Daily camera., 1897-03-10
KILLED THE ORDINANCE.

Special Meeting of the City Council With
X draws the Electric Light Proposition.
fhe special meeting Of the city coun-
Gil last evening convened at 8 o'clock.
The main purpose of the session was the
appropriation bills and was tn. first mat
ter discussed. A prepared budget was
presented and passed, approprating
S34,55o for general city expenses, sewer
age, lighting etc. recommendations
were entertained for city election judges,
and after examination of the same the
following names were passed upon:
First Ward-T. J. Petrle, J. M. Taylor,
George Kirkbride.
Second Ward-Geo F. Fonda, NJ. S.
Whiteley, Harry Casaday.
Third Ward-L. w. Kimball, Geo. J..
Helmer, w. H. Pool.
Fourth Ward-H. E. Washhurn. B. +.
Gregg, L. M. Pickel
On account of an alleged irregularity
in the adoption of the ordinance passed
at the last meeting, submitting to the
people proposition for issuing bonds
for the purchase of the electric light
plant, or the construction of a new one,
that matter was brought up. By motion
of Alderman Hubbard and second of AL
derman Autrey the matter of adoption
was placed before the meeting. A num-
Der of the aldermen refused to vote, and
in the absence of quorum voting, the
bill was declared lost. and the PROPOSE
ton will not be submitted to the people.
The argument urged in the defeat Of
the ordinance was that the limit of bonds
issued by the city had been reached, it
being the opinion of the city attorney
that the water bonds should be rated with
the rest. Even in the event of nol counting
the water bonds, it was said. the propos-
ed 900 added to the present bonded
Indebtedness would carry the sum in ex
cess of the limit and the issue would be
illegal.
The report of the water committee on
the railroad and Delano mill water rates
was presented and accepted after con.
siderable discussion. Under this dis
cussion it was suggested by Alderman
Temple that the board had best 60 care
fully, on account of its propensity to
change its mind and take water, but the
report finally carried. Included in the
report was the placing of a fire plug at
the upper end OF town, near the Delano
mill.
The deciding of small plot of city
land to Mr.. Nelson was passed upon and
the legally and illegally of the measure
was rehearsed at some length. City At
torney Campbell presented an opinion
that the council cannot legally deed city
land without submitting 1t TO a vote Of
the people.
The representatives of the Electric
Light company were present and sub
mitted propos tlons for ra es for new
contract. The rate for street lights, fol-
one year contract, was placed at s.
each, for two years sS IS, for three year:
So 50 and for five years So 90 even. Tn,
proposition will be considered at the mex
regular meeting
DR.. Bond also read letters from ths
city clerks of Denver, Colorado Springs
Trinidad and Pueblo, answering ques
tons as 10 the number of arc lights, cos
per lamp. aud the length of contract o
each city. The figures gwen ranged
from So 80, cost per lamo, in Denver, t
SI3.5oin Cheyenne. The capacity of tn
! lamps was the same in all of the cite;
The expense of the electric lighting in
number of other Colorado towns wa
quoted verbally, in each instance beini
higher than in Boulder.