Daily camera., 1899-02-13

Why has the city attorney injected"
this Operation" clause into his bond?
We agree with the attorney, however,
that this injection" does not invalidate
! this bond and the company by their
signatures and the city by its approval
agree that these are proper conditions.
We believe the same rule would apply
to the conditions in the first bond. 1t is
matter of com non knowledge that, in
the medical world injections" operate
differently with different individuals,
| but never before has this rule been
carried into the realm of Jurisprudence.
Possibly this became the true legal rule,
| however, when on last Monday night
just before joining the council in its
executive session the legal advisor of the
city held his conference with the repre-.
sentative of the Electric Light company.
Regardless of the fact that Boulder
must have a street railway and that the
line will probably not be self supporting
for several years, there is an attempt to
create feeling that the railway com
pany is trying to steal something from
the city and this, regardless of the fact
that the promoters have expended
large amount of their own time and
money to induce Capitalists to invest up
wards of 100000 in an Improvement
absolutely essential to the best welfare
of this city. Shall the motives of these
gentlemen be impugned by questioning
their oaths and representations as to
their worte? Should ex parte investiga
tions guide men in overriding the sol.
emn oath of an individual? The buga
boo as to unsatished judgments has been
dispelled and in addition to the letters
which are on file with the city clerk, and
which were published in your paper last
Saturday, we now hold the assignment
made January 25, 1898, OF the judgment
by the National Bank of Commerce to
Mr.. Mansur.
Maybe this public improvement will
cause the electric light company to make
its contemplated reduction of ten per
cent for lights and maybe that company
will require the city to pay another bon
US Of $500 to string a second line OF
hight wires to the Chautauqua. If the re-
duction comes the majority of our cti.
zens will welcome it and more of them
will enjoy this modern convenience. If
the additional bonus is exacted by them.
the citizens should refuse to pay it. Al.
though the city attorney recltes in his
proposed bond that "the completion and
operation of such line of street railway
from said depot to said park, on or be-
fore the first day of June, A. D., 1899,
will be worth to the city of Boulder the
exact sum and amount of said sum of
ten thousand dollars" yet the promoters
of this enterprise have not asked bonus
Of single dollar from the city of Boul-
der nor do they propose to do so.
Again the.proposed bond contemplates
justification by three sureties for ten
thousand dollars each. If the council
| wished bond for s3o,ooo.lnstead of SIo,-
| 900 they would have required it in the
ordinance and would not have instructed
the city attorney to inject" it into the
| oond by requiring justl6cations in treble
The penalty of the bond. The aggregate
of justihcations by the suretes of the
county treasurer regardless of his re-
sponsibility, need not exceed the penalty
of the bond. We have no objections to
| furnishing such a bond as the city at
torney requests if the necessary equip.
nent can be furnished in time to get It
In operation, except that we have already
furnished good bond and we fear re.
quest that our capitalists sign second
bond may turn them against the invest
ment. Electrical apparatus, required to
handle the Chautauqua crowds is not
carried in stock as are boots and Shoes
The disposition shown towards this en-
terprse is such as to disgust men Of
means and deter them from investing
their money in the city. Indeed it has
already been carried to such an extent
as to call forth the following letter from
Mr.. Mansur:
/ Denver, Feb. 3, 1899.
Guy D. Duncan. Esq.
Boulder, Colo,
"My Dear Mr.. Duncan-Your letter
received. appreciate all you say IN re-
gard to the R. R. l am however very
much disgusted with the action of your
mayor, and with the evident opposition
from some of your citizens which we
must meet and overcome. | am think
ing seriously of Withdrawing Mr.. Reeds
name and my own from the bond and
severing all connections with the deal.
"Yours very truly,
"A. w. MANSUR."
We have done and shall continue to
do everything in cur power to further
the best interests of the city and we be-
lieve that if the citizens know the facts,
they will give US their hearty support
and influence.
Respectfully submitted,
THE BOULDER ELECTRIC SYNDICATE.