Telegram-herald., 1890-07-29

MAS On the motion. by Alderman saun
ae3s. of tue Committee On Lights IASl
TIE Hiobe hgat contract oe exec atedi
Tie mayor sNeto onetWIthstSnalng. M
saunders supported his motion IN an
earnest speech. Referring u TIE inter
FieW With Mr.. HOusemsn, be sad that
MAS false All the way through, ~ gen
erai and IN particular. The charge ~
The committees poekenng b.as he De
! nonncec as utterly false, and sent up
/ 10 be read by the CLERK several com
lnunicatOns 10 SHOW that b.ds mad been
Withdrawn but not pocketed. lie pre-
sented a gOodiy array OF figures 70
show some errors of calculation ln the
mayors veto.
Aldermen Anderson spoke warmly
lnUmailng tnat the mayors anxiety for
economy contemplated more the
wealthy than the poor. "Ihe people
out towards the clty limits ask for
water Improvements and other prlyi-
leges, and the answer always Is that We
nave no money left after the big prop
efly owners have been protected. Ar
ter such men as Housemau and Gilbert
nave got what they want, there rises
great anxiety 10 econOmize."
Alderman Turner felt obliged 10 vote
Tor the measure, because he thought il
10 oe move IN the direction of what
he thought ought 10 be done, VIZ: CIV
Ing electric lights TO the whole city.
Aid rman Stein also spoke in favor OF
the motion 10 override the veto.
Alderman Doren believed the naph-
tina lamps just as good as the globe, If
they were properly cared for. He could
not tell the difference when placed side
by side.
Here Alderman stebbins was called
TO the chair, and Mayor Uhl took the
noor. lie said the more he investigated
the subject the better he was convinced
or the unWisdom Of the proposed ac-
ton. The naphtha lamp is not 50
much inferior 10 the globe larlp as had
been claimed. He presented an item
lzed statement showing that the whole
expenditure for lights proposed is S4l,-
736. Now" said he, where IS the
money 10 pay for this? l am one who
says pay as as you go. We entered this
year with the lamp fund overdrawn.
IL you let this contract, YOU can not
pay" He showed how the cost of light
ing the city had outstripped the growth
of the city eight fold. lie said that the
si2 900 for 1890 Will not pay the bill by
$4,000.
Moreover the charter provides for
no lamp fund. There is an express
prohibition of the charter forbdding
you to borrow of one fund for another.
The power does not exist TO do this.
Nay, what would you borrow from, If
you would? The other funds are worse
of than the lamp fund.
He went into an exhaustive exami-
nation of the city finances, from which
the conclusion was that "this council
entered the year with "a deficit Of Sl34,-
709.50.
"My conviction comes of an examin-
alton, that we have as good lamps as
those for which you propose to so
largely pay. Shall we throw this all
away with an additional expense Of
S1l COOP
The motion to pass the measure over
the veto, was lost by the following vote:
Nays-Ald. Anderson, Doyle, Miller,
Mills, Saunders, Stem, Stokes. Stryker,
Turner-9.
Yeas-Ald. Carpenter, Creque, Doren,
Hauser, Mckee, O'Donnell, Sproul,
Stebbins, Tateum. Yerex-10.
The Committee on Lamps was IN
ssructed to continue for thirty days,
Contracts now existing.
Other matters of less important
character were disposed of by aldermen
much fatigued by their labors, and if
was about IL o'clock before an ad-
Journment was reached.