Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

lease, and shall not increase the price
by 1t for gas of the quality
furnished to consumers during ANY
PART OF THE YEAR IMMEDIATE
LY PRECEDING such purchase or
lease, or such CONSOLIDATION" TN.
der penalty (section 10 Of Liability IN
DAMAGES THEREFOR to the PER-
SON AGGR1EvED. and shall. for each
offense, forfeit two hundred dollars. in
an action for debt, in the name of the
people of the State Of Illinois, or by
any person who may sue for the same,
and such company shall also be lipble
to proceedings QUO WARRANTO for
violation Of either Of said provisions.
and II adjudged guilty the court may
give judgment of custer from its fran.
'chlse. UNLESS THE COMPANY
SHALL CEASE AND DISCONTINUE
such violation. as and when determined
by the court" thereby attempting in
the last paragraph to destroy any re.
course BY the city or by the people as
to continuous Intermittent violations Of
franchise restrictions and requirements
as to price, quality and inspection of
gas.
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The City Council should ask for the
following information:
1. The Comptroller shold be directed
to report forthwith to the Council, at
Its next regular meeting, what. II any,
receipts have come to the city from
gas companies under the provisions Of
any of the gas ordinances; what, II
any, street lamps IRE being supplied
with gas by the Ogden Gas Company;
capacity Of the plant, and II said com.
pany or any other Is performing the
labor of lighting and extinguishlng
said lamps. and what, II any, contracts
have been let to gas companies for sup.
plying the city with gas, together with
the name, or names. of said company,
or companies, and the amount of which
said contracts have been let, and Ivy
what authority.
9. The Corporation Counsel and the
Comptroller should be instructed to re.
port forthwith to the Council whether,
In accordance with the provisions and
requirements of the resolution Of Feb.
20, 1902, the franchise Of the Economic
Gas Company was duly forfeited and
Its pipes and equipment recovered to
the city, and, whether any permit has
been issued granting my other com.
pany the use Of said pipes. and also
whether any measures have been taken
to recover to the city its rights aud In.
terest In the pipes and equipment of
other gas companies, which. by eva.
sion and infraction of their ordinance
and franchise contracts, have forfeited
said franchise and their plant and
equipment to the city, and what, II any
measures have been taken by the city
to recover penal sums On bonds filed
by any Of the above named companies
rs surety and guarantee for the per
Torrance Of their obligations to the
city and to gas consumers In general
under the terms Of any franchise
which any Of said companies through
evasion or noncompliance with all tho
terms and requirements Of said fran
clllse have forfeited.
.. Tho city gas inspector should bt
instructed to report forthwith. direc
to the Council, what, II any, tests hav,
been made during the past yea: Of thu
power and illuminating quality of gas
as required by the various gas ordln
ances, Professionally granting stree
and other privileges to gas companies
and II such required tests have heel
made. to state for what company, o
companies said gus wns inspected. ex
amlned and tested, AMI where and b!
what process said gas was manufac
tured.
4. The Comptroller. the Corporation
Counsel, the City Gas Inspector an,
the Commissioner Of Public Work
should be severally instructed to re
port forthwith to the Council, In what
IL any, respect any of the gas compan
les granted ordinances ana franchise
by this Council have violated said Oi
dinances and have hereby become Tia
, BILE to forfeiture OF their franchls
rights and privileges back to the city
:. The Corporation Counsel should b
!, directed to communicate with the Al
torney General Of the State ana TO RI
; quest his cooperation and support 4
: the inauguration on behalf of the cit
OF Chicago Of proceedings In QU(
: WARRANTO, for the purpose of di'
: covering the present condition and sys
!. tenn Of operation and responsibility III
I der their ordinances ana franchises q
! the various gus companies and the col
sOlldatlon Of these companies known a
> the GAS TRUST. which are Operatln
: under the PROVISIONAL ordinances an
Y franchises granted them by the COur
D ell, with the view of determining In
. court OF last resort whether the Sai
] companies, or the said GAS TRUS
q are legally fulfilling their duties an
! obligations to the city and its citizens
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from that day to this the represent,
tives Of that race In America have bGe
noted for success In business. In Ii
purely speculative methods OF acqul
lug wealth they do not figure We.
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