The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-04
COUNCIL ENJOINED

FROM PAYING 100000 DUE FOR
WATER RENT.
Tax Payers Think the City Is Paying Teo
MuchsfOr Water. The City Mag Buy
the Plant.
Monday morning $1,000. 90 was due
the Dawson Waterworks Co. by the city
for water rent for the past six months.
The amount is still due, and promises
to remain so until the courts pass upon
it unless the water company and the
council come TO an agreement.
For some time citizens of the city have
been complaining at the amount so, 000--
paid to the waterworks company every
year by the city for fifty fire plugs, and
recently there has been much talk of an
efflr being made to break the contract
between the city and the company.
The result of these complaints and ag-
itation was special meeting of the city
council last Wednesday afternoon, when
the following resolution, suggested by
City Attorney Laing after a careful
Investigation of the contract with the
water company and the law bearing upon
it, 1t was adopted.
Resolved, That the city council of
Dawson decline to carry out the contract
for water for city purposes of the former
council with the Dawson Waterworks
Company, and that q committee be APP.
pointed to make such arrangements as
will be satisfactory to the council and
water company"
Mayor Baldwin appointed Aldermen
Dean andlDavis on the committee and he
was added at their request.
The Dawson Nater-works Company,
whose main Office is in Philadelphia, was
at once notified of the action of the
council and requested to send represent
alive to Dawson to confer, with the
council, and, if possible, agree on such
terms as would authorize the city in buy
ing the plant.
AN INJUNCTION FOLLOWS.
This action of the council was follow
ed with a petition which was filed
in the office of the clerk of the
superior court Friday asking that the
city council be restrained from paying
the company 81, 600 for six months water
rent, which was due Monday:
The following is the petition, showing
upon what grou Ids the INDUCTION is ask
ed:
To THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TERRELL
COUNTY: n
The petition of A. j. Carver, J. WE.
LowreyEand T. o. Whitchard shows that
they are citizens of Terrell county, city
of Dawson, state of GeogIa, and tax pay
ers therein, aud interested in the munic-
ipal affairs of said city.
2. Petitioners show that some time
during the year 1886, to wit, May 18th,
1886, there was published in the Dawson
Journal, newspaper published in said
city. the,foliowing notice, tO-wlt: 'Notice
is hereby given that there will be an
election held in the city of Dawson ON
the 18th day of June, 1886, to determine
whether the city of Dawson shall incur
expenses for waterworks. Done by order
of council" This noticeIis signed by W.
r. Baldwin, mayor.
3. Petitioners further show that there
was no authority for said notice to be
published, and that it did n conform
to the law and was not such notice as
is required by law for the purpose of fix
ing an indebtedness against munich pal
corporation.
4. Petitioners show that on the 18th
day of June, 1886, an electi IN was held
in said city Petitioners do not know
the result of said election, nor is it mate
rial to their case to know or state whas
was the result.
5. Petitioners show that under said
notice and election no move was made
by the city authorities toward water
works unless, indeed, it be claimed that
the building of some cisterns for fire
purposes be considered such a move.
Nothing more was done in that direction
until some time In 1890, when the tflan
mayor and city council of said city 3f
Dawson made and entered into CONTRACTS
with r. L. Bennett and his associates
who were to organize company to be-
styled the Dawson Waterworks Co.
6. That said contract or agreement was
made without authority of law and is ia
no way binding on said city.
Z. Yoar petitioners show that said con-
tract is in the form of ordinances and
may be found on page 73~d of the c)de
of the laws of the city of Dawson adopt
ed in 1892, and under said contract the
city granted to said Dawson WaterwOrks
Co. the exclusive privilege and right for
go years to construct, maintain and