Ord 1419 1/29/1946 DIVISION OF DISTRIBUTION
901 NINTH STREET
Wichita Falls, Texas
GEORGE P. WILLIAMS
DISTRICT MANAGER
August 14, 1946
Honorable kayor and Board of Aldermen
Wichita Falls , Texas
Gentlemen:
We present herewith our application for a permit to
use the streets, alleys, and public ways in the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, for a period of twenty years.
'u:e respectfully request that you give this proposed
ordinance your consideration and approval at your next
regular meeting. A copy has been presented to your
City lanager, _ar. G. D. Fairtrace.
Prl_. L. Bird
Division Superintendent
LONE STAR GAS CUIPANY
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held
in the Council Room of the Memorial Auditorium at the next regular
meeting to be held at 8:00 P.M. o'clock, December 9th, 1946, to
consider Ordinance No. 1419, granting a franchise to the Lone Star
Gas Company.
Geo.T. Henderson, CityClerk
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The kjity of !-Chita
hereinafter called Grantor, does hereby grant unto gone
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,tar Gas y and _its successors and assiE;ns, I-jerein-
after called Grantee , tie ri ilt, privilege and oerlait to
construct, lay, maii--talll, operate, use, extend, re.T-riove, re-
place and repair in, under, over, across and along-, any and
all i
0- the present &r-,.d future streets, avenues parkways,
squares, alleys, thoroughfares, roads, highways, sidewalks,
viaducts, bridges, Strealas, public L--,ro-ands, -wi-iblic `�).-operties,
,. n the City 01' ..ichita I'alls, Texas,
and other places I
end any and all traCts , territories , and areas, herea-Iter
to, or acquired by &.i:.d placed within th3 corporate
boundaries of said municipality, a system of pipes, -0j-Pe
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JLS' conduits, feeders, r 3'EuiatO
1-Ines, gas maiiis, i,�tcra fixtures, �
co--mec-6ions and. jer ts and other de-
��Iitles and & -,, ,urten��nces necessary or
S� rable
the j)ur- 0, transport! dis,uribut -1.1E , su-"�-
roper I:or po3e
plying and selling. -i natural Eas or heati.-IL
pose for �vYiicti gas nay now or hereafter
and Lor any other pur
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be used, to said rnunicipal:Lty am the, to the industrial,
rn.ercial, and domestic users w-then or wit:lout the corporate
boundaries of said municipality.
2. Grantee' s shall be so col- structed
`lid ilic-intalilea aS not t0 'per, ere u"_lreas'onably v9-'_th tra1liC
over the public thorouLh 'a.-fares
ort said uity, end tr e sa.rre shad
v.� .t�l t_�-e lines and grades established
be laid ill accordance
by t ,e amity, all pipea to
�e 1: ',_d a su-j—ficient de ;tY^,, as not
to i�li=er ere vJ_Lth file grad'_.---- and rza.' ntenence o' streets,
avenues, a -d thorouEhlares.
" any the urantne, des -ces to ne--r,-e
excavations c_long, aC7'Gti Or' in a.ny O ' the streets, avenues,
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thOa'0 11 areS GI Sa3 d v-'AY, tti3 uL "At, S L giVv t iC uran O
llere0 , and Eli i streets, avenues anu sIdewa Ll
prlOr notice �.
i t any manner excavated or distubred by t�—' grantee si1al- be
by the Grantee , at its own cost and expense, re t,:,red to t*leir
or ig i ia.l condition, as O-ructica.l, whether t . e
-ved Lz;�c�avea, or gravel Str ets , v iil._, s , s�_de�.valk_s
or thoyour h ares.
_a 1-L _°G.ntee shall ho-d Grantor
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all Jense oY'
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5.
The service t11rT�1SY1Pd r1Cr4�Urider 't.0 5�+.-�-d
_icil c '��ts %n'_-a_oitallts shall 'be adequate i�r all
rnur� ,.
respects , con iderinr alp the circu:ista.nces, and shaL be
n rec; 5o ..a��le rug es
a:,__d regulatiO -s as Grantee
sl_i,.j ct to such
Grar!tee r!ay re"'uire reasonable
ma.y ji-ake irO--L t e t ti-"ile. _.
yJUY' Iers t of is Dills.
security t'or the
Grant,�e shall lti�n or eaten con~vctin. ':
�.s
�7ipeS, _
1 l:'Lnes, SeIC-17ice ` lees , laterE'ls , �=-T1Ci/Or its diS-
t•ribLltlC_;Tl System at its ovdn cost ci:ld eXr�enS^v a ;;11.j�j'dent
distt..nce to serve, at the property line of the user, all
i ndusi,rial, col-tiercial, aLd do_nest is users who shell apply
for service, provided, however_ , t .c"t __ any such extension
re a_res an invest:-ent by Grantee greater than that on which
it e,ill earn a i'air return f'rc I the anticipated revenue fro-
said ;prospective user or users, Crc te, --riay renui_re from
said prospect__ve user or users a refundable deposit of the
cost oal such extension excess of the i_Lvest. ent UT-.,)On
which a fair return wili be :produced.
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7. ,,t .a_i-le end of - ive years fro, the e ective
date of th`s permit , or at the end of any five year period
thereafter, Grantor ;..iay, upon {; iv' iw : &ra.ntee six months ad-
vance notice in ws-it,_rig, determine to acquire the -property
of Grantee necesz,arily used in or conven-Lently useful -i'or the
operation thereof, in the City of a41!_chita falls. The --purchase
price of said T)roperty shall be the reproduction, cost new there-
of, less the observed de{ieci.ati.on therein, as determined by a
cor nittee of three e -.Inears, a_l:poi nted by Grantor, one
a�a-po "sited by Grantee , Ca%d the th"_ ,d selected by the first two
thus a,)-pointed.
the decision of. a majority of said conmittee of
engineers shall be sufficient to Lcke tLL.e determination. much
decision shall be il_ writ:tn _, suypperted 'by t=e fact findi.n.gs
rendered after reasonable notice and hearing. If either
Grantor or Grantee be d_ssatisfied iith the determination made
by said conzaittee of three engineers then either one, or both,
sha.il _-Leve the r i�,_t, within, thirty c.ays fro;ri the date said
cOr:>>.�ittee o;i` engineers has Linde :`_ts determination, to in
a suit i% a court of co .y:)etent jurisdi ct:i.on in i.crdta County,
Texas, to set aside or enjo _n the enforce_ment of said decision
on tie grounds that the Said determination is a result of "�rc.ud
or i;iisconduct, or that the determination! of the repooduction
cost new of and the aimun-t cf observed depreciation i_ said
property is arbitrary, errosleous or cor,.trary to the facts. she
court trying any such suit shall not be bound by the award of
said- co--i.rm ttee of engineers but slia.11 try the issue according-
to the law and rules obtaininf _n ordina.ry civil suits. If such
a suit is not i_istituted vi_i.th II the ti :ie aforesaid then the de-
cision of the said co.amittee of engineers shall be fl.nal and
binding upon both Grantor and Grantee,
,7;�'CTIOI 8. 1vothl_n€; herein contai red shall ever be held
or considered. as conferri__g upo Grantee , its successors and as-
signs any exclusive rights or privileges of any nature whatsoever.
SECUT_0-N. 9. This permit shall take effect upon, and
continue cnd remain il_ force for a period of twenty ( 20) years
f'roa Tuly 18, 1 46, prov _dea that Grantee hE.s filed wit.?. the
Grantor a written acceptance thereof within ten (10 J days after
the date this permit has been adopted and approved.
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