Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-11-11

coed the rate prescribed by the ordln.
ance; that the company shall not
charge any person for service pipe, but
shall lay the same mt It's own expense,
and the company agrees and did give
bond Of 100000 as surety that oil the
provisions Of the ordinance shall be
faithfully carried out, under unlimited
liability FOR damages, and that mt the
expiration of the life Of the ordinance
the city shall have tho right Of fran.
chise at an agreed appraised value.
CHICAGO ECONOMIC FUEL GAS
COMPANY.-An ordinance passed
July 81, 1901, conveying franchise for
fifty years for the supply of both man
ufactured and natural gas, upon the
same general provisions and require.
ments governing the other companies,
especially the provision Of Section II,
which provides that In case the said
company should at any time In any
manner enter into combination di.
rectly or indirectly with any other gas
company. Its ordinance and privileges
should become null and void and all
rights revert to the city without refer.
ence to any court or legal appeal. The
company agreed to charge for illuml.
mating gas $1.1O per 1000 cubic feet,
with 10 cents reduction per 1000 feet
for prompt payment, ana 90 cents per
1000 for natural and fuel gas, with
10 cents reduction for prompt payment;
agreeing aud contracting also to pay
the city 3 per cent. on gross receipts
from illuminating gas and 3 per cent.
on gross receipts from sale Of natural
or manufactured fuel gas, and to fur.
nish gas to the city for $3.50 per street
lamp post per year.
ON THE GOTH DAY OF FEBRU-
AIRY, 1892, a preamble and resolution
was passed by the City Council, re-
pealing the above Chicago Economic
Fuel Gas Company ordinance, and
declaring all pipes and connections In
the streets of the city to be city proper
ty, In accordance with the provisions
of the ordinance regarding forfeiture,
and upon the ground that a majority Of
the stock of said company had passed
into the hands of the Gas Trust.
THE OGDEN. 1t is now currently
reported, and there are grounds for be-
lief. that the Ogden Gas Company has
entered upon contract with the Gas
Trust agreeing not to extend its plant
or pipes any further for period of
three years.
ALL EVADE THE LAW. All of the
above companies and corporations
have evaded the plain letter ana legal
requirements of their franchises and
by the terms of said franchises have
forfeited every right and privilege con-
tracted for with the city and conveyed
Professionally by ordinance.
VIOLATE FRANCHISES. 1t is pro-
vded in an ACT regulating the condi-
tons for the granting OF rights and
privileges for lighting and heating pur-
poses by cities, also passed by the late
4OTH ASSEMBLY, mat no gas COM
pany in future shall be granted privi-
leges OF building or extension Of mains
and pipes, except they secure petitions
signed by owners Of more than one
half the frontage of each mile and frac-
ton of q mile of any street O. alley,
which requirement Is designed to pro-
tect the merge companies In their ille-
gal evasion of contract obligations,
and prevents any competition, through
the organization and operation OF new
companies, now and forever In the fu'