Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17

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 be directed
to report forthwith to the Council, ut
It's 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 plnnt, and II said com.
pany or any other Is performing the
labor Of lighting and cxtlnguishing
said lamps, and what, IL my, 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 hy
what authority.
2. 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 aud
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.
tcrest In the pipes and equipment of
other gas companies, which, by eva.
sion and lnfractl0n Of their ordinance
and franchise contracts. have forfeited
said franchise and their plant and
equipment to the city, ana 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 nil the
terms and requirements Of said fran
chIsc have forfeited.
3. The city gas inspector should bt
Instructed to report forthwith, direc
to the Council, what, II any, tests hav,
been made during the past yer: Of thu
power and illuminating quality OF gus
ns required by the various gas ordln
unces. Professionally granting stree
and other privileges to gas companies
and II such required tests have bccl
made, to state for what company. o
, companies said gus was inspected. *
I amined and tested, AMI where and b.
what process said gus was manufnt
tured.
I. The Comptroller. the Corporation
I Counsel, the City Gus Inspector nm
I the Commissioner OF Public Work
). should be severally instructed to n
i port forthwith to the Council. In wha
D II any, respect any Of the gas cOmpaI
les granted ordinances and franchise
y by this Council have violated said Ol
u dinances ana have hereby become la
d bic to forfeiture OF their francl,ls
J. rights and privileges back to the cit.
@ ,. The Corporation Counsel should b
directed to communicate with the A
!. torney General Of the State and to n
l. quest his cooperation ana support
~ the inauguration on behalf Of the cit
= Of Chicago Of proceedings In QU'
!. WARRANTO, for the purpose Of dil
!. covering the present condition and sy'
t tenn Of operation and responsibility III
Il der their ordinances and franchises {
Q the various gus companies and the col
s0lidatiOn Of these companies known q
!. the GAS TRUST. which are Operatill
v under the provisional ordinances an
70 franchises granted them by the COul
- Gil, with the view OF determining In
d court OF las: resort whether the mi
n companies, or the said GAS TRUS
!. are legally fulfilling their duties an
"a obligations to the city and its citixen
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