Ordinances-1968- 59

the streets, avenues, alleys and public grounds and bridges in the town of Tiffin for the purpose of laying, constructing, maintaining, replacing and substituting mains, pipes, conduits and other facilities for the transmission, distribution, sale, delivery or furnishing of gas for public and private use in the town of Tiffin and elsewhere. Section 2. The rights and privileges hereby granted are subject to the restrictions and limitations of Chapter 397 of the Code of Iowa 1966, and this franchise shall not be exclusive. Section 3. The Company shall have the right to excavate in any public street for the purpose of laying, re-laying, repairing or extending gas pipes, mains, conduits and other facilities provided that the same shall be so located and maintained as to make no unnecessary obstruction of any drains or sewers or the flow of water therefrom, which have been or may hereafter be located by authority of said town. Said gas pipes, mains, conduits and other facilities shall be so located and maintained in the streets, avenues, alleys and public places of said town as to make no unnecessary obstruction therein to the use thereof by the public. Section 4: In making excavations of any streets, avenues, alleys and public places for the installation of gas pipes, conduits or apparatus, the Company shall not unnecessarily obstruct the use of the streets, and shall replace the surface, restoring the original condition as nearly as practicable; and in laying, repairing and replacing mains and pipes, the