The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-13

AA3oss ool.uo
The aumss, DDoA vii aud other accidental
itssss nsds nY ne balance. AZ :his time The
sssnss 81 the w~fss company positively refused
70 ecnsider my proposition for less than
of,6500oo. rot tuci1dinR gss. The company was
me- g0sng to taks cent less, according 20 it,
ou3horiSsd aeenAA Jaeiudtng the gas plant, IL
wnnsed tnss q, ogQ0o0 Our opsfon, sven st these
6eurss, expires January 81. and on the after
nooa Of Shs 18th the other member OF the com
mittse eams to me with . proposition
N drawn up - President Corsll. Of the
opuncil, had drawn II mp, by the way
- was ssksd - sign II II provided
1os payfns yi,as0,o0o, mos including the gas
plgnt This proposition was to 90 70 the people
and the language ef the rspofs pledged NJ 70 mid
and do Ill Ne could to have the proposition
eary with the psopiA knew II was not right
and ] refused 90 sign the report that night
snid would think II oyer. ] did not sleep =
wink that night and st the meeting the next
Any refused to sikn tho serort, because while
thinking the matter over during the night.
decided that * theirs was 20 DO great effort
60 rush II through, thoae fellows could pat
sl0 900 into Il and carry tha election in tts favor
Mr.. Berry then outlined tho pressure
which vas brought to bear on him to sign
the report. on the theory that the people
should have chance 20 vote on it. He
was put in posttion of individually pre-
venting the psopls from passing judgment.
He finally agreed TO recommend that
$1,000. 600 be paid. The water people re-
fected this, say ing If tho city wanted the
plant 1t the price asked it could have it.
hut that not = cent reduction would be
made. Mr.. Berry continued:
ytsAl1y asfssd to Let It go to the psopla We
had m ordinance twice read to that end. when
1t appeAfs, some Of the counciimen got il into
shsir hsads that somebody was getting some
,aoyey ont Of t. A kick was made for . re-
1ucslon, Nj. Glsfu back taking the lead He did
not think the committees estimate OF $l.s50.00o
should b. raid. He thought q, 10000 fully
eaoueh. About this time people began to talk
e5out boodls, and 70 satisfy everybody that the
Company was acting In good faith in protesting
that 10 reduction would b made, Steinback
saud 0rasson were made committee to ask for .
goaucflom Bslouo this committee had . chance
- do onythtue received telegram from Mel
lson uennsts, datsd u Phiiadelpeia. saying that
g. ,. yright would accept $1,SO0,p00 for the
planG. not including the gas plant: that he
Would take q. $4,000 including the gas plant,
ara - endo6 up by steoogiy urging the latter
rrupos1t1on
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- 8 ~ o1nce - sns company ana .sio Mr:
! len So telesfam pe.0se Ino .u.nori1eo
sssaves = ~. "Isen. n" OerFy
eoid hem snas wes done With snsm. ana
~ ~ wou.u nsvsI ~ .nsI P.sn' DeIors .ns
m n,ss, rs,is n,.c.d s,,,or -. hsin. n 40 mn
sr,ot includinr -. Or q. 10000 inciudinr gas.
ara have .uocesded. / also told them that
this action in cutting down the price was
good cause for the people 70 think
that shsre Wa money In the deal
.nuo snss .nsss va money IN AZ sno
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Others 10 ret Il ] vas hot and told them what