Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-02
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Warner: My opinios is that if we declare that meeting null. and le. the business which was transacted before it come up at the next meeting. the old transactions will go for noth ing"
 Ord: I withdraw my motion. ani move that we declare the last meet ing illegal"
 Hunt seconded the motion. and the unanimous vote of the council was that they declare the last meeting illegal.
 Hunt then moved to adjourn. and was seconded by Warner. but NJ J Donahue. who was present in the in terest of his gas privilege asked the council to consider the matter at this meeting.
 Again it was moved to adjourn. this time by Warner who was seconded by Scott. The motion was unani- mously voted down. strangely enough and Donahue asked for a statement to the council as to the intentions of himself and associates.
 Said he; We have never asked for a franchise. We ask for the privilege of tearing up the streets for the purpose of putting in our pipe and are willing to pay our taxes and assessments and light the city hall and jail. We are perfectly willing that other companies come in the next day. if they want to. and lay their pipe alongside of us"
 Ord then asked for a reading of the ordinance relating to the gas fran chise. Ordinance 30 was read oy Attorney Sutter. Johnson asked for another reading Df section 3. and then took the ordinance and read it over carefully.
 Warner: If we give them power for fifty years. that is more than VIZ ourselves have. and I don't see how We can get around that without mak- ing it a franchise. When we do that we are giving them a franchise. We have no right to give them anything beyond the expiration of our term of office and if We do We make such a gift, 1t is a franchise. and We know the last legislature passed law which prohibits that For my par want some advice on the subject"
 Sutter: The fifty-year clause is beyond the power of the council. still it does not necessarily make it fran. chise. I would advise that Mir Don abue he requested to amend his or dance"
 Donahue: That fifty-year clause don't amount to anything. We put il in without any particular intention That can be changed
 Hunt: There is no reason why we should not grant this permission Other companies are operating with out permission"
 Johnson: T move that the clause containing the words 'ffty years De stricken cut. as well as the clau@e act of Cod There may be an acci dent which would be the fault of rJf7 company. and which they could take to mean as an act Of God
 The motion was seconded by Scott
 Taylor: T think 1t would be wei to name a maximum price on this gas. a supplied by company
 MT. Donahue: You nev$ know what you are up against in these big corporations. The Copper Queen oT the railroad may change its rates oa us. and if they should I think that We are just as much entitled to raise our prices in comparison
 This last remark from MT .Donahue evidently stirred up Alderman John son. for he took the floor with [ bound: ''r have been a resident Of this town for many yearsA and in all that time I have never known the Copper Queen to do anything that was wrong We must trust the company we do know. and not the devil We don't know"
 It was then voted uo let the or dinance go over to the next meeting.
 Ord wanted the council to take up the report of the water committee for consideration before adjournment. but Warner called attention to the fact that all proceedings of the last meeting had been voted illegal and rejected, and would not properly come up for consideration until ! regular meeting of the council was in progress.
 The council then adjourned. after one of the most stormy and doubtful gatherings it has held in many moons