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​Overview

Scope and Content

​Collection documents closure of Citizens Sewerage Company and a transfer of 6.5 shares of stock from Citizens Sewerage Company to Oak Cliff Sewerage Company.

Citizens Sewerage Company was first petitioned in by the citizens of Oak Cliff in July 1901.  The ordinance for the company passed October 26, 1902.  The original franchise was for 25 years.  The Oak Cliff City Council also passed a supplemental ordinance defining the rates charged by Citizens Sewerage Company.

In February 1903, the Citizen​s Sewerage Company deeded all its interests, rights, and title to the City of Oak Cliff Sewerage Company.  Later in 1903, the City of Dallas annexed the City of Oak Cliff.

Organization

The collection is a single document.

Access​

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Citation

Oak Cliff Sewerage Company Takeover of Citizens Sewerage Company, 1903 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

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Collection 1991-027—East Dallas Water Supply Company, 1886-1890

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Oak Cliff

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