The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-15
EVERETT, Wash. Feb. >, 1896.
Council DeyOtes a Session to the
Street Car Company.

Council DeyOteS a Session to the
Street Car Company.
At the Tuesday evening council meet
ing very little beside listening to and
discussing prepared report by the city
attorney, on the question referred to
him at the last meeting "of reyoking
the franchise of the street car COM
pany", as it is claimed they have not
complied with the requirements of the
franchise. Tho report as published in
the Leader is as follows:
The matter of granting transfers is
now apparently out of the hands of the
Street Railway com pacy, as the prop
erty is in the hands of receivers.
Il am unable to ascertain from any
ordinance relating to a grant of fran
chlses for street railway purposes, that
the city has reserved any right to pre-
scribe the rates of fare or TO require
| transfers to be given from one to an
other.
1T is quite obvious that in the man
ner IN which said company has used
the streets of the city and its neglect to
manifest violation of one Of the most
| important provisions of the ordinance,
and | have no doubt that for this and
other causes it has forfeited the rights
and franchises received from the city
Under recent enactment of the
legislature, this street railway company
Is practically no longer tax payer,
! bearing its proportionate share of pub
lie burdens. For this reason, if no 9TH
er, the railway company should be held
| to strict compliance with all it's contract
of obligations with the city.
"But it is claimed that the company is
insolvent and is not in shape to grant
any extra privileges to its patrons and
much more to perform its obligations
to the city; that 1t cannot earn money
enough to do this and at the same time
keep up the interest on its bonded in
debtedness.
This is truly I'm fortunate-but where
IS the blame? Does it not rest upon the
company, which has bonded itself for
more han double its cost? | am cred
ltabIy informed that the manager of the
road testified before the board of re-
view that he could duplicate the road
With its equipments for S2j0, 600, aud
am also informed that its bonded in
debtcdness is from 5000, 900 to $500, 900
IF this is true, it shows extravaganza
or acknowledgements in the original con-
structiOn, or else that some one has re-
ceiyed large surplus on the sale of the
bonds that never went into the cost of
the property. | only speak from re-
port. but If there is any truth in the
statement, then there is more reason
than ever that the public should not I've
made TO suffer any injury or inCOnyen
fence from the operation and manage
ment of this system of street railways
but on the contrary, the company
should be held accountable for the full
performance of every condition upon
which the franchise was granted"
Aid. Mcqueen wanted to know why
the city attorney had prepared the
opinion. Reference to the records
showed that he had been requested to
by the council at the last meeting.
Aid. Mcqueen moved that the legal
department he instructed to start suits
against the Street Railway company for
the revocation of its franchise. Aid.
Mcqueen in the course of some remarks
on his motion charged Aid. Norquist
with 'evading his duty every time the
street railway matter was up for &C
ton"
During these remarks AID. Norquist
put in Mcqueen is liar" When the
speech was over, Aid. Norquist arose,
and spoke as follows: Honest to God,
have never seen such big bag Of
wind with as little to it, as Aid. Me
Queen. When running for office Nc
Queen shouts, "God save the Iaboring
man" Yet he always votes for corpor-
ations here" After making a number
Of general remarks on capital and labor,
he remarked that eff Aid. Mcqueen has
any capital, he has gotten 1t while in
tie council" Aid. Mcqueen replied
that whatever capital he had, he had
earned. He was interrupted by Aid
Norquist and he took his seat saving,
Il do not care to go on, if | must be in
terrupted by puff of wind like that,
chipping in his mouth whenever !
speak"
Aid. Cutler moved as an amendment
to Aid. McQueen's motion that COM
mittee of three, including the mayor,
be appointed to confer, together with
an equal number of the Trad es & La
Dor assembly, with Mr.. NorvelI.
AID. Mcqueen accepted the amend
ment and it passed unanimously.
W. +. McCord sent in a communica-
ton to the council agreeing to purchase
all the claims and accounts OF the city
against the keystone National bank for
90 cents on the dollar, less the amounts
that might be paid the city in dividends
The money was to be paid within nine
~ days after the proposition should be
accepted. \ similar proposition is to
be presented to the board Of education.
\ motion was made to refer the offer
to the finance committee. An amend
meut by Aid. Cutler, that the resolution
introduced some time ago, to take some
steps 10 prosecute the officers of
this bank, was added to the original
motion, and it passed unanimously.
An ordinance introduced by Aid.
Ross was carried, making two election
districts in the First ward, one consist
ing Of the territory lying west Of the Ne
madji, the other, the territory east Of
the Nemadji
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