The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-12-24
THE FIGHT
IS ENDED
Council Returns $4,000 to
Independent Company
VERY WARM DEBATE
Al Last the MIDDLE Over Deposit
Money Is Settled

ny q vote Of nlns 90 feur the city
cc0neIl last night voted 20 return 80
the lndependent Telephone Company
the guarantee cheek for $500 depcstted
with the city when J. $. MeGnoarty Sc
cured franchise fer a velsRnens s -
20 the hitter telephone nghs vased m
council fer nearly two years.
The deposit money was put NJ ~ Nc.
Groarty that he would eompy wtth 81
the rsauirsmsnss e his sssash, -. h sa
dependent. hut McGroarty did not do
q dollars worth OF work to carry out
that franchise. A short time before that
= telephone franchise had hssa given 60
the Automatic company. Although
legality Of the Automatic franchise. that
ccmpany prccceded 90 install plant.
Some few months ago the Automatic
company bought the Independent tran
ehise and surrendered the Aafotnatie.
Under The name and franchlse q the
independent company the Automatic peo-
pie are now operating,
rsd les wcrk
About the sane time o. TIE Surrender
cf the Automatic franchise COUNCIL
Iassef an ordinance crediting 20 the
lndepen6ent company the work done BY
the Automatic and also adopted the re
port Of the beard OF public works that
with It's franchise IN Installing the re.
euirea nBnber Of phones In the required
time
a short time after that the eompany
demanded OF Frank Faui. city comp
trolleT. that the guarantee check he re-
turned to II. Mfr. Paul did not want
20 pass on the natter and he referred
II 10 council which In turn srut the
request TO the corporrtion's COMMITTEES.
This committee Did not report ON the
A. - la
cent. Individually presented a resoiuefon
that council return the money. nat
resolution was what caused hard Gxht
last night.
Bysrs wants Investigates
Mr.. nyers. warmly seconded by NJ.
Navln. moved that the resolution 30 to
the claims committee that Il was
clearly a claim aud should Be invesfi-
gated.
Vincent objected because be said the
resolution was a just one that council
Rad BY ordinance said the work done I'M
der the Automatic franchise was credit
81 to Tie Independent Co. and there
Gore that company had right 20 It's
cheek.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Van
Tchsi said he advised the Introduction
81 the resolution 80 eouneif eonid pass
90 the matter.
Blake thonEhs he esecntise DEPART.
=
council 10 rAas on "a matter on which
ii was emitted 70 pass.
!. afuid0on agreed that the eity clerk
hsa right 70 ssk for Instructions.
Messrs Dcnworth and s1leS. stfor.
neys for the company. ADDRESSED eounrA
and said they we're only asklng for their
Jaxt FiRhts
ByeFs said eounrfi once b. . mstor.
Nv vote refused TO return the rnoney.
Int ~ 3 rriek ~ legal iexardemain had
K8t that ordinance through. saying the
fndeaendene company was entitled 81
the wnFk done by the Automatic. IL
mugd IL wns a. clear n case Of skin
rxrtn a. BE- ever saw. MAYBE" he said.
-the eonsYany has q right 70 this money
rnaer that ereiaaace. but II can do nc
lsarf 70 refer Il 70 the claims commit
te~.
Then there was a tilt between Byers
nna laanea evsr the truth 81 tho history
az the case each attempted 20 explicit
Vast Retsrs tins Ns.sy
nfaehart ehlnasd In. aud said eoun
elI was morally bound 20 return the