San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-08

| Suda bay. The Greek fleet has left
Salamis, and it Is believed has gone to
POros. 1t is not believed that Russia
will take any share with the other pow.
ers in ultra work against the Greeks.
ATHENS, Greece, May 7.-All the for
eign ministers to-day embarked on YES
sells of their respective nations, to de-
part from Greece. The powers have
given orders to their fleets to blockade
the Greek ports.
PARIS. May Henri Rochefort, edi-
tor OF Llntransigeant, and Nj. POrtalise
fought u duel with pistols to-day. Four
shots were fired by each contestant,
none of which did any harm.
The Peoples Gas Company VS.. Monopoly
The ordinance granting the right-of-
way to the Peoples Gas Co., to lay
pipes through the streets, will come up
for third reading on next Monday, and
we suggest that the City Council make
careful inspection of that section OF
the or, nance requiring the new COM
pany to put up cash guarantees and
$4,000 bond within certain time, or for
felt the rights granted.
The new company only ask to be
placed on the same basis as the old COM
pany, which has had nearly 30 years of
undisturbed monopoly of the gas bust
ness. The new company ask the right
to furnish our citizens with gas at half
the price charged by the old company,
and they are met by an ordinance lmpos-
ing conditions never yet asked of any
OF the corporations using our streets
The pert advocacy OF the chairman OF
the Gas and Water Committee, Aid.
LOCKWOOD, OF these clauses, In which
he remarked that the bond would
show the new company's good faith,
disclosed the true inwardnesss OF this
feature OF the ordinance, the aforesaid
Alderman forgetting his usual disguise
and disclosing his true character as the
agent OF the two corporations that are
riding our city ike nightmare. AL
derman Lockwood remarked that In
other cities these franchises are sold to
the highest bidder, put he Jailed to give
an instance OF gas 1rahchlse Delng sold.
Inc position now occupied Oy the city
Council Is one OF opposition and hos
tlllty TO the new company. The cOndi-
tions OF the ordinance cited are unneces-
sary and may serve to defeat the estab-
lishment OF the new company, which
would be great injury to our city.
The Old gas monopoly Is represented
by some OF our most worthy citizens, and
every lhnuehce Is Drought 10 Dear 10 de-
Feat or hamper the establishment OF the
new company. All kinds OF reports are
circulated detrimental to the water gas
process, and on every hand is heard the
assertion that the old company claim to
have 5O years exclusive right to fur
nish gas to the city and to occupy the
streets to the exclusion OF any new com
pany. In TACT, this claim has been
formulated In the shape OF protest
sent to the CITY Council by the
Old company at the last meeting. This
claim has been decided by the City At
torney as Daseless, and the new company
are Wiling 10 leave II TO the future de-
clslon OF the courts. Hour city Is chained
lrredeemaoly Tor the next twenty years
to this Old, rotten gas monopoly, after
thirty years OF exclusive privileges and
undisturbed enjoyment OF the city's
patronage, then it is time we were find
ing II out.
Instead Of throwing obstacles In the
way OF the new enterprise, the City
Council should do all In their power 10
encourage 1t. The building OF the new
gas works would insure cheap, good gas
to the people, and the proposition to
furnish gas to the city at Sl2 per annum
per lamp would be saving OF nearly
Sl0Voo 10 the taxpayers per annum now,
and IN the future much larger saving.
Inc Introduction OF water gas into
cities mas been the signal for a gas war
which mas always resulted IN advantage
TO the people by the reduction In the
price OF gas, ana the attitude OF hostility
displayed on the part OF the City Coun-
Gil towards the new enterprise should be
noted Dy the people. III there Is moth
ing In water gas, as asserted by the &C
tive agents OF the old monopoly, the city
Will not De harmed, neither Will the old
monopoly be disturbed.
All talk about this being move to
simply in1ure the stock OF the old COM