The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10

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that they would see that repairs were
made Immediately, and that good
service would be maintained. He
said that should the company fail in
any Of its provisions in the future.
that the council could again take
up the repeal Of the..exclusive fran
chise and pass it. He stated that he
instigated this action in the first
place for the good of the city in se-
curing better service, and now that
it had been accomplished so well he
was in favor of letting..out--the repeal
OF the franchise. The vote on his
motion was lost.
Alderman Perry then-moped that
the ordinance be passed. Alderman
Hannett made some pointed remarks
on the Situation as 1t existed. He
stated that lnasmuch as the council
had accepted the report that had been
made by the committee to investi-
gate the light matter, and further,
that the city had paid the Electric
Co.'S. bill for the preceding month
that it was a foolish to at this
time attempt to repeal the ordi-
nance, that it lacked consistency.
He declared that the passage of the
ordinance would plunge the city into
litigation, which, in his opinion, no
conclusion could be reached ia the
case under three years. He said
that Since the defect in the power
house had been remedied there bad
not been the least chance for Oh
lection in the service that vas given
the city, and claimed that the arc
and incandescent lights were as good
as furnished any city in the country.
The passage Of the ordinance at
tempts to deprive the company OF
its property, and that 1T would not
be just under the acceptance of the
committee report.
Alderman .Scriven stated that at
the outset he was in favor Of repeal
ing the franchise ordinance, but since
the defect in the lights had been re-
moved he vas in much doubt as to
the necessity of repeating the same.
AS an honest man he declared he
could find no objection to the lights
as they are now run, and, in fact,
the electric company had stolen all Of
the thunder by this Improvement.
He wanted to- see everything har-
m%onions. and believed that.it could
lIbest be Observation-Disclosures
Tic light ordinance as it is. The
motion being voted on was lost,
Stout, Curtis, Scriven and Hannett
voting no, and Perry, Miller and
Koch voting aye.
Before taking the vote Mr.. Han
nett stated that the gentleman who
holds a mortgage on the plant stated
to him that 1t was his intention to
equip the electric light plant with
machinery sufficient to supply the
city's needs for a good many years to
come, and that the service would..pe
highly satisfactory.s He stated fur
ther that the mortgagee would place
an expert electrician in charge of the.
plant, which would further guaran-
tee the best possible service.
DR.. S. j. Moore appeared as a mem
Der of the committee from the g. A..
r. asking that the city assist in pay
ing the bills and arranging for Deco
ration Day. This, he said, was be-
ing done in a great many places.
The matter was deferred until the
council nesting in May, by which
time there would doubtless be sotne
new members on the board.
The ordinance doing away with the
%outhouses within the fire limits and
AUDITING on Main street property was
placed on its second reading and
passed. The provisions of this ordi-
nance will Re published later. 1t
does not go into effect until July 1st,
which will give all interested time
in which-to conform to the ordinance.
Engineer Nelson made his report
for the water works, showing the
condition Of things, and the amount.
of water that had been pumped in.
the past year. 1t amounted to 2 .639.-
600 barrels and it was done with 1872
tons Of coal.
Alderman Hannett offered a resolu-
ton approprlating Sl00 toward finish
ing the Easements la the library
building for the G.. A. Il. He said
that it2was no more than what the
city ought TO do for its own property
and that it was not in the nature Of,
a donation to the G. A. r.. which
organization had made no application
for the money. The resolution was
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