Telegram-herald., 1891-02-27
ALDERMAEIc OPINIONS
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The attendance vas easts tai at she
meeting Of Eas Gonna tees Ct TIE eeGn-
ca. last evening. TIE regular Business
received Is Que siteEtion, Bat SAD
senea between ths regular alseass.ons
sas sonle fugitive talk. sAieh, u soaes
u = respects seemed quite as interest
nj as ina business before tAs com-
HLttee men.
Alderman Iateam laid oas = nss
ssaeRs with regard u sleetE raAssy
poles, which he announces be Intends
- introduce 10 the eoane.l nszt Non
day nlsht. lie hzs recently been away
fEom home, ana elalms ~ hays learned
! thing or tao dunag as 2oseees.
Wat ne wants nov Is tnSt the poles
carrying tbs electro wires Tor the rail-
Ways be placed directly IN the midst OF
the streets directly between the uaeks-
lie AYERS mat the advantages OF tnAt
mode u pole d.stE button, are almost
Sufficient % RANK tie rigst ldea OF lt IS
= great invention. SAID he.
There : not one valid objection 10
Dc made against Il, and there i not one
reason 70 De urged for the gutter poles
that Will hot apply % the midway poles
with double force. For lnsIance, the
electric Lights may DC placed upon tho
poles, and thus remove one whole set
" poles and wires from the sides or the
streets. Moreover, the beauty of a line
OF poles down the Center OF TIE street
5 4 positive one. No one can imagine
their beauty without seeing them. TX
the tlrst natural objection DC raised that
the poles WI DC II the way, the answer
= not 80 obvious at first blush, but one
which has been proved true by actual
experience, that there Is 10 place on A
street where q pole or 4 line OF poles IS
SO nell out or the way as directly IN the
midst or the thorougntare. You must
have observed that, upon streets upon
which run double tracks, the space be-
tween the two inner rails Is the part of
the street which IS seldom or never used
by vehicles. The continuous driving IS
always on one or other OF the tracks, ar
else outside of both on the pavement,
but almost never between the tracks.
III IL be objected that the poles would
be an Incumbrance IN the way OF cross
ing from one side OF the street to the
other. II Will be 4 sufficient reply To re-
call the fact that these membranes
would be mere spots at widely separated
distances. There would be but one
chance in thousand that given pole
would be IN the way OF particular
vehicle. | tell you, moreover, that the
beauty OF the arrangement IS most
striking, and | am gong to try 10 con-
vert the council next week to this way
of thinking"
Another matter of discussion outside
of committee matters was the action of
Cable Company IN disseminating SER
vice on some of its lines in the very
face of the councils refusal to grant
the permission to do so. Alderman
Saunders expressed great indignation
about it, said he:
The company asked permission to
do this thing, and then, without await
Ing the answer of the council, it goes
right on to do it. 1t is true that the
Committee on Ordinances recommend
ed the immediate granting of the re-
quest, but ii was with q purpose that
made the motion which was carried to
the effect that consideration be post
poned one week. But the company saw
tit not to wait for the council, and pro-
ceeded to assume that their petition
had been granted. The consequence is
that have not had wink of sleep by
night nor a moments rest by day since
the people of the Fifth ward were cut
oil from their old cable care service.
don't feel right about it, and / think
that the self-respect of the entire coun-
Gil is involved IN the action which it
may propose to take IN the premises"