The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27
pany, but in every instance the ne
gotiations have come to naught.

gotiations have come to naught.
WONT ACCEPT WATER WARRANTS.
After negotiating in vain for q
time, one of these committees SUBJ
mitted report to the council re
commencing that the rates for fire
protection be cut. The allowance
on this account was $5a.5o per
month, The committee reported |
that the seven cisterns were Of no
use as means of FIRE protection,
and recommended that the total al |
lowance be reduced to $33 IS per
month, or $500 per year. The
council adopted the report of the
committee, and served written no
tice on the company Of the reduc-
ton in rates. The company in re
ply, served notice to the effect
that the reduction could not be ac-
cepted. Regularly each month
since, the company has presented a
bill to the council for $52.5o for
water for FIRE protection, and as
regularly the council has cut the
amount to $33 50. A warrant for
the amount has always been issued
and signed, but up to the present
the company has not accepted one
of these warrants. This strained
relation as to their financial opera
tions has existed between the coun-
Gil and the company for the past
, seven Or eight months,
CLAIMS PERPETUAL FRANCHISE.
Why the company declines t., ac-
cept its warrants under, the reduct.
| ion, is not known. Some have the
idea that it expects ultimately t.
B ing suit to recover the balance
that it claims, but against this pre-
position is the opinion taat such a
| suit cannot be msi .tained, since,
having been noti6ei that no more
than the 1888 would be allowed
for the hydrants, and having !sup-
piled water to the city at that rata
all along, the compa ~ will rot be
in position to- sue for Larger
amount. s...-.t.;,.-...-
In the disagreement, some inter
: est attaches to the cd Pltnan fran.
chise. The company claims tia
by vi,tue Of that ancient act, it hal
a perpe tual franchise from the city
and has served notice toythat efse1
= on the council. The notice was pre-
ssnted in the days when the coun-
J. Gil was negotia ting with Snyth
} who offered to bring mcuLt sin waite
E to Corvallis. The Pitnan franchis
. was passed by the council May g
t 1881, aud signed by Mayor Carlil
May rs, 1881. The late John Br,3
E son was recorder at the time. S,
much Of the franchise as is peiti
7 nent reads as follow:
THE PITMAN FRANCHISE So
ri And the said William M. Pi;ma
r is hereby entitled to sell, OF in an
: way dispose of to the c ty of Cor
+ wallis and to any and all tther per
o sons whomsoever, any 'snd all c
: the water works and to collect th
= value thereof in any sum agree
: upon between the said William M
$ Pltman aud the person ii each in
stance with whom such an agree
v -ment may be made; and if an
e person or persons shall use sal
n water or any part thereof withou
Il any special or positive agreen1er
II lin relation t, the sum to be pal
# thereof, then the said William N
!, Pltnan shall be entitled to collet
n therefor the amount of money j
q each instance which the same i
n reasonably worth.
10 The said pipes hereafter'to be Iai
n shall he placed net less than. TIVE
'. We inches under the surface of I'll
ID ground, except the hydraots col
.r nected with sad pipes, which sha
10 project out of the ground, and whe
r. the said pipes are laid lengthwi
is of said streets, they shall be place
d not less than eleven feet from Il
r line which separates the blocl
.r of said city from the streete.
to Al tie provisions of this ORD
" nance shall bs construed go as
re inure to the beno6t of all perso'
in who may or shall at any time her
" after tl4im said pipes, water worl
and all things connected therewit
under or through the said Villa
M. P,tman; provided, that not
ing contained in this ordinan
.e shall interfere with property ht
It. ders on Second street building sid
I. walks adjacent to their lots, tt
e' feet in width, in accn
le dance with written ordinance n