Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-11-04

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 any other com.
pany rhe 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 infraction of their ordinance
and franchise contracts, have forfeited
said franchise and their plant and
equipment to the city, and what, IL 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, direct
to the Council, what, II any, tests have
been made during the past year Of the
power and Illuminating quality Of gas,
as required by the various gas ordln.
ances, Professionally granting street
and other privileges to gus companies,
and II such required tests have been
made. to state for what company, or
companies said gas was inspected. OK.
amlned and tested, ami where and by
what process said gas was manufac.
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 the Council, In what,
IL any. respect any of the gas compan.
les granted ordinances and franchises
by this Council have violated said or.
dinances and have hereby become Tia.
bic to forfeiture Of their franchise
rights and privileges back to the city.
3. The Corporation Counsel should be
directed to communicate with the At.
torney General Of the State and to re.
quest his cooperation and support In
the inauguration on behalf Of the city
Of Chicago Of proceedings in QUO
WARRANTO, for the purpose Of dis.
covering the present condition and sys.
TEN Of operation and responsibility un.
der their ordinances and franchises Of
the various gas companies and the con.
solldatiOn Of these companies known as
the GAS TRUST, which IRE operating
under the provisional ordinances and
franchises granted them by the COun.
ell. with the view Of determining In n
court Of last resort whether the said
companies, or the said GAS TRUST
nre legally fulfilling their duties and
obligations to the city and its citizens.
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The profits Of the Bumps" Billings
gas gang In Chicago must be something
enormous, Judging from what their iml.
tatOrs make In other cities. A dispatch
10 the Tribune from Cincinnati says:
THE Cincinnati Gas Company can sci!
gas ut % cents a thousand feet or ut 8
rents a thousand feet and the price It
charges will be all profit. The by-pro.
ducts more than pay for the cost of pro
iucing the gas.
"These facts have been revealed in
the last weeks gas agitation, and they
come from the books Of the Cincinnati
Gas Company. They have been unin.
tentlonally set forth by Attorney Wa,
rlngton. the chief counsel for the ga,
company, and NJ. NJ. White. presiden,
of the Fourth National Bank. generally
reported to be the heaviest individual
hOlder Of gas stock In Cincinnati.
"The statements were made by War
ringtOn In his speech and by White In
an Interview In local newspaper"