The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-07-18

transit OF the electric cars, especially the
heavy motor cars. across said bridge will
tend to impair the strength, end very
greatly jeOpardize the safety of said
bridge structure; and / earnestly be-
seech YOU that before taking final action
on this matter you will carefully investi-
gate and ascertain for yourselves whether
it will be wise or prud to permit such
use of our bridge.
am opposed to further extension of
| this grant for yet another reason. l am
satisfied, and think it has been fully
demonstrated, that this grant was OBJ
tanned by these parties for purely specu-
lative purposes, and it must now be clear
to every one that the parties obtaining
| this grant do not consider themselves
under any obligation to put their own
means into the street railway project,
but propose to treat the grant as dona-
ton to them by the city, and they simply
desire to hold the franchise until they can
affect Il sale of it to some one else who
will undertake to do what these parties
themselves have agreed with your Board
to do: and they have not only agreed by
| solemn contract to do these things, but
| they have, in accordance with the prOvis-
ions of the fourth section of said Ordi-
nance, duly executed and delivered to
your honorable body bond in the penal
sum of S2O.OGO signed by Pat Mcdonald
President of the Capital Railway Com
pany, rs principal, and s. H. Bell and W.
Nj. Duncan as sureties. By the terms of
which bond said railway company and
its sureties agreed to we'll and faithfully
perform all the stipulations and provis-
ions of said ordinance of March II,
1
it is provided in said ordinance, as
amended, that two and one-half miles of
said railway was to be completed by July
l, 1891. And I submit that the failure of
the Capital Railway Company to COM
plete two and one-half miles of said road
by July 1, 1891, works forfeiture of said
bond; and the question of extension now
becomes more serious question than it
was before the execution of said bond,
and any extension granted now, to the
Capital Railway Company, without the
written consent of the sureties in said
bond, will most certainly release said
sureties from any liability to the city.
There can certainly be no good reason as
signed why you, as trustees of the city,
should waive the forfeiture of this bond;
but on the contrary, 1 think the parties
should be made to know that they can
not make contracts with the city and
then violate them with impunity.
If you, as body, are still of the opin
ion that we must have a street railway,
l believe your homo able body is fully
competent to negotiate for one directly,
without the intervention of the Capital
Railway Company. hope before max
ing any further extension of this grant
you will e,deavor to ascertain when,
where, and how this Capital Railway Com
pany was Organized; what amount of
stock is subscribed, and what amount of
stock, if any, has been paid up, and en-
deavor, if possible, to have some definite
assurance that the parties mean to com
ply with their contract.
Trusting that you will make an earnest
and careful investigation of this whole
matter, am, respectfully,
LEWIS MANGAN,
Mayor PRO tenn.
The minutes of the last two meet
ings were read and approved.
Councilman Payne moved to refer
the Mayors veto on the street car
ordinance to committee consisting
of Councilmen Payne, Tobin and
Shaw, to report at any time.
Councilman Gaines moved that the
water committee be authorized to
fix all pumps out Of repair. Adopted.
The reports of all committees were
adopted.
The gas committee asked for fur
ther time for the extension of gas
pipes, as the city could not afford to
do it at present.
The street committee reported the
grade of Short street. Adopted.
That portion of the street commits
sioner's report in regard to bridges
was referred to bridge committee.
Councilman Payne moved that the
tax books be left in the hands of the |
city treasureruntil August II. Adopt
ed. The clerk was directed to have |
same advertised.
Councilman Payne moved that the |
clerk be directed to draw warrant |
for all rebates, after same was APP
proved by the finance committee.
Adopted.
Councilman Darnell moved that |
the clerk be directed to list the claims
of the city against j. L. Weitzel for
back rent on the opera house. Adopt
ed.
Councilman Richardson moved
that the clerk notify the city physi-
clan and all drug stores that no pre-
for paupers would be paid
for unless ordered by the charity
committee. Adopted.
The council then adjourned to meet
next Monday night at o'clock.
Ladies'
Realize perhaps more fully than
any one else the value of clear and