Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-06

lease. anu snail 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" TN.
der penalty section 12) 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.
The City Council should ask for the
following information:
1. The Comptroller shold he directed
to report forthwith to the Council, at
Its next regular meeting. what. IL 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 II said com.
pany or any other Is performing the
labor Of lighting and extlnguishing
said 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, and Ivy
what authority.
9. The Corporation Counsel ana 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.
pnny 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 ana equipment Of
other gas companies. which. by eva.
sion and infrnctiOn 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 filed
by any OF the above named companies
rs surety ana guarantee for the per.
Torrance of their obligations to the
city and to gas consumers In general.
under the terms OF any franchise
which my of said companies through
evasion or noncompliance with all the
terms and requirements Of said fran.
chise have forfeited.
3. The city gus Inspector should be
Instructed to report forthwith. direct
to the Council, what, II any, tests have
been made during the past yec.: Of the
power and illuminating quality Of gas.
rs required by the various gus Ordin-
nnces. Professionally granting street
and other privileges to gas companies,
and II such required tests have been
made. to state for what company. OF
companies said gns was inspected. ex.
amined ind tested. AMI where AMI by
what process said gns was manufac,
tured.
4. The Comptroller. the Corporation
Counsel, the City Gas Inspector and
the Commissioner Of Public Work,
should I've severally instructed to re-
port forthwith to the Council, In what
II any. respect any of the gas cOmpan
les granted ordinances ana franchise.
by this Council have violated said or
dinances and have hereby become lla
bic to forfeiture of their frnnclls,
rights ana privileges back to the city
Z. The Corporation Counsel should IN
directed to communicate with the At
tOrney General Of the State ana to 70
quest his cooperation ana support II
the Inauguration on behalf of the cit,
OF Chicago Of proceedings In QUO
WARRANTO, for the purpose of Ills
covering the present condition ana s!s
tom Of operation and responsibility I'm
der their ordinances and franchises al
the various gas companies and the con
sOlllatlOn Of these companies known u,
the GAS TRUST. which are operating
under the provisional ordinances an,
franchises granted them by the COun
eli. with the view of determining In /,
court of las: resort whether the sal,
companies, Or the said GAS TRUST
IRE legally fulfilling their duties an,
obligations to the city and Its citizens
Beulah DOwney Hanks Is the autho
OF u little story. "FOr the Honor OF
Child" In which the power OF llttl
one Is cOnvinclngly set forth. 1t claim
to be only the fragments OF a love story
Edith Leverett Dalton. who issued
book OF verses. called Rhymes. n few
months ago, has published a companion
collection called More Rhymes. said t,
be gentle. sincere and unpretentious.