Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-26
WATER oUEsTIoN SETTLED.

Adopted-The Horse Railway Co Peti-
 ton Under Discussion.
 The court of common council held an adjourned meeting last evening to wres- tie with two important matters, namely: the petition of the Horse Railroad com pany to use electricity, and the matter of selecting suitable place for the new water supply.
 The petition of the Horse Railroad company was first taken uD and after a little discussion the following resolu- tions was passed by the board of alder men:
 "Voted, that special committee con- sisting of the city attorney, city engi- neer, the mayor, two aldermen and four | councilmen be appointed who shall have | public hearing and who shall confer | with the officers of the Horse Railroad | company and report at future meeting as soon as practicable on what terms and | what conditions the franchise prayed | for by the Horse Railroad company ought to be granted if the court of com mon council shall see fit to grant the prayer of the petitioner" Aldermen Webster and Cross were elected members of the committee by | the board.
 When the matter came up in the lower board Councilman Fitzpatrick remarked that he thought the city ought to go slow in the matter; that
 the road board should have acted on 1t,
 but as it had not he would present the
 following preamble and resolution,
 which he hoped the board would act
 upon:
 l "Whereas the Waterbury Horse Rail-
 road company is now in possession of
 very valuable franchise to operate horse
 car lines in the town and city of Water
 bury, given them by the state of Con-
 necticut and for which the town and
 the city of Waterbury have never re- ceived any consideration whatsoever, and,
 Whereas said Waterbury Horse Rail
 road company has cost the town and
 city of Waterbury a very large sum of
 money since it began operating the line of cars by reason of necessitating the construction of large and expensive
 bridges and the improving and repalr- ing of the city streets through which its
 lines pass, and
 ! Whereas said company consistently
 refuses to pay it's just proportion of the expense of the aforesaid work, and ,I Whereas said company now asks the town and city of Waterbury to grant it the privilege of using electricity as a motive power; now therefore be it
 Resolved, that before this court of
 common council takes any action in r | II , propositions be submitted to said rail road company for it's consideration with a request that they report their action
 thereon to this court.
 First-That said company agree to ; pay any and all assessments that have . been levied against it by the city of Wa terbury for any and all purposes.
 Second-That the said company enter
 into an agreement with the city of Wa
 terbury to pay in future any and all
 assessments that may be levied against 1t by said city, without recourse to law
 and within the time specified by the
 charter and ordinances of said city. a Third-That said company agree tc 7 pay annually, on or before the first day 1, of February in each year, to the treas
 urer of the city of Waterbury for tht f use of said city three per cent of the t gross receipts of said company for the I preceding year.
 Q Fourth-That said company vii l. agree that the rate of fare on it's lines a between the hours of and in the e morning, 12 and at noon and 6 and
 in the evening from any point on it. 1 lines to any other point on said line: V shall not exceed three cents, and tha all school children shall be carried tt r. and from school at a rate not to exceed a three cents, Sunday excepted" f After the reading of Mir Fitzpatrick Q petition the action of the board of alder :, men in the matter had reached the 6 council and was read. Councilman Q Fitzpatrick urged that his petition bt n also referred to the committee to b,
 appointed. The motion to concul D having been passed then he urged tho l. passage of his resolution. II do think g he said, ''that the Horse Railroad com :. pany should settle it's just obligations s to the city before it asks any further f concessions. We are meeting then . now on equal terms and there ought to Q be something specific for the company l. to consider. If they want expedition
 in the matter of equipping the road witt \ electricity they can answer these propo 1 sitions at the next meeting of the n board"
 I'll Councilman BoIan thought that tht f resolution should properly be referred tc
 the committee.
 i, Councilman Seeley moved to lay the h matter on the table.
 Il Councilman Brewer thought that i Councilman Fitzpatrick's resolution was I unreasonable in many ways.
 Councilman Barnes favored giving
 the railroad everything that they asked
 for that was reasonable. He said: ''l
 think that the conditions here men
 toned would deal death blow to mo J. tive power either by horses or etec- | e vile say, to the top of North Main street e and objects to paying five cents there l. for, then he or she had better walk. Il s these conditions should pass, great in. '- centive to Waterbury's growth anG d prosperity would certainly be lost. h Councilman Fitzpatrick said that he e was not opposed to electricity as a mo l. tive power. The railroad, he admitted l. was benefit. But he argued that the Il roads franchise could not be bought fol l. $1O0, ,000 and that large block of stock > was sold recently at 250. "Now," saiC a he, eff you demand no concession yor j. will have no hold on the company in tht }. future. The horse railroad has beer l. assessed $2,700 for paving and it haI Il utterly refused to pay it."
 l. Councilman Seeley repeated his mo r- tion to lay the resolution on the table o Councilman Fitzpatrick demanded e yea and nay vote. The motion to table