Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-08
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lease, and shall not increase the price
charged by It for gas of the quality
furnished to consumers during ANY
PART OF THE YEAR IMMEDIATE.
LY PRECEDING such purchase or
lease. or such CONSOLIDATION" un.
der penalty (section 10 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 II adjudged guilty the court may
give judgment of custer from Its fran
chise, 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:
/. The Comptroller shold be directed
to report forthwith to the Council, a,
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 IL said com
pany or any other Is performing the
labor Of lighting and extlnguishinr
said lamps. and what, IL any, contract.
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 by
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 ami In
terest In the pipes and equipment of
other gas companies, which. by eva
sion ana infractlon of their ordinance
and franchise contracts, have forfeited
said franchise ana their plant and
equipment to the city, and what, IL any
measures have been taken by the cit,
to recover penal sums on bonds filed
by any OF the above named companies
as surety and guarantee for the per
fOrmance 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
chlse have forfeited.
Q. The city gas inspector should bt
Instructed to report forthwith. direct
to the Council, what. II any, tests hav.
been made during the past yeac Of the
power and Illuminating quality Of gas
as required by the various gas ortiln
ances. Professionally granting stree
and other privileges to gas companies
and IL such required tests have beci
made. to state for what company, Of
companies said gas was inspected. ex
amlned ana tested, AMI where ami BY
what process said gas was manufnc
turcd.
4. The Comptroller. the Corpora iol
Counsel. the City Gas Inspector ant
the Commissioner Of Public Work,
should be severally Instructed to re-
port forthwith to the Council. In what
II any, respect any Of the gas cOmpan
les granted ordinances and franchise,
by this Council have violated said or
dlnances and have hereby become liz
bic to forfeiture Of their franchls,
rights and privileges back to the city
3. The Corporation Counsel should h,
directed to communicate with the At
tOrney General Of the State and to re
quest his cooperation and support II
the inauguration on behalf Of the cit!
Of Chicago of proceedings In QUO
WARRANTO, for the purpose of dis
covering the present condition and sys
ten OF operation and responsibility I'm
der their ordinances ana franchises O
the various gas companies and the con
solldatlon Of these companies known a.
the GAS TRUST, which are Operatin
under the provisional ordinances anl
franchises granted them by the COun
Gil, with the view of determining In
court Of las: resort whether the sal,
companies. or the said GAS TRUST
are legally fulfilling their duties an
obligations to the city and its citizens
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The Gas Trust Ia making slathers o
money out Of Its damnnble monopoly
1t guarantees the Ogden Compan,
$500, 900 per year for not extending It
plant under its franchise. The money
Of course. comes out Of the pockets o
the people.
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The streets of Chicago were never 9
poorly lighted as they are at present.
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Oh. how sore the bribe-takers VIII