Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-20
PRIVILEGES TO BOTH.
r,mmor Council Votes Franchises to the
Standard and HOme Companies.
long AID SPICY DISCUSSION
rs,rges and Counter Charges Made
Freely by Opposing Counsel.
oIr>rI0N A. TO PATENTS.
,... Christian aud Mr.. AtLinson
poubt Whether the st"n""r" ""S
.,-Captnin 6uiGon Rcnds Many
,,rong Letters and TcicGrams.

s h,d last night 90 consider
o., .rsI.ancc granting the Richmond
.....rl Telephone Company the night
..-tri., and operate a telephone
.......r exchange in this city. The mem
i... present We're President Glover and
,,..... rhnks. Bloomberg. Briggs. Car
u.,s Deaue. Donleavy. Ferriter
..r- Grimes. Hobson. Jackson, I.awder
,,.. Murphy. Smith. Trower. and
v T., chamber and rotunda were
.r.. uth friends Of the opposing telo-
.l... companies and others interested
r. f.ht which has been such a
...... stubborn one. The session was
t.. .r. and the proceedings were
.o.~a,.i ST. r. T. T. Carter. the new
member 'on clay ward. was introduced
f. SIR. H d. carter and took his seat
t.,- rst uf h.s colleague.
tr.r -.n. little routine work the tele-
.... ....rle was read I'm its revised
.m r.. ordinance was recommended
street Committee October 2lst.
.-..I D.. ,hc Common Council Novcm-
f.r .. referred again 10 the street
,r ..n and again recommended 10y
r. -t..t Committee 10 the Council No
...I.. Hfh Mr. Bloombefg offered
uants 90 sections ana Z. The
trr.r amendment referred 10 private
t.... at.. and the latter provided that
..r.. should be subject TO the APP
.rt.' II the committee on Streets. Both
.r..rtmrufs were carried.
WANTED PRICES STILL CHEAPER.
ST. ru-gs moved as an amendment
r. f.s figure 81 should De stricken
. .nl g. substituted for public tele-
r'r.s. and g. stricken out and substitu-
f.I It $50 ss the price for telephones
private residences.
Nr G1ombcrg moved that the repre-
f..'7fitss of the companies bee invited 20
a.'.ss the meeting. and his motion was
carried ty "a vote of l3 10 T.
fr Guicon. attorney for tho STANDARD.
would be absolutely impossible
fr 'he company 20 provide phones at
OH. price proposed iu the amendment.
It. company be said. had. in their first
fNf atl made the best offer possible
d submitted that 10 was unreasonable
rt tho Council should proceed to re-
D.r tlc price Of % phone which was
already three times lower than they
'.l been satisfied 10 pay for fifteen years.
spoke Of tho expense of coustruc-
'n. of the necessity for using the best
'i''''' .'.ti 't-t.i t'i NhiNlfiE tiif
..iy best service. and said IL Was uu-
's'h"u'" TO i'iuee me mafsin oi prohl
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ID moved that 'he li"hle 'oih-
'' heard
ih1t ih" discussion OF 'he
CLOSE % tht representative
N' companies al i'.'' anu
fNNIi Pee taken al III civtN,