Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10

The City Council should ask for the
following information:
1. The Comptroller shold be 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 plnnt, and II said com.
pany or any other IL performing the
labor Of lighting and extlnguishing
snid 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, ana 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 and
Its pipes and equipment recovered to
the city, and, whether any 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 md equipment Of
other gas companies, which, by eva.
sion and infracti0n 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 fled
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, dircc,
to the Council, what, II any, tests have
been made during the past yea: Of the
power and illuminating quality Of gas
a. required by the various gas ortiln
anccs, provisionally granting stree
. and other privileges to gas companies
and II such required tests have beef
= made. to state for what company. Of
companies xaid gas was inspected. OK
y amined and tested, AMI where and b!
what process said gus was manufnc
tured.
y 4. The Comptroller. the Corporation
I Counsel, tho City Gas Inspector ant
It the Commissioner Of Public Work
T. should be severally instructed to re
.. port forthwith to the Council, In what
N II any, respect any Of the gas compan
!. by this Council have violated said Of
N dinanccs ana have hereby become Tia
ID BILE to forfeiture Of their franchls
.. rights and privileges back to the cit,
10 3. The Corporation Counsel should b
ID directed to communicate with the A,
r, t0rney General Of the State and to n
D. quest his cooperation and support I
~ the inauguration on behalf Of the cit
q Of Chicago Of proceedings In QU'
q. WARRANTO, for the purpose Of dIi
q. covering the present condition and syi
It tenn Of operation and responsibility VI
III der their ordinances and franchises a
% the various gas companies and the col
4. sOlldation OF these companies known q
q. the GAS TRUST, which are 0peratin
v under the provisional ordinances IN
le franchises granted them by the Cour
n ell, with the view Of determining In
"A court Of last resort whether the sal
n companies, or the said GAS TRUS'
n. IRE legally fulflling their duties an
10 obligations to the city and it, citixenl