Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-07-15

lease, and shall not increase the price
charged by It for gas Of the quality
furnished to consumers during ANY
PART OF THE YEAR IMMEDIATE.
LY PRECEDING such purchase or
lease, or such CONSOLIDATION" un.
der penalty (section 12) Of Liability IN
DAMAGES THEREFOR to the PER.
SON AGGRIEvED. 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 liable
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.
The City Council should ask for the
following information:
1. The Comptroller shold be directed
to report forthwith to the Council, ut
its next regular meeting, what. if any,
receipts have come to the city from
gas companies under the provisions of
any of the gas ordinances; what. IL
any, street lamps are being supplied
with gus by the Ogden Gas Company;
capacity Of the plant, and II said com.
pany or any other Is performing the
labor Of lighting and extlnguishlng
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 my permit has
been issued granting any other com.
pany the use OF said pipes. and also
whether any measures have been taken
to recover to the city Its rights and in
terest In the pipes and equipment Of
other gas companies, which, by eva.
sion and infractlon 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
as 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 the
terms and requirements Of said fran
chise have forfeited.
3. The city gas inspector should be
Instructed to report forthwith, direc,
to the Council, what, II any, tests have
been made during the past yee:-: Of the
power and Illuminating quality Of gas
rs required by the various gas Ordln
nnces, Professionally granting stree,
and other privileges to gas companies
and II such required tests have been
made, to state for what company, OF
companies said gas was inspected. ex'
amined and tested, anil where and by
what process said gas was manufnc
tured.
4. The Comptroller, the Corporation
Counsel, the City Gas Inspector and
the Commissioner Of Public Works
should be severally instructed to re
port forthwith to tho Council, In what
II any, respect any OF the gas compan
les granted ordinances and franchise,
by this Council have violated said or
dlnances and have hereby become LA
BILE to forfeiture OF their franchls,
rights and privileges back to the city
Z. The Corporation Counsel should b,
directed to communicate with the At
torney General Of the State ana to re
quest his cooperation and support II
the inauguration on behalf Of the city
Of Chicago Of proceedings in QUO
WARRANTO, for the purpose of dis
covering the present condition ana sys
TEN Of operation and responsibility I'm
der their ordinances and franchises O.
the various gas companies ana the con
solldatlOn Of these companies known a.
the GAS TRUST, which are Operatin,
under the provisional ordinances IN,
franchises granted them by the Coun
ell, with the view of determining In |
court of last resort whether the sal,
companies, or the said GAS TRUSl
are legally fulfilling their duties an
obligations to the city and its citizens
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Bumps" Billings cares nothing 70
Chicago. II his eXorbltant bills AZ
not paid all the people In Chicago ma,
break their necks In the dark, for IL
will turn out the gas on them.
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Corporation money buys baililfs an
bribes jurles. Corporation money buy
legislation. Is this sort of freedom
guaranteed by the constitution?
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