The record-union., 1894-12-27
SOUTH YURA COMPANY,

questeu, IL being the sentiment of the
board that great good TO the city would
result from the society's session here.
SOUTH YUBA COMPANY.
The ordinance granting the South
1uba Water Company the privilege of
erecting and maintaining poles and wires
Tor the purpose of bringing electric
| power to this city was read. An amend
ment was offered providing that not less
than 1000 horsepower shall be trans
mitted to this city by the company within
two years, under pain Of forfeiture of its
charter.
! Clinton L. White said the ordinance
| places the oversight of placing the poles
under control OF the Superintendent of
/ Streets. w hen the franchise was granted
to the Folsom Water Power Company,
the provision was made to put the locat-
| ing OF the poles under the direction of the
Board of Trustees. He thought it would
be well for the Board to keep this power
III lis own hands, as some Superintendent
oi Stfeets might be appointed who could
easily be handled by corporation.
Another provision offered by him was
tnat, II the company tore up any street,
alley or pavement, it should replace il as
good as before, within five days.
lie said also that the Folsom Company
nad been required TO eXpend much more
tnan SI0,OOO the first year, while that is
ali the ordinance requires The Yuba Com
pany to expend in the first year.
lie also read an amendment providing
tnat the company should be obliged to
furnish 800 street lights to the city, if it
wishes 1t, so that ii may be enabled to he
supplied In preference TO other parties.
Dr. Van Norden said that it was singu-
lar, If Mr.. White did not appear as an OBJ
| structlonlst, that he should offer for con-
/ slderation amendments that would abso-
| !utely preclude his company from bring
| ing its power here.
AS he had said before, the company has
9OO horse-poWe er which it expects TO trans
NIT mere, but will lose so much Of it in
transmission that only about 600 will be
! actually transmitted to this city. Self
! interest viii prompt the company to
! bring power here as fast as il finds it
| proftabie, but LOCO horsepower at pres
/ ent will oVercrowd the canal
Inc deEand that the city can demand
300 lights he characterized as an unjust
| one. as the demand might come at a time
when all the power was contracted for to
! private parties, and the city offers the
! company no contract for Street-lignting.
| The provision putting the placing of
! poles under the control of the Trustees
! ana that regarding tearing up of Streets
might be made by some future board
very oppressive to the company.
q had succeeded in persuadinp the
New York stockholders Of his conIpany
to invest about $3.50, 600 in this project
money to be brought into the State from
! the East but these restrictions would up
set his plans. He thought his company
offered all that was fair to the city.
| Davis said that he had satisfied himself
| that there was a scheme on foot to defeat
! this ordinance and he warned the board
| that ii 1t was defeated tonight il would
| be many years before they would have
any competition in lighting the city, and
the same old prices will prevail.
MIR. White insisted that in the ordi-
nance offered by DR.. Van Norden there
| was nothing to prevent his company from
! selling out to Gallatin d LivermOre to-
morrow, and never bringing any power
here. The provision regarding 1000
horse power was also good one, as was
that of furnishing lights to the city.
Dr. Van Norden agreed to provision
for transmitting 60O-horse power here.
! His company would bring the power
here just as soon as it can be made profit
able.
Devine argued for the restrictions of
fered, and hoped they would be incorpo-
rated In the ordinance before it was
passed. He moved that the control of
placing poles be placed in the Board of
Trustees, and the doctor accepted the
amendment, and it was carried.
Instead OF the requirement asked by
| Mr.. White, obliglng the company to put
! in 800 lamps, the doctor offered one to the
effect that if there should be a scarcity of
power the city should be the favored Gus
toner. His amendment was adopted, as
! was one limiting the time q street might
| remain torn up to five days.
| The provision regarding the transmits
/ sion OF 6OO horsepower was also incOr-
| porated in the ordinance by consent.
The ordinance as amended was adopted
| unanimously.
OTHER ORDINANCES.
! The ordinance with regard to the plac-
| ing of electric poles was laid over for one
week.
| The ordinance prohibiting bell ringing
| by auctioneers was passed ;unanimously.
The ordinance prohibiting the placing
| of showcases on the sidewalk was read
and argued against, as it allowed anyone
who wished to display his goods three
feet of the sidewalk, while it did not
allow the exhibition of the goods in
showcase.
Devine and Tozer also thought it unfair.
Kent moved the ordinance be laid on
the table which was done.
y The ordinance imposing an extra
! license on all-night saloons was taken up.
and Corporation Counsel Devlin's opin,
ion on 1t read, which stated that the
! board had power in the matter. ON mo-
tlon OF Wachhorst it was laid over for one
week.
MISCELLANEOUS. .22se5-s .2se5. .-s :e--.
A resolution providing that 500 45 be
| appropriated for the payment of James
| Phinney Tor labor on the Third aud Y
| street culvert was introduced by Kent
and adopted.
Leonard said that the paving which
had been done at the city wharf was of
no use and that the full front of the
wharf should be filled in and planked.
He moved that the City Engineer ex-
anime the place and report what should