The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-20

tho "a affairs OF the Cldh'hi'
nof come up 10 their expectations. lie
Ia tho statement had been made that
,So pIcbmond gentlemen OF the STANDARD
C,o,,,rs,v xvould undertake to furhlsh IN"
.oicnhone service to- this city, IT the
.S,.se,,t copaanv should be a fraud out
this could not be done unless tney "a" I"
telenbone and switchboard
CAPT. GruGON's STRONG SPEECH
ran,s,n 4 y. Guigon then came for
,.ard ., hehalf OF the STANDARD COM
- lie tnade an able argument ana
tool, tba ground that not a single chaIse
made against his company had neen
,,ro,,o, whenever any directors OF lhe
numerous standard Companies naN VIM
dra,vn dissatisfied, their money hah pcen
returned. and this statement was CUT
.oforatoo hv MIR Woodland, the ptesi-
dont ~ tho Baltimore and Washington
Companv. who was present IN Sl'e'N-
,,,, of the circular about greasing COM
mon Councils, Mr.. Guigon statc1 'nat
its authorship had been denied Dy every
ono connected with the Standard COM
many. lie said that his company han
never claimed 20 have teltnnone eN'
rbange anywhere except I'm Washinston'
"a he cited q number of letters as 20
a. omcfencv Of that exchange lie
&c road a letter from Mr.. Thurlow
S,tood parnes. the president OF the parent
co,nnanv. who gives his reasons why
,y,el sui, could not be brought by the
standard Company at this Juncture ana
Nfr Guicon added that the reason why
Mr. Atkinson was so anxious 10 80 INTO
(o,rt was because the Standard COM
INV would then be compelled to reveal
IN ~ ia business affairs, Which II could
not afford 10 do at this ume'
Nr Gulgon next read number of let
tors from narties In Washington ana eise-
where who speak in high terms oi INC
standard Company. lie also Ieau "a -
Ter from the manager OF ,he ~ -,
No Conpanv as TO the merits OF the S'hh-
IA ,olcDbone. Captain Guigon also
>atd his resoects 10 the journal hiec-
triritv 4" which was taken from the street.
PATHWAY Journal, and which largely re-
nooted on the character OF the lo'i''e''
similar statements were read rom lne
,stoc,,ical World and the Electrical Re-
view. ,.,..,, ,,,s ore,u-
p,ent referred to the statement plo'io,' l'1',.,
ly made by him that the el,ll,no',.,.o el,lnoi, and
rniftee of the Chamber Of tommVlNS 9i,p H.
sxco the telephone committee on -
nhXsicians and druggists hdu ''"'' 'o'
the STANDARD telephone. o-u..t, euigon
I'm reviewing the case 'dPltn" -. Ns,,,,
cflN1
Vrrk and the Columbia DisulcI Conl-
nanies we're frauds and unreiiaple' III. ,ro
Dichmoud STANDARD Company was ~
and no proof had been brohEhI ,5os ,,55t.,,,eo
New York company was iI"uN ~ Gad
lie company meant business no.
agreed TO accept the harsh terms VI IL, -
franchise. II his company ulu hvt tt.s
out its part Of the contract WIN .silr,oiie.s
days after the approval ol llS l.o, oe}
,ber fhs city would be SOD better on
erd vvould own all poles and wires Put up
nv them. The Council had bcen "Sh1,. "Sh1n
~ posfpone the matter. hut the OILY ds
ccmi,anv that would profit by qelaS ~, "~'
the Ben Telephone COMPANY iiqsb M'o'o
cnise expired by December iStnHii>- iStni
'-''' Nf6VE no DELAY AGAIN
shortly after midnight, wren 1dp'all .t,ll
,iuieon had ended, Mr. DAVIS oilei'' '''0
ioii9" aI9e 'it% il resolved by the Council Of the
citv NJ Richmond the Board or Alp'i
mon concufring, that the on i,D..i -,
allow the Richmond StdilaIu l,,iita -, N
comnanv TO construct ana VP' 49,,
hone plaut or exchange, ana lHt VI
Iindncn "a allow the Home Ielephohe
eon,,onv Of Richmond. Va. 10 cohsIur'
and Operate telephone plahr "a 90 "a
cbargc. be and are hereby IeleIrSu ~ ,o,,,r ~
80, 81 committee consisting OF i"ti
s,.I,e,,%lra of fhe Board of Aide mel anu anu
G,,c from the Common touhcli anu t,
said committee shall, IN cohSii'lNii7, -
ordinances. inquire into the hiitilC'nir ~
moral fggItns11lnlN t4lA FN'ftf''
t,ro companies named IN the oIuiii.st' ,t,, h.,
atso to iuauire into The condlloh oi w
,,,hones offered by each company an -,
mort 10 tne Common Couhci n,,ti CON
many can. i'm the opinion OF w 90 ,.,.i,,.,
ifttoa rerder the est telephone Eti
~ rititons of Richmond, ana III .li'
giecharcp of their duties the comm. W,
is empowered TO conmenu ,nHS - '''
amy Citv official or cihpioa'. ,.,1 Cor.
Elora Tazewell Elicit VINO clqs't r,a
.h. STANDARD Company. spoke aEalliS' lI ','II
,nsoLtfion offered by MIR. DAVIS "ll' "'N' IL
th,t the matter be decided at ON mn
rraetically repeated the Statements ~,
t,a1 made before. He stated tlf' 'ii
~ ~ rs,, dav the Mason telephone hau
t.,.cn rejected hv the people IN LyHcnn"' =,
~ said his company did not want 10
share the franchise Win at"..''' a. ~
nanv. but they wanted 10 nay. 80
Ii%nJ1elv. i'm order to be able 10 inane
"a successful fight against the heh i''0-
phone OoTi9f, THE NEW COMPANY.
When Colonel Ellett had ended AZ |N',
80 hr,nr the matter 10 test vote Dul
kFr g,ro,yer renewed the motion py AK
jnr to refer the matter 20 sneclai com
rnittee Of two members OF lht lsu"ir .,,s ~
Aldermen and three members ol w ~. -
80, council The vote on this motion Wa
,..,st,oned for ten minutes, in order Una.
Colonel George Wayne Anderson Dc heaIu
an behalf OF tho Virginia Lons-ilisl@INs
'rclenhoue and Telegraph 'ompahs' Ml4i9l
ss a.. only long distance company TT
"i.,.n,e ne protested against the grant
no ~ any franchise exclusively ~ any
co,,,r,anv Every city north OF the folo-
mac ana east Of the mississippi OF any
consequence had long-distance telephohy
service by this company ahu ,ne ~ -.
Pi,hmond could not afford 10 be leit out
ia such communication. ms company
neod the Bell Telephone patent because
II vas the best made the statement ABOUT
the standard telephone 20 the contrary
The proper method m
necarino one monopoly was not hy crcat-
inc another. and the franchise should,
therefore. not be granted exclusively.
Nlr Trower's motion 70 REFER the mat
ter 10 a special committee OF nye was
fhan lost and a motion by Mr Epps 10
oatourn (at l2:l5 a. M until this even
ing an 7 o'clock met with similar fate.
MI H. NJ. smith, Jr was then given
the privilege OF the moor 10 close Tor the
Home Company. but large number OF
members retiring into the cloaN-room
while MIR Smith was speaking. the latter
withdrew.
FRANCHISE AWARDED TO BOTH.
Tine vote was then taken on the ordi-
nance as amended, and the franchise was
grantcd TO the Standard Telephone Com
many bv a vote of IA TO Z, which was as
ives Ayes-Nlessrs. Blanks, Bloomberg, Car
ter Cottren Deanc Ferriter, Griffin,
Grimes. jackson, Murphy, Page, Smith.
l'rower. and Glovcr-lf.
Noes -H7essrs. Briggs, Davis. Don
Leayy, Epps' Hobson' Mayer and
Mg, Glover CMr. BIoomberg in the chain
then offered an ordinance granting the
Identical franchise 10 the Home Tele-
uhOne Company. ON motion or M
Glover, the consideration or mat ordi-
nance was at once taken up, and Mr.
Ifobee, moved its acceptance while Mr.