Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-02-20
/ THE CITY S0LnNS!
4 Lively Meeting of the Board of
Aldermen Last Night.
VS.. THE PEOPLE.
he Republican Aldermen Stay BY the People Re-
gardIcss Of Any Personal Eavoritism.
rhE Full. AND ACCURATE PROCEEDINGS.
)RPORATIONS VS.. THE PEOPLE.

such ,rfhal trpuftS hth been mAir ~ the
council Toy the Water supply company
iutug ia" past ten months. ln all III
which hr objected stating that II wAs
III" duty uf the Water supply company Ia
answer the ~rlttcn communications Of
tins board ~ writing.
lu closing. Alderman Muntfurt Al~,
-tat,Sl that II the Water supply company
meant Ia place the hirAnt- ~ ordered
Then thus resolution would Wu;k no hard.
'hip "n IT." company, OtherWl-" the city
would have means " redress. aud he
therefore requested III. adoption of this
resolution.
ll" RESOLUTION VIA ai"pt,Si hN the fol.
luwlng vote.
Yeas Aldermen cumming. Muntfort.
Long. llurnrr aud Iiernpy D.
Nays Aldermen stevens, Grun~teld
aud Otrfu s.
"N- $50 tlirIu, ll"HT-.
The SPECIAL commlttr" appointed Ia ~
certain rates chafg,i tor IA aud electric
lights ~ other cities submitted the tul.
lowing Trprl
AmVrtRlrEN. NJ. Feb. H., lNn7
l"tnr Muur ,uI l,ar. o." NlI.m,u
Grnllrurn. Your rUmmitt,Y. Ia whom
wa1 rrirrrri the petition Of ritlE.nS tr.
lue-ting the reduction ut ga- aud electric
lights. would respectfully report that W.
Iind nothing III IA" franchises gtantsi tn
the iia- cuiupany aud Electric Light com.
panir- io prevent the city council from,
regulating the prices ~ the Sain. ta the
puhllr. We iind that this II the duty nf
The council, aud that reports from cities
II Anna l..ss.
luus corporations within the elite. are
being ~ regulated.
The franchises, were given outright for
twenty i've years. without the least com
I-'u~atlun IA the city. by the city council,
Who failed a. make contracts with them
lhr companies were not llmit,d tp ANY
price they should charge Tor either light,
nuI were they reIulr~i tO furnish any
standard candle pUwef light, nor " give
any lniii that they would deal Justly aud
LARRY with the cit! and It's Is~ople. They
| Srrr granted the pri, ,ilrge M erecting
| works and ufing all the street4 and al.
lrl-, digging up the rtrv-.ts, erecting
p'lr- etc, ~ u business proposition. and
~ n business proposition VIZ are expected
IA examine inm their management,
unsthSis, etc.
W. lsafn that the ga1 works were
errcttd In lSNl2. and that after doing
hlsiI,,,.s for Al,,It thtrt,..n ysars thaS
| were purchA...i by the pt,,,,,.,t rnunany
owners Of IA. pI,Ttrir light vorks and
after the electric light work. hn.i h,..i,
established,
! II has been called to our Att.ntiun that
the consumption ~ gas has ilmini-h,si
during the past t"o Ur three years. al.
th,lyh the lspIIIntlnu nf m. Ell, ha.
-tspdiIy Increased. The Increased i,4, nf
pI.ctric II.at IL without ioubt the cause
Ihr mart, who Furnished IA. infnrm.t,n,
nl,n,i The yas did not tell us hnw ,n,,rh
IN, m.thnd- of making GA. had h,.,n
oImplilIri I'm the pasl few y.nr. mar hnw
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