Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-02-11

lease. and shall not increase the price
charged 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" I'm.
der penalty (sectlon 12) of Liability IN
DAMAGES THEREFOR to the PER-
SON AGGR1EvED and shall. for each
Offensc. 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 IL adjudgcd guilty the court may
give Judgment Of custer from Its fran
chisc. 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 bc 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 are 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 ext!ng,ishlng
said lamps, and what. IL any. contracts
have bScn 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.
2. The Corporation Counsel and the
Comptroller should he instructed to re-
port forthwith to the Council whether.
In accordance with elm provisions and
requirements Of the resolution Of Feb.
N. 1902, the franchise of the Economic
Gas Company was duly forfeited and
Its pipes ana equipment recovered to
the city. and. whether any permit has
been issued granting any other com.
pnny the use Of said pipes. ana also
whether any measures have been taken
to recover to the city It's rights ami In.
tcrcst 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 pcndl sums on bonds filed
NY any of the above named companies
ns surety and guarantee for the per.
formailcc of their obligations to the
city ana 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.
chlsc have forfeited.
=. The city gas inspector should bc
instructed to report forthwith. direct
to the Council. what. II any. tests have
been made during the past yea Uf the
power and illuminating quality Of gas,
rs required by the various gas ordln.
ances. Professionally granting stree,
AMI other privileges to gas companies
and II such required tests have been
made. To state for what company. al
companies said gus was inspected. cx,
amlned and tested, ana where and by
what process said gas was manufnc
turcd.
/. The Comptroller. the Corporation
Counsel, the City Gas Inspector and
the Commissioner of Public Work,
should bc scverally instructed to 10
port forthwith 20 the Council. In what
II any. respect any OF the gas compan
les granted ordinances ana franchise,
by this Council have violated said or
dinances ana have hereby become lia
bic to forfeiture of their franchls,
rights and privileges back to the city
:. The Corporation Counsel should h
= directed to communicate with the At
I tOrIey General Of the State ana TO re
;, quest his cooperation ana support II
i the inauguration on behalf OF the cit!
3 OF Chicago Of proceedings In QUO
= WARRANTO. for the purpose Of dis
j. covering the present condition and sys
J. tenn OF operation ana responsibility IN
I der their ordinances and franchises O
i the various gas companies and the con
Q sOlidatlOn Of these companies known
/, the GAS TRUST. which are operating
!. under the provisional ordinances AM
y franchises granted them by the COun
o ell, with the view OF determining In
. court of last resort whether the sai'
Il companies. or the said GAS TRUS.
n are legally fulfilling their duties an
!. obligations to the city and Its citizen,
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Tho Gas Trust had an awful nerv
: to buy up the Legislature and to 81
:, cure the passage Of measure KILN
all opposition to II when 1t had no fraI
chlse from Chicago to do business /
self.
/. ~9
J. IL the members Of our Legislator
II are to DO regularly bribed. and II I'll
T. tribunals Of justice fail through co
ruptlOn. what will become of popula
@ liberty ana popular rights?
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