Telegram-herald., 1890-11-25

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@steila meat, stating nat lns Eigats Of
Tue other GOA paales in kzsG-sl. sL42ll se
respected. oas eOEag&Ey n&slng
eoapAe Izek IA EasL-st.s the preseat
ofdinAnee sazA resPecs tae rlsnts ~
tnAt company.
The oE8ia4aes shall slso be conai-
Loaed gp0a tas sxteasl0R ane opera
Ton " tas CaesEy-st. and Wealthy
ave. lInes
1na above adnenament vas l0st.
Alderman CreQus saDaittsd "a
amendment providing Tor Ion man
hcles. II ~as pAsssd
Alderman turnoT sad that the coun-
etl saould demand OF the 0l4 cOn pany
= scheauie OF their lntsn IlOns as 70 snst
ilaes lasy vii build, and what lines or
franchises they propose 20 abandon,
and lct = Exv ordnance be framed,
covering al tas companies systens.
lie stated that the composition between
the two companies was destroyed ~
the consolidation Of their interests, and
that Ine present intention OF the tHo
companies = 10 abandon the new cleo
tfie franchise aud the extensions OF the
lines eastward. He sa.d that toe
granting OF tnls EAst-st. franchise Is
death blow 20 the eastward extensions,
and the council pays too dear 4 PRIDE
Ii they grant the proposed franchise.
lie SAID that the frrnchlse Was Oh
tanned from the township board by
gross nisrepresentatlon and That mis-
representation Was not the proper word
Tor it. The representative Of the
cable Company, who went before the
township board, stated there that / WAS
hostile 20 the Cable Company, had Al
ways been 50, deliberately lied and he
knew II. lie sid that II Was only
matter OF personal hostility between
myself and the company, and that IS
false. The city council should care
fully consider the matter before this
ordinance Is granted"
Alderman Hauser brought up the
matter OF transfer tickets Snd submitted
al amendment, making that a cOndi-
ton OF the ordinance.
Alderman Iateum was of the opinion
that the rights OF the companies should
be respected, and he thought 1t was un-
fair TO force this matter of transfers
upon them At the present time.
Mr.. Bovine stated that the two COM
panies are just As distinct as they ever
were. Also that Il would be impossible
to allow conductors to sell commuta-
ton tickets.
Alderman Hauser's amendment was
lost.
The ordinance as amended was then
pa ssed by the following vote:
Yeas-Aldermen Anderson, Csrpen-
ter. Creque, Doyle, Hauser, Miller,
/ Mills, ODounell, Saunders, Stein,
Stokes, Sproul, Stebbins, Stryker, Ia
teum.
Nays-Doren, Emmer, Turner.
Alderman Stein submitted a resolu-
/ ton that the committee on lamps be
/ authOrizedtO ascertain the cost OF city
I electric light plant of sufficient capac-
| ity TO supply 4 city of 1000 inhabI-
tants with electric lights. Adopted.
1t was also instructed to ascertain
the cost per gas lamps, for Lighting all
| dark hours up 10 midnight.
Alderman Emmer submitted resOlu-
tons for estimates of the cost of paving
West Bridge-st. with asphalt, and with
cedar blocks. Tney were adopted.
A resolution to ascertain the price of
n stone crusher was introduced by Al
derman Doyle. Alderman Turner said
it would be well to let the paving con-
tractors buy their own crushers. Al
derman SprOul said this would tend TO
create a monopoly. The city should
own the crusher and sell the broken
stone to the contractors at cost. The
resolution was adopted.