The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-15
SETTLED AT LAST
rrrr COUNCIL REFUSES TO REPEAL
THE 1 O'CLOCK ORDINANCE
\ Large Crowd Of Those IN Favor
Of and Against the Repeal Attend
the Meetins. hat There L. Not
maeh Disesssion, the Repeal Bsil
FAILING ~ Vote Of 10 TO 2-The
City Lighting Contract Goes 90
Enfos Electric Company and
Thfra street 4 subsxbsa Railway
Company.

Company
The czsy council had a warm meeting
last nl&ht--a meeting H--lesh rnsxht even
- termed INT. There ~as si4~ct1sston a.
usual. bit snrough ~ afl ran q vein az
personality that Sepf things constantly
m nc verge of sensation. Tue cars@s
Cor this unu~sai display Wa found IN tsa
0oEnrzttse report on the O'Clock clo-lnx
ordinance. the acceptance Of street hgtf-
sug bda. and the Ordnance crsaiing a -
p~rtntendenr Of electricity.
Half an hour OF more before ffae coun-
81 was called 90 order. an Alsficnce began
- gather outs de fnn rail tnaf aezns n the
rttF council cr F4E1er foss herrs cat the
Unl,sic. The crowd grew an1 grew. tne
esce- of women mangiinE. unit tfscre was
an overflow sataering Ia rhe hall Every
ehurrh and every religious society "a tb@
CITY vas wei represented. TIE anra-ea-
ep0n element VAS sn ssas ascendant 10 l.
0efore enc oogEca met James SPOKE 20 q
group % ministers seated near the raiA
y unders1and from fhe committee that
10 report Sill BE submitted wright Oh the
s~peai Of siae midnixht closing ordnance.
- sad .-rssy have decided - lay the
usatter over one week" The Ministers
eere plainly DISAPPOINTED. Rev. W. H. q.
Temple. VINO vas present prefared 20
upeak 80 the council. denarred al nrsi a.
ne delay. bat afterwards eft the ball.
~ did Rev. Clark Davis and Others.
Eoon after the preliminary work % the
council had been d.xposed % Raymond
moved that the ensnfnsfes. oomf'osed %
Gfie police. license andFevenus and ne
Streets committees. be ked 20 report on
xhe rep~aiing ordlnanc without delay.
Eav.n chairman of me nmfttse. stated
hhas q delay was asked pal the saloon
psen could have time 20 ~ pre- defense.
chapman said ~ was che a time he -
known saloon men 20 be sni IPdy. o.
, member Of fAs coFnmstteeYl AID "as
ready 10 report AT any t.ms. stief-
nnce was applauded hy the 49,.
vote was taken and tae comm asked
20 report by , 20 3.
allow the COMMITTEES time "a heps a
report. Nevln did some lobs eg 10 -
signatures 10 a minority report support
gng the repeating ordinance. but the eoua-
clmen had looked at the crowd In Attend
sncc and refused
The report favorfng the Indefinite post
ponnuent Of tho repeal was signed ny
Dodds Hurd. Taylor Rudy and Gibson.
Petitions were read both for and against
phe closing ordinance. That IN favor OF
ulosing had many more signers than the
pther. Before voting on the report Navsn
smoke lie said that "a a student of eco
monies ha was present Ia search OF hno~l-
edge. and wished 20 have an expression OK
opinion from outsiders lie thought the
license should fall on the seller OF LIQUOR.
and not on the "mlsforsunate consumer.
The women present thought the speech
funny. AZ any rate they laughed. u was
= good pingie-tax speech. Discussion WIS
aha Tight Of truth" he said. therefore
let us have discussion"
on n vote the majority report OF the
ronnittne against the repeal OF the mid
night closing ordinance was adopted. NC
Arsils and Navin were the noes"
City Lighting.
BIDS for city lighting during 1881 were
brought up early In the evening
THE Seattle Gas II Electric Light Com
many proposed az follows: Eixhty-one arc
lights of s.eo0 nominal candle power. at
$3.50 per month. $3.50. aoi lncandesceris
nj sise per month. sssio: 100 welsbachs
OF 7o-caudie power az s. per month 800.
Total ner month. si.7si. total for twelve
month";. seoe6e The company stated that
the amount OF its bid was influenced by
the fact that si5.eo must be expended IN
or4ier 10 carry out the contract. sub
ptitute proposition was also submitted by
she Seattle Gas n Electric Light Company
ms follows:
NJ NJ so-caiied :. oeo-candle power arc lights
and col fncendescents Of is-cAutie power.
the latter probably at the best averaging
rndsr i2-candfe power. In place OF the n
are We viii furnish 2sa Welsbaehs. 10
randlc power. distributing them 81 such
. manner as 10 uniformly light each block
Formerly supplied with an arc. We Will
also furnish fTe wcsbaehs OF so-cansfls
rcwef displacing the same number % IT,
pandfs power fncandescents. For the re-
naming sti lights. we VII supply iG-candie
power lncanaescents. AZ tiA per month
FOR the 7n-candie power Weishachs this
would be ssotas The is-candie power in-
randescentp At 81 - per month would he
Nj - or a tosal for the two % 81. sc.sg per
nonth Total for tweleve months. SIS
fEA"
Thn linton Electric Company hid on the
Ylrsf second. Third ard Fourth wards as
bellows: fncandssceuts. 1s-sardie power.
M per month: arc lights 81 total per
ponsh. tSS.se: total for twelve months.
The THIRD Street & Suburban Railway
romnany hsa on tho Firth. sixth, seventh.
Eighth aud Ninth wards follows. Fif-
lsen-csndie power incandsscents. 81
zach per month; arc lights. g.. total per
ponth yu9,m; total Tor twelve months.
tNiA
THE eombsnei hid OF the Thlra street 4
E1hurban Railway Company and the
hinton Electric Company T. SIS n This
j. considerably lower than TIE FIRST bids
passntstet by these same companies. whieh
amounted 10 s. a. and ghe second
kld.. which were So aIssa, The hlf OF SIS
ssAo - fs& per cent. cheaper than LASS
pear.
The bids we're referred a. The commit.
lee on street lights With Instructions e.
report back the same evening caapnan
unlimited a pors0uai report that while che
niacsunt GA thu Lowest bid was considers
bic. no did net feel that tia eonpanlee
had yet reached iha minimum % contract
prices Owing" ne said. ito Tie latenvas
b. ire SEASON. however, we reeoEniHe thal
sna city wossid be at considerable dssad,
vantage IN undertaking ~ erect their oWu
plAat, and. lnssmuch as we would prohs,
kfy ~. cosaVslaed 10 psy az least a. hiEh
a a. present rates FIR all hxht fHrntshh d
until the erection and operation ~ car
plant. W., would suggest that the bids ~
returned 70 the tsoar a 81 puhiia works
without reocrnmendstion. g seiwx left a.
her discretion either 60 enter into con.
iYaet witN the lowest bidders or - reposi
n plan 90 hghtlnE they may -ee nt 81
This Vas referred. aims Win the Biz. 50
+ ,he street iigating committee
In reporting back. the street fEhtius