets, alleys or other public
places and to give a fall of not less than 2* inches in ten (10)
feet from adjacent buildings; no lateral sewer shall be less than
six inches in diameter, provided that laterals not leas than
8 inches in diameter shall be laid on such streets as may be
from time to time designated by the City Council, and all the
mains before the entrance of any lateral, sewers shall not be less
than 10 inches in diameter; all pipes, sewers, ets., shall be
laid under the supervision of the street commissioner, or other
person designated by the City Council. There shall be two mains
laid, one commencing at the Ladies' Annes of the Southwestern Uni-
versity and running west, and another commencing at the intersection
of Brushy and Oak streets and running south one block and then
east, said two mains to connect with and empty into the main of
the present Kelley system of sewerage on the Talbot property in
the northern part of the city. The beginning of the main at the
intersection of Main and Oak streets shall be 18 inches deep from
the surface of the street to the top of the main.
Section 9. The two mains mentioned in Section 4 hereof
shall be completed within eight months form the passage of this
amendment, provided, however# that if the completion of said
work is prevented or delayed by floods, act of.God or public
enemy, or by legal proceedings for the maintenance or defense
of their b gal rights, or in the acquisition of property or right
of way, or by reason of any other cause whatsoever beyond their con-
trol, such time shall form no part of the time specified in this
ordinance for the performe.nee of any act required by the terms
of this section to be done by them.
Section 14. Free sewer connections shall be furnished
the City Rall and Calaboose for the full term of this franchise.
PASSED AND AP.Mr OVFD this 14th, day of October A.D. 1907,
R.F. Ward,
Mayor.
ATTFSTa Geo. Keahe9,
Secretary.
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To The City Council Of The City Of Georgetovnis Te;7--ts:-
YONV cones the Georgetown Sewer Cormany of GeorE--!7,to-.Yi, 7'illl-tnoon
f'ounty, Texas, acting by and through its duly autl)or-17E, I „rd
off-Icers, and shows to yo -Lu- body t)-iclt It is nor ov')IE�r of t'f,c,- f-'wv,,c;r
fr-nchise (--Irs-rited by yotir body to John R. Allon a�,-A T,. 17n.rsl-all *,-,y
ordinance passed on Janur,,ry I', -)r)7; tl,'It is is also tho c'7,11cr Of
the sevrer franchise granted by the City Cmincil cf Georg -.town, To!noo
to 1% P. i