BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-17
Meeting Or The Executive Council
May I6, 1901.

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members appeared and answered to their
names:
Messrs Barbosa, Benitez, Bfumbaugh.
Cjntron, Crosas, Elliott, Garrison, Harlan
and Holander,9.
Absent: MesSrs. Brosa and Hunt.
On motion of Mr.. Crosas, the res ding of
the minutes of the last meeting was dis
penaed with.
A communication from the president OF
the Superior Board of Health, requesting
The Council to autohorize the transfer of
$500 appropriated for salary of clerk at
Vaccine Station to be used for salary Of a
skilled assistant for the months of April,
May and June at the rate of 500 per month,
was read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Appropriations.
la the matter of the application OF X.
NadeS, grantee Of franchise for utilizing
| a portion OF the waters OF the Plata River,
| for permission to withdraw Sl00 900, U. S O.,
heretofore deposited in accordance with the
requirements Of Section 6 of said franchise
and substitute therefor ten thousand dollars
IN mortgage certificates of the Territorial
y Agricola Bank, the Com. on Franchises
submitted report recommending that MIR.
NaldeS be permitted to withdraw the ten
thousand dollars so deposited by him in
| I. 5. q. upon depositing with the Treasurer
OF Porto Rico securities Of an equel amount
satisfactory TO the Treasurer.
After considerable discussion the report
OF the Committee was adopted, Nessrs.
Barbosa, BIumbaugh, Crosas, Elliott,
Harlan and Hollauder voting for; MeSsrs.
BenitoZ and Garrison against.
IN the matter of the application of the
New York AID Porto Rico Steamship Com
lpany for franchise to maintain its wharf
ard the building thereon at San Juan upon
the conditions expressed in its Revocable
sLlcence with certain notifications, the
Committee on Franchise submitted report
recommending that franchise be granted
substantially on the terms and conditions
set forth in the memorandum, attached
Thereto.
On motion, the same was received and
laid on the table.
The Committee on Franchises, to whom
was referred the application OF General Roy
stone, General Manager of the Port Amer
lea Company, for an extension for period
sixty days OF the time heretofore limited
for the acceptance Of the franchise granted
70 said Company, submitted report recon-
mending that such extension be granted.
Ga motion. the same was adopted, Mr.
Brumbaugl voting NO.
Ia tie math.r Of the application Of the
Socielal Anouima de hedes TelefonicaS
and Rafael F~blan for franchise to estab
! liSh system OF telephone lines beticeeL
the more important municipalities, tae Com
m,ttCe On Il anchjSes submitted report re
commenting that such franchise shou {
q De granted upon the condition Of the pay
neut into tie InSular Treasury of royal
~ Of twelve and one half per cent. of th(
. gross receip,s arising from tue operation 0
, sucI general franchise to be SUBJECT tC
further report to the Executive Council
by said Committee.
On molten the same was adopted.
o The Committee on Franchises, Priyil
J egeS and Concessions made the following
report which was adopted:
e To tie Honorable, the Executive Council
the Committee on Franchises, rrlvilegeS
and ConCeSS ons respectfully makes report
that Mr. II. /lldonado We've and Mr.. San
uag0 We've have applied for a franchise tC
establish private telephone line for six
telephones connecting the several residen
cies ard places Of business belonging tC
the We've family.
Your Committee is of the opinion tha
this franchise should by granted without
compensation and substantially upon the
condition that;
/. If 1T a@y time hereafter any genera
9 telephone company operating uQder fran
4 elise granted by the Executive Counc
] shall signify It's willingness to perform TIL!
service for the partltloner on terms ant
5 conditions that shall seen reasonable to the
b Executive Council, that the fianchice tC
; tie We've family shall terminate, such tel
5 ephone service as may thereafter require
to be rendered by such telephone comp
a anies.
b ,. That the private telephone line SC
- erected by the We've family SHALL not be
! open to public use, but shall be continued
2 absolutely to the use of We've family and
its employees; such franchise to become
2 void upon breach Of this condition.
That the franchise to be granted in accor-
2 dance herewith shall be for a period of fif.
r teen 40 years unless sooner terminated in
t the manner indicated in conditions one and
two herein.
2 Respectfully submitted: JAS S. Harlan,
Chairman, j. III. Hollander RoSeudo Ma
;ieDzo Cintron, NJ. G. Brumbaugh.
: Committee on Franchises, Privileges and
) Concessions.
Wheen tue above report had been read,
Mr.. Elliott moved that The first condition,
providing that when any general telephone
/ company operating under franchise granted
by the Executive Committee shali signify its
Willingness to perform this service for the
netltiOner ON terms and conditions that see m
; reasonable to the Council til the fran
chise Of the we've family SaaIl terminate,
stricken out. The question being pur, the
motions was lost by the following vote:
J A til:matve, Elliot, CrOsas, Cintron-3
Negative, BrumbAugh, Garrison, Ho-
Handler AN Harlan,-4
On motion the Tepor was then adopted.
The Committee on Rules submitted the
following proposed amendment to the rules
of the Council, which was adopted:
"Rule To- Nominations for appointments
to office shall be read and referred to and
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